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Germany's coronavirus spread appears to be picking up speed again, official data showed Sunday, just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the country could gradually return to normal. The Robert Koch Institute for public health said Germany's closely watched reproduction rate (R0) had climbed to 1.1, meaning 10 people with COVID-19 infect on average 11 others. The RKI has warned that for the infection rate to be deemed under control and slowing down, the R0 has to stay below one. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2yJ3W3D via Latest News

Silvia Romano, 25, was freed on Saturday in Somalia, in an operation by Italy's secret services. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2WHbM5Q via Latest News

South Dakota Indian tribes have set up checkpoints on reservations restricting travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2WfIlsy via Latest News

Former President Barack Obama has issued a stern critique of the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, calling it a “chaotic disaster”.The comments were made on a 30-minute private phone call between the former president and members of the Obama Alumni Association, according to Yahoo News, which obtained audio from the conversation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3fywr4t via Latest News

One of the world's largest train networks will "gradually" restart operations from Tuesday as India eases its coronavirus lockdown, as the number of cases passed 60,000 with more than 2,000 deaths. "Indian Railways plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from 12th May, 2020... Thereafter, Indian Railways shall start more special services on new routes," the railways ministry added in a statement. The vast train network, which had carried more than 20 million passengers daily, was halted in late March as India imposed a strict lockdown to stem the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cqgUlq via Latest News

As France prepares to start letting public life resume after eight weeks under a coronavirus lockdown, many parents are deeply torn over a question without a clear or correct answer: Should I send my child back to school? The French government is easing some of the closure and home-confinement orders it imposed March 17 to curb infections, with businesses permitted to reopen, residents cleared to return to workplaces and schools welcoming some students again starting Monday. Only preschools and elementary schools are set to start up at first, and classes will be capped at 10 students at preschools and 15 elsewhere. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cfHQnQ via Latest News

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At least a dozen people with potential access to the president and vice president tested positive for COVID-19 last week. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3fxKK9L via Latest News

After the justice department dropped charges against Trump’s ex-national security adviser, Obama expressed fear the US is headed in a dangerous directionBarack Obama has reportedly said the “rule of law is at risk” in the US, after the justice department said it would drop its case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn.In remarks likely to enrage Donald Trump, Obama also reportedly labeled the current administration’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak “an absolute chaotic disaster”.Flynn, a retired general, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations with the Russian ambassador about sanctions over election interference, which were levied by Obama at the end of his presidency.Having been fired by Trump for lying to the vice-president, Mike Pence, Flynn co-operated with investigators before seeking to withdraw his plea.Trump publicly toyed with pardoning Flynn and his supporters mounted a fierce campaign in support of the general, who had not been sentence...

Mother’s Day weekend got off to an unseasonably snowy start in the Northeast on Saturday thanks to the polar vortex bringing cold air down from the north. John Cannon, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, said parts of northern New England saw as much as 10 inches of snow and even coastal areas of Maine and New Hampshire got a dusting. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zqSOs0 via Latest News

ROME -- A company near Italy's northern city of Verona is producing protective masks with Benito Mussolini's image on them, sparking a heated political row as the country struggles to handle the second phase of the coronavirus pandemic. According to reports by Italian media, the company – based in the small village of San Giorgio in Salici – is selling anti COVID-19 face masks, featuring images of the Fascist dictator. The masks also include one of his famous slogans: "Walk, build and if necessary fight and win!". News of the masks’ production spread on social media and caused immediate reactions among center-left politicians, who are part of the ruling coalition with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement. Deputies of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) called on Italian authorities to "firmly condemn this disgraceful action" and urgently stop the production of the masks. "Of the many things that can happen amid a pandemic, selling personal protec...

Avianca, the second-largest airline in Latin America, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States on Sunday to reorganize its debt "due to the unpredictable impact" of the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement issued in Bogota, Avianca said that along with "some of its subsidiaries and affiliates," it had asked to "voluntarily file for Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code" in a New York court. The airline's operations "have been dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic," as well as federal air travel restrictions. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Lu0rB3 via Latest News

China says it will improve public health systems after criticism of its early response to the virus. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YMBYhX via Latest News

Gavin Newsom endorses Joe Biden for president from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3fwEHlC via Latest News

Eleven U.S. Secret Service employees have tested positive for coronavirus and 60 staffers are in self quarantine. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2WhCraw via Latest News

Prior to pandemic, 160 million got insurance through their job – but up to 7 million are unlikely to find new plans, say researchers * Coronavirus – live US updates * Live global updatesAs many as 43 million Americans could lose their health insurance in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute.Prior to the pandemic, 160 million Americans, or roughly half the population, received their medical insurance through their job. The tidal wave of layoffs triggered by quarantine measures now threatens that coverage for millions.Up to 7 million of those people are unlikely to find new insurance as poor economic conditions drag on, researchers at the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation thinktanks predict.Such enormous insurance losses could dramatically alter America’s healthcare landscape, and will probably result in more deaths as people avoid unaffordable healthcare.“The status quo is incred...

On Saturday, South Korea confirmed 18 new coronavirus cases — the first time in five days that the number jumped above 10. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LeotzF via Latest News

"Passing along a message from Mother Nature," the National Weather Service in Binghamton, New York, tweeted alongside a photo of a car covered in light snow. "Happy Mother's Day Weekend." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LcwF3q via Latest News

The Senate’s top Democrat on Sunday called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to explain why it allowed the use of an unproven drug on veterans for the coronavirus, saying patients may have been put at unnecessary risk. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York said the VA needs to provide Congress more information about a recent bulk order for $208,000 worth of hydroxychloroquine. President Donald Trump has heavily promoted the malaria drug, without evidence, as a treatment for COVID-19. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AfMWm1 via Latest News

Pictures of restaurant employees and patrons gleefully violating California's social-distancing rules do no favors to businesses that behave responsibly. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YN9B3i via Latest News