RT (2020-04-10). Syrian chemical dossier: Russia slams misinformation in OPCW team\'s report on alleged Ltamenah incidents in 2017. rt.com The Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) of the world\'s chemical weapons watchdog has released its initial report on the three alleged chemical incidents in the Syrian village of Ltamenah on March 24, 25 and 30 in 2017. The Russian Foreign Ministry said it was difficult to expect anything else from the body, set up by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), after the report said that \"there are reasonable grounds to believe\" that in all three instances, chemical weapons were used by the Syrian Air Force. | The relevant Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) requires the mandatory dis…

RT (2020-04-10). 50 cases of Covid-19 aboard France\'s ONLY aircraft carrier, Defense Ministry confirms. rt.com The coronavirus outbreak on board France\'s only aircraft carrier has infected 50 crew members, the French Defense Ministry has confirmed. The Navy flagship is on its way to Toulon after cutting short its Mediterranean mission. | A military medical team was dispatched to the Charles de Gaulle to assess the situation after the start of the outbreak. Of the 66 people tested after its arrival on Wednesday, 50 returned positive results, the ministry said on Friday. | Three infected sailors were evacuated from the Charles de Gaulle on Thursday by an NH90 military helicopter to Portugal before being airlifted to a mi…

RT (2020-04-10). Exporters like Russia won as Covid-19 fears pushed grain market up, but now veggies may get sliced & diced. rt.com Coronavirus tanked global markets, but for grain producers like Russia, the pain was eased by a surge in prices. More bad news is on the horizon, however, as virus-induced labor shortages threaten the fruit and vegetable supply. | The Covid-19 pandemic caused a worldwide economic slowdown, sending the prices of oil and many other commodities into free fall. Grain prices went sharply against this trend, surging in the second half of March and prompting observations in Russia that carbohydrates were becoming more valuable than hydrocarbons. | This provided an unexpected economic boon for Russia, the world\'s numb…

RT (2020-04-10). Fears of MILLIONS becoming infected soon in war-torn Yemen as first Covid-19 case recorded. rt.com The first confirmed Covid-19 case has been recorded in war-torn Yemen as the devastated nation braces for the pandemic to hit. A local health official has warned that up to 90 percent of the population could become infected. | The first case of the disease was recorded in the large eastern Hadhramaut Province, the country\'s emergency committee to combat Covid-19 announced on Friday. The patient is in stable condition and is receiving treatment, the officials said. | Yemen has been devastated by a bloody civil war, which began after the Houthi rebel movement toppled President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who went int…

RT (2020-04-10). Boeing may slash staff by 10% amid coronavirus crisis & 737 MAX fiasco. rt.com American aviation giant Boeing could cut its more than 150,000-strong workforce by around 10 percent as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on the global airline industry, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). | The plane maker could offer its workers early retirement as well as voluntary layoffs, the outlet said, citing sources, adding that the plan could also include buyouts. The company has not made the final decision yet. | Also on rt.com | |

RT (2020-04-10). Trump gloats over ABC \'fake news\' as medical intelligence refutes shock report, denies warning Washington of Covid-19 in November. rt.com A bombshell ABC News report that claimed US military intelligence warned the White House about a looming coronavirus outbreak was denied by the service itself, giving President Trump an opportunity to gloat at his accusers. | The story, released on Wednesday, claimed the National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) reported in November that a possible \"cataclysmic event\" was in the making in China\'s Wuhan city. The NCMI — part of the Pentagon\'s intelligence apparatus — gave a warning to the US government, but it failed to act early to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic in the country or t…

RT (2020-04-10). Number of coronavirus cases in Russia rises by 1,786 to 11,917. rt.com The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 1,786 in the past 24 hours, the country\'s largest daily rise so far, the crisis center said in a statement on Friday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Russia to 11,917. | It added that coronavirus patients had been identified for the first time in southern Siberia\'s Tuva region. \"A total of 11,917 coronavirus cases have so far been recorded in 82 Russian regions, up by 17.6 percent,\" the center said. | \"As many as 97 people were discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours. Eighteen coronavirus patients died in the past 24 hours, taking the…

