2020-03-20: Social Media Postees

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Doctor: As Coronavirus Cases Spike Worldwide, We Need Global Cooperation to Halt Spread
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-20
As the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 10,000, with over 250,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, we speak with Stanford University's global health expert Dr. Michele Barry, an infectious disease doctor. Italy has surpassed China in coronavirus deaths, and cases are rising in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, as the governor of California has ordered all 40 million residents to shelter in place.
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/20/coronavirus_dr_michele_barry

Paris police restrict movements and GATHERINGS in city center ahead of weekend
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Police in Paris have tightened restrictions in the French capital, banning movement and gatherings at prominent locations in the city center ahead of the weekend. | The new measures apply to the popular promenades on the left and right banks of the river Seine, Invalides and the Champ De Mars park around the Eiffel Tower. They come into effect immediately and will be in place throughout the weekend. | For 70 straight weekends Yellow Vest protesters have gathered in cities around France on Saturdays to protest against the policies of President Emmanuel Macron. | The prefecture said that too many people were fre…
rt.com/news/483641-paris-police-ban-gathering-movement/

The New York Times' Insidious Ongoing Disinformation Campaign on Russia and Elections
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
For the past three years the new narrative of Russian interference in U.S. elections has bound corporate news media more tightly than ever to the interests of the national security state. And no outlet has pushed that narrative more aggressively …
globalresearch.ca/new-york-times-ongoing-disinformation-campaign-russia-elections/5706855

'Zajal': Composer Dave Soldier traces origin of modern song to medieval Spain
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-20
In the wake of our review of his Naked Revolution: A Socialist Realist Opera, the composer, Dave Soldier, thought People's World might also be interested in his CD Zajal, an album of 11 songs performed in Hebrew, Arabic and Romance (early Spanish), and one in English. The poets in all but one song lived in …
peoplesworld.org/article/zajal-composer-dave-soldier-traces-origin-of-modern-song-to-medieval-spain/

Death at the Greek Border: Syrian Refugees Should Not Be Used as Political Pawns
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
In a surprising move, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced on February 29 that he will be re-opening his country's border to Europe, thus allowing tens of thousands of mostly Syrian refugees into Greece and other European countries. Expectedly, over 100,000 people rushed to the Ipsala border point in the Edirne province separating Turkey from…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/20/death-at-the-greek-border-syrian-refugees-should-not-be-used-as-political-pawns/

Italy's Misleading Figures on the C-Virus
repost | indybay.org | 2020-03-20
In addition to false positives from the C-virus testing kits, we have these figures from Italy's Italian Institute of Health (ISS):…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/20/18831691.php

Workers and the Virus: Radical Lessons from Italy in the Age of COVID-19
Alessandro Delfanti | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
In the face of the mounting coronavirus crisis, we need to start asking a crucial question: who pays for the lockdown? The last three weeks have taught some hard lessons to Italian workers. Indeed, workers have been shouldering the …
globalresearch.ca/workers-virus-radical-lessons-italy-age-covid-19/5706810

Coronavirus crisis cripples Italy's health care system
wsws.org | 2020-03-20
Italy now counts more deaths from the coronavirus pandemic than any other country in the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/20/itco-m20.html

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
wsws.org | 2020-03-20
Workers in Iran and Italy, two countries heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, have staged job action over work exposure to the disease, while South African transport workers have issued a strike threat over failed contract talks.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/20/work-m20.html

Cuba Sends 53 Doctors and Nurses to Fight Covid-19 in Italy
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-20
Cuban health authorities announced on Thursday that the country will send 53 health professionals to Lombardy, Italy, to help contain the new coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | Cuba UK Cruise Ship with 5 COVID-19 Cases Starts Evacuating in Cuba | The 53 doctors and nurses have experience in caring for these types of diseases. In 2014, they traveled to Sierra Leone in West Africa to fight the Ebola virus. | According to Cuban authorities, the arrival in Lombardy will take place…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-to-send-53-doctors-and-nurses-to-fight-covid19-in-italy-20200320-0008.html

Martial law? Lombardy enlists military to enforce lockdown as Italy's hardest-hit region continues to reel from Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Lombardy has announced that the Italian military will work to ensure that residents are complying with a quarantine to stop the spread of coronavirus. Efforts to contain the virus have been unsuccessful, officials said. | Regional president Attilio Fontana told a news conference on Friday that the military had accepted his request to help enforce the lockdown, and that 114 soldiers tasked with keeping people indoors will be "on the ground throughout Lombardy." | He lamented that the number of military personnel was "still too little" but that it was nevertheless a positive development. | Lombardy's government…
rt.com/news/483634-italy-lombardy-military-coronavirus/

