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2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
JOE BIDEN Age on Inauguration Day 2021: 78 Entered race: April 25, 2019 Career: No current role. A University of Delaware and Syracuse Law graduate, he was first elected to Newcastle City Council in 1969, then won upset election to Senate in 1972, aged 29. Was talked out of quitting before being sworn in when … Read more
President Donald Trump pushed pharmaceutical executives on Monday to develop a coronavirus within ‘a couple of months’ – as the U.S. death toll reached six. But he was warned by his own most senior expert, Dr. Tony Fauci, who told the president directly that he had repeatedly told him it would take at least a … Read more
The coronavirus death toll in the U.S. has now climbed to six as the top infectious disease official in the country warned the disease had likely reached ‘pandemic proportions’. Health officials announced on Monday that four additional people had died in Washington state. Two other patients in that same area died over the weekend. Five of the … Read more
BREAKING: First confirmed case of coronavirus in New York after woman in her 30s tests positive after traveling to Iran By Lauren Edmonds For Dailymail.com Published: 01:28 GMT, 2 March 2020 | Updated: 01:34 GMT, 2 March 2020 The first positive case of coronavirus in New York state has been confirmed on Sunday by Gov. Andrew … Read more
BREAKING: Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the presidential race, Politico reports By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com and Associated Press Published: 23:15 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 23:34 GMT, 1 March 2020 Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the presidential race, according to new reports. Sources close to Buttigieg’s campaign confirmed that the 38-year-old … Read more
Italy’s coronavirus death toll rises to 34 with almost 1,700 confirmed cases By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 17:20 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 17:21 GMT, 1 March 2020 The coronavirus death toll in Italy has jumped five to 34, as infection continues to cripple the country’s northern regions. Case numbers also soared to … Read more
Joe Biden, long considered the Democrats’ frontrunner, finally won a state, as South Carolina was called for the former vice president the minute polls closed. ‘Just days ago the press and the pundits had declared this candidacy dead,’ Biden said. ‘Now, thanks to you – the heart of the Democratic Party – we haven’t just … Read more
First Coronavirus death in the US confirmed in Washington State as health officials say there new cases in the county where they died By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com Published: 18:09 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 18:21 GMT, 29 February 2020 Health officials have confirmed the first fatality inside the U.S. attributed to the coronavirus. … Read more
The second ‘unknown origin’ case of coronavirus to hit the US has been confirmed in California. A 65-year-old woman from Santa Clara County has tested positive for the disease, health officials confirmed Friday. The unnamed woman had not recently returned from a foreign country, and had not been in contact with another confirmed case. This … Read more