RT (2020-04-10). Locked down, literally: Indian officials PUT LOCKS on homes of quarantine violators to prevent them from sneaking out. rt.com Local authorities in two towns in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh went to great lengths to stop the spread of coronavirus, sealing quarantine violators in their homes, while ensuring they have food and essentials delivered. | With India in a state of complete lockdown since March 25, state officials are taking no prisoners in enforcing the strict stay-at-home regulations… well, almost. | Some 47 people have been effectively interned in their homes by district authorities in the towns of Khajuraho and Rajnagar for breaching quarantine as they came back after being released from hospitals in other areas, th…

Vijay Prashad (2020-04-10). Femicide does not respect the quarantine. mronline.org Days, weeks, months, an indeterminate amount of time as the world seems paralysed by the journey of SARS-CoV-2. The lack of certainty increases the anxiety. This virus, as Arundhati Roy writes, \'seeks proliferation, not profit, and has, therefore, inadvertently, to some extent, reversed the direction of the flow [of capital].

RT (2020-04-10). \'Real test\' yet to come, Orban says as Hungary reports biggest daily increase in infections. rt.com Restrictive steps have managed to slow the spread of coronavirus in Hungary but the \"real test\" is yet to come, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Orban said that at the peak of the crisis, Hungary would need about 8,000 ventilators and intensive-care hospital beds, of which around 2,000 would be available in \"normal times.\" | The statement came as the government reported the single biggest daily increase in infections. Hungary\'s confirmed coronavirus cases have increased by 210 to 1,190, government data showed on Friday. | On Thursday, a nationwide lockdown was prolonged indefinitely to slow the spre…

RT (2020-04-10). US reports nearly 1,800 coronavirus fatalities in 24 hours, as death rate slows after 2 days of back-to-back records. rt.com Nearly 1,800 people died in the US after contracting coronavirus on Thursday, a tally by Johns Hopkins University indicates. The overall US death toll stands at just over 16,500 as it continues to lead the world in cases. | The US, which according to various projections is nearing the peak of its outbreak, registered 1,783 deaths from the virus in a single day, according to data aggregated by the university. | While some models — such as one provided by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) — forecast that the US should still expect the peak to come later this week, the new number is…

Eds. (2020-04-10). As Coronavirus spread, financial services contractor told warehouse workers they aren\'t allowed to get sick. mronline.org M. WAS MIDWAY through her 12-hour shift in late March, sorting financial documents in a cavernous Long Island warehouse, when a supervisor stopped by and handed her a flyer. Several days earlier, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had signed an executive order shutting down most businesses, but M.\'s warehouse had remained open because its purpose—mailing …

Be A Hero Fund, MoveOn (2020-04-10). Be A Hero: COVID-19 w/ Ady Barka, Rep. A. Ocasio-Cortez, & Rahna Epting of MoveOn. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Bernd Bonfert (2020-04-10). Organizing under lockdown: online activism, local solidarity. zcomm.org As the pandemic forces us into lockdown, activists across Europe demonstrate that there are still ways to organize and practice solidarity at a safe social distance…

WSWS (2020-04-10). Three Illinois prisoners die of COVID-19 as Chicago jail identified as a \"hotspot\" wsws.org Protests have taken place against inhumane treatment, crowded conditions, inadequate sanitation and official inaction on the growing demands for inmate release.

TRUMP (2020-04-10). Noisy \"OUTNOW! Tuesday\" in SF Bay Area. indybay.org With the tag line \"Trump is an American virus, it\'s time to break the silence,\" members of Refuse Fascism, Vigil for Democracy, and the Raging Grannies Action League protested while maintaining social distancing rules on Tuesday, April 7. They demand that the US government provide aid and protection for humanity globally, not just for Americans, based on international co-operation, not competition in this time of pandemic.

