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Coronavirus: Deaths rise sharply in Spain while infection rate stabilises
Spain has seen a sharp rise in the number of deaths caused by coronavirus but the rate of new infections is stabilising, officials say.
Confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, rose to 64,059, a 14% increase compared with 18% a day earlier and 20% on Wednesday. In 24 hours, 769 people died, a daily record, taking the total to 4,858. Nursing home residents are particularly affected. Spain is Europe's second-worst-hit country after Italy. The Spanish government has extended the state of emergency until at least 12 April. People's movement are severely restricted and most shops and businesses closed. The latest figures raised hopes that the measures were beginning to take effect. Health emergency chief Fernando Simón said they showed a "clear stabilisation" and that it seemed they were "approaching the long-awaited peak". -
Coronavirus: More than 900 deaths in a day in Italy
Italy has recorded 969 new coronavirus deaths, its highest daily figure in the outbreak so far.
It means 9,134 people have now died from the virus in the country. Earlier World Health Organization chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a "chronic global shortage" of protective equipment was one of the "most urgent threats" to the ability to save lives. Italy is the worst-affected in Europe. Almost everything has been closed and people told to stay at home. Earlier on Friday, authorities warned that restrictions were likely to be extended beyond 3 April. -
'Extraordinary' recovery: 101-year-old Italian man with COVID-19 was released from the hospital
A medical worker wearing a protective mask and suit treats novel coronavirus patients in Italy.
A 101-year-old Italian man has recovered from COVID-19 and his city's deputy mayor said the story provides "hope for the future," CNN reported. Gloria Lisi told reporters the man, identified as Mr. P., had an "extraordinary" recovery. "Mr. P. made it. The family brought him home yesterday evening," CNN reported Lisi saying. "To teach us that even at 101 years the future is not written." -
Lightfoot: Stay-at-home order likely to last ‘deep into April’
Mayor says the final call will be made by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. But his staff is “looking at similar data to what we are.”
The statewide stay-at-home order is likely to continue “deep into April,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday, but the final call will be made by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
The governor’s order is scheduled to expire April 7. So does his statewide order that closed all public and private schools. Lightfoot has ordered Chicago Public Schools closed through April 20.
In a conference call with reporters Friday, the mayor was asked whether she has had any discussions with Pritzker about extending the stay-at-home order.
“I don’t want to get ahead of the governor and his team. You’ve seen what we’ve done here in Chicago with schools, with the order that we issued yesterday [shutting down the lakefront and other public gathering places], which is unending until further notice,” the mayor said.
“I think, realistically, we’re looking at something that’s gonna stretch deep into April. ... The governor’s team are very able. They’re looking at similar data to what we are. And I’m sure that is a conversation that is probably under active discussion.” -
Give these guys and anyone else props for doing what they can to combat this virus and the scalpers!
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Wells Fargo boosts aid, suspends residential evictions amid COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2020/03/24/wells-fargo-boosts-aid-suspends-residential.html -
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lightfoot: Stay-at-home order likely to last ‘deep into April’
Mayor says the final call will be made by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. But his staff is “looking at similar data to what we are.”
The statewide stay-at-home order is likely to continue “deep into April,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday, but the final call will be made by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
The governor’s order is scheduled to expire April 7. So does his statewide order that closed all public and private schools. Lightfoot has ordered Chicago Public Schools closed through April 20.
In a conference call with reporters Friday, the mayor was asked whether she has had any discussions with Pritzker about extending the stay-at-home order.
“I don’t want to get ahead of the governor and his team. You’ve seen what we’ve done here in Chicago with schools, with the order that we issued yesterday [shutting down the lakefront and other public gathering places], which is unending until further notice,” the mayor said.
“I think, realistically, we’re looking at something that’s gonna stretch deep into April. ... The governor’s team are very able. They’re looking at similar data to what we are. And I’m sure that is a conversation that is probably under active discussion.”After the stay-at-home order is done, then what? Everyone goes out and it starts all over again?
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
After the stay-at-home order is done, then what? Everyone goes out and it starts all over again?
Yes. Hopefully with some percentage of the population now immune and more equipment in hospitals.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
After the stay-at-home order is done, then what? Everyone goes out and it starts all over again?
Yes. Hopefully with some percentage of the population now immune and more equipment in hospitals.
Sounds like a rinse and repeat move.
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
After the stay-at-home order is done, then what? Everyone goes out and it starts all over again?
Yes. Hopefully with some percentage of the population now immune and more equipment in hospitals.
Sounds like a rinse and repeat move.
not exactly rinse and repeat, but feel free to think of it that way.
the term "flattening the curve" has been in a lot of media, and that is really what it is about.
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The World Could Be Running Out of Condoms Because of Pandemic
The world’s biggest maker of condoms warned of a global shortage as supply falls by almost 50% while its stockpile is set to last for just another two months.
Malaysia-based Karex Bhd., which makes one out of every five condoms worldwide, only restarted its factories on Friday after a week-long closure, working with just half its workforce to comply with a lockdown that the country imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The company said condoms are mainly made in China and India, which are both heavily impacted by the pandemic.
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@JaredBusch there is going to be a massive baby boom
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Joe Diffie, only 61, just died of COVID
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/joe-diffie-country-singer-dead-obituary-974556/
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This is where I see failure still.
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Coronavirus: Trump extends US guidelines beyond Easter
President Donald Trump has said federal coronavirus guidelines such as social distancing will be extended across the US until at least 30 April.
He had previously suggested that they could be relaxed as early as Easter, which falls in mid-April.
"The highest point of the death rate is likely to hit in two weeks," Mr Trump said. He appeared to be referring to peak infection rates that experts fear could overwhelm hospitals. White House medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci had earlier warned that the virus could kill up to 200,000 Americans. Dr Fauci said that it was "entirely conceivable" that millions of Americans could eventually be infected. -
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Hungry black hole may be cosmic 'missing link'
A team of astronomers has found what it says is the best evidence yet for an elusive class of black hole.
They say the presumed "intermediate-mass" black hole betrayed its existence by tearing apart a wayward star that ventured too close. These medium-sized objects are a long-sought "missing link" in the evolution of the cosmos. Researchers used two X-ray observatories, along with the Hubble telescope, to identify the object."Intermediate-mass black holes are very elusive objects, and so it is critical to carefully consider and rule out alternative explanations for each candidate, said Dr Dacheng Lin, from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, US, who led the study.
