Lori Hinnant, Author at Athol Daily News

Relatives grieve Benedict Somi Vilakasi at his burial ceremony at the Nasrec Memorial Park outside Johannesburg Thursday, April 16, 2020. Vilakasi, a Soweto coffee shop manager, died of COVID-19 infection in a Johannesburg hospital Sunday April 12, 2020. South Africa is under a strict five-week lockdown in a effort to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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US job losses mount as economic pain deepens worldwide

by Christopher Rugaber Associated Press, and Lori Hinnant Associated PressApril 16, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of Americans thrown out of work by the coronavirus ballooned Thursday to at least 22 million in an unprecedented collapse that has fueled widening protests and propelled President Donald Trump’s push to relax the nation’s…

A passenger receives a face mask distributed by a red cross volunteer at the main train station in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Face mask distribution in train and bus stations continue as factory and construction workers resume their activities in roughly half of Spanish regions emerging from the Easter holiday period. Spain's left-wing Cabinet is expected to pass new measures to aide smaller business and the self-employed affected by the freezing of economic activity. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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How to end virus lockdowns? Technology, tests, coordination

by Lori Hinnant Associated Press, Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Chris Blake Associated PressApril 14, 2020

Subway riders, wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns, step off a train in New York.

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NYC virus deaths exceed 3,200, topping toll for 9/11 attacks

by Marina Villeneuve Associated Press, and Lori Hinnant Associated PressApril 8, 2020

Medical workers wearing equipment to protect themselves from coronavirus bring a patient to St Thomas' Hospital in Westminster in London, Monday, April 6, 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/Frank Augstein)

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US, UK brace for soaring death tolls as pandemic bears down

by Lori Hinnant Associated Press, and Danica Kirka Associated PressApril 7, 2020

Medical personnel wearing personal protective equipment remove bodies from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Thursday in the Brooklyn borough of New York. As coronavirus hot spots and death tolls flared around the U.S., the nation's biggest city was the hardest hit of the all, with bodies loaded onto refrigerated morgue trucks by gurney and forklift outside overwhelmed hospitals, in full view of passing motorists.

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Economic fallout mounts, along with competition for gear

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, Lori Hinnant Associated Press, and Mark Sherman Associated PressApril 2, 2020