T.J. Coles (2020-04-10). Freedom from Fear: John Pilger Discusses Coronavirus Propaganda, Imperialism, and Human Rights. counterpunch.org John Pilger is the world-renowned journalist and filmmaker. The author of several books and maker of over 60 documentaries (the latest being The Coming War on China and The Dirty War on the NHS), Pilger has won dozens of prestigious awards and has been honoured by several universities. I asked him about the coronavirus in

Ramzy Baroud (2020-04-10). Solidarity in the Age of Coronavirus: What the Arabs Must Do. counterpunch.org While the Coronavirus continues to ravage almost every nation on earth, Arab countries remain unable, or unwilling, to formulate a collective strategy to help the poorest and most vulnerable Arabs survive the deadly virus and its economic fallout. Worse, amid growing international solidarity, we are yet to see a pan-Arab initiative that aims to provide

Bernie Sanders (2020-04-10). Congress Must Lead The Way in This Unprecedented Crisis. zcomm.org The American people deserve and require leadership from Washington amid this horrific pandemic and economic meltdown. In this unprecedented moment in American history, we need an unprecedented legislative response…

Bob P (2020-04-10). COVID-19: Capitalist Crisis & Socialist Solutions. indybay.org Online Forum: Join via internet or phone. | Register here: | zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYof-mhqjwsjeCVfc5xIsy7Yuf-wngN4g…

repost (2020-04-10). Venezuela Pres Maduro\'s Message to American people. indybay.org Oil rich Venezuela is again threatened with invasion, by Nazi Trump, with no opposition from any Democrat, sending an armada to Venezuela\'s shores, in the middle of a pandemic, under the obviously false pretext of drug-pushing, which the world knows Venezuela does not do. The democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro has sent an open letter to the American people. See www.globalresearch.ca/letter-president-maduro-people-united-states/5708882…

graham (2020-04-10). Covid-19 : The terrifying numbers of a global crisis slowly unravelling before us. truepublica.org.uk TruePublica Editor: Leaving aside the devastating effects on the lives of people, the rapidly intensifying economic effects of COVID-19 on the world of economies and employment is already proving to be far worse than the 2008-9 financial crisis. And from a democratic point of view, more than two billion people live in countries where parliaments …

WSWS (2020-04-10). Canada: More than 5 million workers apply for government assistance amid coronavirus pandemic. wsws.org While millions of workers and their families are effectively being given rations, Canada\'s banks and business elite are rolling in cash, courtesy of the more than $650 billion handed over to them by the Trudeau government.

WSWS (2020-04-10). \"We are expendable\": Delta flight attendant speaks on corporate recklessness at US airlines. wsws.org While the airlines, which were recently handed $58 billion in bailout money, have not released accurate data, recent reports indicate that hundreds of US airline workers have already been infected with COVID-19.

Peter Harrison (2020-04-10). The Last Humans…Or Why \'Revolutionaries\' Should Drop their Millenarianism and Support Survival International. counterpunch.org There are two types of \'human being\' on the planet, but only one type can truly call itself human. The \'human beings\' who cannot truly call themselves human include myself and all the others who are products and functions — not of the earth from which we originate — but of the economy we know

Ron Jacobs (2020-04-10). Women of Their Revolution. counterpunch.org After an uprising by the female staff, the February 6, 1970 issue of the New York underground newspaper Rat was completely written by women. The lead article was titled \"Goodbye to All That\" and harshly attacked individuals, groups and movements in the burgeoning counterculture and New Left. Some of its fiercest criticism was leveled at

Lois Gibbs (2020-04-10). The EPA Just Gave Polluters a License to Kill. counterpunch.org Our government just told polluters they are free to pump deadly chemicals into our air and water. That\'s because the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended all enforcement indefinitely, until the COVID-19 crisis is over. This terrifies me. I know firsthand that giving polluters free rein will cost thousands, even millions, of lives. As a

