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In California and Washington, the states with the largest initial outbreaks, customers include first-time Asian-American buyers fearing for their safety: the coronavirus was first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan, giving rise to increasingly ugly expressions of xenophobia.
Liu estimates “80 to 90 per cent” of his customers are now first-time gun buyers, and increasingly include Americans of Vietnamese, Philippine and Japanese backgrounds.
More than 100 deaths reported in single day, brings US total to over 500-CNN
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Coronavirus: Italy has a brief glimpse of hope as new cases drop to a five-day low-SCMP
Today is perhaps the first positive day we have had in this hard, very tough month,’ says a top health official, when just 4,789 new cases are confirmed
Pence says patients can now swab themselves for coronavirus-CNN
7 pm EST update. An increase of 21,766 cases and 941 deaths. Death rate 4.3%
Virus cases top 20,000 in NY as new restrictions start-AP
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers on Monday experienced their first full day of severe restrictions intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus as the number of cases in the state continued to surge.
All of the state’s “nonessential” businesses were ordered closed by 8 p.m. Sunday under an order that also banned nonessential gatherings of individuals. New Yorkers may still go outside their homes to pick up groceries or exercise, but must stay 6 feet away from anyone who isn’t a member of their household.
Trump signs order to prevent hoarding and price gouging-CNN
President Trump has signed an executive order “to prevent hoarding & price gouging of supplies needed in our war against the #Coronavirus,” according to a tweet from White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham.
Over 1.5 billion globally told to stay home to avoid virus-CNN
NEW YORK (AP) — With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could be a pivotal week in the battle to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. and Europe.
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UK announces lockdown-CNN
The British Prime Minister has ordered the UK to lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Calling the virus the “biggest threat” the UK has faced in decades, Boris Johnson said people across the country must “stay home” in order to halt the growth of Covid-19 and protect the health care system.
“Without a huge national effort to halt the growth of this virus, there will come a moment when no health service in the world could possibly cope; because there won’t be enough ventilators, enough intensive care beds, enough doctors and nurses,” Johnson said in a televised address.
WHO warns of ‘accelerating’ pandemic, expects Olympics decision soon
While it took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases of COVID-19, it took only 11 days for the second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said.
Italy sees second successive drop in coronavirus deaths-CNA
Turkey will hire more medics, stop exporting face masks: minister-Reuters
Army field hospitals will arrive in NYC and Seattle within the next “72 hours or less”-CNN
Within the next “72 hours or less,” New York and Seattle should expect Army field hospitals to arrive in their cities by truck and start setting up, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley told a group of reporters Monday.
Each hospital has 248 beds of which 48 are ICU beds.
Pennsylvania issues stay-at-home order for 7 counties-CNN
A coronavirus wedding: mask in matching white, no guests beyond family, and a honeymoon in quarantine
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- The groom needed special permit to take his bride from a city under lockdown, though, and they won’t be honeymooning anywhere
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U.S. states, cities desperate for coronavirus help, military prepares-Reuters
New York begs for federal help over COVID-19 as Fed sets up fiscal supports-CNA
Olympics reportedly ‘to be postponed’-Guardian
Italian police recycle oxygen canisters from coronavirus victims
BERGAMO: Police in the Italian city of Bergamo have brought much-needed help to people suffering from the coronavirus by redistributing oxygen cylinders used by people who did not survive the virus.
Bergamo, in the northern Lombardy region, is now Italy’s worst-affected province, with over 6,000 infections. With hospitals overflowing, many sufferers are kept at home, but desperately need oxygen.
New York state is now an epicentre of global pandemic
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Three weeks after its first coronavirus infection was discovered, the New York City region reached an alarming milestone on Sunday (March 22): It now accounts for roughly 5 per cent of the world’s confirmed cases, making it an epicentre of the global pandemic and increasing pressure on officials to take more drastic measures.
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Health workers hard hit as Spain’s coronavirus cases rise
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain has nearly 4,000 health workers infected with the coronavirus, more than one in ten of total confirmed cases, officials said on Monday as the toll rose in Europe’s second-worst affected country after Italy.
Like in other countries hit hard by the virus, nurses, doctors and other health workers say they are not getting enough protective kits. Authorities and companies are scrambling to manufacture, buy and distribute more.
“We have some data we do not like, because we should try to control it, such as having 3,910 health workers affected,” health emergency chief Fernando Simon told a news conference.
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New Hampshire reports first coronavirus death-CNN
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Belgian with 20% lung capacity starts home mask sewing army
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — With only 20% of normal lung capacity, Sien Lagae was extremely wary of viruses before anyone in Belgium heard of the coronavirus — and has long relied on caregivers to help her get dressed, clean her house and provide home health care services.
She makes her masks using two layers of cotton fabric so they can be washed at 90 C (194 F) and reused, taking care to ensure the masks fit well around the nose and chin.
New York confirmed cases pass 20,000
New York governor Andrew Cuomo says the state now has 20,875 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 5,707 cases confirmed today.
Of those cases, 13% have needed to be cared for in hospital, around a quarter of whom are in intensive care.
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Trapped in paradise: Tourists stranded by virus seek visa extensions
KUTA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Travelers stranded by coronavirus in some of Southeast Asia’s idyllic tourism hotspots are trying to extend visas as more countries enforce travel restrictions that in some cases make it impossible to go home.
The total number of stranded tourists is not known, but scenes of frustration are playing out in several countries.
On the Indonesian resort island of Bali – famed for its beaches, terraced rice fields and cultural sites – hundreds of tourists in face masks queued up outside the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office in the tourist area of Kuta seeking legal permission to extend their stay.
