Over the past few weeks, Facebook has been quick to launch a number of efforts to help combat the spread of the coronavirus, creating some much needed goodwill for the often embattled social media company.
Amid the rapid spread of coronavirus, as government officials tell people to stay home, Amazon is seeing an unprecedented surge in online orders causing delivery delays and items to go out of stock. In response, Amazon is hiring 100,000 new workers and halting the intake of any new inventory that isn't in high demand, which means heavy losses for third-party sellers. Amazon also faces new challenges as it tries to remove listings for price gouging and false claims about prevention of COVID-19.
The number of people who have died from the coronavirus in Iran has reached 1,556 — a rise of more than 100, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, Australia closed Bondi Beach after crowds flocked to its shores.
Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop, died at home in Sandy Springs, Georgia. He was 81.
The Trump administration on Friday said it was soliciting public comments on lifting additional tariffs on Chinese imports that could help the United States battle the coronavirus pandemic, showing some flexibility in its trade war against Beijing.
North Korea fired two projectiles that appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, South Korea's military said on Saturday.
General Motors on Friday announced it will lend its auto factories to support Ventec Life Systems' production of ventilators in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Pacific Gas & Electric and California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal Friday for the nation's largest utility to emerge from bankruptcy triggered by massive liabilities from wildfires.
Macy's said Friday that it has accessed its $1.5 billion revolving credit facility, in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. The department store chain said it did so as a "proactive measure."
"So far the local and state officials we've been working with have been very supportive of making sure that the food supply chain, and critical things around the supply chain, maintain," Freshly CEO Michael Wystrach said.
At Mount Sinai Health System's Morningside hospital in New York City, the number of coronavirus patients at the 500-bed facility doubled in two days this week.