Tag: COVID-19

Infectious Diseases Experts Foresee COVID Reaching 60-70% Of Population In 2 Years

By | May 1, 2020 3:23 p.m.

Rep. Darren Bailey talks on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Feb. 20, 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Illinois Takes Up Fight Against GOP Lawmaker Turned Stay-At-Home Resister

By | May 1, 2020 2:27 p.m.

Where Things Stand: The Long Lost Briefing

This is your TPM early-afternoon briefing.

By | May 1, 2020 1:01 p.m.

After her predecessor rounded out her tenure as White House press secretary without holding a single press briefing, Kayleigh McEnany will hold one of those now-rare Q&A’s with reporters from the White House podium today. Read More

Trump Admin Leans Into COVID-19 Chinese Lab Conspiracy Theory

By | May 1, 2020 12:03 p.m.

Trump Sides With Armed Protesters As Whitmer Bucks The GOP Legislature

By | May 1, 2020 11:23 a.m.

UK Officials Report Poor People Are Dying From COVID-19 At Much Higher Rate Than Rich

By Associated Press | May 1, 2020 10:23 a.m.

Trump Admin Orders Over 100,000 Extra Body Bags Amid POTUS’ Rosy Framing Of Outbreak

By | May 1, 2020 10:20 a.m.

Visitors wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus walk through the Forbidden City in Beijing, Friday, May 1, 2020. The Forbidden City reopened beginning on Friday, China’s May Day holiday, to limited visitors after being closed to the public for more than three months during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Beijing’s Forbidden City And Parks Reopen To Public

By Associated Press | May 1, 2020 10:12 a.m.

A humanoid robot Pepper with a face mask greets Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at the lobby of a hotel for the new coronavirus COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms during a media preview in Tokyo Friday, May 1, 2020. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday he planned to extend a state of emergency beyond the scheduled end of May 6 because infections are spreading and hospitals are overburdened. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo Hotel Debuts Robot Staff To Help Coronavirus Patients

By Associated Press | May 1, 2020 10:02 a.m.

People exercise on the promenade in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday May 1, 2020 as the Governrnent begin a phased easing of its strict lockdown measures in a bid to cut down on the spread coronavirus. For the first time in five weeks, people were permitted to walk outside for exercise between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)(AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

South Africa Begins Easing One Of The World’s Strictest Lockdowns

By Mogomotsi Magome | May 1, 2020 9:54 a.m.