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News Pentagon focusing on most vital personnel for virus testing ROBERT BURNS , Associated Press • April 26, 2020 9 Comments 1 / 3 Virus Outbreak Navy Guam In this April 7, 2020, photo released by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt move ready to eat meals for sailors who have tested negative for COVID-19 and are being taken to local hotels in an effort to implement social distancing at Naval Base Guam. People in Guam are used to a constant U.S. military presence on the strategic Pacific island, but some are nervous as hundreds of sailors from the coronavirus-stricken Navy aircraft carrier flood into hotels for quarantine. Officials insist they have enforced strict safety measures. (Mass Communication Specialist Julio Rivera/U.S. Navy via AP) More WASHINGTON (AP) — With limited supplies of  coronavirus  tests available, the Pentagon is focusing first on testing...

News Iran says virus cases pass 90,000 AFP • April 26, 2020 15 Comments Iranian authorities since April 11 have allowed the phased reopening of some businesses and have relaxed some domestic travel restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the virus (AFP Photo/ATTA KENARE) More Tehran (AFP) - The number of novel coronavirus cases in Iran has passed 90,000, according to official figures released Sunday, as Tehran announced its lowest number of new deaths in weeks. Health authorities have registered 1,153 new cases of the COVID-19 illness since midday Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 90,481, health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a daily news briefing. Sixty additional fatalities were recorded, with the overall death toll reaching 5,710, he added. It is the country's lowest number of officially declared deaths since March 10. Iran announced its first novel coronavirus cases in February, and is the...