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12 noon EST update. An increase of 11,970 cases and 665 deaths. Death rate 4.3%
Notice the slow increase in the death rate.
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Coronavirus: New York, Washington declared national disaster areas by Donald Trump, as US Senate fails to advance economic stimulus package-SCMP
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US is “looking into” why young people are getting coronavirus-CNN
US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said the US is looking into why young people in the country are being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
In New York state so far, more than half of coronavirus cases — 53% — have been among young people between the ages of 18 and 49, Gov. Andrew Cuomo noted on Sunday.
Explainer: Hobbled IRS tax agency may need months to put cash into Americans’ hands-Reuters
Air Canada lays off 5,000, France tries to save food supply-AP
Factbox: Reaction to Canada’s boycott of 2020 Games–Reuters
Philippines’ COVID-19 tally reaches 462 with 82 additional cases -Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines (2nd update 4:32 p.m.) — With the addition of 82 detections, the Philippines’ latest count of novel coronavirus infections rose to 462 in the largest single-day increase in confirmed cases.
The DOH report indicates that some of the fatal cases were attributed only to COVID-19 a day or days after the patients already died when the test results came out positive for the virus.
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Coronavirus: It’s no joke, ex-Olympic swim champ van der Burgh warns after struggles in recoveryStraits Times
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Olympic champion swimmer Cameron van der Burgh said on Sunday (March 22) that he had contracted the coronavirus, offering an insight into how the infection could affect 2020 Olympic hopefuls.
“I have been struggling with Covid-19 for 14 days today,” the South African wrote on Twitter. “By far the worst virus I have ever endured despite being a healthy individual with strong lungs (no smoking/sport), living a healthy lifestyle and being young (least at risk demographic).”
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CHICAGO (AP) — Tucked deep in the obituary for Charles Recka was an announcement that a Mass celebrating his 87 years of life “will be held at a later date.”
Such notices are increasing amid the coronavirus pandemic, as an untold number of burials around the globe go forward with nothing more than a priest, a funeral home employee and a single loved one.
Australian coronavirus cases spike, cruise with sick passengers denied entry
South Korea reports lowest daily number of infections since peaking last month
A third of coronavirus cases may be ‘silent carriers’, classified Chinese data suggests-SCMP
The number of “silent carriers” – people who are infected by the new coronavirus but show delayed or no symptoms – could be as high as one-third of those who test positive, according to classified Chinese government data seen by the South China Morning Post.
That could further complicate the strategies being used by countries to contain the virus, which has infected more than 300,000 people and killed more than 14,000 globally.The approach taken by China and South Korea of testing anyone who has had close contact with a patient – regardless of whether the person has symptoms – may explain why the two Asian countries seem to have checked the spread of the virus. Hong Kong is extending testing to airport arrivals in the city, even if travellers have no symptoms. Meanwhile in most European countries and the US, where only those with symptoms are tested, the number of infections continues to rapidly rise
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gilead Sciences Inc said on Sunday it was temporarily putting new emergency access to its experimental coronavirus drug remdesivir on hold due to overwhelming demand and that it wanted most people receiving the drug to participate in a clinical trial to prove if it is safe and effective.
Coronavirus: S’pore government to make its contact tracing app freely available to developers worldwide-Straits Times
SINGAPORE – In a move to help the international community combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Government will be making the software for its contact tracing application TraceTogether, which has already been installed by more than 620,000 people, freely available to developers around the world.
In a Facebook post on Monday (March 23), Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan said that the app, developed by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) and the Ministry of Health, will be open sourced.
This means that the software’s source code will be made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.
Launched last Friday, the TraceTogether app can identify people who have been within 2m of coronavirus patients for at least 30 minutes, using wireless Bluetooth technology. Its developers say the app is useful when those infectedcannot recall whom they had been in close proximity with for an extended duration.
Coronavirus forces states to order nearly one in three Americans to stay home-Reuters
Virus pandemic an unprecedented test for a young generation
“It’s a lot of fear with family members and stuff,” Jalen said. “I think a lot of us don’t think it will affect us, but it’s a worry.”
As this crisis unfolds, her generation likely be tested like never before, especially those whose families are already on the edge, financially and health-wise.
“It’s going to make them feel differently about their mortality, possibly, what the world offers, what security looks like,” said Cathy Cohen, a political science professor at the University of Chicago, who regularly tracks the views of young people.
UK calls in army and warns people to stay home or face lockdown-Reuters
Hong Kong will ban all non-resident arrivals amid COVID-19 outbreak-CNA
6 am EST. An increase of 10,449 cases and 315 deaths since 7 pm last night. Death rate of 4.3%
Internal memos by chief surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital revealed new details about the coming threat-ABC
Medical experts in New York do not expect the number of cases to peak for another 22 to 32 days, the memo written by Dr. Craig Smith says, and the supplies of masks, equipment and available beds is well short of the impending need. He estimated the crush of patients will require from 700 to 934 intensive-care beds.
“The lower estimate exceeds our ICU capacity, even with surge construction,” said Smith, a cardiac surgery pioneer who has headed the hospital’s surgery department since 2010.
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Coronavirus forces states to order nearly one in three Americans to stay home-Reuters
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There are now more than 34,000 US coronavirus cases and 414 deaths-CNN
At least seven states have 1,000 cases or more:
New York: 16,887 cases, 114 deaths
Washington: 2,025 cases, 95 deaths
New Jersey: 1,914 cases, 20 deaths
California: 1,488 cases, 32 deaths
Illinois: 1,049, cases, 9 deaths
Michigan: 1,035 cases, 8 deaths
Florida: 1,001 cases, 2 deaths
Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming-AP
COVID-19: Singapore Airlines slashes 96% of capacity, grounds most planes-CNA
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