CORONAVIRUS LATEST: — UK coronavirus death toll becomes highest in Europe. — Retired farmer who sent NY governor N-95 mask receives honorary degree. — New York City subways shut down overnight for cleaning.
All 472 of New York City's subway stations were closed during the early morning hours of Wednesday, as part of a new plan for the normally 24-hour system to shut down for daily cleanings and to remove homeless people who have been sleeping on nearly empty trains.
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker cleans a subway car during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in New York City on May 5, 2020.Officers from the New York City Police Department's Homeless Outreach Unit, accompanied by nurses, will remove people from subway cars and stations while workers from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority clean.
"In 1971, Dennis was two credits away from earning his degree in agriculture when his father passed away. He chose to leave school to take care of his mother and the family farm," Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, who presented the degree alongside the university's president,."Dennis' kindness and lifelong career in agriculture make him more than qualified to receive a degree."
"If you could, would you please give this mask to a nurse or doctor in your state?" Ruhnke wrote to Cuomo, who subsequently shared the letter on Twitter, calling it"humanity at its best."The United Kingdom has overtaken Italy as the country with the highest death toll from the novel coronavirus in Europe.
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