Wuhan coronavirus

Some headlines from around the world from the past ~16 hours

- Australia urges citizens to fly home
- Kazakhstan will effectively close its capital Nur-Sultan and biggest city Almaty from March 19 after both reported coronavirus cases
- The move by Britain’s Tate galleries to close (reported earlier) has been welcomed by people
- Iran temporarily frees tens of thousands of prisoners
- UK airports may shut down “within weeks without Government intervention”
- UK finances face 'wartime' scenario - budget watchdog
- In Jordan, the army has said it will deploy at entrances and exits of main cities in the kingdom in a move officials said was ahead of an imminent announcement of a state of emergency to combat the spread of coronavirus.
- Britain’s hospitality industry could effectively be destroyed without urgent state help to get through the coronavirus pandemic, industry leaders have warned.
- South-east Asian countries, which had previously reported low case numbers, are continuing to see a rise in infections following an increase of testing.
- China has issued an angry reaction to US President Donald Trump’s characterisation of the disease as “the Chinese virus.”
- Germany begins to airlift thousands of citizens home
- Governments in Asia are preparing to tackle a “boomerang wave” of coronavirus cases as their nationals leave Europe, North America and the Middle East.
- UK measures will last 'several months' - health chief
- Olympic organisers in Japan are asking people not to create crowds along the route of the Olympic torch relay and not to gather near the route if they feel sick.
- Britain got the timing of its new measures “about right”, Prof Ferguson has said in the last few minutes on BBC Radio 4.
- There is much discussion today of the shift in UK strategy to one of “total containment”, which involves new quarantine and social distancing based on modelling by Imperial College.
- Israel’s government has approved emergency measures to track people suspected or confirmed to have been infected with the coronavirus by monitoring their mobile phones, immediately raising privacy concerns in the country.
- Supermarkets in Britain are ramping up contingency plans to help tackle demand from shoppers for essential provisions
- South Korea reported 84 new coronavirus cases as of Tuesday, marking a third day in a row that the county has reported fewer than 100 new infections.
- A further 30 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Thailand, bringing its total number of cases to 177
- More than 100 Australian doctors and dentists are stuck on cruise ship off Chile
- India's Taj Mahal closed
- Brazil’s largest favela, Rocinha, has asked that foreigners to be banned from entering the area, AP reports.
- Ukraine late on Monday announced shutdowns of public transport, bars, restaurants and shopping malls
- Asian markets sank Tuesday as investors struggled to pick themselves off the floor following the previous day’s global bloodbath
- Thousands of Australian doctors have called on the government to ramp up its coronavirus response.
- Australia looking into mass testing process
- China's state planner says economy will return to normal in second quarter
- UN Security Council halts meetings due to coronavirus
- Hong Kong will quarantine arrivals from all foreign countries
- Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has said that other Group of Seven leaders had agreed to support a “complete” Olympics in Tokyo, as speculation mounts that the coronavirus pandemic could force the Games to be postponed.
- Ohio primary will ordered to be delayed on health grounds
- China has begun using Xiaotangshan Hospital in Beijing to screen and test people arriving from overseas for Covid-19
- Researchers at the University of Queensland could begin clinical trials on coronavirus sufferers - using HIV and malaria tablets - in Australian hospitals by the end of March.
- Sydney Opera House cancels public performances
- Californians urged to 'shelter in place'
- New Zealand launches massive spending package
- Trump calls Covid-19 "the Chinese virus"
- The Costa Rican president says predictive models on the virus are “not that precise”.
- All Australian cricket cancelled at all levels
- Amazon hires 100,000 extra workers, ups wages for through April
- Greek Orthodox Church suspends daily services
- Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from prisons in São Paulo, Brazil

Hmm, I missed this one from yesterday:

(UK) Coronavirus: Food banks forced to close amid Covid-19 outbreak

Food banks across the UK are being forced to close or reduce the service they offer as the coronavirus outbreak leads to a decline in volunteers and a shortage in food donations.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-uk-food-banks-close-poverty-shortage-a9405351.html

mw0uzo wrote:

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Log out and back in again before posting.

Has something broke? On the forum page it states this, yet I am logged in. I have relogged and no change:

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I have also cleared cache and cookies and relogged. No change.

Coronavirus US news – live: Trump admits pandemic ‘out of control’ as Congress advances relief package and White House breaks own rules on public gatherings

Donald Trump has admitted that the coronavirus outbreak is “not under control for any place in the world”, striking a drastic change of tone on the crisis as he advised the elderly to stay indoors and all people to limit gatherings to no more than 10 people – a guideline his 16-strong task force had already broken by attending his press conference.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-us-news-live-update-trump-latest-travel-ban-primaries-a9405821.html

China reports just ONE new domestic case of coronavirus in a day - but finds 20 more cases that arrived from abroad
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8120313/China-reports-just-ONE-new-domestic-case-coronavirus-day.html

UK government vows to accelerate coronavirus testing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/coronavirus-government-vows-accelerate-testing

(UK) Schools may not tell parents about confirmed cases, letter says

Your child's school may not tell you if it has a confirmed case of potentially deadly coronavirus, a letter has suggested.
Liverpool City Council sent a letter to headteachers saying schools will not inform parents or guardians of "suspected or confirmed cases of coronavirus" unless they are told to do so by health officials.
One furious parent told Mirror Online: "It is just absolutely disgusting. It's basically saying, 'we don't have to tell the parents anything'."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-schools-not-tell-parents-21705365

Laura Ashley files for administration after running out of cash

Laura Ashley has filed for administration after the struggling retailer failed to secure £15m of emergency cash to stay afloat.
The company, known for its floral designs once worn by the likes of Princess Diana, is working with advisers at PwC. Around 2,700 jobs are at risk.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/03/17/laura-ashley-files-administration-running-cash/

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Why are lots of top CEOs stepping down all of a sudden?

Bill Gates - Microsoft
Bob Iger - Disney
Ajay Banga - Mastercard
Les Wexner - L Brands (Victoria's Secret)
Jason Droege - Uber Eats
Randy Freer - Hulu
Jim Murren - MGM Resorts
Ginni Rometty - IBM
Jeff Weiner - Linkedin

I tried posting links but the forum doesn't like too many in one post. Just google 'company name ceo steps down'

Seems kinda strange, no?

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