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Only 1,895 people in the US have definitively been tested for coronavirus, according to a new investigation. The Atlantic could only verify that as many tests had been run, despite federal officials claims that they now have capacity to test 15,000 Americans for the virus that’s infected nearly 300 across the country and killed 15. … Read more
People reveal the things that Americans ‘don’t understand’ about the British, from paying for a TV licence to drinking ‘squash’ One Briton said Americans don’t seem to understand what salad cream is Another added that the British greeting ‘alright?’ appears to perplex Americans Americans are confused by Britons calling their evening meal ‘tea’, says another … Read more
An American woman who was adopted from South Korea as an infant has shared a video of the emotional moment she met her biological mother and sister for the first time in 33 years. Shelee Henderson, a 33-year-old boutique owner from Chickasha, Oklahoma, was raised by her adoptive parents in the U.S. and told her birth … Read more
The majority of Americans are taking action to avoid contracting coronavirus, a new YouGov survey has found. Adults in the US say that they are ‘improving personal hygiene’, avoiding crowded places and refraining from touching as many objects in public as possible. Health officials have encouraged hands, avoiding crowded places for older people but have … Read more
Anglo American’s chief executive Mark Cutifani Mark Cutifani, the chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, is persona non grata with Sirius Minerals shareholders, who say his fraught takeover bid for the Yorkshire fertiliser mine ‘stinks’. But he says he has ‘even tougher critics’ than the furious pensioners, pub landlords and war veterans who stand … Read more
A top official at the National Institutes of Health says the quarantine aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship ‘failed’ after more than 300 Americans passengers were evacuated – 14 of whom tested positive for coronavirus out of 542 total. More than 3,700 passengers and crew members were stuck onboard the ship that has been docked … Read more
Nearly 350 Americans evacuated from China amid the coronavirus outbreak were released from two separate quarantine stations in California on Tuesday. The first group had been in isolation at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield and the second was at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. All of the US citizens had been … Read more
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials announced that more than 100 Americans still onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Japan will be barred from entry back into the US until they have completed yet another 14-day quarantine after disembarking. ‘CDC believes the rate of new infections on board, especially among those without … Read more
Nearly 350 Americans evacuated from China amid the coronavirus outbreak were released from two separate quarantine stations in California on Tuesday. The first group had been in isolation at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield and the second was at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. All of the US citizens had been … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Almost 1,900 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 73,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more