By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a monthlong state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures on Tuesday to ramp up defenses against the spread of the coronavirus as the number of infections surges. But the move came in the form of a stay-at-home request — […]
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Modeling Coronavirus: ‘Uncertainty is the Only Certainty’
By SETH BORENSTEIN and CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. — a projection designed to help officials plan for the worst, including having enough hospital […]
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Mayor Releases Emergency Plan for People Experiencing Homelessness: April 7, 2020
City Begins Transport of Residents Experiencing Homelessness to More Stable Housing Beginning this week, the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services will begin to relocate vulnerable homeless residents over the age of 62 from the City’s three emergency shelters to motels. Mayor Young issued the following statement: “This effort allows our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness […]
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Employee from the District Court in Prince George’s County tests positive for COVID-19
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. – An employee of the District Court of Maryland in Prince George’s County has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The individual works in the Upper Marlboro and Hyattsville courthouses. As a result, both courthouses are closed to court staff today, April 6. Maryland courts remain closed to the public through […]
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Jay-Z and Meek Mill Donate Masks to Prisons
Jay-Z, arguably Hip-Hop’s GOAT and rising star Meek Mill, are donating 100,000 medical masks to correctional facilities across the nation. The duo is delivering the masks through their criminal justice reform organization, The Reform Alliance. Prison populations globally are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19. Jay-Z was instrumental in helping Meek Mill through legal troubles […]
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Jazzy Jeff,’ Black Skiers Stricken With Coronavirus
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com A particularly cruel urban myth that emerged early on during the catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic was, “Black people don’t catch it.” The truth is, like many deadly diseases, more people of color and poor people disproportionately seem to be contracting COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, than other groups […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Brown Praises Hogan, Criticizes Trump For COVID-19 Response
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com After remaining conspicuously silent for the better part of his term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Anthony Brown (D-4) has put the gloves on and come out swinging against President Trump. In an exclusive conversation with the AFRO, he said the President was late in […]
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Guide to Prevent Black Undercount in 2020 Census
By Donna Lewis Johnson Special to the AFRO Two Black-led organizations focused on progressive change in the nation’s political, economic and justice systems have joined forces to launch #BlackWomenCount, an informational campaign to encourage Black women and everyone they know to take the 2020 Census. On April 1, National Census Day, BlackPAC and BlackHer held […]
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#SCOMCheckIn
Students in Dr. David Marshall’s Strategic Communications class at Morgan State University check in with each other during the quarantine. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** #SCOMUP TV: Life and Learning During #COVID19
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Tiger At NYC’s Bronx Zoo Tests Positive For Coronavirus
By Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said April 5. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia — and […]
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Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Black Mistrust of Medicine Looms
By Aaron Morrison and Jay Reeves The Associated Press Just as the new coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, gym members in New York City frantically called the fitness center where Rahmell Peebles worked, asking him to freeze their memberships. Peebles, a 30-year-old Black man who’s skeptical of what he hears from the news media […]
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NNPA Op-Ed Highlights Other Coronavirus Risk Faced By Black Americans
By AFRO Staff National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. recently authored an op-ed for The Hill, an influential Washington publication, that highlights an important aspect of the novel coronavirus pandemic faced by Black Americans. “Minority and low-income Americans suffer from a significant lack of access to quality health care. […]