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In the letter, a US Navy Captain Crozier said that with large numbers of sailors living in confined spaces on the carrier isolating sick individuals was impossible. Speaking to Reuters news agency, a US Navy spokesman said the service was "moving quickly to take all necessary measures to ensure the health and safety of the crew of USS Theodore Roosevelt".

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A Louisiana pastor who repeatedly defied state orders prohibiting gatherings of more than 50 people by holding church services was charged with six misdemeanor counts of violating a state ban on non-essential gatherings.
Rev. Tony Spell of the Life Tabernacle Church in the city of Central, around 15 miles northeast of Baton Rouge, has held services twice a week despite the state orders.

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Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line Corporation, called for a port to show “compassion and grace” by allowing passengers on the Zaandam cruise liner and its sister ship, the Rotterdam, back on land. As of March 30, 76 guests and 117 crew on Zaandam have an influenza-like illness, including eight people who have tested positive for COVID-19,” it continued.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke at a press conference in New York, United States, on March 30, 2020. At the news conference, the governor also said his brother, Chris Cuomo, a CNN anchorman, has COVID-19 and is isolating himself. Cuomo also said he wants to move health workers from unfilled hospitals in the state into beleaguered hospitals in New York City as cases jump 14% overnight

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King's College Hospital in Camberwell, south London, said in a statement Tuesday, "Sadly, a 13-year old boy who tested positive for COVID-19 has passed away, and our thoughts and condolences are with the family at this time," the statement read. "It is with great sadness to announce that the younger brother of one of our teachers at Madinah College has sadly passed away, the boy had no pre-symptoms"

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told cabinet members on Tuesday that his second-in-command, Taro Aso, would no longer be present at any meeting the prime minister attends, a government spokesman said, in a move to guard the leadership against infection that could hamper Japan's response to the coronavirus outbreak. Japan recently reported a surge in COVID19 cases

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A French official announced on Saturday a plan to assist domestic abuse victims during the coronavirus crisis. During an interview that the French television news channel BFM TV conducted with Schiappa Tuesday, the channel said that France's anonymous hotline number for domestic abuse, 3919, has seen a 30% rise in calls since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.

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President Jair Bolsonaro has galvanized gun culture in Brazil. With their actions, Mr. Bolsonaro and his sons have done more than make it easier for Brazilians to legally get a gun. They have fueled a political and cultural debate over guns that was new to Brazil, but that in many ways mirrors the discussion in the United States, where critics say more guns means more deaths

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Under the US plan, Venezuela's left-wing President Nicolás Maduro would "step aside" and a transitional council would govern until fresh elections. The US imposed its latest round of sweeping sanctions against Venezuela last year in an attempt to force Mr. Maduro to step down. Mr. Pompeo said a "Democratic Transition Framework" for Venezuela would for the first time offer a "sequenced exit path" from US sanctions

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The largest living tree in the world is in the US and is named General Sherman. It is a giant redwood sequoia tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. General Sherman stands at a whopping 275 feet above the ground and has a massive volume of 52,500 cubic feet, and at 2,300 years old, it is also one of the world's oldest trees

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A recently published report from UK NGO Tearfund has exposed four global beverage companies, namely Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle, and Unilever, as being responsible for massive pollution in a sample of six developing countries including China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Phillippines. The plastic pollution these companies cause in developing nations each year can fill 83 football pitches every day

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Some thieves have stolen an incredibly valuable painting by Vincent Van Gogh from the Singer Laren Museum. The museum was shut down temporarily due to the coronavirus and has appealed to the thieves to return the painting unharmed. Interpol has launched an investigation into the crime and is currently collecting evidence.

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An official from the World Health Organisation has said that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over in the Asia-Pacific region. He said that despite all the measures taken to prevent transmission, there is still a risk of spread and that this will end up being a long term battle.

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The migrant worker's crisis in India got worse as many workers filmed being doused in a chemical solution by the Indian authorities. India is currently under lockdown for three weeks, millions of migrant workers tried to return to their home villages but many of them got stranded on empty roads without transportation and food. An investigation has been launched by the authorities to find the facts.

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The UK government has announced that it will crackdown on fake news related to the COVID-19 infection being disseminated on social media and Whatsapp, which includes false information about treating symptoms and avoiding infection. A Rapid Response Unit has been set up which will collaborate with the Infotagion website to pinpoint sources of coronavirus misinformation.

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Liberty University, a private evangelical university in Lynchburg, Virginia recently faced criticism for allowing almost 2,000 students to return to its campus last week, with university president Jerry Falwell Jr. stating that since they were young, the students were not vulnerable to the coronavirus infection. More than 900 students have now left the campus after reports that some students were showing symptoms of the COVID-19 infection on campus.

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Maria Mercader, a 54-year-old talent executive and producer at CBS News, whose Emmy Award-winning journalistic work spanned three decades and included coverage of landmark events such as the 9/11 attacks and the death of Princess Diana, has passed away due to health complications caused by the COVID-19 infection. Mercader was a cancer survivor and was on medical leave when she died.

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According to some new satellite images, Europe's urban areas have much cleaner air than before the coronavirus lockdown. This can be attributed to the large decrease in traffic and the shutdown of gas emitting factories. The European Public Health Alliance has said that people living in areas with air pollution are more susceptible to the virus as it weakens the lungs.

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Fresh graduates in Italy are fighting the Coronavirus in the country, Medical student Chiara Bonini, 26, had barely finished her final exam, before the young doctor was headed for the front line of Italy's coronavirus pandemic. Bonini was studying for her final medical exams at the University of L'Aquila in central Italy when the government put the call out for medical students to help out in the north

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Dozens of people have tested positive for coronavirus at a nursing home in the suburbs west of Baltimore, Maryland's governor announced late Saturday as the state's death toll from the virus has doubled. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said the state has experienced a "tragic coronavirus outbreak" at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Mount Airy, about 30 miles west of downtown Baltimore.

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The government's senior medical advisers are warning that it could take six months before stringent coronavirus restrictions are lifted. Some care providers have said their frontline staff still lack essential protective equipment. Italy is facing a severe shortage of medical staff in its worst-hit northern regions. And a leading US government expert has warned that as many as 200,000 Americans could lose their lives.

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COVID19 results released Sunday show 59 additional residents of the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing northeast of Nashville in the United States tested positive, while 33 staff members with confirmed cases were isolated at their homes, the governor’s office statement said.

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The British prime minister Boris Johnson has stressed that ‘there really is such a thing as society’ in a message released while self-isolating with Covid-19. The line is a direct contradiction of his Conservative predecessor Margaret Thatcher who said 'there is no such thing as society' in 1987 as an endorsement of pure individualism.

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COVID19 pandemic has changed our routine, most of us are either working from home or just scrolling the social media. These days we should acquire new skills and must explore our passion which we were neglecting because of our busy schedules. We need to find some optimism in this situation, so we may utilize this time to be more productive

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Spain's coronavirus death toll rose by a single-day record of 838 to total 6,528 as the country entered its third week of almost complete lockdown, making Spain the country with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths after Italy. Total infections stand at 78,797, marking an increase of more than 6,000 from the previous day. The government has held an emergency meeting to approve stricter measures to control COVID-19's spread.

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