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7 pm update. An increase of 1,785 cases and 117 deaths
“This Is The Most Frightening Disease I’ve Ever Encountered In My Career” Says Architect Of National Pandemic Strategy
An infectious diseases expert at the forefront of the search for a coronavirus vaccine said on Friday that it was the most “frightening disease“ he’s ever encountered, and that “war is an appropriate analogy” for what the country is facing, as “50 – 70 percent of the global population” may become infected.
Third patient in England who tested positive for coronavirus dead
(Reuters) – A third patient in England who tested positive for the coronavirus has died, England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, said in a statement on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia locks down Qatif region, suspends schools over coronavirus
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown on Sunday on the eastern oil-producing province of Qatif, home to all 11 people in the kingdom who have tested positive for the coronavirus, and suspended all schools and universities nationwide.
Bangladesh confirms its first three cases of coronavirus
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh on Sunday confirmed its first three cases of coronavirus in the south Asian country, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Coronavirus deaths in Iraq rise to six: state news agency
DUBAI – (Reuters) – Iraq confirmed two further deaths due to the coronavirus, taking the total number to six, the state news agency reported on Sunday.
Washington virus deaths hit 18 with 2 more from nursing home
SEATTLE (AP) — Two more residents at a nursing home at the center of the outbreak of the new coronavirus in northwestern Washington have died, bringing the statewide total to 18, officials said Sunday.
A woman in her 80s and a man in his 90s died in the last several days, according to a news release Sunday from health officials for Seattle and King County. They were both residents of the Life Care Center of Kirkland. They both died in area hospitals.
California public venues, schools close to stop virus spread
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cruise ship with at least 21 cases of the new coronavirus is headed to the port of Oakland, California, but will remain in international waters for at least another day as officials worked on plans to transport American passengers to military bases around the U.S. and repatriate international ones.
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Bennington County patient is Vermont’s 1st coronavirus case
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont health officials have announced the state’s first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
First Connecticut resident tests positive for coronavirus
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The first Connecticut resident has tested positive for coronavirus and is being treated at a Danbury hospital, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Sunday.
2 more positive tests for coronavirus announced in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials announced two more presumptive positive tests for the new coronavirus in Tennessee on Sunday, with the cases in Nashville and Memphis bringing the state’s total to three.
2 more virus cases in New Hampshire bring total to 4
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire public health officials said Sunday they are monitoring about 150 people after the number of positive coronavirus cases in the state doubled to four, including a man who was exposed at a Lebanon church last weekend.
NJ officials announce 2 more coronavirus cases; total now 6
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey officials have announced two more presumptive positive tests for the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of patients in the state to six.
Officials said Sunday that one male 70-year-old health care worker from Teaneck is in stable condition in a hospital intensive care unit. A 32-year-old man from West New York was also hospitalized but a condition report wasn’t available.
Stay at home to slow virus’s spread, German health minister urges
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s health minister Jens Spahn called on organizers of large public events to cancel them and urged members of the public to stay at home in the hope that staging the coronavirus’s spread would help spare the healthcare system.
2nd Washoe County resident tests positive for coronavirus
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County Health District officials announced Sunday that a second county resident has tested positive for the coronavirus.
They say the man in his 30s is isolated at home and his symptoms appeared after his only known travel, which was to Santa Clara, Calif.
Italy now 2nd to China in number of virus cases
ROME (AP) Italy’s total number known number of COVID-19 cases crept past that of South Korea, becoming the country with the second-highest number of infections Sunday after China.
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(AP) Bernie Sanders says his campaign is gauging when it may become necessary to cancel the large campaign rallies that public health experts say could be breeding grounds to spread the potentially deadly respiratory illness.
Italian daily coronavirus deaths jump 57% to 366
ROME (Reuters) – The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has leapt by 133 to 366, the Civil Protection Agency said on Sunday, by far the largest daily rise in fatalities since the outbreak came to light last month.
Egypt reports death of German national, its first from coronavirus
CAIRO (Reuters) – A 60-year-old German tourist has died in Egypt, becoming its first fatality from the new coronavirus, the health ministry in Cairo announced on Sunday.
Regal Princess held off Florida, awaits test for 2 workers
The Regal Princess cruise ship was being held off the coast of Florida Sunday as the ship waits for test results on whether two crew members have contracted the new coronavirus.
F1′s Bahrain Grand Prix to run without fans due to virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Formula One’s Bahrain Grand Prix will run this month without spectators as the island kingdom fights an outbreak of the new coronavirus, organizers announced Sunday. Mideast stock markets fell sharply amid a plummeting demand for crude oil.
