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Health officials fear coronavirus will ravage crowded Gaza Strip

In this Friday, March 27, 2020, photo provided by NASCAR, safety splash shields are made at the NASCAR Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C. NASCAR has joined the effort, using their idled equipment and technology to produce face shields and other needed PPE items for health care workers battling the new coronavirus. (Eric Jacuzzi/NASCAR via AP) **FILE**

NASCAR industry steps up to produce PPE's in COVID-19 crisis

Joe Tappe, a distiller for Broad Branch Distillery, displays a bottle of the distillery's hand sanitizer on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 in Winston-Salem, N.C. The distillery is creating hand sanitizer, which is available for free to the public, in reaction to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. (Andrew Dye/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

How the FDA is thwarting distilleries trying to make hand sanitizer amid coronavirus pandemic

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, flanked by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, participates in a teleconference with G-20 leaders amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Istanbul, Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Countries weigh release of thousands of inmates to prevent spread of coronavirus in prisons

Governor Greg Abbott, issued an executive order for a disaster proclamation ordering a mandatory 14-day quarantine for air travelers from coronavirus hot spots Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas abortion ban during COVID-19 pandemic allowed to continue, an appeals court ordered

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Three convicted child rapists released from N.Y. prison during coronavirus outbreak: Report

Gov. Gavin Newsom updates the state's response to the coronavirus, at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Monday, March 30, 2020. Newsom announced the state is enlisting retired doctors and medical and nursing students to help treat an anticipated surge of coronavirus patients. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)

NRA seeks injunction to keep California gun stores open during coronavirus pandemic

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo smiles during a news conference, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Pompeo: '27,000 Americans' repatriated amid global pandemic

European Union flags flap in the wind outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. The U.K. is due to leave the EU on Friday, the first nation in the bloc to do so. It then enters an 11-month transition period in which Britain will continue to follow the bloc's rules while the two sides work out new deals on trade, security and other areas., 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU says no proof that anti-malaria drug touted by Trump is effective against coronavirus

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP)

More than two dozen NIH staffers diagnosed with COVID-19

Service and entertainment industry employees who have been laid off due to the new coronavirus pandemic, exercise social distancing as they line up for meals cooked by chef Isaac Toups at his restaurant Toups Meatery in New Orleans, Friday, March 27, 2020. While rich in history and culture, New Orleans is economically poor, and the people here are not necessarily well-positioned to weather this latest storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana coronavirus cases skyrocket in 24-hour period

In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020, file photo, American Airlines jets sit idly at their gates as a jet arrives at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

American Airlines to seek $12B in government aid as coronavirus crisis hits travel industry

In this March 24, 2020, photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference against a backdrop of medical supplies at the Jacob Javits Center that will house a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Andrew Cuomo: Greater coordination needed between public, private hospitals

CBS News blamed an editing mistake after airing footage of an overcrowded Italian hospital during a report on the coronavirus outbreak's impact on New York City. (CBS News footage via @BennyJohnson)

CBS News airs footage of overrun Italian hospital during report on New York City

In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Texas to appeal ruling over abortions during COVID-19 pandemic

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks to reporters about coronavirus during a news conference, Friday, March 20, 2020, in Washington. District of Columbia announced Friday its first COVID-19 death. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Sixth D.C. jail inmate tests positive for COVID-19

In this March 22, 2020, file photo U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams attends a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, in Washington. Chicago is among several large American cities identified as hot spots for COVID-19 infections and will see the number of local coronavirus cases rise, the U.S. surgeon general said Friday, March 27, 2020, on &quot;CBS This Morning.&quot; Adams warned that Detroit, Chicago and New Orleans &quot;will have a worse week next week.&quot; (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams: Feds not recommending general public wear masks

This Jan. 17, 2020, file photo, shows the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China. China reported Monday, Jan. 20, a sharp rise in the number of people affected in a pneumonia outbreak caused by a new coronoavirus, including the first cases in the capital. (Kyodo News via AP)

Lindsey Graham calls on China to shut down 'absolutely disgusting' wet markets

Major pollster reveals that the majority of Americans are now praying for an end to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Majority of Americans praying for an end to the coronavirus pandemic: Pew Research Center poll

