Posted on 02/26/2020 2:17:18 PM PST by Vermont Lt
Continuation of the Thread
Yes. He’s been pushing from the beginning. He talked about it at the Senate hearing two weeks ago. I wished they had listened.
IRAQ
Iraq: COVID-19 Situation Report No.1, 27 February 2020
Source: OCHA
Published 27 Feb 2020
KEY MESSAGES
Six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Iraq as of 27-February-2020
Emergency Cell has been convened
Month-long school closures implemented in KRI
Restrictions on gatherings in public sites in several governorates
Iraq has shut its border with Iran and barred entry from eight other countries considered to be high risk for transmission
SITUATION OVERVIEW
The first recorded case of COVID-19 (also colloquially known as “coronavirus”) was recorded in Iraq on 24-February, in the city of Najaf, in Najaf governorate. The patient was a theology student from Iran. Four more cases were reported in Kirkuk governorate on 25-February; the patients were an Iraqi family who recently returned from Iran. One additional case was confirmed in Baghdad on 27-February, again from a traveler who had visited Iran. No additional cases have been confirmed, but testing is underway throughout the country. There have been no known fatalities in Iraq to date due to COVID-19.
https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraq-covid-19-situation-report-no1-27-february-2020
the problem is, 1) paying for child care for formerly latch-key kids; 2) care providers that shutter their facilities not willing to take the risk; 3) inflated childcare costs because of the risk
I haven’t really trusted the CDC since they began pushing for gun control using ‘gun violence for kids’ data that included 21yr olds.
BAHRAIN
Returnees from Iran
Bahrain reports 7 new coronavirus cases – 33 infected
17 mins ago
MANAMA, Feb 26 (KUNA) — The Bahraini Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported seven new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the kingdom’s total number of confirmed infected cases up to 33.
https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/bahrain-reports-7-new-coronavirus-cases-33-infected/
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Coronavirus: Bahrain extends suspension of flights from Dubai, Sharjah
BNA/Manama
Filed on February 27, 2020 | Last updated on February 27, 2020 at 05.33 pm
The Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) in the Kingdom of Bahrain has announced that it has reduced the number of incoming regional flights and has extended the suspension of all flights arriving from Dubai International Airport and Sharjah International Airport for an additional 48 hours. This decision has been taken in order to safeguard the health of the Kingdom’s citizens and residents
High priced CEO’s were feathering their own nests. Long term well being of the rest of us wasn’t important to them.
Those CEO’s are probably in their bunkers in NK right now.
https://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Suits-When-Psychopaths-Work/dp/0061147893
Coronavirus cases reported on every continent except Antarctica
The coronavirus outbreak has now spread to six of the globe’s seven continents.
also from the hill:
Can Lysol or Clorox kill the coronavirus? [yes?]
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/484794-can-lysol-or-clorox-kill-the-coronavirus
Lysol is hydrogen peroxide-based
Clorox is chlorine
The problem is a pandemic of an untreatable, highly contagious (amazingly so) viral infection that kills 2% of the people who get it, which could have been stopped by severe quarantine three weeks ago (and may have BEEN stopped in China that way), which will now spread worldwide.
There aren't any other problems.
Thought we’ve had 15 for many days already. Who slipped out of the numbers to allow this one to take his place and why?
Contracted it perhaps from a returning traveler, huh. Then we have 16 plus whomever said traveler has coughed on.
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USA has had 60 confirmed cases according to the J.Hopkins map on 2/26/2020. That includes at least 36 from the Diamond Princess beginning with the numbers around 2/25. Only 6 recoveries and no deaths so far.
Pope is sick..
Pope Francis sick a day after supporting coronavirus sufferers
well, yeah, lol
and no, I don’t believe that China has stopped anything. They’ve just juggled their numbers on threat of jail or death by their new CCP committee. Are they even including Wuhan any more in their dailies?
S. KOREA (several stories)
The 505 new cases, marking the sharpest daily spike yet and outnumbering the 433 new cases reported in China, where the virus originated, earlier in the day, took the nation’s total infections to 1,766, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).
A 75-year-old virus patient who is tied to the religious sect in Daegu died of respiratory failure earlier Thursday, bringing the nation’s death toll to 13.
Amid lingering concerns about a so-called community spread, sporadic cases in other cities and provinces have been growing. Untraceable virus cases or confirmed cases that are in the process of having their origins tracked down stood at 717.
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200227003955320?section=science/medicine
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(3rd LD) Two more (Korean) Air Force officers, two military workers test positive for coronavirus
18:53 February 27, 2020
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) — Two Air Force officers and two civilian workers for the military tested positive for the new coronavirus Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the military to 25, the defense ministry said.
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200227003553325?section=news
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South Korean official in charge of ‘coronavirus outbreak’ commits suicide
by Staff Report | News
Feb 26 20, 12:47 pm
An official from the South Korea Justice Ministry reportedly took his life and jumped off the Han River and died.
In a report on Arirang and Seoul Economic Daily, the man came from the Office of Emergency Safety Planning at the Ministry of Justice. He was in charged of national emergency situations and crisis management.
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South Korea launches ‘drive-thru’ coronavirus testing facilities as demand soars
By Reuters - February 27, 2020 @ 10:03pm
SEOUL: From inside his car, a driver is checked for any fever or breathing difficulties by medical staff in protective clothing and goggles who lean in through the window at a new drive-thru coronavirus clinic in South Korea.
He drove off after the brief test showed he was clear.
Others queuing in their vehicles in the city of Goyang were instructed to stop briefly to submit a sample of secretions for closer examination, with the entire procedure taking less than 10 minutes.
That reminds me. I saw an article about Jeff Bezos arriving in New Zealand a day or so ago. At least his plane did. No one would confirm or deny that he was on it.
I think we should start hand wash shaming people. Like fat shaming or smoker shaming. Hey you did not wash your hands. Go wash your hands. I do it with my family. Perhaps it’s the retired nurse in me.
Depends on the age of the children, the area, etc. Please don't make broad-brush statements.
And Abe's request - is just that - a request. Prefectures will need to decide if they will comply and to what extent if they do.
Here is what CNBC has as a headline at https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/27/coronavirus-latest-updates-outbreak.html
"Japan to close all schools"
but here is what is said in the article down further:
"Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday the government will ask (emphasis added) all elementary, junior high and high schools to close from March 2 through to spring break."
Please - what an ignorant statement.
Wasn’t making a broad brush statement.
It’s probably not legal in Japan (it’s not legal here either) to leave a 5 or 6yr old home alone.
Someone will have to care for the child. That’s either going to be hired care, or parental care. If those parents are paid hourly (or simply don’t have vacation time for it) they will lose pay.
Lots of schools in other countries have been outright closed.
In Japan, do you think if the Prime Minister ‘asks’, that they will refuse? This is Japan.
And it might not.
Then why the large market for bunkers in NK?
You realize it’s a thing, right?
Most of the free traitor CEO’s did it for short term gain, to hell with our military/medical preparedness.
Unless you think outsourcing 97% of our antibiotic production was a great idea?
The snakes in suits book is correct. The larger the entity, the more powerful the entity, the greater the chance those leading the entity are on the Dark Triad spectrum.
Go watch the ‘baltic dry index’.
Get back to me.
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