As Americans die faster than in any other nation, Washington is aggressively securing virus-filtering masks to other nations’ detriment. Meanwhile, sailors cheer the captain who fought for their health, and lost.

With more than 1 million infections and 53,000 fatalities around the

world, COVID-19 continues to claim victims at an alarming rate. Meanwhile, U.S.

Navy Capt. Brett Crozier was stripped of his command after urging his superiors

to address the coronavirus outbreak on his aircraft carrier.

As the global pandemic nears 1 million cases — a fifth of them American — governors begged for supplies from a dwindling federal emergency stockpile. Meanwhile, Wall Street futures inched up after Wednesday’s sell-off as investors await today’s coronavirus-ravaged U.S. unemployment figures.

President Donald Trump warned of a “very painful two weeks” ahead

yesterday as public health experts said up to 240,000 Americans could ultimately

die from coronavirus. Meanwhile, the U.S. Census Bureau says it’s still “laser-fo-

cused” on conducting the once-in-a-decade survey by the Dec. 31 deadline.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appealed to out-of-state medical workers for help yesterday as the Empire State surpassed 66,000 COVID-19 infec- tions and 1,200 deaths. Meanwhile, some are wondering whether the raft of virus- related restrictions around the world could end up stifling democracy.

President Donald Trump backed away from his dream of restarting the economy by Easter, declaring last night that Americans should follow rigid social distancing restrictions at least through April. Meanwhile, India’s lockdown has left millions of migrant laborers jobless, so many are hitting the road back home on foot.

Ending a week in which the U.S., passing 100,000 known SARS-CoV-2 infections, eclipsed even China’s total, President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion pandemic relief bill Friday while invoking wartime powers to commandeer industrial production., Meanwhile, Germany is fighting to keep its death rate low.

With more than 85,000 confirmed cases, the U.S. has now surpassed

regional epicenters China and Italy in confirmed COVID-19 infections. Meanwhile,

experts say last week’s record 3.3 million U.S. unemployment claims are “likely

just the beginning.

U.S. Senate passed history’s biggest stimulus package 96-0 Wednesday, and the House is expected to approve the $2.2 trillion bill Friday. Meanwhile, the Australian white supremacist suspected of murdering 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, has changed his plea to guilty.

U.S. Senate leaders and the White House finally agreed on a $2 trillion package to cushion the economy from the chaotic effects of coronavirus.

Meanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered his country’s 1.3 billion

citizens to stay inside for three weeks in an effort to fight coronavirus.