Virus death toll 6 in US, all in WA state: BUT popped up for 1st time in New York, Moscow & Berlin..
whow. The corornavirus is here, everywhere now.
Officials: Virus death toll now 6 in US, all in Washington state https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/02/officials-virus-death-toll-now-6-in-us-all-in-wash-state/ via @mercnews At the same time, the coronavirus popped up for the first time in New York, Moscow and Berlin
Officials: Virus death toll now 6 in US, all in Washington state
At the same time, the coronavirus popped up for the first time in New York, Moscow and Berlinhttps://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/02/officials-virus-death-toll-now-6-in-us-all-in-wash-state/
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This March 1, 2020 photo shows an area located on the property of Maple Lane, which is a Department of Corrections property that the Washington State Department of Health has established which can serve as a possible quarantine and isolation site for victims of the COVID-19 virus if needed, in South Thurston County, Wash.
By The Associated Press |
PUBLISHED: March 2, 2020 at 11:51 a.m. | UPDATED: March 2, 2020 at 12:22 p.m.
By Hyung-jin Kim and Matt Sedensky | Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — The death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. climbed to six Monday and the disease spread to ever more countries and world capitals, even as new cases in China dropped to their lowest level in six weeks.
A shift in the crisis appeared to be taking shape, as hundreds of patients were released from hospitals at the epicenter of the outbreak in China and the World Health Organization reported that nine times more cases were reported outside the country than inside it over the past 24 hours.
At the same time, the virus popped up for the first time in New York, Moscow and Berlin, and clusters of the disease surged around the world. In the U.S., health officials announced four more people died, bringing the total to six, all in Washington state, where researchers said the virus may have been circulating undetected for weeks.
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The global death toll pushed past 3,000, and the number of people infected topped 89,000, with fast-expanding outbreaks in South Korea, Italy and Iran.
Dr. Mike Ryan, the WHO’s chief of emergencies, pointed out that even regions that have taken less aggressive measures than the extraordinary lockdowns implemented by China have managed to keep the virus in check. Ryan said that because COVID-19 is not as easily transmitted as the flu, “it offers us a glimmer … that this virus can be suppressed and contained.”
Around the world, the virus reshaped people’s routines, both at home and at work, from the millions of Japanese schoolchildren facing four weeks without class to special voting booths for Israelis under quarantine. Mobile hospitals were planned in Iran, and the “Mona Lisa” hung in a vacant room of the shuttered Louvre in Paris.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned that the world economy could contract this quarter for the first time since the international financial crisis more than a decade ago.
“Global economic prospects remain subdued and very uncertain,” the agency said.....................................
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