Rob Urie (2020-04-10). Capitalism, the State Religion. counterpunch.org With Old Testament locusts and plagues re-emerging for the late capitalist era, one could be forgiven for imagining that an avenging God has been awakened. As the virus winds its way into the nooks and crannies of modernity, innocents are being sacrificed at the altar of \'the economy\' while the lunatic circus in the New

Martha Rosenberg (2020-04-10). COVID-19 Reaches U.S. Slaughterhouses. counterpunch.org Meat giant JBS USA Holdings closed its Souderton, Pennsylvania slaughter operation. Tyson Foods closed its Columbus Junction, Iowa pork slaughterhouse. Pennsylvania-based Empire Kosher Poultry temporarily closed its doors and Sanderson Farms asked employees at its Moultrie, GA slaughter operation to stay home. COVID-19 has hit U.S. slaughterhouses big time. In addition to management-ruled closures, employees

Wim Laven (2020-04-10). COVID-19 is Manufactured Chaos. counterpunch.org In late December of last year, the Chinese announced an epidemic in Wuhan. The autocratic Chinese government should have made that outbreak known at least three weeks earlier. Over here, the increasingly autocratic Trump dithered, misunderstood, failed to act, dismissed the threat as nothing, and let coronavirus win. This poor excuse for an official finally lets us know on

Lee Hall (2020-04-10). Wet Markets and Wild Longings. counterpunch.org I went to a Red Cross site to give blood this week, but was told to leave without donating. Turns out I\'m in a \"deferral\" category, having spent more than three months in Britain between 1980 and 1996. It\'s related to mad cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. I might have eaten spinal cord or brain tissue from infected cattle. I became vegan in England, so this whole thing is richly ironic for me. If we were all vegan, mad cow disease wouldn\'t be a thing. Nor, presumably, would COVID-19.

Nancy Scheper-Hughes (2020-04-10). Memoir: A Liberation Theology Stations of the Cross in Northeast Brazil. counterpunch.org Padre Andreas, a Jesuit priest from Spain, came on a radical mission to the impoverished hillside shantytown of Alto do Cruzeiro in the municipio of Timbauba, a sugarcane market town in Pernambuco Brazil. At the time, 1989, I was living on \"the Alto\" (the hill) with the rural workers, sugarcane cutters, and fishermen and women

Helen Yaffe (2020-04-10). Cuban Medical Science in the Service of Humanity. counterpunch.org By 21 March, Cuba had sent healthcare professionals to 37 countries to collaborate in combating the pandemic. Italy received 53 Cuban medics who had previously worked in West Africa during the deadly Ebola outbreak of 2014. Cuba also stepped into the breach in mid-March when a cruise ship with over 600 mostly British passengers and

Charles McKelvey (2020-04-10). Cuban Development of Biomedical High Technology. counterpunch.org As the United States and the nations of Europe experience the sad tragedy of an uncontrolled pandemic, they for the most part have not noticed the well-organized and coherent plan of the Cuban government against Covid-19, being carried out with the determined and patriotic support of the people; nor the availability of a Cuban

Pat Ryan (2020-04-10). Democratic Money and the New Corona Virus Economy. counterpunch.org Here in the United States, we don\'t like to talk about class. The dominant metaphor projected by the media is the great big competition that we are all participating in as individuals (the meritocracy or free market). Within the competition, there are winners and losers. As independent competitors, most people don\'t belong to a class.