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, and Dr. Amy Acton, director of the Ohio Department of Health, leave the State Room before their daily update on the states response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine: We don't have widespread coronavirus testing

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with Russian regional officials via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 30, 2020. Putin says the country has managed to slow down the spread of coronavirus but should be prepared for contagions to grow quickly. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Coronavirus cases in Russia spike by 500 overnight

House Small Business Committee Chair Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., center, accompanied by other legislators, watches as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, lifts the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after signing it on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. Velazquez, who attended last Friday's $2 trillion coronavirus economic aid bill enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill with Speaker Pelosi, House Majority Leader McCarthy and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, say she has been diagnosed with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nancy Pelosi says she doesn't plan to get a coronavirus test

Spanish UME (Emergency Army Unit) soldiers disinfect a hospital in efforts to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Sabadell, near Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iran, Spain see overnight spikes in coronavirus fatalities

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks before she signs the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after it passes in the House on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. The $2.2 trillion package will head to head to Trump's desk for his signature. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nancy Pelosi: Everything we're doing is specific to the coronavirus challenge

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces a &quot;stay-at-home&quot; directive during a news conference on Monday, March 30, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. Hogan said no Maryland resident should be leaving home unless it is for an essential job or for an essential reason such as obtaining food, medicine or urgent medical attention. The order was set to go into effect at 8 p.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Md. Gov. Larry Hogan: Penalties for violating stay-at-home order are there to ensure compliance

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, listens as others speak during a press briefing after the arrival of the USNS Comfort, a naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, Monday, March 30, 2020, at Pier 90 in New York. The ship will be used to treat New Yorkers who don't have coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up with and treat those who do. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Bill de Blasio: Peak for coronavirus in NYC might not hit until May

Europe's hospitals among the best but can't handle coronavirus pandemic

A man crosses the street in a nearly empty Times Square, which is usually very crowded on a weekday morning, Monday, March 23, 2020 in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered most New Yorkers to stay home from work to slow the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Activists demand Trump's ouster, more aid during lightly-attended Times Square rally

Todd Payne mounts a scope to a carbine rifle at Ross Coin and Gun on Monday, March 16, 2020, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Just as grocery stores have been stripped bare by Americans panicked by coronavirus, guns and ammunition have started flying off the shelves. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP)

Advocates slam move to keep gun shops open during crisis

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the Jacob Javits Center that will house a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

'He has filled a national void': Andrew Cuomo emerges as Democrats' counterweight to Trump

Recent Commentary Columns

In this file photo, the sun rises behind the steeple of Maranatha Baptist Church Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

The good side of coronavirus: People are praying

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Atheist professor says he'll believe in God -- if the coronavirus kills Trump

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by other lawmakers, signs the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after it passes in the House on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. The $2.2 trillion package will head to head to Trump's desk for his signature. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nancy Pelosi, the real coronavirus fiddler

Sgt. First Class Mason Lord, with the Vermont Army National Guard, helps remove a personal protective equipment suit in a decontamination zone at the COVID-19 testing facility in a parking lot of Landmark College, in Putney, Vt., &#160;that was set up to test people with mild to moderate symptoms of the virus on Sunday, March 29, 2020. (Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

We can do better than a parking lot for that temporary hospital

Bank of USA Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Mortgaging America's future for the sake of economic relief from coronavirus pandemic

Failed Chinese Virus Test Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

China challenges the world with flawed COVID-19 test kits

Illustration on cutting payroll taxes for employees by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

America's stimulus bills must ensure worker protections too

Infrastructure Repair Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Investing in America's aging infrastructure will help with COVID-19 unemployment fallout

Toilet Paper Machine Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Rather than complaining about toilet paper, Americans should marvel at the business supply chain

Illustration on the cultural impact of the pandemic by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Preserving 'American way of life' during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lab technician Heather Bickley tests samples for H1N1 flu at the Arizona State Health Laboratory in Phoenix. With Arizona among at least 11 states where swine flu is already widespread, state health officials are working harder to detect cases of illness. (Associated Press)

Coronavirus? Pneumonia, influenza deaths in U.S. surpass 'epidemic threshold'

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