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7 pm EST update. An increase of 21,449 cases and 1,362 deaths. Death rate of 4.4%
As UK eateries close, top chef switches to food boxes for needy-Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – Londoners have been struggling to get their food shopping done as panic buying triggered by the coronavirus crisis has emptied supermarket shelves, but some will soon be receiving food boxes prepared by a Michelin star-winning chef instead.
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On the 10th day of lockdown, Madrid shaken by deaths-CNA
MADRID: At the foot of the skyscrapers in Madrid’s business district, the streets are empty as the city silently marks day 10 of lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
The only signs of life are those coming and going at a nearby hospital where another five people died overnight, raising the body count to 1,535 in the Madrid region.
Connecticut sees spike of 200 cases in one day-CNN
Almost 12,000 recently retired NHS staff had responded to the call to return to the service. They included 2,660 doctors, more than 2,500 pharmacists and other staff and 6,147 nurses.
And some 5,500 final-year medics and 18,700 final-year student nurses will “move to the frontline” next week.
China helps while US sanctions ‘terrorise’, says Iran’s Hong Kong envoy-SCMP
- Tehran’s man in Hong Kong urges the international community to condemn US sanctions, saying they have hampered efforts to fight Covid-19
- China’s support has been crucial, says the diplomat, as experts predict the crisis will increase Iran’s reliance on Beijing
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TEHRAN: A senior Iranian official on Tuesday (Mar 24) ruled out “foreign” help on the ground to deal with the coronavirus epidemic after an offer from a France-based medical charity, as the country’s death toll from the illness neared 2,000.
“Due to Iran’s national mobilisation against the virus and the full use of the medical capacity of the armed forces, it is not necessary for now for hospital beds to be set up by foreign forces, and their presence is ruled out,” Alireza Vahabzadeh, advisor to Iran’s health minister, said on Twitter.
Africa cases over 2,000 as South Africa rushes into lockdown-AP
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Customers started behaving oddly about a week ago, visibly dejected street vendor Frank Mojapelo said. Some were wary to exchange cash. Some backed away, or refused to touch him.
Now, an unprecedented lockdown looms in South Africa over the coronavirus, with a country of 57 million people told to stay home starting Friday. Virus cases leapt again to 554 on Tuesday, the most of any country in Africa. Forty-three of the continent’s 54 countries now have cases, with the total at 2,046, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
New York City will move to release 300 city inmates immediately due to Covid-19 concerns, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.
All of those eligible for release are city inmates convicted of misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, all with less than one year left on their sentence, de Blasio said.
Iceland confirms first death from COVID-19-CNA
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Spain running short of mortuary space and Britain enters lockdown as Europe’s pandemic battle grows-SCMP
With the daily death toll rising by almost a quarter, the country began to run out of space in mortuaries. An ice rink in a Madrid shopping centre was converted into a morgue to temporarily store some bodies.
Spain took only three days to see its death toll double from the 1,000 total registered on Friday, outpacing China and Italy.
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday that 174 service members had the coronavirus, an increase of 41 cases from the day before.
In a daily update, the Pentagon added that 59 civilian employees, 61 dependents, and 27 contractors had also tested positive.
Doctors plead with Tennessee governor for stay-at-home order-AP
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Doctors across Tennessee pleaded with Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to take stronger action to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
In a webinar shortly before the governor’s daily briefing, Dr. Aaron Milstone warned that “without action, tens of thousands of Tennesseans may die of COVID-19.” Milstone is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Williamson Medical Center.
- Giuseppe Remuzzi’s comments were seized on by Chinese state media amid the acrimonious row with the US, but he says the key question is how far Covid-19 had spread before it was identified
- Academic says ‘strange pneumonias’ in Italy last November suggest it may have reached Europe before anyone knew what the disease was
The comments by Giuseppe Remuzzi, director of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan, during an interview with US National Public Radio last week were quickly seized upon in the increasingly acrimonious blame game between Washington and Beijing.
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Commentary: Social distancing need not be rude or weird. Here’s how to do it right-CNA
How should we deal with any awkwardness that arises? The best advice is to talk about it, but not at length. It doesn’t require an apology or a long explanation.
When refusing a handshake, do so simply and without fuss, and mention the coronavirus at the first opportunity. Say something simple and concise, such as: “Due to the virus I am not shaking hands at the moment.”
Or, to make it totally clear that it’s nothing personal, you could try saying: “I am not shaking anyone’s hand.”
