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LODI, Italy — One infectious-disease doctor said coronavirus had hit “like a tsunami” at his hospital, where more than 100 out of 120 people admitted with the virus have also developed pneumonia.
Another hospital nearby is facing staff shortages as doctors have become patients.
Doctors, virologists and health-care officials on the front line of Italy’s battle against coronavirus, in more than a dozen interviews, described a health-care system stretched to its limits — a situation other countries may face as the virus spreads.
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7 pm update. An increase of 2,624 cases and 174 deaths. Death rate of 3.5%
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea, one of the worst-affected countries in the coronavirus epidemic outside China, on Tuesday (March 10) reported fewer than 150 new cases for the first time in two weeks.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland confirmed three more cases of coronavirus in the state for a total of nine so far, the officials said Tuesday.
College campuses empty as virus scare pushes learning online
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — College seniors began making tearful goodbyes, not knowing if they’d return to see friends on campus. Some were heading to homes without internet, leaving them to wonder if they could keep up with online classes. And some worried about finding a way to afford a flight on only a few days’ notice.
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said late on Tuesday that one male patient was diagnosed with the new coronavirus after tests, in the country’s first confirmed case, and that the patient is isolated.
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are cutting capacity. Norwegian has temporarily laid off workers, and United’s CEO is foregoing a salary
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man with underlying health problems who tested positive for COVID_19 has died, and four others from across the state have tested positive for the virus, officials announced on Tuesday.
Gov. Kristi Noem said the man died Tuesday, but officials have not confirmed if his death was caused by the virus. He was in his 60s and from Pennington County in the western part of the state.
The drive-in facility at the local hospital is designed to minimise medical staff and patients’ exposure. “Extraordinary times call for extraordinary solutions,” Dr Roxana Sauer, a medical director at Gross-Gerau district hospital, told AFP.
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According to the Times, Nadine Dorries, a parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department of Health and Social Care, fell ill last Friday and her diagnosis was confirmed on Tuesday.
The paper’s reporting that Dorries has “met hundreds of people in parliament in the past week and attended a reception at No 10 with Boris Johnson”. She is said to be recovering.
Illinois uncovers 1st new virus case outside Chicago area
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois confirmed its first coronavirus cases outside the Chicago area Tuesday, as the state’s infection tally hit 19, and the governor raised questions about whether large-scale gatherings such as the city’s upcoming St. Patrick’s Day celebrations can go ahea
Beshear calls on Kentucky nursing homes to restrict visitors
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s nursing homes should severely restrict visitors to combat the new coronavirus from spreading to a vulnerable population, Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday.
Those restrictions will take effect at state nursing and long-term care facilities, Beshear said. For other facilities, the state issued “very strong guidance” for operators to follow, he said.
2 new COVID-19 cases in Indiana, boosting state’s total to 6
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two more people in Indiana have been sickened by the coronavirus, boosting the state’s total cases to six, health officials said Tuesday.
The two patients with presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 — the disease caused by the virus — are from Adams County, in the northeast of the state, and Boone County, just northwest of Indianapolis, the state Department of Health said.
Alarming clusters of the coronavirus swelled on both coasts of the U.S. on Tuesday, with 70 cases now tied to a biotech conference in Boston and infections turning up at 10 nursing homes in hard-hit Washington state.
Much of the current discourse on — and dismissal of — the Covid-19 outbreak focuses on comparisons of the total case load and total deaths with those caused by seasonal influenza. But these comparisons can be deceiving, especially in the early stages of an exponential curve as a novel virus tears through an immunologically naïve population.
Perhaps more important is the disproportionate number of severe Covid-19 cases, many requiring hospitalization or weekslong ICU stays. What does an avalanche of uncharacteristically severe respiratory viral illness cases mean for our health care system? How much excess capacity currently exists, and how quickly could Covid-19 cases saturate and overwhelm the number of available hospital beds, face masks, and other resources?
This threat to the health care system as a whole poses the greatest challenge.
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Renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon, researcher and policy expert Martin Makary told CNBC on Tuesday morning that the virus outbreak in Wuhan, China, could be easily replicated across America.
“What happened in Wuhan could happen here. Why do we think otherwise?” Makary said.
Makary said the immune system of a typical American is “not stronger than the Chinese immune system,” adding that “viruses don’t care about politics and they don’t care about location.”
(Reuters) – Harvard University asked its students on Tuesday not to return to campus after Spring Break and said it would begin moving to virtual instruction for graduate and undergraduate classes amid the coronavirus outbreak.
