The WHO "sounded the alarm" on the COVID-19 pandemic early and often, said its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, defending the agency's track record in apparent response to US criticism. Follow Uhalisia.com for the latest.
- The WHO said it acted "quickly and decisively" and warned the world on time of the danger posed by the novel coronavirus
- The US has over 1 million coronavirus cases and its more than 58,000 fatalities exceed the death toll from the Vietnam War
- German companies are concerned about a potential wave of insolvencies
- China has scheduled the National People's Congress for May 22
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17:37 New York is moving 1,000 homeless people into hotels per week, said Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday. He added that people in shelters will have access to a testing program and those who test positive would be isolated.
"Testing will be available across our entire shelter system by mid-May," de Blasio said on Twitter.
We’re also beginning a new initiative, offering antibody tests to over 150,000 health care personnel and first responders. Antibody tests can tell someone if they've been exposed and recovered from COVID-19 — that’s something that will give people more confidence in their work.
We’re helping protect homeless New Yorkers from COVID-19 by moving 1,000 more of our homeles
s residents into hotels per week. We’re bringing a testing program to shelters, isolating anyone who tests positive. Testing will be available across our entire shelter system by mid-May.
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