Stocks claw higher on Wall Street after early surge fades
Markets received a bump around midday Tuesday after Vice President Mike Pence said the nation’s big health insurers would cover co-pays for coronavirus testing.
Markets received a bump around midday Tuesday after Vice President Mike Pence said the nation’s big health insurers would cover co-pays for coronavirus testing.
Delta, the world’s biggest airline, said it will cut international flights by 20% to 25% and reduce U.S. flying by 10% to 15%, roughly matching cuts previously announced by United Airlines.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday said it had so far tested 36 Hoosiers for the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19.
The president also said he was seeking to provide assistance to the airline, hotel and cruise industries, which are all suffering as Americans rapidly cancel travel plans.
More than 380 schools have closed their doors because of the outbreak, moves that have affected nearly 260,000 students, according to a count by the education publication EdWeek.
The Dow Jones industrial average on Monday suffered its steepest drop since the financial crisis of 2008.
This is the third reported positive test for COVID-19 in Indiana, and the second in Hendricks County.
Indianapolis-based Lilly, the 12th largest employer in Indiana with 10,600 workers in the state, said it didn’t have a specific timeline for how long the precaution would last.
The patient is from Hendricks County and attended a BioGenconference in Boston, where numerous other cases of COVID-19 have been reported.
A conference and trade show that was expected to draw nearly 10,000 people to Indianapolis is the first local convention to be postponed or called off due to the virus.
Tracking down who might have come into contact with the first patient to test positive will require plenty of legwork, and more cases are sure to arise, officials said.
Just weeks since most economists bet the China-led slump would quickly reverse once the virus was contained, many are rethinking that optimism as swathes of Chinese factories stay shut and workers idled.
Gov. Eric Holcomb said that in response he has declared a public health emergency so the state can seek federal funding to help control and stop any spread of the coronavirus.
Evidence is mounting that the disease is most likely to result in serious illness or death among the elderly and people with existing health problems.
After announcing that Indiana has confirmed its first case of COVID-19, state health officials released information about how coronaviruses are spread and how to protect yourself.
CourseNetworking, an Indianapolis-based maker of distance learning and collaborations software, and the IUPUI CyberLab are offering a free solution for schools through their Learning Management System.
Halted travel and a broader economic downturn linked to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus threaten to hit already-struggling communities for months to come.
Officials say no events have been canceled locally, but groups—including the NCAA and Visit Indy—are watching the news and weighing their options.
A growing number of employers have restricted international travel and are now considering what they might need to do within the U.S.
Over the past two years, Hancock Health has bought 140 acres of empty farmland at the Mount Comfort exit of Interstate 70 for a development it has named Hancock Gateway Park.