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria has suspended economic, cultural and political gatherings to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Health Minister Abderrahmane Benbouzid said on Tuesday.
ROME (Reuters) – Shops and restaurants closed, hundreds of flights were canceled and streets emptied across Italy on Tuesday, the first day of an unprecedented, nationwide lockdown imposed to slow Europe’s worst outbreak of coronavirus.
Schools to shut for 2 weeks in NY suburb ‘containment area’
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Schools, houses of worship and large gathering places will be shuttered for two weeks in a “containment area” centered in suburban New Rochelle, the heart of what appears to be the nation’s biggest cluster of cases of the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
NY sends National Guard in to help fight virus
BEIJING (AP) — New York’s governor is sending the National Guard into a New York suburb to help fight what appears to be the nation’s biggest known cluster of coronavirus cases.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that schools, houses of worship and large gathering places will be shuttered for two weeks in a “containment area” centered in suburban New Rochelle.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman older than 60 who had traveled recently to Florida, Nevada and the Bahamas is the second person in Utah to be diagnosed with the new coronavirus, health officials said Tuesday.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials urged residents Tuesday to avoid non-essential travel following confirmation that the two latest people in the state who tested positive for COVID-19 had recently visited areas where the coronavirus is more widespread.
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The coronavirus death toll outside China has now passed 1,000, Agence-France Presse reports on its Twitter feed.
Covid-19 death toll jumps 36% in Italy
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped by 168 to 631, an increase of 36%, the Civil Protection Agency said on Tuesday, the largest rise in absolute numbers since the contagion came to light on 21 February, Reuters reports.
New York: “containment” plan for New Rochelle
New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, has announced a “containment” plan for New Rochelle, the city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in the New York metro area, Lauren Aratani reports from New York.
Berlin closes all theatres, concert halls and opera houses
Authorities in Berlin have announced the closure of all theatres, concert halls and its three opera houses to dampen the spread of coronavirus, until at least the end of the Easter holidays on April 19, Kate Connolly reports.
12 noon EST update. An increase of 1,760 cases and 63 deaths since 5 am today
Virus interrupts school for 363 million students
BEIJING (AP) —UNESCO says the coronavirus outbreak has interrupted schooling for nearly 363 million students worldwide and is urging nations to work harder to make sure affected students are still learning.
Seoul call center emerges as city’s biggest infection cluster, numbers feared to rise
SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) — With at least 50 cases, a call center in southwestern Seoul emerged as the biggest COVID-19 infection cluster here Tuesday, triggering concerns over potential mass transmission in the metropolitan area that is home to 25 million, or nearly half of the country’s population.
LONDON (Reuters) – The death toll in the United Kingdom from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to six, British health officials said on Tuesday.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran said on Tuesday he had asked Tehran to free all prisoners temporarily, saying it is “unfortunate and disturbing” to continue holding political prisoners amid the coronavirus outbreak.
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain shut down schools in several regions, suspended flights from Italy and closed the lower house of parliament for at least a week after a lawmaker tested positive for the coronavirus, in the hope of stemming a growing outbreak.
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will shut schools, universities, daycare centers and other educational establishments on Wednesday for a two-week period to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the country’s health minister said on Tuesday.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A second person in Utah has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, health officials said Tuesday.
The person is older than 60 and in serious but stable condition at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, the Utah Department of Health said in a statement. The patient is believed to have contracted the virus during extensive travels outside Utah and the U.S.
‘Peter Rabbit 2’ latest movie to delay release due to virus
NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood continued to shuffle its upcoming releases due to the coronavirus, as Sony Pictures on Tuesday announced that it’s moving “Peter Rabbit 2” to August.
What’s Happening: Italy under lockdown, officials infected
ROME (AP) — Italy enters its first day under a nationwide lockdown after a government decree extended restrictions on movement from the hard-hit north to the rest of the country. As the numbers of infected surged in Italy, there were more signs of normality returning to China, where President Xi Jinping’ made his first trip to the virus’ epicenter of Wuhan. The contrast illustrated the global east-to-west spread of the virus.
Iran says new virus kills 54, death toll climbs to 291
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Tuesday that the new coronavirus had killed 54 more people, raising the death toll to 291 amid 8,042 cases in the Islamic Republic.
Initial tests show COVID-19 infections rise to 17 in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Five more people in Georgia have tested positive for COVID-19, and the Centers for Disease Control, health officials said late Sunday.
