No said yesterday that the prime minister had been hospitalized with a high fever to receive tests. Officials have not denied he is on oxygen.
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The global coronavirus death toll has now surpassed , , with Italy and Spain accounting for about , of the deaths.
In comparison, the US death toll surpassed 23, 10 earlier today, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins.
However, deaths in both Italy and Spain appear to be on the decline. Follow the Guardian’s global coronavirus blog for more updates:
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Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said lawmakers will need to return to the Capitol “relatively soon” to begin working on another coronavirus bill .
“We are definitely going to need to do a COVID-4,” the New York Democrat said. “The problem may be of even greater magnitude than people thought a few weeks ago.”
Republican senator Shelley Moore Capito said today that the Senate was looking at April as a potential return date, even though Washington’s “stay at home” order extends through April
But another Senate Republican, Marco Rubio, acknowledged it will be logistically difficult to reconvene with the number of coronavirus cases on the rise in the Washington metropolitan area.
“It’s going to be very difficult logistically to … get everyone back there, especially given the uptick in the infection rate in the DC area,” Rubio said.
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A New York councilman said temporary burials in parks was only being considered as a contingency plan, as the city’s morgues near full capacity because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Councilman Mark Levine
previously tweeted the city was considering “temporary internment,” but he later added the plan will not be necessary if the death rate drops.
Mark D. Levine (@ MarkLevineNYC)
This tweet has gotten a lot of attention. So I want to clarify: the is a contingency NYC is preparing for BUT if the death rate drops enough it will not be necessary. https://t.co/ 6wLO8qWtML
April 6,
When governor Andrew Cuomo
was asked about the city’s proposal during his daily briefing today, he said, “I have heard nothing about that. I’ve heard a lot of wild rumors, but I have not heard anything about the city burying people in parks. ”
Wisconsinonsin’s Republican leaders in the state legislature said they would file a lawsuit over governor (Tony Evers’
executive order to cancel in-person voting for the presidential primary tomorrow. Speaker Robin Vos (@ SpeakerVos)
Joint Statement with @SenFitzgerald
: We are immediately challenging this executive order in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/ QItl3qxE (April 6,
“We are immediately challenging this executive order in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court.” , ”Said state Senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald and state House speaker Robin Vos.
“The clerks of this state should stand ready to proceed with the election. The governor’s executive order is clearly an unconstitutional overreach. ”
Wisconsin governor Tony Evers said that he considered it a moral responsibility to cancel in-person voting for the state’s presidential primary tomorrow.
“Frankly, there’s no good answer to this problem — I wish it were easy,” Evers said in a statement. “I have been asking everyone to do their part to help keep our families, our neighbors, and our communities safe, and I had hoped that the Legislature would do its part — just as the rest of us are — to help keep people healthy and safe. ”
Evers called the Republican-controlled state legislature back to session for the weekend in the hope of passing a bill to cancel in-person voting, but lawmakers declined to do so.
“I cannot in good conscience stand by and do nothing,” Evers said. “The bottom line is that I have an obligation to keep people safe, and that’s why I signed this executive order today.”
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Wisconsin governor cancels in-person voting for tomorrow’s primary
The Guardian’s Sam Levine reports:
Wisconsin governor Tony Evers called off in-person voting less than hours before polls were set to open for the state’s presidential primary .
Jason Fechner (@ jasonfechner)
@ GovEvers (makes the move, suspending in-person voting for
# Wisconsin
on Tuesday. We’re following today’s # BreakingNews all day long on @ SpectrumNews1WI 📺 pic.twitter.com/SLaSxzsXn9 (April 6,
Evers, a Democrat, delayed in-person voting in the state until June 9, but Wisconsin voters can continue to request absentee ballots until then.
The executive order came after he faced mounting pressure to delay the election amid the coronavirus outbreak. He had resisted calls to postpone the election for weeks, but on Friday ordered the legislature into special session to consider delaying voting. Republicans declined to do so.