PARIS/NANTES: Intensive care nurse Emmanuelle Dubourg Davy feels that war has been declared and knows that her hospital in the western French city of Anger will soon be inundated with critically ill coronavirus patients.
People stuck at home due to virus turn to news programming-AP
NEW YORK (AP) — With millions of American homebound due to the coronavirus pandemic, there’s little surprise they’re curious about what’s going on in the world.
News programs reached more people than they had in years and, in one case, notched its biggest average audience ever, the Nielsen company said.
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Philippine Congress approves national emergency declaration-SCMP
- The bill authorises the president to launch a massive aid programme for 18 million families and tap private hospitals and ships in fighting the pandemic
- The Senate and the House of Representatives both held emergency sessions on Monday and worked beyond midnight to deliberate the bill
A member of the medical staff at Elizabeth detention center in New Jersey has tested positive for coronavirus, the first confirmed case by Immigration and Customs Enforcement of an employee contracting the virus, Ice confirmed on Thursday.
Trump triggers wartime provision, New York pleads for help as WHO warns US could be epicentre-SCMP
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday invoked government powers under a wartime provision to address critical shortages of medical equipment amid the coronavirus outbreak. The move came as nationwide case figures soared and a World Health Organisation (WHO) warning that the United States could become the pandemic’s new epicentre.
Peter Gaynor, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), said on CNN that the Trump administration would formally implement the Defence Production Act (DPA) to secure protective medical equipment needed to fight the spread of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus.
54% of US population will be ordered to stay at home by midweek-CNN
At least 13 states and 16 municipalities have ordered 148,577,262 people or 45% of the US population to stay home as a result of the pandemic, according to data compiled by CNN using US Census population estimates.
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Georgia health system asks other hospitals for assistance because it’s “quickly reaching a critical mass”
Los Angeles sheriff orders all gun stores shut down, and instructs deputies to enforce closures-CNN
Harbor Freight donating entire supply of medical equipment to hospitals
(WIVB)- As the coronavirus crisis continues, healthcare officials across the country have sent out a plea for medical supplies. Harbor Freight is answering the call.
The company announced Tuesday that it will donate its entire supply of personal protective equipment including, N95 Masks, face shields, and Nitrile gloves to front line hospitals with 24-hour emergency rooms in communities served by its stores.
UK calls for 250,000 volunteers as virus deaths surge-Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of coronavirus deaths in Britain jumped on Tuesday, the first day of a national lockdown, while the government called for 250,000 volunteers for the health service and announced a temporary hospital would open in London next week.
- Scientists at Mt Sinai University in New York have created the first test in the US for detecting coronavirus antibodies in the blood
- Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that New York is ‘pursuing a new level’ of testing for coronavirus
- The state may run blood tests that indicate who has developed antibodies to coronavirus after being infected – even if they do not know they had it
- Once people have antibodies to the virus, they have immunity to it and are likely protected for a ‘significant’ length of time
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The mayor of Moscow told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the number of coronavirus cases in the Russian capital far exceeded the official figures, as Putin donned a protective suit and respirator to visit a hospital.
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Victorian police are bracing for an increase in family violence as the spread of the coronavirus keeps people indoors, with officers checking on quarantined households keeping their eyes peeled for evidence of abuse.
It comes as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Victoria grew to 411 after 64 tests came back positive on Monday.
Victoria Police is tasking 500 officers each day with enforcing the closure of non-essential services in the state and mandatory 14-day self-isolation for travellers.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The new coronavirus continued its spread across some of the most-vulnerable nations of the Mideast on Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund warned that a lack of medical supplies in Iraq, Sudan and Yemen could lead to a surge in prices.
There are some 30,000 confirmed cases of the virus across the Mideast, the vast majority in the hard-hit nation of Iran. While most recover from the virus and the COVID-19 illness that it causes, bottoming crude oil prices have put additional strain on even the wealthiest countries of the region.
MILAN (Reuters) – From insults for dog walkers to furious local officials telling residents to stay home and people from other regions to stay out, Italians’ forbearance is fraying as their coronavirus epidemic enters its second month.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo sounded his most dire warning yet about the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, saying the infection rate in New York is accelerating and the state could be as close as two weeks away from a crisis that sees 40,000 people in intensive care.
Such a surge would overwhelm hospitals, which now have just 3,000 intensive care unit beds statewide.
The rate of new infections, Cuomo said, is doubling about every three days. While officials once projected the peak in New York would come in early May, they now say it could come in two to three weeks.
