Online videos ‘predicted’ details of outbreak

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Two years ago, during a simulated meeting of the nation’s top officials, a former senator acting as the U.S. defense secretary offered a chilling assessment of a “new” deadly disease spreading across America: “We’re going to have a lot of casualties in this war against this epidemic.” One of the […]

Amazon Prime Pantry temporarily shut on demand surge

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Swamped by a flood of orders by consumers hunkering down at home due to the coronavirus, Amazon is closing its Prime Pantry food-delivery service nationwide for an unspecified period of time so it can restock. “Pantry is temporarily closed. We’re busy restocking,” states a notice posted on its website, citing […]

Paper money shunned for fear of coronavirus

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A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over its lifetime, could be a vector for the coronavirus. Public officials and health experts have said the risk of transferring the virus person-to-person through the […]

Tax Day moved to July 15 from April 15

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Americans will have an additional three months to file their taxes, with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announcing Friday that Tax Day has been shifted to July 15 from the usual April 15. The deadline delay comes as millions of people are self-isolating and millions more cope with “shelter-in-place” orders due […]