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Month: March 2020

Snow College information for on campus living students – campus facilities closed

Campus facilities will temporarily close from March 21-29 as a precaution due to the COVID-19 outbreak and our regularly scheduled spring break. Please visit snow.edu/coronavirus for more information. …. As you know, we are in unprecedented times that require unprecedented actions. Our priority at this time is to keep Snow College students, staff, and […]

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Coronavirus live updates: 100% of New York workforce must stay home

Coronavirus live updates: 100% of New York workforce must stay home

mrtom-uk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people worldwide, mostly in Italy and China. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has reached every continent except Antarctica as well as every European country since emerging in the Chinese city of […]

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Miami mayor’s message to spring breakers amid coronavirus pandemic: It’s ‘worth going back home’

Miami mayor’s message to spring breakers amid coronavirus pandemic: It’s ‘worth going back home’

ABC News(MIAMI) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, shared a piece of advice to young people who are ignoring social distancing recommendations and gathering on the beaches of Florida. Suarez, 42, was tested positive for COVID-19 last Friday, four days after attending […]

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Storm moves east with damaging winds, flash flooding and threat for tornadoes

Storm moves east with damaging winds, flash flooding and threat for tornadoes

ABC News(NEW YORK) — In the last 24 hours, damaging storms were reported from Texas to Iowa and all the way to Ohio. Reports of property damage were widespread in Arkansas, Illinois and Oklahoma. There are no reports of a confirmed tornado touching down, but it can’t be ruled out […]

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Coronavirus live updates: Quarantined cruise ship passengers reportedly refuse tests

Coronavirus live updates: Quarantined cruise ship passengers reportedly refuse tests

mrtom-uk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people worldwide, mostly in Italy and China. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has reached every continent except Antarctica as well as every European country since emerging in the Chinese city of […]

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Isolation of families for COVID-19 raises concerns about domestic violence

Isolation of families for COVID-19 raises concerns about domestic violence

smolaw11/iStock(NEW YORK) — As schools across the country close and employees are encouraged to work from home in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, some experts are concerned about an increase in domestic violence. The outbreak of the coronavirus, formally known as COVID-19, hit in the United […]

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Coronavirus patient: It’s ‘frustrating’ spring breakers aren’t practicing social distancing

Coronavirus patient: It’s ‘frustrating’ spring breakers aren’t practicing social distancing

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Scores of people across the United States are currently following the advice of public health officials, hunkering down in their homes in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus through social distancing. But even as more people have become ill, many college students […]

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Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 10,000, California governor asks all 39M residents to stay at home

Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 10,000, California governor asks all 39M residents to stay at home

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus, which began in China just three months ago, has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has spread to every continent except Antarctica as well as every single European country. There are at […]

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Maryland veterinary clinic using ‘curbside check-in’ to stem coronavirus

Maryland veterinary clinic using ‘curbside check-in’ to stem coronavirus

Becky Perlow/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Amid the closure of restaurants and restrictions on nursing homes, veterinary practices are also starting to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. One clinic in Maryland is taking steps to slow the spread of the virus by offering its clients curbside check-in to keep […]

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Bride and florist team up to donate flowers after postponing wedding due to coronavirus concerns

Bride and florist team up to donate flowers after postponing wedding due to coronavirus concerns

Angela Mandigo(NEW YORK) — When a bride’s big day was canceled because of coronavirus concerns, her and her florist teamed up to create a silver lining by spreading joy to others. Keali Lay, 28, and her fiancé Jeff Scheider, 31, got engaged on Labor Day weekend and were set to […]

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