Trump announces plan to halt all immigration to US
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
Trump\'s \"pause\" on immigration is a desperate attempt by the crisis-riddled administration to distract from the criminality of the ruling class\'s own response to the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/pers-a22.html

FROM THE FIELD: Migrants use digital \'fab labs\' to address Djibouti health protection shortages
news.un.org | 2020-04-22
With Djibouti\'s health system under enormous strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, young migrants in the country are using 3D-printers to make face shields, and ease the shortfall inside medical facilities.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062312

Free julian assange Nation wide Webinar event Panel
ORION | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xh2EsZbrTtOq1FZifgfIlw…

William Shakespeare and the New World Order: \"Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here\"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
William Shakespeare\'s birthday: he taught us never to despair in our resolve to confront the Lie. \"to unmask falsehood and bring truth to light\". War criminals in high office are celebrated as messengers of peace: \"And thus I clothe my naked villany. And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.\" (Shakespeare, the words of King Richard III)…
globalresearch.ca/william-shakespeare-and-the-new-world-order-hell-is-empty-and-all-the-devils-are-here/30493

Who is Behind \"Fake News\"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as \"fake news\". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.
globalresearch.ca/who-is-behind-fake-news-mainstream-media-use-fake-videos-and-images/5557580

We Won\'t Stop COVID-19 with \"Chickenpox Parties\"
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
Thumbing their noses at both government directives and the coronavirus, right-wing protestors have been massing at state capitols in Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia, and Texas to demand the lifting of stay-at-home orders issued by Democratic governors. President Donald Trump has responded in a way that looks a whole lot like a call to insurrection. On April 17, Trump tweeted \"LIBERATE MICHIGAN,\" \"LIBERATE MINNESOTA,\" and \'LIBERATE VIRGINIA,\" apparently mistaking those states for Paris in 1944.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/we-wont-stop-covid-19-with-chickenpox-parties/

Demonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
Community members in Santa Cruz organized a \"physical distancing\" protest today to demand the City and County of Santa Cruz provide hotel vouchers for the homeless during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The demonstration was organized following California Governor Gavin Newsom\'s statements made during a press conference on April 18 that cities and municipalities that are blocking the State\'s effort to provide hotels for the homeless will be \"judged\" by history.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832521.php

United States: An \'all hands on deck\' moment–Sixty six old new leftists urge support for Joe Biden
Paul Le Blanc | mronline.org | 2020-04-22
SDS, along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), had been in the vanguard of the new left in the 1960s, and some of these oldsters now want to challenge a position taken by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), currently the foremost organization on the left today. They tell us \"this is an all hands …
mronline.org/2020/04/22/united-states-an-all-hands-on-deck-moment-sixty-six-old-new-leftists-urge-support-for-joe-biden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=united-states-an-all-hands-on-deck-moment-sixty-six-old-new-leftists-urge-support-for-joe-biden

Don\'t Worry, Everything Will Get Back to \"Normal\"
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
When will things get back to normal? Everyone is asking. The economic lockdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a mass unemployment shock, forced countless businesses into bankruptcy and is driving many Americans crazy. But this shall pass. The good old days will be back. The coronavirus worried city officials. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers were sleeping…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/dont-worry-everything-will-get-back-to-normal/

Russia is About to Face its Biggest Test Yet in Syria
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
An American reader tired of corona journalism sent me a plea this week: \"There must be plenty of cruelty being unleashed by the gangsters-in-chief across the \'Mideast\' that simply isn\'t making it into the headlines,\" she wrote. \"Trump et al are either ignoring it or silently condoning it.\" I doubt if Donald Trump is ignoring…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/russia-is-about-to-face-its-biggest-test-yet-in-syria/

\'We did not get a cent\': Palestinian diplomat says US \'lying\' about promised $5mn aid package to hospitals facing Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-22
The Palestinian envoy to France said Washington lied about sending millions in aid to beleaguered hospitals in Gaza and the West Bank, insisting the funds were earmarked for favored NGOs unlikely to spend a dime on healthcare. | In a tweet last week, Washington\'s ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, claimed the US would provide $5 million to \"Palestinian hospitals and households to meet immediate, life-saving needs in combating Covid-19,\" while congratulating the US for being the \"world\'s top humanitarian donor.\" | I\'m very pleased the USA is providing $5M for Palestinian hospitals and households to meet imme…
rt.com/news/486516-us-lied-palestine-aid-ambassador/

