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Tuesday the United States soon could
become the epicenter of the coronavirus

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pandemic w.h.o.

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Spokesperson Margaret Harris said at

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a news conference in Geneva an acceleration
of new cases in the United States is

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behind the organization's assessment
Harris said the United States has

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a very large outbreak and an outbreak that
is increasing in intensity Harris said

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85 percent of new cases worldwide over
the past 24 hours were confirmed in the

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United States and in Europe 40 percent of
those new cases were in the United States

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u.s.

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President Donald Trump is poised to send the
United States back to work within weeks

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despite warnings from medical experts that
he might be premature to prevent an even

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wider spread of the Kovac 1900 Trump said
he would like to have things back to

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normal by Easter which is April 12th that
was in an interview on Fox News Sunday

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a Tuesday he said we have to go back to
work much sooner than people thought or

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face severe damage to the economy that
could shave 20 to 25 points off the

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country's gross domestic product the
president has made clear in remarks to

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reporters and on social media in recent
days that he believes rigid enforcement of

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social distancing for months
which would prevent most u.s.

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Businesses from operating normally would
be worse than the casualties caused by

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a protracted halt to the
economy. India imposed

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a 3 week nationwide lockdown from midnight
on Tuesday banning people from leaving

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their homes as it scramble to break the
chain of transmission of Corona virus in

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the country affecting 1300000000 people
it will be the world's largest lockdown

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announced since the coronavirus pandemic
began its March in countries across the

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globe and a televised address for

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a Prime Minister Narendra Modi told
citizens the lockdown should be viewed as

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a type of curfew from Washington
this is the only news.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abbay said Tuesday the 2020

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a limp exe will be postponed until the
summer of 2021 at the latest because of the

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growing current coronavirus pandemic the
Olympic Games were scheduled to begin in

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Tokyo July 24th they also announced the
one year delay after holding talks by

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telephone with the International Olympic
Committee president Thomas Bach of

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a said previously

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a delay was unavoidable if all events could
not be carried out as planned they said

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to say the postponement came after
months of escalating pressure from some

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countries and athletes a joint
statement issued by the i.o.c.

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And Tokyo 2020 organizing committee
said the postpone that was necessary to

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safeguard the health of the athletes
international community everybody involved in

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the Olympic Games and the international
community Japan has spent more than

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$10000000000.00 over the past 7 years
to prepare for the Olympics u.s.

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President Donald Trump pushed Congress on
Tuesday to quickly complete negotiations

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on

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a 2 trillion dollar economic rescue package
to help American workers and businesses

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severely impacted by the deadly coronavirus
he complained that as Republican

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congressional leaders have that Democratic
lawmakers are trying to Alderman the

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rescue package with funding for projects
unrelated to the country's recovery from

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the coronavirus pandemic. In

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a move designed to help both the city's
struggling hospitality industry and

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overworked hospitals the mayor
of Chicago this week announced

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a plan to reserve thousands of hotel
rooms for people with mild cases of

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coronavirus mayor Laurie lout Lori Lightfoot
announced the plan Monday saying the

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city has partnered with
5 hotels and expected

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a 1000 rooms to be available by Tuesday
Chicago officials say the plan is

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a proactive measure designed to keep hospital
beds available for people with severe

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symptoms Chicago Public health officials
that hotel workers will not interact with

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people quarantined or isolated in their
rooms but will prepare prepare food and be

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trained to perform other tasks they said
public health employees will supervise

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each site Lightfoot said city officials are
still determining how much it will cost

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but they anticipate $1000000.00
will be needed for

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a 30 day supply rooms. Rising corona
virus infections are only testing your

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national governments to their limit that
also straining European Union Solidarity

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with the governments of member states
shrugging off pleas for greater coordination

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instead national governments have been
paying little heed to Brussels and are

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pursuing their own ways of containing
the virus and coping with the economic

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fallout that's according to diplomats down

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a list one after another the governments
of the 27 member states have ignore

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Brussels appeals to keep their borders
open to each other ending the blocks

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principle of freedom of movement they've
been ignoring to block rules on state

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support for their domestic
industry to remote I'm

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a recent Nelson who. Welcome

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to the African beats on The Voice of America
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and beautiful sounds from the great continent
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President Donald Trump is poised to send
the United States back to work within

01:00:03
weeks despite warnings from medical experts
that it might be premature to prevent

01:00:08
an even wider spread of the covert 19
fairish John said he would like to have

01:00:12
things back to normal life by ear. Surf
which is April 12th he spoke in an

01:00:16
interview on Fox News Tuesday he said we
have to go back to work much sooner than

01:00:22
people thought or face severe damage to
the economy that could shave 20 to $25.00

01:00:27
points off the country's gross domestic
product the president has made clear in

01:00:32
remarks to reporters and on social media
in recent days that he believes rigid

01:00:36
enforcement of social distancing for
months which would prevent most u.s.

01:00:40
Businesses from operating normally would
be worse than the casualties caused by

01:00:44
a protracted halts to the economy the World
Health Organization said Tuesday the

01:00:49
United States could soon become the epicenter
of the coronavirus pandemic w.h.o.

01:00:55
Spokeswoman Margaret Harris said at

01:00:57
a news conference in Geneva and acceleration
of new cases in the United States is

01:01:01
behind the organization's assessment
Harris said the United States has

01:01:05
a very large outbreak and an outbreak that
is increasing in intensity Harris said

01:01:11
85 percent of new cases worldwide over
the past 24 hours were confirmed in the

01:01:16
United States and Europe 40 percent of
those new cases were in the United States

01:01:20
she said stock markets in Asia and
Europe soared Tuesday with u.s.

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Stocks following suit in

01:01:26
a reversal of sharp losses from Monday the
Nikkei index in Tokyo advanced more than

01:01:31
7 percent while other Asian markets
increased by smaller amounts major European

01:01:37
indexes surged by about 8.4 percent key
markets in New York Open the trading day by

01:01:42
advancing about 6 percent and gained more
ground by mid afternoon floor trading on

01:01:47
the New York Stock Exchange is banned
during the coronavirus pandemic with all

01:01:51
trades being handled electronically
this is the way news the u.s.

01:01:55
Commander of the NATO led military coalition
in Afghanistan warned on Tuesday that

01:02:00
continued us Philippi is would make it
impossible to counter the spread of go at 19

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in the country where 4 foreign troops
are among dozens of people who tested

01:02:09
positive for the disease in

01:02:11
a video conference with senior avg rent
Afghan 6. Surety leaders Gen Scott Miller

01:02:16
of the resolute support mission stressed
the virus has affected the entire world

01:02:21
and threatens both foreign and Afghan
forces battling the Taliban the general

01:02:26
emphasized that for

01:02:27
a focused counter coronavirus campaign all
parties to the Afghan conflict need to

01:02:32
reduce violence Afghan authorities Tuesday
confirmed $32.00 new coronavirus cases

01:02:39
bringing the National tally of infections
to at least $74.00 and that includes one

01:02:44
death the public health ministry said most
of the cases happened in western Iraq

01:02:48
province on the border with Iran and Iran
the virus has already killed around 2000

01:02:53
people and infected
25000. Liberty University

01:02:58
a private event Jellicoe Christian
school in the southeastern u.s.

01:03:02
State of Virginia has invited students
back to campus this week despite the fast.

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