1 pm EST update. An increase of 1,824 cases and 88 deaths
Behind the scenes, scientists prep for COVID-19 vaccine test
WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of scientists jostled for a view of the lab dish, staring impatiently for the first clue that an experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus just might work.
After weeks of round-the-clock research at the National Institutes of Health, it was time for a key test. If the vaccine revs up the immune system, the samples in that dish — blood drawn from immunized mice — would change color.
Nursing homes face unique challenge with coronavirus
MIAMI (AP) — From Miami to Seattle, nursing homes and other facilities for the elderly are stockpiling masks and thermometers, preparing for staff shortages and screening visitors to protect a particularly vulnerable population from the coronavirus.
Coronavirus epidemic will not end this year, Hong Kong’s leading microbiologist says
Professor Yuen Kwok-yung from the University of Hong Kong, who advised authorities on control measures against the disease, said although the situation in mainland China and Hong Kong might improve in summer, there could be more imported cases from the southern hemisphere in winter.
“We think the epidemic will probably not come to an end,” Yuen said on a pre-recorded television interview aired on Sunday. “There will be what we call reversed imported cases. In the beginning other countries feared us, now we fear them [for bringing in the virus].”
Hong Kong records third death as five more cases confirmed, bringing total to 114
The 76-year-old woman, who had diabetes and lived in Un Lok House in Cheung Sha Wan’s Un Chau Estate, died at 5.13pm in Caritas Medical Centre, the Hospital Authority confirmed. She was admitted to hospital on February 29 after she was believed to have contracted the virus locally.
Iranian MP dies from coronavirus: Tasnim news agency
(Reuters/ST) The MP who died on Friday is Ms Fatemeh Rahbar, a conservative lawmaker from Teheran, Tasnim said. It did not say if she was included in the country’s official toll of 124 deaths from the virus, given on Friday.
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Hong Kong doctors, nurses treating Covid-19 patients surprised with 2,000 flowers on International Women’s Day
A local charity sent 2,000 flowers on Sunday, International Women’s Day, to doctors and nurses at four Hong Kong public hospitals where most patients with the coronavirus have been treated in the past two months.
“Heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to all medical professions … Happy Women’s Day!” read the cards sent to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Queen Mary Hospital and Ruttonjee Hospital, all located on Hong Kong Island.
No time to relax in Wuhan’s coronavirus battle, top Chinese law enforcer says
Beijing’s top law enforcer has warned officials in the central Chinese city of Wuhan not to relax in the battle against the coronavirus epidemic despite signs of progress.
Inspecting correctional centres on Friday, Chen Yixin, secretary general of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, urged cadres to further reinforce controls at the facilities.
Coronavirus ‘highly sensitive’ to high temperatures, but don’t bank on summer killing it off, studies say
- Pathogen appears to spread fastest at 8.72 degrees Celsius, so countries in colder climes should ‘adopt the strictest control measures’, according to researchers from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong province
- But head of WHO’s health emergencies programme says it is ‘a false hope’ to think Covid-19 will just disappear like the flu
4 new COVID-19 cases in PH bring total to 10 – DOH
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported four new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 10.
In a statement, the DOH said the results of samples from all the new confirmed cases, which were tested on Saturday, were released on Sunday.
Coronavirus cases in UK up to 273 from 209 – Guardian
A total of 273 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, health authorities have said in their latest figures, updating a number which had stood at 209.
Checkpoints expected as Italian lockdown decree officially approved – Guardian
The decree imposing a lockdown for more than a quarter of Italy’s population has now been officially approved by the government and checkpoints are expected to appear at toll booths, stations and other points of entry to Lombardy.
It also provides for measures for all of Italy. Weddings and funerals are suspended throughout the country
Movement in and out of Lombardy and 14 other central and northern provinces is prohibited. People will be allowed in and out for serious reasons, including work reasons, upon the authorisation of local authorities. The decree also puts a ban on all public events, the closure of cinemas, theatres and gyms.
Feeling ‘caged’ by coronavirus alarm, pope delivers Sunday address over internet
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Saying he felt “caged,” Pope Francis delivered his Sunday blessing over the internet from inside the Vatican on Sunday instead of from a window to stop crowds gathering during Italy’s coronavirus outbreak.
More countries will have to adopt Italy-style virus steps: Austria’s Kurz
ZURICH (Reuters) – It is only a matter of time until more European countries adopt the kind of aggressive steps that Italy is taking to combat the spread of the coronavirus, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Sunday.
