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America Has No King - New York Governor Cuomo Blasts Trump

America Has No King: New York Governor Cuomo Blasts Trump

America has no king, but a constitution, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Tuesday as he debunked President Trump’s statement that he has “total authority” to determine when the coronavirus stricken states can open for business.

Cuomo on NBC’s Today Show and CNN said Trump was flat-out wrong when he said he can overrule state leaders in determining when to reopen businesses and relax social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus outbreak.

“I don’t know what the president is talking about, frankly,” Mr. Cuomo said on NBC’s “Today” show.

“We don’t have a king in the United States, we have …

Overwhelmed US Funeral Homes Turn Families Away

Overwhelmed US Funeral Homes Turn Families Away

Funeral director Kendall Lindsay has been forced to turn 20 families away.

As the number of COVID-19 deaths skyrockets in New York City, the third-generation funeral director at Lawrence H Woodward Funeral Home in Brooklyn said the demand for funeral services has increased overwhelmingly. 

On March 29, the funeral home had 127 scheduled funeral services; a week later, on April 5, that number had gone up to 175, Lindsay told Al Jazeera in an email. The funeral home is not taking on any new cases because it is running out of storage capacity.

“We have cases we cannot bury or

New York Turns World’s Largest Cathedral Into Hospital

New York Turns World’s Largest Cathedral Into Hospital

New York City, under pressure with coronavirus cases, is planning to construct another temporary hospital in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.

The Cathedral in Manhattan, the largest Anglican Cathedral in the world, is the seat of the Diocese of New York.

The City is looking up to the church as hospitals are running out of room for coronavirus patients.

Alternatives such as the USNS Comfort and temporary hospitals in a convention centre and Central Park are proving not to be enough.

According to Anglican.ink, …

Coronavirus Deaths In New York Go Past 3,500

Coronavirus Deaths In New York Go Past 3,500

New York state’s coronavirus toll has risen at a devastating pace to 3,565 deaths, up from 2,935 the previous day, the largest 24-hour jump recorded there.

Meanwhile, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that Madrid will extend the country’s coronavirus lockdown until April 25, as Spain’s death toll reached 11,744.

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Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has climbed to 3,452, with 158 more fatalities recorded over the past 24 hours, Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpur said.

Globally the death toll surged past 60,000 on Saturday, according to the data compiled …

New York Gets Hospital Ship As Coronavirus Accelerates

New York Gets Hospital Ship As Coronavirus Accelerates

A military hospital ship arrived in New York Monday as America’s coronavirus epicenter gears up for the peak of the pandemic, with emergency restrictions extended as the national death toll passed 3,000.

The navy’s 1,000-bed USNS Comfort docked at a Manhattan pier as more US states enforced stay-at-home orders after President Donald Trump abandoned his Easter target for life returning to normal in the United States.

The 894 foot-long vessel — which also has space for a dozen operating rooms — was greeted by cheering crowds after departing Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday.

Its arrival came as Virginia, Maryland and the …

Coronavirus - Trump Backs Away From New York Quarantine

Coronavirus: Trump Backs Away From New York Quarantine

US President Donald Trump has said quarantining New York “will not be necessary”, after the state’s governor said doing so would be “preposterous”.

Mr Trump said the latest decision was taken on the recommendation of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

The president had earlier said he might impose a quarantine on New York, and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut, to slow the spread of Covid-19.

There are more than 52,000 cases in New York.

The state has about half of the total confirmed Covid-19 cases in the entire US.

Mr Trump tweeted that instead of quarantine, a “strong …

New York Medical Workers Decry Huge Lack Of Protection

New York Medical Workers Decry Huge Lack Of Protection

Medical staff in America’s coronavirus hotbed New York are struggling with long hours and a dire need for protective equipment — and as infections surge, they increasingly fear for their own safety.

Doctors and nurses are working around the clock caring for patients hit by the fast-spreading infection, risking their lives on the front lines of the global crisis.

The same week the United States became the new epicenter of the pandemic — posting over 100,000 confirmed cases of infection, including more than 1,500 deaths — Kious Kelly, a nurse manager at a Manhattan hospital, succumbed to a fatal case …

Coronavirus Fears In New York, But Trump Clams Nerves

Coronavirus Fears In New York, But Trump Clams Nerves

Anxiety ratcheted up Monday across an eerily deserted New York, America’s coronavirus epicenter, but President Donald Trump said he’d soon call for lifting the lockdown in some parts of the country.

Trump — who faces reelection in November and is keen to avoid extended economic damage — told reporters he would be “opening up our country to business because our country was meant to be open.”

The relaxation could be announced early next week when a 15-day period recommending tight restrictions on social distancing expires, he said, stressing that governors would make final decisions in their own states.

Health officials …

Illinois Shuts Down Activities For Coronavirus

Illinois Shuts Down Activities For Coronavirus

Illinois has announced a stay-at-home order in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the third U.S. state to do so, after California and New York.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced the measure on Friday.

New York, Illinois and Calfiornia – which include the three largest cities in the US, respectively New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles have all ordered their residents to stay home unless they have essential reasons to go out.

Pritzker explained during a news conference on Friday that experts recommended an urgent, statewide stay-at-home order in order to save lives.

“Left unchecked, cases in Illinois will …

Akparanta Nigerian New York Prison Officer Sexually Abuses Inmates

Nigerian New York Prison Officer Sexually Abuses Inmates

Colin Akparanta, a Nigerian-born correctional officer at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, New York, has pleaded guilty for an abusive sexual contact of a female inmate.

Akpranta, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox, according to an announcement by Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

The Irvington New Jersey based Nigerian pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact of an inmate, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2244(a)(4), and one count of deprivation of the civil rights of that inmate, in …

PMB Meets Nigerians In New York, Speaks On Climate Change

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in New York met with some Nigerian youths where he gave insight into severe climate challenges confronting the country.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said Buhari met with the youngsters under the aegis  of Nigerian Youths’ Climate Group shortly before departing the United States for Abuja at the conclusion of his engagements on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74).

According to the statement, the president blamed Nigeria’s experience on climate change on the country’s proximity to Sahara Desert, shrinking Lake Chad,