Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 7, 2020

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Canada declares coronavirus outbreak at long-term care home

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian officials on Saturday declared an outbreak of the new coronavirus at a long-term care home in North Vancouver after health officials said two elderly residents were diagnosed with the illness.

The Tim Hortons coffee-and-doughnut chain, meanwhile, said it was cancelling its upcoming Roll Up The Rim contest. The company said it is removing all of the contest’s paper cups over health concerns around staff handling items recently gripped and sipped by customers returning them for prizes.

Warriors’ Stephen Curry sits out against 76ers with flu

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry’s return to the Golden State Warriors has been put on hold after the two-time MVP was declared out Saturday night gainst the Philadelphia 76ers because of the flu.

Curry was diagnosed with Influenza A by a viral testing Saturday morning. The Warriors termed it a season flu and said that Curry has begun treatment. The team also said that Curry is not at specific risk for COVID-19 or coronavirus.

Washington virus deaths hit 16; 1/3 of Life Care staff sick

SEATTLE (AP) — The number of deaths linked to coronavirus in Washington state has reached 16, officials said Saturday, but even more might be attributed based on figures released by the nursing home at the center of the outbreak.

The two most recent deaths occurred on Friday, health officials said. One was a woman in her 70s, the other a woman in her 80s. Both were residents of Life Care Center of Kirkland, the nursing home that has been the epicenter of the outbreak and connected to 14 of the deaths.

The nursing home held its first media briefing Saturday, announcing that since Feb. 19, 26 residents have died. It is an acute care facility where about three to seven residents die in a typical month, it said in a written statement.

In its statement Saturday, Life Care said 70 of its 180 employees have shown COVID-19 symptoms and are no longer working. The facility said that it has 63 residents remaining — down from 120 before the outbreak — and that six of them have symptoms.

Florida: 2 dead in the state who tested positive for virus

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in Florida, marking the first deaths on the East Coast attributed to the outbreak in the U.S., health officials said Friday.

Australia ramps up epidemic preparation as third man dies of coronavirus

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A man in his 80s died in a Sydney hospital after testing positive to COVID-19, becoming the third coronavirus-related casualty in Australia, state health authorities said on Sunday.

The total number of coronavirus cases now stands at 74 in the country, with state and federal health authorities fretting over the risk of more widespread community transmission.

Kansas confirms 1st coronavirus case, Kansas City-area woman

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City-area woman who recently traveled to the Northeast is the first case of coronavirus in Kansas, officials confirmed Saturday.

Gov. Laura Kelly and health officials said the woman, who’s under 50, is isolating herself at home after seeing her doctor over the common symptoms of the new coronavirus, including a cough, slight fever and shortness of breath. She lives in Johnson County, the state’s most populous county.

Two nursing home residents in British Columbia test positive for coronavirus

(Reuters) – Two residents at a long-care facility in British Columbia with no recent travel history have tested positive for the new coronavirus infection, making it Canada’s first known case of the disease at a nursing home, provincial officials said on Saturday.

The two residents at Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver tested positive after a health worker at the facility was detected with the coronavirus, prompting authorities to conduct extended tests, British Columbia health officer Bonnie Henry told reporters.

Argentina confirms first death in Latin America of patient with coronavirus

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A patient diagnosed with coronavirus died in Argentina on Saturday, the Health Ministry said in a statement, marking the first death related to the virus in Latin America.

Experts: Cruise ships no place for a coronavirus quarantine

Keeping all the passengers on board instead of letting them disembark on land is a strategy that can backfire, however, according to experts, because the ventilation systems and close quarters of cruise ships make them ideal places for illness to jump from one person to the next.

“They’re not designed as quarantine facilities, to put it mildly,” said Don Milton, an epidemiologist with the University of Maryland.

Milton, who studies the spread of virus particles in the air, said recirculating air on a cruise ship’s ventilation system, along with people living in close quarters and in communal settings, make the vessels vulnerable to the spread of infection.

“You’re going to amplify the infection by keeping people on the boat,” he said.

Frustration mounts over virus-stalled ship in California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cruise officials and passengers confined to their rooms on a ship circling international waters off the San Francisco Bay voiced mounting frustration as the weekend wore on with no direction from authorities on where to go after 21 people on board tested positive for the new coronavirus.

