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Berkshire Hathaway, Inc, founded and operated by Warren Buffet, r—the single-largest quarterly loss in the business' history. On the heels of that announcement, the , United, Delta, Southwest, and American.

An additional 3.8 million more people filed for unemployment for the week ending April 18, putting the six-week total at over 30 million, Roughly 12.4% of the U.S. workforce has filed for unemployment.

The U.S. surpassed 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 cases last week, accounting for roughly one-third of the global total, according to the

—roughly 40% of the total workforce at the Logansport, Indiana, food plant—have tested positive for COVID-19. News of the outbreak came days after President Trump signed an The plant was shut down for 14 days to contain the outbreak and is set to reopen, at limited capacity and with new safety measures, this week.

governors have decided to begin the process of lifting shelter-in-place restrictions. While many citizens are , there is also significant concern over the economic impact of the pandemic, leading to the decision to reopen in many states.

A major study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases found that produced by Gilead Science to treat COVID-19, shortened the recovery times of patients hospitalized with the virus by an average of four days. The drug has been tested only on those hospitalized with moderate to severe illness via IV. While more data is needed to definitively determine the effectiveness of the drug, the FDA on Friday approved Remdesivir for emergency use.

The Justice and Homeland Security departments announced Thursday that hearings for asylum seekers currently held in migrant shelters in Mexico , citing COVID-19 public health concerns. It is estimated that 25,000 people are awaiting asylum hearings in Mexico.