Israel: Gantz agrees to national emergency government with Netanyahu
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
The new government\'s real purpose is to protect the wealth of Israel\'s corporate and financial elite and to suppress social unrest in Israel and Palestine.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/isra-a22.html

Cancellation Wave Continues, China Leasing Firm Scraps Boeing 737 MAX Order
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
As thousands of Boeing employees head back to work in the Puget Sound region over the last week, the Washington-based aircraft manufacturer has noticed a string of recent cancellations of the grounded 737 MAX jet. | Last Tuesday (April 14), Boeing …
globalresearch.ca/china-leasing-firm-scraps-boeing-737-max-order/5710447

Thousands view online meeting of UK SEP outlining a socialist perspective on the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
Around 500 viewers took part in the event with participants from Britain joined by others from Australia, Sri Lanka, Germany, France, Canada and the US–underscoring the international interest in the meeting.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/onuk-a22.html

\"Mask Diplomacy\" Might Not be Enough to Save Turkey from Financial Crisis
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
Turkey seems to be getting inspiration from China by engaging in \"mask diplomacy\" and is helping many coronavirus affected countries. Even though Turkey is being devastated by the pandemic with over 100,000 cases and 2,200 succumbing to the infection, it …
globalresearch.ca/mask-diplomacy-not-enough-save-turkey-financial-crisis/5710438

BJP capitalizes on Coronavirus fears to take India\'s fascist creep to the next level
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-04-22
India is accelerating down the track of religious strife, and the government itself is driving the vehicle.
mronline.org/2020/04/22/bjp-capitalizes-on-coronavirus-fears-to-take-indias-fascist-creep-to-the-next-level/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bjp-capitalizes-on-coronavirus-fears-to-take-indias-fascist-creep-to-the-next-level

Trump\'s Inaction on the COVID-19 Crisis Seems More Deliberate Each Day
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
Millions of Americans are making actual, often painful sacrifices every day to help bring the COVID-19 pandemic to heel, and Trump doesn\'t seem to give a single damn…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trumps-inaction-on-the-covid-19-crisis-seems-more-deliberate-each-day/

Death toll rises at veterans hospital in Massachusetts
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
Roughly 1-in-4 COVID-19 fatalities in the entire Veterans Affairs care system have taken place at a single facility in Massachusetts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/mass-a22.html

Science Saturday: Antibody testing, in pictures
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
Convalescent plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 virus infection is based on the function of antibodies, tiny proteins created by the immune system, that combat invaders to the body in a variety of ways. Some are capable of neutralizing a virus, while others work by mobilizing a range of other immune cells that fight …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-antibody-testing-in-pictures/

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Combating allergies, asthma during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have significant pollen allergies and asthma. In the spring, I usually have sneezing, coughing and an occasional sore throat that coincides with the trees blooming. With COVID-19 concerns, I am wondering if I am at any increased risk for the virus or need to be concerned that I should be tested? …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-combating-allergies-asthma-during-covid-19/

The politics of Covid-19
Benjamin Morgan | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
When it comes to support for homeless people, the government\'s response to Covid-19 has been heavy on rhetoric but thin on substance. Local authorities alone cannot sustain the poorest through this crisis…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-politics-of-covid-19/

Number of Covid-19 cases exceeds 10,000 in Poland, which plans to re-open hotels in May
rt.com | 2020-04-22
The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Poland rose to 10,034 on Wednesday. The death toll among the country\'s population of 38 million had reached 404, the health ministry tweeted. | On Monday, the government started to relax some of the restrictions that have been imposed during the outbreak. Hotels may be allowed to re-open in May as part of a second phase, Reuters quoted government spokesman Piotr Muller as saying on Wednesday. | \"The opening of hotels should be decided in May, including hotels at the seaside,\" Muller told state broadcaster TVP Info.
rt.com/newsline/486531-poland-open-hotels-cases/

Iran records 1,194 new cases, 94 deaths on Wednesday
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)

Britain continues to cascade down press freedom index
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-22
By TruePublica: The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), shows that the coming decade will be decisive for the future of journalism, with the Covid-19 pandemic highlighting and amplifying the many crises that threaten the right to freely reported, independent, diverse and reliable information. This 2020 edition of the Index, which …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/britain-continues-to-cascade-down-press-freedom-index/

