South Korean police officers wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus, stand guard outside of Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
A man stands in front of a graffiti honoring those in the frontlines in the fight against the coronavirus in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. India has overtaken Russia to become the third worst-affected nation by the coronavirus. After a strict nationwide lockdown, India has eased rest…
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says a shutdown of the nation’s second-largest city is necessary and promised continuing financial support for businesses that fear they won’t survive a second lockdown.
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for months flirted with the new coronavirus as he flouted social distancing at lively demonstrations and encouraged crowds during outings from the presidential residence, often without a mask.
FILE - In this May 25, 2020, file photo, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus pandemic, stands among supporters as he leaves his official residence of Alvorada palace in Brasilia, Brazil. Bolsonaro said Tuesday, July 7, he tested positive for COVID-19 a…
An evangelical pastor prays for Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who said he tested positive for COVID-19, outside Alvorada Palace, the president's official residence in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 7, 2020.
Soldiers patrol outside the president's official residence, Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday he tested positive for COVID-19.
A worker cleans outside the presidential residence, Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Bolsonaro said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he is confident that he will swiftly recover from the new coronavirus thanks to treatment with hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug that has not been proven effective against COVID-19.
Dr. Joseph Varon, right, leads a team as they try to save the life of a patient unsuccessfully inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in the second-largest state in the U.S. have more than doubled in t…
LaTanya Robinson pauses while talking about her ongoing recovery from COVID-19 inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Robinson says she was caring for her son when he got the virus. Both she and her husband eventually caught it. While…
Air is pumped by hand as medical personnel try unsuccessfully to save the life of a patient inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in the second-largest state in the U.S. have more than doubled in the …
Dr. Joseph Varon walks through the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Varon says he has worked more than 100 days with barely a rest and normally sleeps just a few hours a night.
Medical student Diego Montelongo pauses after a patient died inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in the second-largest state in the U.S. have more than doubled in the last two weeks.
Medical equipment is rushed to a room as medical personnel try to save the life of a patient inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Despite their efforts, the patient died.
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - A blanket is pulled to cover the body of a patient after medical personnel tried without success to save her life inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Her death from COVID-19 is a grim warning for Texas, …
Medical student Diego Montelongo closes his eyes briefly as he watches others attempt to save the life of a patient inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Despite all their efforts, the patient died.
Dr. Joseph Varon, center, reaches for an IV bag inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Varon says he has worked more than 100 days with barely a rest and normally sleeps just a few hours a night.
LaTanya Robinson, who has COVID-19, talks about her condition inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Robinson says she was caring for her son when he got the virus. Both she and her husband eventually caught it. While her son and husb…
Dr. Joseph Varon, left, talks with LaTanya Robinson during rounds inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Robinson says she was caring for her son when he got the virus. Both she and her husband eventually caught it. While her son and …
Photographs of staff working at the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center hang on the wall Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. The photographs help patients know who is behind the mask.
Dr. Joseph Varon notifies the family of a patient who died inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Varon called the widow's daughter, expressing condolences first in Spanish, then English. He repeated that he had done everything he cou…
Dr. Joseph Varon, center, visits with Dorothy Webb, left, and her daughter, Tammie, while making his rounds inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Varon says he has worked more than 100 days with barely a rest and normally sleeps just…
Medical student Engerlina Olivares handles a COVID-19 test from a patient inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Texas is seeing a surge in the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus since it loosened restrictions on ga…
Dr. Joseph Varon, right, talks with patient Jose Tellez while making his rounds inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Varon has worked more than 100 days with barely a rest and normally sleeps just a few hours a night.
Medical student Engerlina Olivares walks through the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Anyone seeing a COVID-19 patient is required to wear two sets of masks, gowns, gloves, shoe and head coverings, and a face shield.
Medical student Bryan Delgado puts on PPE inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Anyone seeing a COVID-19 patient is required to wear two sets of masks, gowns, gloves, shoe and head coverings, and a face shield.
The body of a patent who died inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center is covered in sheets Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in the second-largest state in the U.S. have more than doubled in the last two weeks.