In-state coronavirus test now available in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A state lab in West Virginia is now able to conduct its own tests for the new coronavirus, Gov. Jim Justice said Saturday.
In a news release, Justice said coronavirus tests will be done at the state Department of Health and Human Resources’ Bureau for Public Health lab.
Argentina announces first coronavirus death in Latin America
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 64-year-old man died in Argentina as a result of the new coronavirus, the first such death in Latin America, health authorities announced Saturday.
Bangladesh confirms its first three cases of coronavirus: health officials
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh on Sunday confirmed its first three cases of coronavirus in the country, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Rishi Sunak: NHS will get whatever it needs to deal with coronavirus
Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, has promised to give the NHS “whatever it needs” to tackle the coronavirus crisis, as he looks at loosening the fiscal rules to allow for more borrowing and spending.
IranAir stops all flights to europe: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – IranAir has stopped all flights to European destinations, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday, citing a statement from the Civil Aviation Organization.
Hong Kong records third coronavirus death: health authorities
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A 76-year-old Hong Kong woman became the third coronavirus patient who died in the Chinese-ruled city, the Hospital Authority said on Sunday.
Officials confirm first coronavirus case in nation’s capital
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man in his 50s tested positive for coronavirus — the first presumptively confirmed case in the nation’s capital — and another person who traveled through the city has also tested positive in Maryland, officials said.
First Vermont resident tests positive for new virus
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont health officials have announced the state’s first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
The Department of Health said Sunday that an adult who is currently hospitalized in an isolation room tested positive. Officials are investigating the patient’s travel and possible exposure history and determining who else may be at risk.
Indonesia confirms two more coronavirus cases, total six
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia confirmed on Sunday that two more people had tested positive for the coronavirus, taking the total of confirmed cases in the country to six.
One of the Indonesians is a 36-year-old male, a crew member on the Japan-docked Diamond Princess cruise ship where he contracted the virus, Health Ministry official Achmad Yurianto told a news briefing.
Head of Italy’s Piedmont region ill with coronavirus -RAI
ROME (Reuters) – The head of Italy’s Piedmont region, Alberto Cirio, has tested positive for coronavirus, state broadcaster RAI said on Sunday, becoming the second regional president to fall ill in just 24 hours.
Moscow city: people ignoring coronavirus self-isolation rules could face prison
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow city authorities threatened prison terms of up to five years on Sunday for people failing to self-isolate in their homes for two weeks after visiting countries hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.
Vietnam’s coronavirus cases jump to 29: health ministry
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s number of coronavirus cases jumped to 29 on Sunday from 20 a day earlier, the Southeast Asian country’s Ministry of Health said.
2 more virus cases in New Hampshire bring total to 4
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The number of people testing positive for the new coronavirus in New Hampshire has doubled to four, including a man who attended a coffee social and church services last weekend, health officials said.
The Latest: UK health secretary outlines emergency plans
Britain’s health secretary has outlined emergency plans to deal with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, pledging to do “all we can” to contain the virus.
The plans, which will likely go through Parliament by the end of the month, are expected to include measures to allow some court proceedings to be conducted via telephone or video. Volunteers who leave their main jobs to help health care systems will also be given employment safeguards.
All Hospital Beds In The US Will Be Filled With Patients ‘By About May 8th’ Due To Coronavirus: Analysis
A sobering analysis of how coronavirus is likely to impact the US healthcare system suggests that hospitals will be quickly overwhelmed with patients, and that all available beds will be filled by around May 8th if the virus tracks with Italy’s figures and 10% of patients require an ICU.
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Homeless at ‘double risk’ of getting, spreading coronavirus
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — They often don’t have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in grimy camps.
That’s what makes homeless people particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus. Almost 200,000 people live in those conditions in the United States, according to a White House report, with Washington state, California and Oregon among the states most affected by homelessness as income inequality grows and housing costs rise.
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.
Japan’s 7-Eleven worker infected with coronavirus, another case likely caused meningitis
TOKYO (Reuters) – A worker at Japan’s 7-Eleven convenience store chain in Yamanashi prefecture, west of Tokyo, has contracted the new coronavirus, the company said on Sunday.
The man in his 20s was found positive for the coronavirus on March 7 and is unconscious with a fever, pneumonia and meningitis, Yamanashi prefecture and public broadcaster NHK said.
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Six confirmed dead from collapsed China hotel used as quarantine site
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Six people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday, after state media said the place was being used to quarantine individuals under observation for the coronavirus.
‘Get yourself tested’: Coronavirus health advice updated for sick Australians
Australians with flu-like symptoms are being told to get tested for the novel coronavirus in an escalation of health advice that threatens to inundate the medical system.