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MADRID (Reuters) – Nurses and doctors demanded action after Spain reported its sharpest daily increase in coronavirus cases on Tuesday and said about 14% of the nearly 40,000 infections were among health workers.
ROME — Three weeks into national lockdown, Italy’s daily bulletin about its COVID-19 outbreak added thousands more cases, pushing the nation’s overall total to more than 69,000.
Civil Protection authorities say there were 743 more deaths of infected persons in a 24-hour period, adding to Italy’s overall death toll that is the world’s highest. After two straight days of day-to-day increases in new cases that had seen lower numbers, authorities on Tuesday said there were 5,249 new cases.
Pence announces 4,000 ventilators will be shipped to New York-CNN
Vice President Mike Pence announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency shipped 2,000 ventilators from the national stockpile to New York state earlier Tuesday with another shipment of 2,000 ventilators expected Wednesday.
“I was so pleased to confirm that earlier today, FEMA, from the national stockpile, shipped 2,000 ventilators to the state of New York. And tomorrow, there will be another 2,000 ventilators shipped from the national stockpile,” Pence said during a Fox News town hall.
Solidarity: Foreign hospitals help French virus hotspot cope
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The eastern French border city of Mulhouse was fought over by France and Germany across two centuries, but the horrors of the new coronavirus cluster tearing through this community of 110,000 is inspiring unusual solidarity.
While many countries have shut their borders to stem the march of the pandemic — even some nations within the borderless European Union are instituting ID checks — three German states have opened their hospitals to patients from eastern France. Hospitals in bordering Switzerland have done the same.
Skeletal Canadian parliament convenes to approve emergency cash-Reuters
Doctors in Spain have complained of a lack of basic protective equipment as 514 people died with the virus in the country in a single day and the latest figures revealed that Spanish healthcare workers account for more than 13% of the country’s 39,673 cases.
Spain, the second-most affected country in Europe after Italy, has been in lockdown since 14 March, but is struggling to slow the spread of the disease, which has so far claimed 2,696 lives.
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As coronavirus cases continue to rise in the United States, the nation has “potential” to become the next epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, Margaret Harris, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization, said during a call with reporters on Tuesday.
Harris was asked directly: “Do you see the United States going on to become the epicenter of this outbreak, overtaking Europe?”
In response Harris said, “We are now seeing a very large acceleration in the numbers of cases from the United States — so it does have that potential. We cannot say that that is the case yet, but it does have that potential.”
12 noon EST. An increase of 12,305 cases and 657 deaths.
New York is trying experimental procedure for ventilators: “We have no alternative”
Gov. Cuomo said the state has procured 7,000, but needs at a minimum another 30,000 — and he needs them in 14 days. Ventilators will “make the difference between life and death” for some patients, Cuomo said.
He said New York is “scouring the globe” for ventilators and has resorted to trying experimental procedure where they split the ventilators between two patients because “we have no alternative.”
(REUTERS) – GERMAN molecular testing company Qiagen NV said on Tuesday it has begun shipping its diagnostic test for COVID-19 to the United States.
The test kit, QIAstat-Dx Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Panel, requires less than one minute for sample preparation and can deliver results in about one hour, the company said.
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New projections showed New York may need 140K beds
The State had need for 110,000 hospital beds at the apex of the virus, according to Cuoma, but the rate of infection was now increasing.
New York City mayor says he requested 15,000 ventilators from the federal government
New York governor: “We haven’t flattened the curve … the curve is actually increasing”
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said “the rate of increase has gone up” when it comes to new coronavirus cases across the state.
He said that new infections are “doubling about every three days,” which he called a “dramatic increase in the rate of infections.”
Hong Kong confirms 30 new cases, including six tied to Lan Kwai Fong nightlife area
Global deaths from Covid-19 pass 17,000-Guardian
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Luxury brands join the fight against Covid-19 as retailers use their factories to churn out medical supplies-SCMP
- Prada, LVMH, Inditex and other retailers use their facilities to make masks, surgical gowns, hand sanitiser and other medical gear to help fight the coronavirus
- Chinese companies that supply foreign retailers are forced to close their factories after orders are cancelled in view of falling demand
South Korea reports 76 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 9,037-CNA
- In calls with the leaders of France and Britain, Xi Jinping urges stronger cooperation in response to the pandemic
- Countries should maintain safe and open global supply chains and work together to ensure economic growth, Xi says
Beijing tightens quarantine rules for travellers from overseas: Official media
BEIJING: Beijing’s city government is further strengthening quarantine rules for individuals who arrive in China from overseas, as the Chinese capital seeks to minimise coronavirus-related risks, Beijing Daily reported on Tuesday (Mar 24).
