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Coronavirus 20 times more lethal than the flu? Death toll approaches 2,000
The death toll from coronavirus nears 2,000 as a Chinese study says the outbreak is 20 times more deadly than the flu.
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Apple moving iPad production out of China due to coronavirus outbreak
The coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the tech world
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Airlines suspend China flights due to coronavirus outbreak
Airlines have been suspending flights to China or modifying service in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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The Coronavirus Cruise Ship Quarantine Gave The Virus An Efficient Way To Spread
Bad ventilation and a botched quarantine on the Diamond Princess likely caused hundreds of illnesses and two deaths in the largest outbreak outside China.
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Samsung confirms one coronavirus case at phone factory complex in South Korea
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics said on Saturday (Feb 22) that one coronavirus case had been confirmed at its mobile device factory complex in the southeastern city of Gumi, causing a shutdown of its entire facility. Samsung Electronics, the world's top smartphone maker, said it plans to close the complex until the morning of Feb 24.
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Past Time to Tell the Public: “It Will Probably Go Pandemic, and We Should All Prepare Now”
by Jody Lanard and Peter M. Sandman NOTE FROM IAN: The expert risk communication team of Lanard and Sandman has given me permission to post their very well-considered reply to my question of them just
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Another Wuhan doctor dies from coronavirus
A female doctor at a Wuhan hospital that receives patients infected with the coronavirus died from the virus on Sunday (Feb 23), according to the hospital. Dr Xia Sisi, 29, a gastroenterology physician, became infected while working at the Union Jiangbei Hospital of Wuhan in central China's Hubei province.
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Coronavirus: Wuhan to quarantine all cured patients after some test positive
The authorities in Wuhan on Saturday introduced 14 days’ mandatory quarantine for recovered coronavirus patients, after some discharged patients again tested positive. From Saturday, all patients who had recovered and been discharged had to be sent to designated places for two weeks of quarantine and medical observation, the city’s coronavirus treatment and control command centre said on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter.
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Could the coronavirus outbreak speed up the development of robo-deliveries?
As customer fears about the coronavirus cast a shadow over China’s food delivery industry, several companies including Meituan Dianping, JD.com and Ele.me have announced robot-delivery related services.
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Coronavirus gives boost to iPad sales even as production capacity is down
The coronavirus may be hitting production of Apple products, including iPads, but it is reportedly giving an unexpected boost to iPad sales in China… Digitimes says that people staying home from work and school is increasing demand for tablets, to the extent of seeing some mild price-gouging on iPads.
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Report claims two-thirds of global coronavirus cases have gone undetected
A new report from a WHO infectious disease modeling team based at Imperial College London is estimating about two-thirds of Covid-19 cases worldwide have gone undetected. The analysis suggests the global spread of the novel coronavirus is significantly greater than the current volume of confirmed cases.
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Don’t buy China’s story: The coronavirus may have leaked from a lab
At an emergency meeting in Beijing held last Friday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke about the need to contain the coronavirus and set up a system to prevent similar epidemics in the future.
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How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw
China’s use of surveillance and censorship makes it harder for Xi Jinping to know what’s going on in his own country.
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Coronavirus Disinformation May Have Contributed To Market Drop
Financial markets are particularly susceptible to disinformation driven manipulation
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Microsoft Issues Financial Warning Because of Coronavirus
The tech giant said the virus was causing issues with its supply chain, about a week after Apple said it was facing similar problems.
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Sanders rips Pence: His last response to an epidemic was to 'pray' it away
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday slammed President Trump’s appointment of Vice President Pence as point man on the coronavirus outbreak, noting the HIV outbreak that occurred during Pence’s tenure as governor of Indiana as well as Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar’s refusal to promise that a coronavirus vaccine would be affordable to all.
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Opinion: Putting Mike Pence in charge of the US coronavirus response is some kind of sick joke
So Vice President Mike Pence is heading up the US government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. Is that some sort of sick joke? Because I find it hard to think of anyone less suited to manage a complex healthcare crisis. As governor of Indiana, Pence slashed public health spending and then delayed the vital introduction of needle exchange programmes, which contributed to the state’s worst ever outbreak of HIV...
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The Coronavirus Outbreak: How Democratic Taiwan Outperformed Authoritarian China
The novel strain of coronavirus (officially dubbed COVID-19) that originated in Wuhan, China has spread to almost 30 countries, including regional neighbors like South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, and countries as far away as the United States, Canada, and Brazil. As of February 26, more than 81,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide, and the death toll has surpassed 2,700, mostly in China.
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Coronavirus May Disrupt the 2020 Election. We Need a Plan
Quarantines and fear could decimate voter turnout. Congress needs to fund mail-in ballots nationwide now.
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Pandemic simulation game Plague Inc. pulled from iOS App Store in China
Authorities offer vague statement alleging "content that is illegal in China."
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