The updated instruction from federal Health Minister Greg Hunt comes as an 82-year-old Sydney man was confirmed on Sunday as the third Australian to die with COVID-19. The number of cases nationwide stands at 77, including two Australian Defence Force members who tested positive for the virus on Sunday.
Beijing to provide 1.1 million masks to Seoul
China will provide face masks and anti-contamination suits to Korea to help it fight the coronavirus epidemic, according to the Chinese Embassy in Seoul, Saturday.
‘I’m not that concerned’: Crowds flock to Moomba despite coronavirus threat
‘‘It’s not that scary.’’
With those words, Moomba festival-goer Stephen Paterakis summed up the sentiment at the 2020 event, happening in the shadow of the global coronavirus outbreak.
But just to be sure, he and his partner, Elyse Timoshenko, did wash their hands with some of the hand sanitiser that organisers had placed beside food vans.
COVID-19 hits nursing homes, retirement complexes hard
The health authorities here are taking extra care with nursing homes, retirement complexes and other facilities housing the elderly as the COVID-19 epidemic has hit senior citizens harder than any other age group, officials said Sunday.
Medical experts said while a major cluster of infections linked to the Daegu branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus is expected to slow in the coming weeks, the emergence of other mass infections at those facilities is posing a special challenge for the government’s quarantine efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: four more confirmed cases in Hong Kong, bringing total to 113
- One of the cases is a 76-year-old man who recently visited India, another is a 41-year-old British national who had been to Japan and London
- Mainland affairs minister and immigration chief to be tested after woman airlifted last week from Hubei province diagnosed with virus
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.
“The patient’s doing well, by the way,” said Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Official: White House didn’t want to tell seniors not to fly
NEW YORK (AP) — The White House overruled health officials who wanted to recommend that elderly and physically fragile Americans be advised not to fly on commercial airlines because of the new coronavirus, a federal official told The Associated Press.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention submitted the plan this week as a way of trying to control the virus, but White House officials ordered the air travel recommendation be removed, said the official who had direct knowledge of the plan. Trump administration officials have since suggested certain people should consider not traveling, but they have stopped short of the stronger guidance sought by the CDC.
Moldova reports first coronavirus case
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova has reported its first confirmed coronavirus case, the Moldovan health ministry said late on Saturday.
South Korea reports 179 new coronavirus cases as rate of increase slows
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported an additional 179 new coronavirus cases, for a total of 272 new cases over the previous 24 hours, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said late on Sunday.
6 am EST. An increase of 258 cases and 30 deaths since yesterday 7:30 pm
Bulgaria confirms first four cases of coronavirus: health officials
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria reported on Sunday its first four confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
Argentina announces first coronavirus death in Latin America
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 64-year-old man died in Argentina as a result of the new coronavirus, the first such death in Latin America, health authorities announced Saturday.
Cuomo declares emergency as NY’s coronavirus cases reach 89
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials announced Saturday that New York state’s coronavirus caseload is on a steady rise, now up to 89. Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency to bolster the medical response to the outbreak, as the statewide total doubled from the 44 cases heading into the weekend. No one has died from the new virus in the state.
Cruise ship hit by virus to dock in Oakland, California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cruise ship hit by the new coronavirus is headed to the port of Oakland, California, the captain told passengers, though they were destined to stay aboard the ship for at least another day.
Grand Princess Capt. John Smith, in a recording provided by passenger Laurie Miller of San Jose, told guests the ship will dock in Oakland. Princess Cruises says it’s expected to arrive on Monday. The ship is carrying more than 3,500 people from 54 countries.
If governments can quarantine millions of people and cancel sports and other events, they can surely stop all cruises.
Italy announces quarantine affecting quarter of population
BEIJING (AP) — Italy’s prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country’s population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe’s outbreak.
Shortly after midnight, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree affecting about 16 million people in the country’s prosperous north, including the Lombardy region and at least 14 provinces in neighboring regions. The extraordinary measures will be in place until April 3.
Mayor in virus-hit South Korean city says outbreak may be slowing
SEOUL (Reuters) – The mayor of the South Korean city hardest hit by that country’s coronavirus outbreak expressed cautious hope on Sunday that the numbers of new cases may be dropping, after the rate of increase dropped to its lowest level in 10 days.
Italy orders lockdown of rich north to try to halt coronavirus
ROME (Reuters) – Italy imposed a virtual lockdown across a swathe of its wealthy north on Sunday, including the financial capital Milan, in a drastic new attempt to try to contain a rapidly growing outbreak of coronavirus.
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