7:45 pm EST update. An increase of 735 cases and 12 deaths worldwide since 2 pm

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Coronavirus cases rise in Europe as WHO says figure outside China hit 20,000

European countries saw the number of coronavirus cases climb on Saturday as the World Heath Organization announced that the figure outside China already hit 20,000.

A total of 21,114 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported by 93 countries and regions outside China as of 10:00 CET Saturday, an increase of 3,633 infections from the previous day, according to the WHO daily situation report released Saturday evening.

Italy set to quarantine whole of Lombardy due to coronavirus

The Italian government is to lockdown the northern region of Lombardy, as it battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus. A draft decree would extend the quarantined areas, so-called “red-zones”, ordering people not to enter or leave the region.

S. Korea’s virus cases top 7,000; mass infection-hit apartment in Daegu under lockdown

SEOUL, March 7 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s coronavirus cases topped 7,000 on Saturday with most new infections in the southeastern city of Daegu, the epicenter of the outbreak here, and neighboring North Gyeongsang Province.

Police Quarantine California Neighborhood After Coronavirus Death

Police in the Sacramento suburb of Rocklin, California ordered residents on one residential street to stay inside their homes as officers in protective gear patrolled the area as a sheriff’s helicopter circled overhead, according to WIBW.

27 countries and regions restrict entry from Japan over coronavirus crisis

Kemp: 3 more cases of COVID-19 found in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — Three more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Georgia, bringing the number of cases so far to five, Gov. Brian Kemp’s office said Saturday.

Facebook says it will ban ads for medical face masks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook is temporarily banning advertisements for medical face masks as part of an effort to prevent use of its platform to exploit people’s concerns about the new coronavirus.

The ban covers advertisements on the social media platform as well as commercial listings on Facebook Marketplace, the company said. Facebook said it would begin to enforce the ban over the next few days.

Some public health officials have urged people to stop buying masks. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome M. Adams noted in a tweet on Feb. 29 that masks aren’t effective in protecting the general public “but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!”

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Doctor with link to Connecticut hospital has COVID-19

A doctor from New York who saw patients at a Connecticut hospital has tested positive for the new virus, but the risk to those patients is minimal, officials said Saturday.

The doctor is a community physician who makes rounds at Bridgeport Hospital, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said.

13 in Massachusetts test positive for coronavirus disease

BOSTON (AP) — The number of people in Massachusetts who have tested positive for the new coronavirus jumped to 13 on Saturday, up from eight on Friday, state health officials announced.

Coronavirus: Hongkongers caring for special needs individuals at ‘breaking point’ as vital services are scaled back

Survey shows respondents, many in lower-income brackets, dealing with lack of sleep, shortened tempers and depression as pressure mounts at home

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NSW Health has confirmed an elderly man who tested positive for COVID-19 died in a Sydney hospital, making him the third person with coronavirus to die in Australia.

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NBC New – The number of New York cases of coronavirus jumped to 76, marking a 72 percent increase over the number of cases on Friday. In China, a hotel used for quarantining people who had contact with coronavirus patients collapsed, trapping dozens of people.

A total of 17 people have now died across the U.S., and hundreds of cases have been confirmed.

More than 1 million tests have been distributed, with more on the way: FDA

New York Declares Emergency as Outbreak Spreads in U.S. and Surges in Europe

The number of deaths from coronavirus in the U.S. has climbed to 19, nearly all of them in Washington state.

Two people have died in Florida, one in California and 16 in Washington state as hundreds of cases of infection have been reported around the country.

Scammers swindle almost £1 million from Brits by preying on coronavirus fears

Coronavirus scammers have stolen almost £1 million pounds from unsuspecting members of the public.

Action Fraud, the UK’s fraud and cyber reporting centre, says they expect the number of ploys taking advantage of Covid-19 fears will go up.

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Pope cancels main public appearances to stop crowds gathering amid coronavirus

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has canceled his regular appearances in public to stop crowds gathering to see him and will stream them on the internet from inside the Vatican because of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.

Maldives confirms first two coronavirus cases; two islands locked down

Shanghai tightens airport checks as imported virus infections in China jump

Egypt confirms 33 new cases of coronavirus on Nile cruise ship

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France says 16 people have died from coronavirus: health official

PARIS (Reuters) – Sixteen people in France have died from coronavirus, the head of the country’s public health service, Jerome Salomon, said on Saturday, an increase of five since the previous toll.

