If the Chinese virus is enormously dangerous to people with certain medical conditions and those over 70 years old, but a much smaller danger to those under 70, then shutting down the entire country indefinitely is probably a bad idea.
More than half of the U.S. population, at least 179 million people, reside in the 18 states, 31 counties, and 13 cities that have issued “stay-at-home” or “shelter-in-place” orders for nonessential workers to stem the spread of the deadly and highly contagious novel coronavirus.
Four more states in the U.S. issued stay at home orders this week for non-essential workers in a bid to combat the accelerating spread of the deadly and highly contagious novel coronavirus, bringing the total number to 17, where nearly half of the American population resides.
A Harris poll released on Monday found a majority of the American people believe the Chinese government is to blame for unleashing the Wuhan coronavirus upon the world and support President Donald Trump referring to the disease as the “China Virus.”
The opacity of the Chinese Communist government obliges responsible outside observers to look for clues to the truth of the coronavirus epidemic, instead of merely repeating official information without question. The official count from China is 3,277 fatalities from 81,171 infections as of Tuesday, but the Epoch Times noted the troubling disappearance of some 21 million cell phone accounts in China over the past three months – an unprecedented decline that hints at more fatalities than Beijing is prepared to admit.
Spanish troops disinfecting nursing homes have found, to their horror, residents living among the infectious bodies of the deceased.
Hundreds of South Koreans held in-person church services this weekend, defying government appeals to cancel large gatherings amid fears of a rise in novel coronavirus cluster infections in the country.
Officials in the hardest-hit states in the U.S., like New York, are prepared to impose legal penalties on individuals who flout restrictions implemented to stem the spread of the widening novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
A doctor in Wuhan, the city in China where the coronavirus outbreak began, claimed on Thursday that officials began deliberately undercounting infections ahead of Chinese dictator Xi Jinping’s visit the previous week.
Spain entered its second week under national lockdown by recording its deadliest day since the Chinese coronavirus reached its shores, with 426 people dying in just 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 2,182. In
German Chancellor Angela Merkel introduced a string of new emergency guidelines, banning public gatherings of more than two people, in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus.
With the UK’s coronavirus outbreak progress just two weeks behind Italy, the prime minister is said to be considering an enforced nationwide curfew as Britons ignore social distancing recommendations, whilst a government source has said that at least a lockdown of London is “inevitable”.
French President Emanuel Macron threatened to ban travel from the United Kingdom if stricter measures were not enacted to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
Police in Paris no-go zones are becoming overwhelmed trying to maintain the nationwide quarantine and have handed out record numbers of fines.
Germany’s Angela Merkel has gone self-quarantined in her home after contact with a doctor infected by the Wuhan coronavirus.
Hawaii’s Gov. David Ige issued a mandatory 14-day quarantine Saturday for people arriving and returning to the state, to help curb the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.
Italian police have begun using drones to spot gatherings of people who may be trying to avoid the nationwide quarantine, arresting those who violate government orders.
A 90-year-old London man, who is self-isolating during the coronavirus outbreak, was delivered a keg of his favourite beer by his local pub.
A new directive to Rome police eliminates random vehicle checks, instructing officers to stop every vehicle passing checkpoints in order to limit movement and so curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Two Italian convents have been placed under strict quarantine after a majority of the nuns living in them tested positive for the coronavirus.
Taiwan’s highly effective plan for handling the coronavirus epidemic involved 124 distinct action items, a few of them more strict than Americans might be willing to tolerate, including a program that uses the cell phones of Taiwanese citizens to monitor their locations and ensure they do not violate quarantine orders.
The novel coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. will last at least 18 months, a federal government contingency plan leaked to the media this week warned.
A few countries were still reporting zero infections from the Wuhan coronavirus this week – and some of those reports are viewed with extreme skepticism by outsiders – but at this point, the disease has reached most of the world’s large nations.
Nursing homes and retirement facilities across the country are locking down their access to visitors to help stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving residents isolated.
The local government in Berlin, Germany, has announced that it will build a new hospital to cope with the rising number of cases of coronavirus in the city.
U2 frontman Bono took to social media to perform a new song that he said was inspired by the Italians, who have been singing from their balconies while quarantined inside their homes due to the coronavirus outbreak gripping the entire country.
The president of the European Commission admitted that leaders in the EU “underestimated” the scale of the coronavirus outbreak, as the bloc has closed its external borders to foreign travellers.
Quarantined Italians have recorded messages to tyheir past selves to warn their past selves against not taking coronavirus seriously.
The French PM warned that if the UK doesn’t enact stricter coronavirus measures, Britons will be banned from travelling to the country.
Citizens in France will be forced to present authorities with a form justifying why they have left their houses, during a nationwide lockdown attempting to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced an “enhanced” lockdown on Monday of the whole of Luzon, the island where Manila is located, in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus on the largest and most populous Philippine island.
Thieves in Germany raided hospitals in Cologne, stealing medical face masks from clinics throughout the city to re-sell on the black market, as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.
TEL AVIV – A dramatic video making the rounds on social media shows a man being arrested by police in full protective gear in Tel Aviv for apparently violating his home quarantine.
Hundreds of users queued outside “coffee shops” to stock up on marijuana after the govt announced stores would close for three weeks.
The Austrian government has introduced new restrictive measures to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, including banning meetings of five or more people.
A Connecticut man celebrated his 67th wedding anniversary standing outside his wife’s nursing home on Saturday because he could not visit her due to the coronavirus.
Trump administration officials warned the public on Monday that a foreign disinformation campaign is trying to incite panic over a non-existent national lockdown over coronavirus.
“At this point, not nationwide,” Trump said, noting that some places in the country were not affected by the virus at all.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has upgraded the government advice on coronavirus, telling Britons to avoid public gatherings, work from home if they can, and self-isolate for 14 days if they or someone in their family household has a symptom of coronavirus.
The coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in Italy despite a near-total lockdown on residents’ movements and interaction.
