UNEWS, Top stories for U.S. Latinos in English

Over six million Americans filed for unemployment last week; number of new infections is slowing down; and more Latin American countries institute gender-based quarantines to control the spread of the outbreak.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders ends his presidential bid; African-Americans are disproportionately affected by coronavirus; and lockdown is lifted in Wuhan, China where it all started.

A new government report found hospitals across the nation are suffering from widespread shortages of critical supplies; the Trump administration was warned in late January of a “full-blown pandemic”; and Wisconsin is holding primary elections despite public health concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Officials warn Americans to brace for a tough week ahead as the number of coronavirus cases peak; Wisconsin postpones its primary election tomorrow amid coronavirus concerns; and in Ecuador officials distribute cardboard coffins due to shortage of wooden ones.

Coronavirus cases worldwide top 1,000,000; New York’s Governor Cuomo warns the state will run out of respirators in six days; and immigrant rights’ activists rallied for ICE to release people in detention due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A record 6.6 million people filed for unemployment last week; the Democratic National Committee postpones it’s nominating convention; Doctor Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert and member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, receiving death threats; and countries like Panama and the Philippines adopt extreme measures to stop the spread of the virus.

The Trump Administration and state officials are bracing for worsening conditions as the coronavirus spreads across the country; health officials debate whether Americans should wear face masks in public; and migrants at the border are being deported in record time under new coronavirus security measures at the border.

Over 250 million people are under stay-at-home orders as coronavirus cases rise; tents and makeshift hospitals are being setup across parts of the country; Walmart and Sam’s Club to start taking worker’s temperature.

The White House extends its social distancing recommendations till the end of April; U.S. Navy hospital ship arrives in New York City to aid in coronavirus fight; and the death toll in Italy passed 11,000, the highest in the world.

The House of Representatives unanimously approved a historic $2 trillion economic relief package aimed at helping those affected by the pandemic; New York’s governor said the state is looking at 21 days for a possible peak in cases; and UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive for the virus.