Coronavirus spreads in French parliament

PARIS (Reuters) – A second member of France’s National Assembly has been taken to hospital after contracting coronavirus and five other lawmakers are being tested for the illness, the lower house’s presidency said in a statement on Saturday.

Doctor with link to Connecticut hospital has COVID-19

A doctor from New York with a link to a Connecticut hospital has tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Saturday.

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2 pm EST update. An increase of 2,978 cases and 68 deaths. Death rate of 3.3%

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2 more in Arizona county diagnosed with new coronavirus

PHOENIX (AP) — Two people from the same Pinal County household as a woman already diagnosed with the new coronavirus also have been diagnosed with the disease, raising the state’s total to five, officials announced Saturday.

Number of coronavirus patients in Germany jumps to 684

BERLIN: The number of coronavirus patients in Germany stood at 684 on Saturday (Mar 7) morning, the country’s public health agency, the Robert Koch Institute, said, an increase of 45 over Friday evening.

Coronavirus cases rise in UAE, Kuwait and Qatar: Ministries

DUBAI: The number of coronavirus cases in the United Arab Emirates has risen to 45 from 30, the Health Ministry said on Saturday (Mar 7).

As virus outbreaks multiply, UN declines to declare pandemic

LONDON (AP) — As cases of the coronavirus surge in Italy, Iran, South Korea, the U.S. and elsewhere, many scientists say it’s plain that the world is in the grips of a pandemic — a serious global outbreak.

The World Health Organization has so far resisted describing the crisis as such, saying the word “pandemic” might spook the world further and lead some countries to lose hope of containing the virus.

Cruise ships taken off course as anti-virus controls widen

BEIJING (AP) — Cruise ships looked for safe harbor on four continents Saturday amid fears they’re spreading the new coronavirus that has infected more than 100,000 people and tightened its grip on day-to-day life around the world.

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Coronavirus UK: NHS England to give GP surgeries protective equipment

NHS England has confirmed it will provide GP surgeries with personal protective equipment (PPE) to help them deal with the coronavirus outbreak, following complaints from ill-equipped doctors.

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Coronavirus UK: total infected with Covid-19 passes 200

In total, 206 people had tested positive for Covid-19 as of 7am on Saturday, an increase of 42 from 164 cases confirmed on Friday. The department said more than 21,000 people had been tested for the virus.

63 new cases in the UK

70 trapped after China hotel used for coronavirus quarantine collapses

BEIJING: Around 70 people were trapped after a hotel collapsed in China’s eastern Fujian province on Saturday (Mar 7) evening, officials said.

Elderly man becomes UK’s 2nd virus fatality

BEIJING (AP) —An elderly man has become the second person in the U.K. to die from the coronavirus.

The man, in his early 80s, tested positive for the virus and had underlying health conditions. He died Thursday while being treated at Milton Keynes University Hospital.

Egypt says cruise ship quarantined over new virus cluster

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — A cruise ship on Egypt’s Nile River with over 150 tourists and local crew was in quarantine Saturday in the southern city of Luxor, after 12 people tested positive for the new coronavirus, authorities said.

A Taiwanese-American tourist who had previously been on the same ship tested positive when she returned to Taiwan. The World Health Organization informed Egyptian authorities, who tested everyone on the ship.

South Korea’s coronavirus cases climb above 7,000, most cases traced to church

Italy coronavirus deaths near 200 after biggest daily jump

German coronavirus cases jump, economic nervousness rises

Asthma drug seems effective for COVID-19 pneumonia

A medical team at Ashigarakami hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture treated patients who became ill aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship. They have announced the results of their study on the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases’ website.

Their report says three patients were given an asthma drug called Ciclesonide, a steroid inhalant to suppress the immune system.

Japan’s COVID-19 infections much higher than reported: NIID

The real number of COVID-19 infections in Japan is likely several times higher than government reports are indicating nationwide, a specialist in infectious diseases says.

Motoi Suzuki, head of the Infectious Disease Surveillance Center at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, was referring Friday to estimates by a health ministry team.

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Son of Georgia medical chief contracts coronavirus

TBILISI (Reuters) – A son of a top medical official in Georgia said on Saturday he had contracted the new coronavirus after being in contact with people who traveled to Italy.

