By Todd Spangler
20.03.2020 - 19:05 / billboard.com
During the months of January and February, I paid loose attention to the news. I heard about a virus in China and assumed it was like the viral outbreaks we’ve seen in the past, like MERS, SARS, and Ebola.
All of them had little effect on my day-to-day life outside of praying for those affected and following the news reports. By the first week of March, I realized that COVID-19 was something different.
By Todd Spangler
A bold gesture...
Halsey has donated 100,000 face masks to four California medical facilities.Halsey announced the news on Instagram, saying she was “in awe of the medical workers on the frontlines.” She says she worked with Orange International Inc. to source the FDA-certified three-ply masks from a factory in Guangzhou, China.The masks will be distributed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Providence Saint Joseph, LAC+USC Medical Center and Martin Luther King Jr.
By Rebecca Davis
The New England Patriots plane is flying much-needed coronavirus crisis medical supplies to Boston from China, CBS Boston reports. A Patriots spokesperson said the team's Boeing 767 went to Shenzhen, China Wednesday to pick up 1.2 million N95 masks, and it's now on its way back to the U.S.
By Nancy Tartaglione
More than 200 cinemas in Shanghai will re-open Saturday after nearly two months of enforced shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus, Chinese authorities said Thursday.
By Nancy Tartaglione
Agents of SHIELD star Chloe Bennet has spoken out against anti-Asian racism amid the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, after US president Donald Trump referred to the illness as the "Chinese virus" in a recent press conference.
By Nancy Tartaglione
By Anthony D'Alessandro, Nancy Tartaglione
Hollywood stars are coming out of self-isolation to shade U.S. President Donald Trump for his recent coronavirus remarks.