Latest coronavirus news: Congress members call for extension of National Guard coronavirus response
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7:30 p.m.
Current activations are set to expire June 24, 2020, a deadline that falls a day short of the 90 days of service required for many members of the Guard to qualify for certain federal benefits, including the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill. We want an explanation for this expiration date.
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) May 21, 2020
6 p.m.
New statement from Ford — “Bill Ford encouraged President Trump to wear a mask when he arrived. He wore a mask during a private viewing of three Ford GTs from over the years. The President later removed the mask for the remainder of the visit.”
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) May 21, 2020
4:40 p.m.
BREAKING: El secretario de @DeptSaludPR, Lorenzo González, informa que estuvo en contacto con una persona que dio positivo al #COVID19, por lo cual él y su equipo de trabajo se realizaron pruebas moleculares. Se mantendrá trabajando a distancia hasta saber resultados. #PuertoRico pic.twitter.com/XZsU7sdfaN
— Robby Cortés🇵🇷 (@RobbyCortes) May 21, 2020
12:31 p.m.
MSDH reports 255 new COVID-19 cases, 10 new deaths
— MSPublicBroadcasting (@MPBOnline) May 21, 2020
MSDH is reporting 255 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 10 new deaths. Mississippi's total of COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 12,222, with 580 deaths. https://t.co/A2VslgwU8P #MPBOnline #MPB50 pic.twitter.com/8UieZm9BSN
4:21 p.m.
Sources: The NBA has informed its teams that it has engaged in discussions with several national coronavirus testing providers, which "will be a central component of any subsequent plan to restart the 2019-20 season."
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 21, 2020
4:10 p.m.
Trump starts his tour of Ford’s Rawsonville Plant with four executives in face masks. He isn’t wearing one. pic.twitter.com/GZm6FTdEcv
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 21, 2020
12:16 p.m.
The recruiting ban that said #Covid-19 hospitalizations prevented a person from joining the military has been rescinded, per Undersec Matthew Donovan. Adds that air line economic crises is currently helping retain Air Force pilots
— Carla Babb (@CarlaBabbVOA) May 21, 2020
11:43 a.m.
#BREAKING: Florida reports 1,204 new cases since yesterday's update. https://t.co/ravxfX8YUp
— Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) May 21, 2020
11:36 a.m.
105 people have died over the last 24 hours of COVID in New York. Hospitalizations and new COVID cases are down.
— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) May 21, 2020
11:17 a.m.
#BREAKINGNEWS: @JohnCooper4Nash released the outline for Phase 2 reopening of @visitmusiccity. #COVID19 #Coronavirus #reopening #Nashville #NC5 @NC5 pic.twitter.com/HODKZdSJ9v
— Henry Rothenberg (@HenryRothenberg) May 21, 2020
10:54 a.m.
.#BREAKING: More than 100 tests from CenturyLink testing site damaged in transit https://t.co/FshPcQdLpJ
— Joanna Bouras (@JoannaBouras) May 21, 2020
10:26 a.m.
* MORGAN STANLEY CEO SAYS HE EXPECTS ROUGHLY HALF OF BANK STAFF TO RETURN TO WORK AT OFFICES WORLDWIDE BY END OF 2020
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) May 21, 2020
(via @reuters) $MS
10:24 a.m.
Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville will begin to bring employees back to work on Tuesday, citing a steady decline of #coronavirus cases in north Alabama.
— Paul Gattis (@paul_gattis) May 21, 2020
Announcement made a few minutes ago in an online town hall update by Garrison Commander Col. Kelsey Smith.
9:46 a.m.
New @TSA screening procedures for air travelers nationwide due to #coronavirus: https://t.co/A51EurlqJI pic.twitter.com/riPJxYzueY
— Wes Rapaport (@wesrap) May 21, 2020
8:26 a.m.
Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen released early from prison due to coronavirus concerns - source pic.twitter.com/V6IxARP7ZK
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 21, 2020
8:19 a.m.
*TESLA OFFERS CONCERNED PLANT WORKERS UNPAID LEAVE UNTIL MAY 31
— Aᴴ (@evebitdap) May 21, 2020
6:37 a.m.
U.S. scientist behind groundbreaking research in cancer and HIV/AIDS warns that a vaccine for the coronavirus may never be found. https://t.co/BseHbYzqFr
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 21, 2020
6:29 a.m.
The Chinese city of Wuhan, ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic, has issued an outright ban on the breeding, hunting and human consumption of wild animals. https://t.co/hndC4Qs4IL pic.twitter.com/h9btT8qUKu
— ABC News (@ABC) May 21, 2020
