Jason Slotkin
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After an outcry, the multiplex chain said it will require face coverings for guests in all of its theaters reopening in July. Earlier plans mandated masks only for staff and where laws required them.
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The United States — at more than 109,000 — accounts for more than a quarter of global deaths from COVID-19. More than 6.9 million worldwide have been infected with the coronavirus.
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Top officials with the bloc encouraged Trump to rethink his plans to leave the international health agency. Trump's Friday announcement followed weeks of criticisms and threats to pull funding.
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Media reports and analysts have questioned the accuracy of Russia's mortality figures for the virus. Moscow's Health Department now says 1,561 people died in April due to the coronavirus.
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Demonstrators defied social distancing rules and thronged some of the busiest retail districts Sunday. China's parliament is planning legislation to tighten its grip on the semi-autonomous territory.
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Health officials announced Saturday that they had recorded 1,107 new infections. The news comes as the state entered Phase 2 of its reopening plan on Friday.
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The president visited his Virginia resort Saturday. It appears that Trump — whose time on the links has been criticized — hasn't played a round since declaring a national emergency in March.
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Shkreli argues that his pharmaceuticals experience qualifies him to help seek a treatment or cure. Probation officials call that claim "delusional self-aggrandizing behavior."
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The city began allowing some businesses such as gyms, salons and movie theaters, as well as churches to reopen — or expand their operations — in a limited capacity on Saturday.
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Nelson Teich resigned from his post Friday after only a few weeks on the job. Teich, the second health minister to depart in a month, disagreed with President Jair Bolsonaro about response measures.