Gulf states report new rise in coronavirus cases

DUBAI (Reuters) – The number of coronavirus cases in the United Arab Emirates has risen to 45 from 30, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, as other countries in the Gulf region also reported new infections.

Coronavirus deaths rise to 145 in Iran, infections up by more than 1,000 – ministry

Greek Orthodox clerics who have refused to postpone church services and suspend Christian rites

As Greece steps up measures to contain an outbreak of coronavirus in the west of the country, there is growing concern over the stance of Greek Orthodox clerics who have refused to postpone church services and suspend Christian rites.

U.S. Outbreak Spreads as East Coast Sees Its First Deaths

Florida reported two deaths, bringing the toll in the United States to 17. The country has more than 300 confirmed infections.

Italian party leader tests positive for coronavirus

Nicola Zingaretti, the leader of Italy’s Democratic party (PD), which governs the country in coalition with the Five Star Movement (M5S), has tested positive for coronavirus.

Infections in Germany jump to 684

The number of coronavirus cases in Germany has hit 684 on Saturday morning, an increase of 45 overnight since Friday evening, according to the Robert Koch Institute, the country’s public health agency.

Coronavirus cases rise in UAE, Kuwait and Qatar: ministries

Coronavirus fears lead to price gouging on hand sanitizer and face masks: “They’re taking advantage of people”

As fears over the coronavirus grow, retail stores are selling out of products like hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes and face masks. And some customers are reporting much higher prices than normal.

Passengers on quarantined cruise ship question protocols after man died of coronavirus

Passenger Chris Grady expressed concern over the ship allowing people to roam freely around the common areas even though one of the ship’s previous passengers died of coronavirus on Wednesday.

“I feel like they probably should have just had everyone go to their rooms, pretty immediately once they figured that out,” he said.

Iranian MP dies from coronavirus: Tasnim news agency

The drop in infections in Hubei was a good sign

Paul Hunter, professor at The Norwich School of Medicine at the University of East Anglia, said that the drop in infections in Hubei was a good sign, echoing comments of senior WHO advisor Bruce Aylward.

“The continuing drop in cases reported each day from Hubei province and its capital Wuhan is one of the few good news stories from the past week,” he said.

Macau discharges last recovered coronavirus patient, with no new cases in more than a month

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Hong Kong asks residents to defer non-urgent travel

Six new cases in New South Wales, Australia

China reports almost all new infections outside Wuhan originated abroad

BEIJING (Reuters) – About a quarter of China’s new confirmed cases and almost all of those outside the epidemic’s epicenter in Wuhan originated outside the country on Friday, according to official data.

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China cases fall below 100 as world total climbs over 100,000

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Coronavirus: global infections could increase tenfold every 19 days, Chinese study says

The number of coronavirus cases outside China will increase tenfold every 19 days if no drastic measures are put in place to contain its spread, according to a study by a team of Chinese scientists.
The research, headed by leading geneticist Jin Li at Fudan University in Shanghai, also traced the spread of the virus outside China back to just 34 “unobserved carriers”.

Without strong intervention measures, “the number of confirmed patients outside China will increase tenfold in every 19 days”, the researchers said.

“The situation is dangerous … we call on the world to take strong actions on public health, using experiences learned from China and Singapore,” the researchers said.

EU seeks united front to tackle medical shortages from virus

BRUSSELS (AP) — Fearing a possible shortage in masks and protective equipment to fight the new coronavirus, top European Union officials are urging members to put solidarity above national interests as the virus spreads quickly across the continent.

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First Oklahoman tests positive for new coronavirus

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa man in his 50s who recently traveled to Italy is the first Oklahoma resident to test positive for the new coronavirus, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced on Friday.

“At this time, there is no evidence of community spread, and the risk to the general public remains low,” Stitt said.

Vietnam’s coronavirus cases rise to 18: health ministry

Afghanistan’s confirmed coronavirus cases rises to four – health ministry spokesman

AIPAC says two people at DC conference attended by Pence and others have tested positive for coronavirus

WASHINGTON — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee told conference attendees, some of whom include lawmakers, that at least two conference-goers have tested positive for coronavirus.

8 in Massachusetts test positive for coronavirus disease

BOSTON (AP) — The number of people in Massachusetts who have tested positive for the new coronavirus that has sicked tens of thousands around the world has risen to eight, state health officials said Friday.