HOUSTON (AP) — A few weeks after more than 100 people attended her husband's funeral, the widow herself was on the brink of death.
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for months flirted with the new coronavirus as he flouted social distancing at lively demonstrations and encouraged crowds during outings from the presidential residence, often without a mask.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas surpasses 10,000 confirmed new coronavirus cases in a single day for 1st time as record surges continue across US.
FILE - In this June 30, 2020 file photo, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves delivers a televised address prior to signing a bill retiring the last state flag in the United States with the Confederate battle emblem, during a ceremony at the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss. Reeves tweeted Tuesda…
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signs the bill retiring the last state flag in the United States with the Confederate battle emblem, at the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. From left are his youngest daughter, Maddie Reeves; Sen. Angela Turner Ford, D-Wes…
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann addresses reporters after the Senate passed legislation to change the Mississippi state flag Sunday, June 28, 2020, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature passed the bill to take down the state flag, which contains the Confeder…
Mississippi legislators, staff and Capitol employees take advantage of a drive-thru COVID-19 testing center on the Capitol grounds in Jackson, Miss., Monday, July 6, 2020, following an incidence at the Mississippi Legislature. House Speaker Philip Gunn confirmed Sunday that he had recently t…
Mississippi legislators, staff and Capitol employees take advantage of a drive-thru COVID-19 testing center on the Capitol grounds in Jackson, Miss., Monday, July 6, 2020, following an incidence at the Mississippi Legislature. House Speaker Philip Gunn confirmed Sunday that he had recently t…
A member of the Mississippi Health Response Team takes down medical information from a person potentially affected by a COVID-19 incidence at the Mississippi Legislature at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Monday, July 6, 2020. House Speaker Philip Gunn confirmed Sunday that he had recently te…
FILE - In this June 28, 2020, file photo, House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, addresses reporters after the House passed legislation to change the Mississippi state flag at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Gunn says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. He said in a video posted Sunday,…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — At least eight Mississippi lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus after working for weeks in a Capitol where many people stood or sat close together and did not wear masks.
Second lady Karen Pence speaks during a "National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America's Schools," event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Washington.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams departs after a television interview on the North Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Washington.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams does a television interview on the North Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government launched a broad national campaign Tuesday aimed at reducing high suicide rates, urging the public to reach out to others, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, and acknowledge daily stresses in people's lives.
Mariella Enoc, president of the Bambin Gesu' (Baby Jesus) pediatric hospital, left, and Carlo Efisio Marras, head of the hospital's neurosurgery department, center, pose with Ermine, mother of conjoined twins Ervina and Prefina, before a press conference at the Vatican pediatric hospital, in…
Carlo Efisio Marras, head of the Bambino Gesu' (Baby Jesus) pediatric hospital neurosurgery department, meets the media during a press conference in Rome, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Doctors at the Vatican’s pediatric hospital said Tuesday they have successfully separated twins who were conjoined…
Ermine, mother of conjoined twins Ervina and Prefina, smiles before a press conference at the Vatican pediatric hospital, in Rome, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Doctors at the Vatican’s pediatric hospital said Tuesday they have successfully separated twins who were conjoined at the back of their sk…
Carlo Efisio Marras, right, head of the Bambino Gesu' (Baby Jesus) pediatric hospital neurosurgery department, poses with Ermine, mother of conjoined twins Ervina and Prefina, before a press conference at the Vatican pediatric hospital, in Rome, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Doctors at the Vatican’…
Carlo Efisio Marras, head of the Bambino Gesu' (Baby Jesus) hospital's neurosurgery department, left, poses with Ermine, mother of conjoined twins Ervina and Prefina, before a press conference at the Vatican pediatric hospital, in Rome, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Doctors at the Vatican’s pediatr…
ROME (AP) — Doctors at the Vatican’s pediatric hospital said Tuesday they have successfully separated conjoined twins whose skulls were fused back-to-back, an exceedingly rare surgery for an equally rare congenital defect.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, although the pullout won’t take effect until next year, meaning it could be rescinded under a new administration of if circumstances change.