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Italy may have 10 times more cases of coronavirus than have been officially certified, the head of the country’s civil protection agency said Tuesday.
For every officially certificated positive, there are ten non-certified,” Angelo Borrelli of the agency said in an interview with the daily La Repubblica.His office told CNN the quote was accurate.
South Korea reports 76 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 9,037
SEOUL: South Korea reported 76 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday (Mar 24), maintaining a downward trend in new infections which raised hopes that Asia’s largest outbreak outside China may be slowing.
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Ferries, airports swamped as Kiwis rush home for COVID-19 lockdown
WELLINGTON: Police were called in as huge crowds swamped a New Zealand ferry terminal on Tuesday (Mar 24) with people rushing to get home before a four-week coronavirus lockdown begins, as panic buying stripped supermarket shelves bare.
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Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages-AP
CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy’s Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that his friend sews into face masks.
Fashion designer Briana Danyele left Italy last month to return to her mother’s Greer, South Carolina, home, where she has turned the living room into a mini sewing factory, making masks that she embroiders with the words, “We Got This!”
- Trump and Fauci have sparred politely but publicly over whether a malaria drug would work to treat people with the coronavirus disease
- The doctor was also uncomfortable with Trump’s repeated references to the ‘Chinese virus’
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PHOENIX, Arizona: An Arizona man has died and his wife is in critical condition after they ingested chloroquine phosphate – an aquarium cleaning product similar to drugs that have been named by President Trump as potential treatments for coronavirus infection.
The couple, in their 60s, experienced immediate distress after swallowing the drug, an additive used at aquariums to clean fish tanks, according to Banner Health Hospital in Phoenix.
India’s lockdowns are a matter of life and death for its 450 million informal workers-SCMP
- The sector makes up some 90 per cent of the country’s workforce and about half its GDP, but has no income security and only limited health care access
- As Prime Minister Modi looks to curb the spread of the outbreak, some of these workers are facing weeks without pay, housing or food
Europe eyes smartphone location data to stem virus spread-AP
Britain, Germany and Italy are among the nations considering the enlistment of individual location data in the fight against the virus. That worries privacy advocates, who fear such ubiquitous surveillance could be abused in the absence of careful oversight, with potentially dire consequences for civil liberties.
An ice rink is being turned into a temporary morgue for Covid-19 victims in Spain
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SINGAPORE: Scientists in Singapore say they have developed a way to track genetic changes that speeds testing of vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed more than 16,000 people worldwide.
The scientists at the Duke-NUS Medical School say their technique needs just days to evaluate potential vaccines provided by Arcturus Therapeutics, an American biotech firm the school has partnered with for the trials.
Mexico’s busy streetscape slows, but doesn’t stop for virus
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Increasingly empty beaches and quieter streets in Mexico contrast with a still-crowded subway system and active street vendors, as shut-downs and social distancing measures have begun but remain very uneven.
Shutting down Mexico, where many people live day-to-day off what they earn in the streets, is going to be harder than in Europe or the United States, and its government is reluctant to implement some of the extreme measures and lockdowns seen in those countries.
India is the world’s second most populous country and its fifth biggest economy, with trade connections all over the globe.
Despite that, the country of 1.34 billion has appeared to so far avoid the full hit of the coronavirus pandemic. It has only 492 confirmed cases of the virus and nine deaths.
Thailand braces for emergency; nations go into lockdown; WHO warns pandemic ‘accelerating’-SCMP
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Amazon says it has removed more than half a million listings that it believes are engaging in price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic.
The online giant also says it has suspended nearly 4,000 accounts in the US for violating the company’s rules on pricing.
- ‘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
- But Spain’s death toll hits a new daily high of 462, and a deputy prime minister is hospitalised
6 am EST. An increase of 8,486 cases and 224 cases since 7 pm last night. Death rate 4.3%
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- Some have potential in helping those at greatest risk, virologist says
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
Doctors plead for supplies, while nations seek to slow virus-AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors and nurses pleaded for supplies such as masks and ventilators that are critical in their battle to treat a surging number of coronavirus patients, while governments on Tuesday continued to roll out measures that have put more than one-fifth of the world’s population under some form of lockdown.
In Britain, which on Monday imposed its most draconian peacetime restrictions on businesses and gatherings, health workers begged for more gear, saying they felt like “cannon fodder.” In France, doctors scrounged masks from construction workers and factory floors.
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