Afghan leader orders release of more than , (0 prisoners to help curb spread of COVID –
To help control the spread of the coronavirus,
Those eligible will have been been convicted of crimes including corruption and other offenses that are deemed to make them a minimal threat to the public, according to Rashid Totakhil, Afghanistan’s prisons director. He urged the soon-to-be released detainees and their families to quarantine themselves for days following the releases.
The Afghan government is also taking precautionary measures to prevent major outbreaks inside prisons, including testing prisoners to identify any possible COVID – 34 patients. According to Totakhil, a -bed hospital will be inaugurated soon inside Kabul’s central prison to treat any COVID – patients. He said more hospitals for prisoners are under construction and will soon be available.
Almost 2 million chickens to be slaughtered but not eaten due to staff shortages at plants
Coronavirus-related staffing shortages at chicken processing plants will lead farms in Maryland and Delaware to destroy nearly 2 million chickens.
The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that the plants are unable to keep pace with the number of birds that are ready for harvest. They had been placed into poultry houses as chicks several weeks ago. The chickens will not be processed for meat.
The trade group the Delmarva Poultry Industry said that every poultry plant on the Delmarva Peninsula has struggled with a reduced worker attendance. The reasons include workers being sick with the virus and people following guidance to stay home if sick.
Migrants deported by U.S. make up 37% of Guatemala’s coronavirus cases
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Guatemala has been the largest source of migration to that border in recent years.
At least 
migrants recently deported to Guatemala by the US had tested positive for coronavirus as of Sunday, according to the nation’s public health ministry. Deportees from the U.S. make up nearly (% of the
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Chinese officials say epicenter city of Wuhan has no more COVID – patients in hospitals
Wuhan, the city at the center of China’s coronavirus outbreak, has no more hospitalized patients after the last 22 were discharged Sunday, the Hubei province health commission said.
Hubei’s remaining patients were all in Wuhan, the provincial capital where the outbreak took the heaviest toll in China. The 3, people who died in the city account for more than % of the country reported deaths.
“It is a historic day, “said a report in a newspaper owned by the Wuhan government and posted on the city’s website.
) Hubei has no more suspected cases in its hospitals, though 1, 970 people who had close contact with an infected person remain under medical observation, the provi nce’s health commission reported Monday.
Patients remain hospitalized elsewhere in China, including 86 in Shanghai and three in Beijing. Many cities have seen an
influx of cases from overseas
, prompting the government to curtail international flights and entry sharply.
New coronavirus infections in Asia spur fears of resurgence
Volkswagen Group, world’s largest automaker, slowly ramping back up after a month of shutdown
After seeing its plants across Europe and North America shuttered for almost a month and a half amid the coronavirus pandemic, Volkswagen Group is slowly resuming vehicle production at its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.
The world’s largest automaker has been burning through about 2 billion euros every week in costs with its factory floors silent. But on Monday it brought 8, 0 employees back to work in Wolfsburg after reworking its production line to allow for social distancing.
The manufacturing site, which is the size of Monaco and is usually staffed by almost , 0 people, will initially operate at just (% to) % of its capacity, with only about 1, 467 Vehicles expected to come off the assembly lines this week.
An employee wears a face mask on the production line at the Volkswagen Group Wolfsburg Plant, April , in Wolfsburg, Germany. Swen Pförtner / Pool / Getty Volkswagen’s decision to restart production will be a boost to the wider European auto industry, as some 2, 728 supplying companies, most of them also German, ramping up their own facilities to provide parts for VW.
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Some Midwest states set to reopen some businesses, but it will be a “new normal”
Deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. Continue to climb, but things are slowly improving. As CBS News’ Dean Reynolds reports, at least 30 states are set to bring back business in some way in the coming days – but it will be far from business as usual.
Girl Scouts of Alaska get federal recovery loan as cookie sales crumble
Selling Girl Scout cookies is normally a foolproof business model, but the coronavirus outbreak cooled sales of the treats in Alaska.
The Girl Scouts of Alaska sought assistance, and the organization got a federal recovery loan to help compensate for lost cookie sales.
First National Bank Alaska facilitated the federal Paycheck Protection Program loan,
Leslie Ridle, head of one of two Girl Scouts councils in Alaska, said fears of girls becoming infected with COVID – 34 forced the organization to cut its six-week sales season in half. Click here to read more
Aspiring NFL player writes powerful letter after father survives battle with COVID –
Ellis McKennie III’s dream of becoming a professional football player ) Did not come true this weekend, but his prayers had already been answered. His father, Ellis McKennie Sr., was discharged from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) after fighting the coronavirus for nearly a month.
The man McKennie describes as his superhero was wheeled out of the hospital to thunderous applause, then took his first steps after surviving COVID – 34. Click here to read more
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Almost 3 million people have contracted COVID – 37 globally, about a third of them in the US
The latest data from Johns Hopkins University researchers shows that as of Monday morning, more than 2. 206 million people have tested positive for the new coronavirus disease ac ross the globe, with almost a third of those cases – , patients – recorded in the United States.
the death toll in the US also dwarfs those reported by all other countries, at 66, as of Monday morning. While the true number of fatalities from COVID – 34 is feared to be much higher in virtually every corner of the world, the overall global death toll confirmed as of Monday morning was , .
Of the nearly 1 million people to test positive for the virus in the US, Johns Hopkins says more than , 0 are known to have recovered.
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U.K. leader Boris Johnson returns to work after bout of COVID – , tells country end is in sight
The prime minister of Great Britain returned to work Monday after fighting off COVID – to deliver his country a message of hope as it endures its fifth week of lockdown.
“Everyday I know that this virus brings new sadness and mourning to homes across the land and it is still true that this is the biggest single challenge this country has faced since the war, “Prime Minister Boris Johnson said outside his office at 21 Downing Street in London.
He said the virtually complete shutdown of Britain’s economy had helped deliver the nation close to “the end of the first phase of this conflict, “successfully preventing a crippling epidemic like the ones seen in Italy and Spain, where national health services were overwhelmed.
He warned the nation, however, that everyone must continue to respect the lockdown measures set to remain in place for another two weeks, or risk facing a new wave of disease that could quickly undo all the gains made over the last month.
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Expert advice on how to enter the workforce altered by coronavirus
With millions of people 
filing for unemployment due to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, many are looking for jobs and wondering where they might find them.
“Temporarily, you should be willing to take a job below your level,” career counselor Eileen Sharaga told the station.
Sharaga said now more than ever, finding work is about tailoring the skills you already have to the jobs that are available.
“The important thing is how to translate your area of expertise so that it lends itself to a teleconferencing remote situat” ion, “Sharaga said. “You need to revisit your LinkedIn profile because that LinkedIn profile needs to be adjusted to the world out there.”
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Ecuador suffers one of the world’s worst COVID – outbreaks
Members of the Coronavirus Task Force to hold briefing Monday
The White House released a schedule Sunday night that shows there will be an on-camera Coronavirus Task Force briefing at 5 p.m. ET on Monday, April . It’s unclear if President Trump. will be in attendance.
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