Imperial COVID-19 vaccine team secures £22.5 million support
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
The UK government will provide £22.5 million to fast-track Imperial\'s development of a coronavirus vaccine.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197017/imperial-covid-19-vaccine-team-secures-225

Erdogan opposes lockdown as Turkey\'s COVID-19 pandemic overtakes China
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
Overtaking China and Iran in terms of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, at 90,000, Turkey has emerged as the country in Asia with the most cases.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/turk-a22.html

What to do when anxiety affects your sleep
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
While anxiety around COVID-19 may be affecting your sleep, getting a good night\'s sleep is key to protecting your health. In these days where there is high anxiety around COVID-19, getting your sleep isn\'t easy. But a good night\'s sleep is a key factor in maintaining your health and protecting your immune system. \"Sleep is …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/what-to-do-when-anxiety-affects-your-sleep/

Mexican Workers Strike For Paid Home Leave
Kent Paterson | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
The COVID-19 coronavirus-related work stoppages mark the third big wildcat strike wave in the northern Mexican maquiladora industry during the last four-and-a half years…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/mexican-workers-strike-for-paid-home-leave/

Trump to sign suspension of legal immigration to US
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-22
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will sign the executive order halting all legal permanent immigration to the U.S. for at least 60.\"I will be signing my Executive Order prohibiting immigration into our Country today,\" Trump said on Twitter. \"In the meantime, even without this order, our Southern Border, aided substantially by the 170 miles of new Border Wall 27,000 Mexican soldiers, is very tight

Indian IT Firms at Risk of Losing Around 3% of Revenue After Trump Halts Immigration to US – Analyst
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-22
New Delhi (Sputnik): With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the US hard, President Donald Trump has decided to suspend immigration to the country for the next two months, which may lead to difficulties for Indian IT specialists.
sputniknews.com/india/202004221079052871-indian-it-firms-at-risk-of-losing-around-3-of-revenue-after-trump-halts-immigration-to-us—analyst/

Taking care of your skin with increased hand-washing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
One of the best defenses against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is hand-washing. But frequent rubbing and scrubbing can take its toll, depleting the skin of its natural moisture and oils. So what should you do if your hands are becoming raw, dry and irritated with constant washing? WHEN WASHING YOUR …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/taking-care-of-your-skin-with-increased-hand-washing/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: How contact tracing can fight the spread of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
Contact tracing is a used to slow community spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19. Contact tracing is the process of finding and reaching out to the people who have been in contact with an infected person. Then close contacts of a person who might have COVID-19 can be isolated or quarantined to lessen further spread …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-how-contact-tracing-can-fight-the-spread-of-covid-19/

Mitigating risk of hand injuries during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in another type of patient coming to the emergency departments. Dr. Sanjeev Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon, says as a result of stay-at-home guidelines that have kept many adults and children home, there\'s been an increase of patients with injuries from household accidents, including more kitchen knife cuts and lacerations, table …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mitigating-risk-of-hand-injuries-during-covid-19/

UK coronavirus policy could put 7.3 million over-60s at increased risk
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
The UK\'s policy for shielding older adults from COVID-19 overlooks 7.3 million adults aged 60-69, placing them at increased risk and death.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197013/uk-coronavirus-policy-could-73-million

Covid-19 Sweeping Through Farmworker and Meatpacker Ranks
Danica Jorden | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
\"We work shoulder to shoulder. We\'re very close to each other…. I\'ve had a fever and flu symptoms, but I take Tylenol and keep working.\"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-19-sweeping-through-farmworker-and-meatpacker-ranks/

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Different types of COVID-19 tests
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: There has been a lot of information about different tests for COVID-19, including a test that determines whether you have it and an antibody test. I\'m not sure I know what test I should request or if I should get tested? Can you explain the different tests? ANSWER: Since COVID-19 is such …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-the-different-types-of-covid-19-tests/