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – Two cruise ship passengers were being tested for the coronavirus in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille on Tuesday after they fell ill with flu-like symptoms, the local health authority said.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Osaka prefecture on Tuesday reported 18 new cases of coronavirus infections including multiple cases linked to live music venues that have been identified as hot spots in the prefecture, public broadcaster NHK said.
“This median time from exposure to onset of symptoms suggests that the 14-day quarantine period used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for individuals with likely exposure to the coronavirus is reasonable,” it said. Other human coronaviruses that cause common colds have mean illness-incubation periods of about three days.
Iran says new virus kills 54, death toll climbs to 291
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Tuesday that the new coronavirus had killed 54 more people, raising the death toll to 291 amid 8,042 cases in the Islamic Republic.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Five people have tested positive for the new coronavirus in Virginia, state health officials said.
The latest cases include the wife of a Fairfax man in his 80s who tested positive after returning from a cruise on the Nile River, the Virginia Department of Health said in a news release late Monday.
S. Korea on high alert over cluster infections amid case slowdown
SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) — South Korean health authorities are on guard against potential cluster infections as an alarming new mass infection of the novel coronavirus was reported in Seoul on Monday despite a slowdown in the new cases in the southeastern city of Daegu, the epicenter of virus outbreak.
Thailand-bound passengers from S. Korea required to submit health certificate
SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) — All Thailand-bound air travelers from South Korea are required to submit a health certificate that shows they have not contracted the novel coronavirus, local airlines said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, users on social media are condemning a Japanese man who tested positive for the coronavirus then went to a hostess bar with the intention of deliberately infecting other people.
UK peak expected within fortnight- Guardian
New York University will to remote learning for all of its 50,000 students from tomorrow- Guardian
The university also said that “non-essential“ events and meetings at its Manhattan and other US campuses would be stopped, and staff were barred from any non-essential travel to California and Washington states as well as to countries affected by coronavirus.
FDA OKs COVID-19 test kits developed by University of the Philipines scientists
MANILA, Philippines— Test kits for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which were developed by local scientists at the University of the Philippines (UP) have been approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The FDA, in a statement Tuesday, said it has issued a certificate of exemption for the test kits developed by the University of the Philippines National Institute of Health (UPNIH) which was funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
MANILA, Philippines (Update 2, 5:18 p.m.) — The Philippines on Tuesday recorded nine new cases of the novel coronavirus infections in the country, bringing the total to 33.
Philippines reports 11 new cases as stocks of testing kits dwindle
The country of 105 million had just 2,000 coronavirus test kits available earlier this week as the number of people wanting to be diagnosed surged
- South Korea had 7,513 Covid-19 cases as of Monday, with daily infections falling for a fourth consecutive day
- Officials attribute the decrease to mass testing, improved public communication and the use of advanced technology
The steady decrease in cases has been attributed to a variety of factors, including mass testing, improved public communications and the use of technology. Extensive testing of members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which was linked to more than 60 per cent of the country’s cases, has been completed.
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Movement across Italy will be sharply restricted within hours, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Monday, in an unprecedented clampdown aimed at beating the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-affected country.
TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania reported its first coronavirus infections on Monday – two men who returned from Italy and four family members of one of them – prompting the government to shut down schools for two weeks and cancel flights and ferries to Italy until April 3.
(Reuters) – The U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said on Monday it was concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak on air transport and civil aviation.
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – A 40-year-old woman in Panama has tested positive for coronavirus, the country’s health minister said on Monday, marking the first such case in the Central American nation.
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Mongolia said on Tuesday that a French national working in the country has been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus that has spread throughout the globe, marking the country’s first case.
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – United States President Donald Trump has yet to be tested for the coronavirus, even as his incoming chief of staff and at least four other GOP lawmakers put themselves in quarantine after coming into contact with an infected person at a political event.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Can any American who’s sick get tested for the worrisome new coronavirus?
That’s been a complicated question, one that’s left doctors, patients and some health experts frustrated and concerned.
U.S. health officials say more and more public and private laboratories are now able to test for the virus. But some experts have wondered why it’s taken so long, and what that means to efforts to spot and stop the outbreak’s spread.
Virus preparations too slow: WA doctors
Serious consideration should be given soon to banning mass gatherings and closing all schools to stop the spread of coronavirus, the Australian Medical Association’s WA division says.
