President Trump said in a TV interview that as a parent, he finds it “very hard” to talk about the coronavirus pandemic — particularly with his youngest son, 14-year-old Barron. “He is a wonderful young boy, but the others are old enough they can see for themselves,” the president told Sean Hannity on Fox News late Thursday, referring to his […]

SPORTS Direct owner Mike Ashley today apologised for his "ill-judged and poorly-timed" attempt to keep stores open amid the coronavirus crisis. The sports equipment retailer boss was widely slammed after telling staff to head into work "as instructed", minutes after the government ordered all non-essential stores to close immediately. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & […]

Among the sad stories of hundreds of thousands New Yorkers affected by the dramatic, coronavirus-induced economic downturn and surging spike in unemployment are that of a restaurant manager, waitress and arborist. David Veda, 58, General manager, ­Tavola Della Nonna, Upper West Side  Veda was making $90,000 a year at Italian restaurant Tavola Della Nonna. Losing his job means he can’t […]

More than 300 cops have tested positive for the coronavirus — with many more are awaiting test results for the pandemic COVID-19 as the illness continues to spread through the NYPD, officials said Thursday. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said on FOX5 Thursday morning that 322 members of the department have tested positive for COVID-19 — a 36-percent increase in confirmed […]

CHLOE Print-Lambert gently touched her baby son's white coffin and wiped away tears as she bid him farewell in the silent, near-empty crematorium.  It was a devastating moment for the 24-year-old – made all the more heartbreaking by the fact that most of her family and friends were missing due to the coronavirus pandemic. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog […]

Rick Stein refuses to pay staff wages while his restaurants are closed due to coronavirus… just days after praising his workers on social media The UK chef and TV personality told staff they won’t be paid for over a month Fellow celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay yesterday laid off more than 500 workers  Workers criticised Stein, 73 – whose restaurant empire […]

 SEVERAL vaccines are being developed and could be available in six months, MPs heard yesterday. Prof Andrew Pollard, from Oxford University told the Commons science and technology committee it depended on trials going well and production sites being expanded. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates But he admitted a timescale of 12 to 18 […]

It’s even more alarming than charts of rising corona cases: three Mount Sinai West nurses standing in a hospital hallway, wearing black Hefty trash bags over their scrubs. “NO MORE GOWNS IN THE WHOLE HOSPITAL,” one healer captioned the Facebook photo. “NO MORE MASKS AND REUSING THE DISPOSABLE ONES. NURSES FIGURING IT OUT DURING COVID-19 CRISIS.” Health workers are on […]

‘They wanted to take us into the mouth of the virus’: Terrified Britons among hundreds of coronavirus quarantined passengers on board cruise ship as it docks near Rome after diverting from Venice Costa Victoria cruise ship docked at Civitavecchia, Italy, with hundreds on board International passengers quarantined after Argentine woman tested positive Cruise liner had already been denied entry into […]

NHS surgeon, 43, is ‘flung out’ of his rented room by landlady who feared he would give her coronavirus Joseph Alsousou, 43, said he was asked to leave house in Headington, Oxford NHS surgeon was ‘nearly in tears’ as he drove back to family home in Merseyside He said landlady wanted him to leave as soon as possible over coronavirus fears […]