1st coronavirus case confirmed in Utah, NBA tells teams to prepare for empty arenas
Coronavirus is now confirmed in at least 26 states.
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Utah officials said they believe the victim was exposed to the virus on the Grand Princess cruise ship, which is currently just off the San Francisco coast with dozens of passengers quarantined onboard.
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The NBA, according to ESPN, sent a memo to teams telling them to prepare to play in front of empty arenas in the near future.
The memo, obtained by ESPN and ABC New York affiliate WABC, said NBA teams were asked to develop a process and identify actions required if they had to play games without fans in attendance and with only essential staff at the arena.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/1st-coronavirus-case-confirmed-utah-nba-tells-teams/story?id=69451679
IRAN
A female politician who was elected to Iran’s parliament in the February elections has dies of COVID-19 or coronavirus a few days after news of her infection was announced.
Iran’s official government news website IRNA says Fatemeh Rahbar passed away on Saturday, March 7 at the intensive-care unit of a Tehran hospital. She was the second newly elected member of parliament who has succumbed to coronavirus. Lat week, Mohammad Ali Ramazani also died of the epidemic
https://en.radiofarda.com/a/second-newly-elected-lawmaker-in-iran-dies-of-coronavirus/30474701.html