Japan has unveiled a second package of measures worth about $A6.3 billion in spending to cope with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, focusing on support to small and mid-sized firms, as concerns mount about risks to the fragile economy.
Victorians have been warned authorities will take “extreme” and unprecedented action to try to control coronavirus, with schools to be closed, sporting events cancelled and whole sectors of the workforce told to stay home.
Premier Daniel Andrews said on Tuesday that any hope of containing the outbreak in the state was now gone and the pandemic phase of the crisis was now inevitable.
Hong Kong considers more entry restrictions amid spreading COVID-19 worldwide- Xinhua
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. companies buffeted by supply chain chaos and a growing awareness of the scope of a viral outbreak are facing new threats to begin the week.
Mom, son safe after 52 hours trapped in China hotel rubble
BEIJING (AP) — A 10-year-old boy and his mother have been rescued 52 hours after being trapped in the collapse of a virus quarantine site in southeastern China.
Pearl Jam postpones first leg of tour over virus concerns
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pearl Jam is postponing the North American leg of its Gigaton world tour because of concerns over the new coronavirus, the band announced Monday.
Drive-through virus testing station opens
Australia’s first drive-through coronavirus testing station has been set up at an Adelaide hospital.
It is one of two formal clinics of its kind that exists globally, although a Melbourne doctor runs a solo operation with a similar structure in the car park outside his practice.
Patients will drive through the site at the Repatriation Hospital, wind down their windows and be tested directly out of the car window by SA Pathology nurses.
Australia to consider Italy ban as major events prepare for virus – The AGE
Australia could ban travellers from Italy and cancel large-scale events as health authorities race to get on top of the coronavirus crisis.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt have asked the government’s medical experts to review the status of Italian travel advice within 24 hours, after the number of coronavirus cases jumped to 9,172 with 463 deaths.
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BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets rebounded Tuesday from record-setting declines after President Donald Trump said he would ask Congress for a tax cut and other measures to ease the pain of the spreading coronavirus outbreak.
Thousands on virus-hit cruise ship await disembarkation
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the novel coronavirus waited anxiously Tuesday for their chance to leave the vessel, even if meant being shipped to military bases for weeks of quarantine.
After days of being forced to idle off the Northern California coast, the Grand Princess docked Monday at the Port of Oakland with some 3,500 passengers and crew on board.
Global recession a near certainty: former Trump adviser
A former top adviser to US president Donald Trump says the odds of a global recession sparked by the coronavirus are “pretty close to 100 per cent”, but the economic hit will be temporary and less devastating than the damage caused by previous crises.
TOKYO (Reuters) – A number of small music clubs in Japan’s western city of Osaka have emerged as a new transmission ground for the coronavirus, showing the difficulty of stemming the outbreak even as authorities have focused on stopping large gatherings.
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea was on alert on Tuesday for coronavirus infections in small clusters such as workplaces and dance classes, as a downward trend in new cases raised hopes that Asia’s biggest outbreak outside mainland China may be slowing.
The Northern Territory and Western Australia have opened coronavirus treatment centres – with facilities already up-and-running in Tasmania, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland.
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Cyprus’ largest medical facility suspended most services on Tuesday, authorities said, after a medical doctor heading the heart surgical ward tested positive for coronavirus.
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Austria recommends citizens return home from Italy
ZURICH (Reuters) – Austria advised citizens to return home from Italy, its southern neighbor that plans a nationwide lockdown until next month in a new attempt to beat the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-affected country.
5 am EST. An increase of 451 cases and 104 deaths since 7 pm last night. Critical cases – 4.6%. Deaths – 3.5%
Australia’s Chief Medical Officer will consider reducing Australia’s 14-day quarantine period in the future following new scientific evidence that coronavirus symptoms appear after five days in 95 per cent of infections.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday the government would carry out whatever measures are needed without hesitation to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has started charging visitors for coronavirus treatment, the city-state said as it reported new imported infections involving people who had traveled from neighboring Indonesia.
Indonesia arrests six over COVID-19 internet hoaxes
JAKARTA: Six Indonesians have been arrested for allegedly spreading misinformation online about the deadly coronavirus, police said Tuesday (Mar 10), as the Southeast Asian nation’s confirmed infection cases jumped.
Debate is raging after a Sydney doctor called for all Australians to enter a two-week period of self-quarantine to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Cathie Hull, an emergency doctor at Sydney’s Ryde Hospital, said on Tuesday that the government should start taking more extreme measures as Australia reached 100 cases of COVID-19.
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