Joseph Natoli (2020-04-10). The Pataphysics of Pandemic. counterpunch.org Pataphysics: the science of imaginary solutions This illness doesn\'t believe in American Exceptionalism or that reality is a fungible quotient. Donald Trump and his narcissistic mental illness is an entirely expected effect from this model. That idea that reality isn\'t a firm thing and problems aren\'t to be solved, but molded and managed to what

Pam Martens, Russ Martens (2020-04-10). Wall Street\'s Banks Could Profit by Millions on Coronavirus Deaths of Employees. counterpunch.org If it sounds ghoulish, it\'s because it is ghoulish. Some of the biggest banks on Wall Street have been intimidating their traders to come back to work despite an executive order from the Governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo, ordering people to remain at home during the coronavirus outbreak unless they work for essential

Marshall Auerback (2020-04-10). Last Chance to Save the Euro? counterpunch.org After a faulty start to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union members appear to be getting their act together, as they all appear to have abandoned ruinous slash-and-burn austerity policies (including budget cuts to health care, education and other social services) in order to cope with the onset of a global depression. At least that\'s

WSWS (2020-04-10). UK government ignored scientific advice and treated COVID-19 as a public order issue. wsws.org Behavioural scientists played an extraordinary and unwarranted part in determining government policy, compared with the input of medical professionals.

en.mehrnews (2020-04-10). Qeshm streets vacant amid Covid-19 outbreak. en.mehrnews.com QESHM ISLAND, Apr. 10 (MNA) — With its picturesque tourist sites, malls and restaurants, Qeshm Island in south Iran used to host a large number of visitors. However, the coronavirus outbreak has left it vacant of tourists this year.

Labor Video Project (2020-04-10). COVID-19 SF DPH Healthcare Workers Under Attack, Health & Safety, Racism & Retaliation. indybay.org The COVID pandemic is being used to violate union contracts and retaliate against whistleblowers. This pandemic is also hitting Black workers and their families even more heavily. There is also no enforcement by Governor Newsom\'s Cal-OSHA which has fewer than 200 inspectors for 18 million workers.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-10). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 update. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org On today\'s Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic\'s Vaccine Research Group, shares the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses antibody testing, immunity, and how the scientific and research communities are collaborating to fight this disease. Click the player below: Mayo Clinic Q&A is available …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-10). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Cardiac risks of off-label drugs to treat COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A study published recently in Mayo Clinic Proceedings details information about potential cardiac side effects when using off-label drugs to treat COVID-19. Off-label means the drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat a different condition. Some of the off-label drugs being used to treat COVID-19 have a risk of sudden …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-10). Crucial test to identify those who have recovered from COVID-19 and have active immunity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A test that can determine if a patient had been infected and recovered from COVID-19 is being developed at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. The test will detect the presence of antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Antibodies are produced by a person\'s immune system, and are critical for control and clearance of the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-10). Convalescent Plasma: A Therapy for COVID-19? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To develop a treatment for patients with COVID-19, researchers around the world are steadfastly exploring numerous angles, including testing existing antiviral drugs and new compounds. One potential treatment that has garnered attention is known as convalescent plasma therapy. The approach involves giving patients an infusion of antibody-rich plasma from people who have recovered from an infection …

en.mehrnews (2020-04-10). EEU regards US sanctions on Iran amid COVID-19 \'irrational\'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — In a Friday telephone conversation with Iran\'s ambassador to Russia, Minister of Commerce of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) said that the union supports Iran\'s stance on the US irrational sanctions especially amid the global battle against the coronavirus…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-10). Tips for connecting to Mayo Clinic using Patient Online Services. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Telehealth is becoming more important as a way of delivering health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Video appointments are one form of telehealth that is seeing an increased usage. Patients also can take advantage of the telehealth offerings available through patient portals. Mayo Clinic\'s patient portal, Patient Online Services, offers its patients several …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-10). Importance of following COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic have gone into effect in different areas of the U.S. While the hope is everyone voluntarily complies with these types of orders, having a formal executive order allows some ability for governments to regulate movements of people and closure of businesses in order to slow the …

WSWS (2020-04-10). The COVID-19 crisis in New York City: Why Elmhurst has become a center of the crisis. wsws.org Elmhurst is the most heavily immigrant working class district in New York City.

en.mehrnews (2020-04-10). Global COVID-19 infections at over 1.6mn with over 95k deaths. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — Some 1,605,279 people from across the world have so far been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, with the death toll reaching 95,752.