Five of the people with presumptive cases — three of whom live in Suffolk County and two of whom live in Norfolk County —- attended a recent meeting of the biotech firm Biogen that was held for company employees at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel.

Minnesota’s 1st case of coronavirus in cruise ship passenger

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota resident who had recently been on a cruise is the first confirmed case of coronavirus, health officials said Friday.

Nevada school closed for virus tests after parent falls ill

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Students from a shuttered northern Nevada elementary school and their families were being tested for the new coronavirus after the father of one student was diagnosed with the disease, health and school officials said Friday.

Connecticut hospital worker tests positive for virus

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two of Connecticut’s largest hospitals instituted a furlough for some workers and took other precautionary measures after an employee who lived in New York tested positive for the coronavirus.

Gov. Ned Lamont, joined by hospital and local officials, said Friday that the woman was in self-quarantine in New York’s Westchester County.

Utah confirms first known case of new coronavirus in state

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first known case of the new coronavirus has arrived in Utah, state and local health officials said Friday night.

The person who has the virus is a man from Davis County who is older than 60 and believed to have been exposed to the virus while aboard a cruise ship, the Utah Department of Health, Davis County Health Department and the COVID-19 Community Task Force said in a statement.

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5 am EST An increase of 308 cases and 30 deaths since 7 pm last night

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Florida: 2 dead in the state who tested positive for virus

MIAMI (AP) — Two people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in Florida, marking the first deaths on the East Coast attributed to the outbreak in the U.S., health officials said Friday.

The Florida Department of Health said the two people who died were in their 70s and had traveled overseas. The announcement raises the U.S. death toll from the novel coronavirus strain to 16, including 13 in the state of Washington and one in California.

UAE raises virus cases to 45, new cases from 9 nationalities

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates reported 15 additional cases on Saturday of a new and fast-spreading virus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 45.

The Health Ministry said 13 of the new cases had recently arrived from abroad, and they include three Emirati citizens, two Saudis, two Ethiopians and two Iranians, as well as a person each from Thailand, China, Morocco and India.

South Korea’s coronavirus cases rise to 6,767 with most cases traced to church

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NBA tells teams to plan for empty arenas; LeBron says no way

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA wants its teams to prepare to play games without fans if necessary because of the coronavirus crisis, but LeBron James already says he won’t play basketball in an empty arena.

Coronavirus infects 100,000-plus worldwide, 21 cases found on ship off San Francisco

LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Friday, adding to the more than 100,000 cases of the fast-spreading illness across the world.

Virus outbreak hits weakened Italian economy where it hurts

MILAN (AP) — The focal point of the coronavirus emergency in Europe, Italy, is also the region’s weakest economy and is taking an almighty hit as foreigners stop visiting its cultural treasures or buying its prized artisanal products, from fashion to food to design.

Kuwait suspends flights to and from seven countries over coronavirus: tweet

CAIRO (Reuters) – Kuwait suspended on Saturday all flights to and from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Bangladesh, Philippines, India, and Sri-Lanka for a week starting on Saturday, Kuwait’s civil aviation directorate said in a tweet.

US cruise ship in limbo as anti-virus controls spread

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. officials were deciding where to dock a cruise ship in California with 21 virus cases aboard and four American universities canceled in-person classes as sweeping efforts to contain the outbreak that started in China spread to the West.

The Grand Princess, with 3,500 people aboard, was in international waters off San Francisco late Friday. Authorities want it to dock in a non-commercial port for everyone aboard to be tested amid evidence the ship was the breeding ground for a deadly cluster of 10 cases during an earlier voyage.

“Those that will need to be quarantined will be quarantined. Those who will require medical help will receive it,” said U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.

Philippines records first community transmission of coronavirus, now has six cases

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines said on Saturday it had confirmed its first case of community transmission for the new coronavirus, prompting health ministry officials to call on the president to declare a public health emergency to contain its spread.

The case involves a 62-year-old male Filipino who had not traveled abroad recently. His 59-year-old wife has also been infected, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian nation to six, the health ministry said, adding that both are being treated at a government hospital.

Philippines’ Duterte to declare public health emergency to combat coronavirus

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte plans to declare a nationwide public health emergency following confirmation of the country’s first community transmission of the disease, the presidential aide said on Saturday.

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