Inside the 2,500-bed field hospital at the Javits Center in New York City

The Department of Defense has shared photographs of inside the Javits Center in New York City, which has become the largest hospital in the United States, after it started accepting COVID-19 patients ahead of the pandemic ‘peak’ that will hit the city this week.  The center was an exposition center but was transformed in just … Read more

NYC Department of Education bans students and teachers from using Zoom

The New York City Department of Education is banning students and teachers from using Zoom, as the platform has been plagued by privacy and security issues. Schools are now advised to switch to Microsoft Teams ‘as soon as possible’ and teachers are currently training to use the new system. The move comes after internet trolls … Read more

New Orleans convention center prepares to start accepting thousands of coronavirus patients

Authorities in New Orleans are to start accepting patients with coronavirus from today after setting up a temporary field hospital at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in the city.  It’s the same site where thousands of Hurricane Katrina refugees gathered in 2005. The temporary hospital which has room for up to two thousand people. … Read more

Disturbing photos show body bags filling the hallways of Brooklyn hospital before being wheeled out

Disturbing photos show body bags lining the hallways of a Brooklyn hospital before being wheeled out to refrigerated trucks as NYC’s coronavirus death toll surges past 2,600 Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick Brooklyn suffered its first coronavirus-related death March 14 Since then more than 2,600 New Yorkers, most aged 65 and older have died from … Read more

Disturbing photos show body bags filling the hallways of Brooklyn hospital before being wheeled out

Disturbing photos show body bags lining the hallways of a Brooklyn hospital before being wheeled out to refrigerated trucks as NYC’s coronavirus death toll surges past 2,600 Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick Brooklyn suffered its first coronavirus-related death March 14 Since then more than 2,600 New Yorkers, most aged 65 and older have died from … Read more

Tiger named Nadia tests positive for coronavirus at the Bronx Zoo after she developed a dry cough 

Tiger named Nadia tests positive for coronavirus at the Bronx Zoo after she developed a dry cough A four-year-old female Malayan tiger named Nadia tested positive for COVID-19, the Wildlife Conservation Society said Sunday The tiger was screened after developing a dry cough and a decrease in appetite Six other cats at the Bronx Zoo … Read more

Tiger named Nadia tests positive for coronavirus at the Bronx Zoo after she developed a dry cough 

Tiger named Nadia tests positive for coronavirus at the Bronx Zoo after she developed a dry cough A four-year-old female Malayan tiger named Nadia tested positive for COVID-19, the Wildlife Conservation Society said Sunday The tiger was screened after developing a dry cough and a decrease in appetite Six other cats at the Bronx Zoo … Read more

Death rate in New Orleans is DOUBLE that of New York City as residents there ‘are just sicker’

The coronavirus has been a far deadlier threat in New Orleans than the rest of the United States, with a per-capita death rate twice that of New York City.  Doctors, public health officials and available data say the Big Easy’s high levels of obesity and related ailments may be part of the problem. ‘We’re just … Read more

Trump warns America to brace for a ‘lot of deaths’ in the coming week as US virus cases pass 300,000

President Donald Trump warned there will be many American deaths in the coming week in a somber start to his daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic Saturday at the White House.  Trump predicted that the coming week would be one of the ‘toughest’ weeks the country could face due to the spreading disease.   Confirmed cases of … Read more

Trump warns America to brace for a ‘lot of deaths’ in the coming week as US virus cases pass 300,000

President Donald Trump warned there will be many American deaths in the coming week in a somber start to his daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic Saturday at the White House.  Trump predicted that the coming week would be one of the ‘toughest’ weeks the country could face due to the spreading disease.   Confirmed cases of … Read more