Tisha Ocampo

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention planned to launch a smartphone application that would help them monitor the spread of the COVID-19 and the federal government had expressed an interest on it.

A Mount Sinai Hospital doctor appealed to recently recovered COVID-19 patients to volunteer for antibody testing in an effort to help patients who are still suffering from the disease. Survivors with high levels of anti-coronavirus antibodies who are willing to donate their plasma can contact the organization.

A nurse from the Life Care Center in Washington warned that redness around the eyes could be a symptom of coronavirus infection as she and her colleagues observed COVID-19 patients having them and some individuals would die with only redness around the eyes as symptoms. Recent researches also show that the loss of taste and smell could be clear signs of a coronavirus carrier.

In response to the shortage of critical supplies and the demands for more test kits amid the growing cases of COVID-19, the Trump administration agreed to invoke an obscure 1950 Korean War wartime production act to mandate a rapid and mass production of coronavirus test kits and other supplies such as masks.

The researchers of Manhattan's Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have focused their attention to developing COVID-19 tests using antibodies. The tests could provide a more accurate picture of infection and fatality rate, could determine which individuals have high antibody levels that could combat the disease which makes them fit to care for coronavirus patients with minimal to no risk, and most importantly, the antibody-rich blood component (convalescent plasma) of COVID-19 survivors could be donated and transfused to critically ill patients to stimulate their immune systems to fight off the virus.

U.S. Navy hospital ship, the USNS Mercy was deployed to the Los Angeles area to provide relief to the shore-based hospitals and health professionals who have been flooded with COVID-19 cases. The ship was brought in to let the shore-based facilities to focus on treating the coronavirus patients.

Around 67 inmate from Tulsa County Jail were released in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The inmates freed by the emergency court docket were those who committed misdemeanors and non-violent felonies.

Cops investigate the case of teenagers participating in a "disturbing trend" of filming themselves coughing on produce and posting it online amid the public's panic during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump bans non-essential travel to Mexico in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19. Trade, cargo and health care workers are exempted from the travel restrictions.

President Trump mandated the cancellation of standardized testing for elementary and high school students and also announced that student loans and loan payments would be suspended without penalty for the next 60 days.

Walmart plans to hire 150,000 temporary workers and is planning to give $300 bonuses to full-time workers and $150 to part-time employees.

7-year-old philanthropist and anti-bullying activist Cavanaugh Bell spent his $600 savings to put together 65 "Coronavirus Carepacks" and 31 hot meals to help senior citizens and local businesses affected by the closing down of establishments.

Catholic University of America president, John Garvey tested positive for the COVID-19. He is on quarantine and has released a statement updating his condition as well as enumerating the precautions the university has employed in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Three men were arrested in Maui as part of an online sex sting operation involving victimized teens. A prior arrest was made on Friday as part of the same operation which nabbed one more suspect.

Three family members died in New Jersey after contracting COVID-19 infection in a March 10 family gathering. One of them, the daughter who died last Friday, was reportedly the state's second recorded coronavirus-related fatality. Four relatives remain hospitalized in critical condition while 19 others relatives were tested and quarantined while waiting for results.

A man was arrested in Fargo for threatening multiple people and stealing a vehicle.

Dr. Rachel Patzer shared the story of her husband, who is an emergency room physician in Atlanta and actively treats COVID-19 patients, who isolated himself in their apartment's garage to protect their newborn daughter and their family.

A man was arrested on Wednesday in connection to the Royalton shooting on Tuesday which killed on man and injured another.

Seven members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation said that they were running low on medical supplies amid the coronavirus outbreak and requested emergency aid from the federal government.

Patrick D. McPartlin, a sheriff's deputy from Fairfax County who was involved in the 2015 fatal shooting of mentally ill inmate, Natasha McKenna, was charged on Tuesday for sexually assaulting a female inmate in his custody.

Regeneron announced that the COVID-19 "cocktail" drug that they are currently manufacturing on a large scale would be ready for human clinical trial by early summer.

An Asian woman was harassed and assaulted after a Bronx resident blamed her for the outbreak of COVID-19.

A patient, who was one of the first 20 of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kentucky, checked himself out of the hospital against medical advise and refused to quarantine himself. Nelson County police "forced" him into isolation by surrounding his home 24/7 for two weeks.

A 20-year-old Maryland man entered a Columbia high school and attempted to grab a female student, 14, and kiss her. It is still unclear whether he knew the victim.

Atlanta-based marketing firm Trevelino/Keller used their free stocks of 1,000 rolls of toilet paper to start the Toilet Paper Exchange where they hand out free toilet paper to Atlanta residents. Because of the social distancing implementation, the company's employees toss the toilet paper into open car windows in what they call the "Toilet Paper Toss" and they sometimes hold pop up drive-thrus.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut governors declared the shutting down of non-essential establishments such as bars, movie theaters, casinos, and restaurants amid the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to prevent the increasing cases of coronavirus transmission. However, essential businesses such as supermarkets and gas stations will remain operational after 8 PM while restaurants, although closed, can still offer delivery and take-out services.

A Connecticut trooper was charged with DUI after he was found unresponsive inside a parked cruiser along I-84 and failed field sobriety tests.

An elderly couple from Italy died two hours apart from each other in their house in Albino, alone and on quarantine due to the coronavirus infection that caused a country-wide lockdown.

Bend police named the three officers involved in the pursuit of a Bend woman which led to them shooting at her. Details on what triggered the officers to fire shots at her are still to be determined.