Stay-at-home and social distancing orders have put restaurant dining on hold, forcing many to close and leaving others barely surviving. Some are looking for new ways to generate revenue.
Shelters report large increases in the number of four-legged fosters since stay-at-home orders took effect—and while humans are advised to practice social distancing, dogs, well, they don’t know what that means.
OPEC, Russia and other oil-producing nations on Sunday finalized an unprecedented production cut in hopes of boosting crashing prices amid the coronavirus pandemic and a price war, officials said.
Some hospitals have reported unusually high death rates for coronavirus patients on ventilators, and some doctors worry that the machines could be harming certain patients.
He says a “rolling re-entry” will be required based on the status of the new coronavirus pandemic in various parts of the country.
The state reported that 42,489 people have been tested so far, up from 39,215 in Saturday’s report.
That plasma can be transfused to critically ill patients who are struggling with the disease.
The technology works by harnessing short-range Bluetooth signals. Using the Apple-Google technology, contact-tracing apps would gather a record of other phones with which they came into close proximity.
But an administrator of energy-assistance programs says the funding “only scratches the surface” of what’s needed.
Winnebago and other RV manufacturers temporarily idled their manufacturing plants last month after stay-at-home orders were issued in Indiana and other states where RVs are produced.
The death toll in the state rose to 330, up from 300 the previous day.
The state disclosed the by breakdown by race for the first time on Friday, and officials said they would begin posting the information on the health department’s web dashboard on Monday, with frequent updates.
State officials said Friday that they expect to receive $2.4 billion in federal rescue funds that will help make up for budget shortfalls.
Health-data specialists at universities and research institutes in Indianapolis expect the virus to hit its peak between mid-April and early May, packing a punch that could cause about 800 new positive COVID-19 cases a day.
The number of deaths at the facility has climbed from 11 to 24 over the past four days.
The problem is that our current systems—the ones that do everything from keeping grocery stores stocked to hospitals functioning—are optimized to work very, very efficiently under normal conditions. But not necessarily when things go sideways.
Within a week of Indiana’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, the Indianapolis-based endowment granted $15 million to underwrite a new community fund dedicated to helping social service agencies respond to the pandemic.
The Indianapolis-based hunger relief organization has seen demand for its services soar because of the coronavirus pandemic. The health crisis has forced the group to convert its biggest annual fundraiser into an online event.
The deal paves the way for cuts that experts estimate could reach 15 million barrels a day. Such a move would be unprecedented both in its size and the number of participating countries, many of whom have long been bitter rivals in the energy industry.
Consumer prices saw their largest monthly decline in five years, revealing the downward pressure that the coronavirus pandemic is exerting on the cost of gasoline, airfares, hotel rooms and other goods and services.
