March 29, 2020 USNS Mercy mission aims to ease strain on Los Angeles-area hospitals, commander says Capt. John Rotruck, the commander of the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy, told “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Sunday that the hospital ship, stocked with supplies and medical personnel to aid in the coronavirus pandemic response, acts “as a relief valve to local hospitals” in the Los Angeles area.
March 29, 2020 Nearly 15K National Guard troops mobilized across US to battle coronavirus, Pentagon announces Nearly 15,000 National Guard troops have been mobilized across the U.S. to assist overwhelmed states in battling the coronavirus, the Pentagon announced Sunday.
March 29, 2020 Moscow initiates coronavirus lockdown, requires 'special pass' to leave homes Moscow is the first city in Russia to institute strict protocols in the fight against the coronavirus.
March 29, 2020 Serbia’s dog walking ban sparks outrage among pet owners The Serbian government’s decision on Saturday to ban dog walking in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus provoking outrage among pet owners.
March 29, 2020 Florida begins coronavirus checkpoints, threatens jail time for out-of-state travelers who don't self-quarantine Florida, falling short of statewide lockdown, is screening travelers from the New York City area and Louisiana “hotspots” both at highway roadblocks and at airports, threatening them with 60 days in jail if they don’t self-quarantine as the number of confirmed cases in the state peaks over 4,000.
March 29, 2020 Italy's poorer south preps potential explosion of coronavirus, threatens students with 'flamethrowers' Italy’s poorer south is readying for war, expecting a sudden explosion in coronavirus cases within the next 10 days, as the novel illness advances down the peninsula from the northern, affluent Lombardy region, which is currently the epicenter of the outbreak in the country.
March 29, 2020 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's wife, Sophie, recovers from coronavirus, says 'feeling so much better' The wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday she has recovered from coronavirus.
March 29, 2020 First federal inmate dies from coronavirus at Louisiana prison, others sickened The first federal inmate in the country died of coronavirus Saturday at a prison in Louisiana where others have been sickened, according to officials.
March 29, 2020 Chicago infant dies after testing positive for coronavirus, governor says An infant in Chicago died Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19 – becoming the youngest person in Illinois to die after contracting the novel coronavirus.
March 29, 2020 Maryland nursing home hit with 'tragic' coronavirus outbreak, as 66 test positive, 11 hospitalized, governor says Dozens of people have tested positive for coronavirus at a nursing home in the suburbs west of Baltimore, Maryland's governor announced late Saturday.