Day: May 5, 2020

Trump Told America’s Governors They Were On Their Own. So Maryland’s Larry Hogan Is Taking Charge

May 5, 2020
Larry Hogan has got another of his ideas, and this one cracks him up. “I’m gonna call Pence!” says Hogan, startling his chief of staff, Matthew Clark, who sits across a large, round faux-wood table. Hogan, the Republican governor of Maryland, is meeting with his coronavirus command team, a skeleton crew of state officials still…

Africa Dangerously Behind in Global Race for Medical Equipment Amid Coronavirus

May 5, 2020
(JOHANNESBURG) — As Africa braces for a surge in coronavirus cases, its countries are dangerously behind in the global race for scarce medical equipment. Ten nations have no ventilators at all. Outbid by richer countries, and not receiving medical gear from top aid donor the United States, African officials scramble for solutions as virus cases…