First Covid-19 deaths in US occurred WEEKS EARLIER than previously thought
rt.com | 2020-04-22
People in the US were dying of the novel coronavirus weeks before authorities officially reported the first death linked to the disease, new data published in Santa Clara County, California reveals. | Autopsies performed on two people who died at home on February 6 and February 17 show that their tissues were infected with Covid-19, Santa Clara health authorities said in a statement, adding that another previously unreported death associated with the coronavirus had occurred on March 6. | The fi…
rt.com/usa/486522-first-us-covid-death-earlier/

University Jihad studies on COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Managing stress and anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced changes to daily life, and disrupted normal routines at work, at school, and at home. Physical isolation can negatively affect mental health, and constant news coverage can bring fear and anxiety about the disease. How can you best cope in these uncertain times? On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-managing-stress-and-anxiety-during-covid-19-pandemic/

Mexican Workers Strike For Paid Home Leave
Kent Paterson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
Wildcat strikes involving hundreds if not thousands of workers erupted in the mainly foreign owned factories (maquiladoras) of northern Mexico in recent days. Alarmed by sick co-workers, including some of whom had reportedly succumbed to the health effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus, workers demanded that, in accordance with a federal decree ordering the closure of…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/mexican-workers-strike-for-paid-home-leave/

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Myths and facts about COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have read many conflicting things about COVID-19, including how it spreads from person to person and how I might be able to reduce my risk of getting sick. Can you help me understand whether some things I\'ve heard are myth or fact because I do not want to spread the virus …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-myths-and-facts-about-covid-19/

When patients with COVID-19 need intensive care support
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
Many people who contract COVID-19 will have mild symptoms, but for others those symptoms may be severe and lead to hospitalization. Some of the most common complications from severe COVID-19 include respiratory problems like pneumonia, hypoxemic respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Dr. Daniel Brown, director of critical care medicine at Mayo Clinic, says these patients with severe illness …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/when-patients-with-covid-19-need-intensive-care-support/

Brazil implements basic income policy following massive civil society campaign
Pedro Telles | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
Tens of millions of Brazilians have begun receiving basic income payments aimed at addressing the economic impact of Covid-19, following Congress\' approval of a bill prompted by a country-wide grassroots campaign that began just three weeks ago…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/brazil-implements-basic-income-policy-following-massive-civil-society-campaign/

Science minister visits Natl. Institute of Genetic Eng., Biotechnology on COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)

Will America\'s Corruption End on a Ventilator or in a Mushroom Cloud?
MBNJSD | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-22
Little by little, Americans are understanding just how badly our government has let us down by its belated and disastrous response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and how thousands more people are dying as a result. But there are two other crises we face that our government is totally unprepared for and incapable of dealing with: …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/will-americas-corruption-end-on-a-ventilator-or-in-a-mushroom-cloud/

Podcast: COVID-19 vaccine development, patient data and isolation diaries
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
In this edition: We hear from researchers working on a COVID-19 vaccine and with patient samples, and how students are coping in isolation.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197016/podcast-covid-19-vaccine-development-patient-data

As COVID-19 deaths pass 17,000, UK corporations scramble for bailout funds
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
In what it described as a \"conservative estimate\", the Financial Times concluded that its analysis of official data reveals \"The coronavirus pandemic has already caused as many as 41,000 deaths in the UK\".
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/furl-a22.html

May Day: Honoring Frontline Workers in the Pandemic
Sharat G. Lin | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
The COVID-19 pandemic makes abundantly clear that some of the lowest-paid workers are, in fact, the most essential frontline workers. Let\'s honor them on May Day – International Workers\' Day!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/18/18832475.php

Thousands of UK healthcare workers given inaccurate Covid-19 tests, minister admits
rt.com | 2020-04-22
UK healthcare workers were given flawed Covid-19 tests, a government minister has admitted, meaning frontline staff may have returned to work carrying the deadly virus. | Junior health minister Helen Whately told Sky News on Wednesday that NHS staff have been informed that their coronavirus tests were \"not up to scratch\" and results may not be accurate. They have now been offered a new test. | At least 100 frontline health workers have died from Covid-19, according to the most recent figures. Defending the serious error, Whately claimed it was all part of a \"normal process when you are using a test for an illn…
rt.com/uk/486532-healthcare-inaccurate-coronavirus-tests/

New York During COVID-19
Joseph Grosso | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
Living in New York City the past month has become a grim game of simply hoping that rock bottom has at least been hit…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/new-york-during-covid-19/