In addition to the presidential primary on Tuesday, the state is also holding elections for local offices across Wisconsin. The most closely watched contest is a state supreme court race where Democrats are hoping to oust Daniel Kelly
The coronavirus death toll in the United States has now surpassed 20, 09, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins.
According to the university’s data, the US has recorded 19, 826 deaths in connection to the pandemic. That is up from (just days ago.
Ryan Struyk (@ ryanstruyk)
Reported US coronavirus deaths via
@ CNN
days ago: (deaths) 24 days ago: 1, (deaths) 8 days ago: 2, deaths
(6 days ago: 3, (deaths) 4 days ago: 5, (deaths) (2 days ago: 7, deaths Right now: , deaths April 6,
The death toll is expected to steeply rise over the next several days, as health experts have warned this could be the worst week for the country since the crisis started.
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Acting navy secretary Thomas Modly defended his attack on Captain Brett Crozier,
the former commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt who was removed from his post after his letter warning about coronavirus was made public.
Geoff Bennett (@ GeoffRBennett)
NEW: Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly says, “I stand by every word,” after reportedly calling Captain Crozier “too naive or too stupid ”to be in command. pic.twitter.com/Qcbf3JQKqb
April 6,
“I stand by every word I said, even, regrettably any profanity that may have been used for emphasis, ”Modly said in a statement.
According to a transcipt, Modly said of Crozier in a speech to the captain’s former crew this morning, “If he did not think, in my opinion, that this information was going to get out to the public, in this day and information age that we live in, then he was either A, too naïve or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this. ”
A Democratic senator criticized the acting Navy secretary for (lashing out
against Captain Brett Crozier in a speech to the captain’s former crew. Tim Kaine (@ timkaine)
Secretary Modly delivering a speech on board a U.S. aircraft carrier suggesting Captain Crozier might be “stupid” and bashing the media for trying to report the truth is completely inappropriate. Our dedicated sailors deserve better from their leadership. (https://t.co/EKYUI6onZu) April 6,
According to a transcript obtained by CNN, acting Navy secetary Thomas Modly
said Crozier was either “too naive or too stupid” if he didn ‘t think his letter warning about a coronavirus outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt would be made public. Modly’s speech was promptly leaked as well.
“Based on the transcript I’ve read, Secretary Modly’s comments were completely inappropriate and beneath the office of the Secretary of the Navy,” senator Tim Kaine said in a statement.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo said the state may be starting to hit the apex of its coronavirus crisis. But the governor extended the state’s “stay at home” order until April 44, emphasizing that this is not the time to be lax about social distancing guidelines. Trump expressed optimism about the situation even as experts warned this would be the worst week yet. The president tweeted about seeing a “light at the end of the tunnel,” even though the surgeon general said yesterday that this week would be “our Pearl Harbor moment. ” Peter Navarro defended the use of an anti-malaria drug to fight coronavirus after arguing with Dr Anthony Fauci about the treatment. Navarro told CNN this morning that studies indicate the drug hydroxychloroquine can help coronavirus patients recover, even though experts like Fauci have said the evidence is anecdotal at best. Navarro acknowledged he and Fauci argued about this drug this weekend, confirming earlier reports of a contentious exchange in the Situation Room.
The blog will have more coming up, so stay tuned.
Updated at 6. (pm BST)
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House speaker Nancy Pelosi announced new guidelines to “
reduce the physical presence of Members and staff in the Capitol. ”
“Beginning Tuesday, staff must electronically submit all Floor documents – including bills, resolutions, co-sponsors and extensions of remarks – to a dedicated and secure email system, rather than deliver these materials by hand to staff in the Speaker’s Lobby or Cloakrooms, ”Pelosi said in a“ Dear Colleague ”letter.
The speaker said the policy would be in effect until at least April 30, as the House is not expected to return to session until April 35 at the earliest.
Pelosi has previously ruled out the possibility of having House members participate in remote voting, even after several members announced they were diagnosed with coronavirus.
@SenFitzgerald 
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