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: Top Pentagon official Anthony Tata reportedly tests positive for coronavirus

The Pentagon in Washington D.C. Getty Images/iStockphoto Anthony Tata, a retired Army general who was recently named a top Pentagon official, has tested positive for the coronavirus, Bloomberg News reported Thursday night. Tata has been performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for policy since last week, after Defense …

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Joe Biden’s pandemic plan — mandatory face masks, paid sick leave, restore Obamacare and free COVID-19 tests

Joe Biden has one critical task ahead of him: COVID-19. The former vice president will become the 46th president of the United States after 20 electoral votes from his native state of Pennsylvania will push him over the finish line of 270 electoral votes, giving Biden a total of 273 …

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CityWatch: New York City aims to conduct 20,000 COVID-19 tests a day

New York City is making coronavirus testing available to increasing numbers of its 8.4 million residents, as it aims to conduct 20,000 tests a day by the end of the month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.  Now that the city has more capacity — with tens of thousands of …

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U.K. government claims mission accomplished in reaching 100,000 coronavirus tests in a day

The U.K. government has reached its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests realized in a day, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock said Friday. “I knew that it was an audacious goal,” he said during the daily pandemic briefing organized by the government. “I can announce that …

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Second dog tests positive for coronavirus as owners warned not to abandon pets

The Hong Kong government has urged people not to abandon their pets and to stop kissing them after a second dog repeatedly tested positive for coronavirus. A German shepherd living in the Pok Fu Lam area on Hong Kong Island was sent for quarantine along with another mixed-breed dog from …

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