Cuba Sends 53 Doctors and Nurses to Fight Covid-19 in Italy
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-20
Cuban health authorities announced on Thursday that the country will send 53 health professionals to Lombardy, Italy, to help contain the new coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | Cuba UK Cruise Ship with 5 COVID-19 Cases Starts Evacuating in Cuba | The 53 doctors and nurses have experience in caring for these types of diseases. In 2014, they traveled to Sierra Leone in West Africa to fight the Ebola virus. | According to Cuban authorities, the arrival in Lombardy will take place…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-to-send-53-doctors-and-nurses-to-fight-covid19-in-italy-20200320-0008.html

The Virus and Capitalism
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
The U.S. is in the midst of a full-blown public health crisis made worse by systemic political dysfunction. The benchmark Imperial College study suggesting that up to two million people in the U.S. could die from the coronavirus epidemic assumes that the U.S. has an adequate healthcare system— that no one dies from not getting treatment. It doesn't. Without one, expected deaths are much higher. Should the U.S. experience be similar to Italy or Wuhan to date, add another eleven million* dead to the worst case scenario.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/20/the-virus-and-capitalism/

Italian army drafted to transport corpses as coronavirus deaths surge in Europe
wsws.org | 2020-03-20
Health systems in Italy, the European epicenter of the disease, are so overwhelmed that they cannot process the corpses of the dead, let alone tend to the sick.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/20/ital-m20.html

What We Must Learn From Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
Julian Vigo | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-20
One of the major concerns about COVID-19 in northern Italy after concern for the physically infirm and elderly is the impact treating patients will have on the healthcare system. The healthcare system in many northern Italian regions is already at a breaking point as within the first twenty days of the outbreak over 10,000 infections …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/what-we-must-learn-from-singapore-taiwan-and-hong-kong/

Italy's Institute of Health (ISS) Report: 99% of Deaths Attributed to Covid-19 Deaths Had "Pre-existing Serious Illness"
Kit Knightly | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Anything up to 99.2% of all of Italy's recent Covid19-associated deaths could have been caused by pre-existing chronic conditions, according to a report released by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian Institute of Health, ISS) | The report was translated and …
globalresearch.ca/iss-report-99-covid19-deaths-had-pre-existing-serious-illness/5706862

As Coronavirus Cases Spike Worldwide, We Need Global Cooperation to Halt Spread
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-20
As the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 10,000, with over 250,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, we speak with Stanford University's global health expert Dr. Michele Barry, an infectious disease doctor. Italy has surpassed China in coronavirus deaths, and cases are rising in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, as the governor of California has ordered all 40 million residents to shelter in place. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: The worldwide death toll fr…
truthout.org/video/as-coronavirus-cases-spike-worldwide-we-need-global-cooperation-to-halt-spread/

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
wsws.org | 2020-03-20
Workers in Iran and Italy, two countries heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, have staged job action over work exposure to the disease, while South African transport workers have issued a strike threat over failed contract talks.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/20/work-m20.html

Finland scoffs at WHO's coronavirus testing protocol, suggests organization doesn't understand how pandemics work
rt.com | 2020-03-20
A senior Finnish health official has dismissed a World Health Organization (WHO) advisory to test as many people as possible for coronavirus, arguing that such a measure would be completely illogical when combating a pandemic. | Finland's head of health security, Mika Salminen, took aim at the notion that stopping the spread of Covid-19 requires testing on a mass-scale. | "We don't understand the WHO's instructions for testing. We can't fully remove the disease from the world anymore," she said, adding: "If someone claims that, they don't understand pandemics." | Citing limited supplies, Finland has narrowed c…
rt.com/news/483599-finland-who-coronavirus-testing-problems/

International Atomic Energy Agency exposed to Covid-19 as staff member tests positive
rt.com | 2020-03-20
A case of the novel coronavirus has been identified in a staff member at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, the United Nations has said. | The IAEA implemented measures last week allowing personnel at the Vienna center to work remotely from March 16 in line with guidance from Austrian authorities. | The IAEA said earlier this month it would provide diagnostic kits, equipment and training in nuclear-derived detection techniques to countries in need of assistance as the virus spreads rapidly around the world. | There are currently more than 240,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 worldwide and…
rt.com/news/483653-iaea-staff-member-coronavirus/

France is only at start of coronavirus crisis, President Macron warns
rt.com | 2020-03-20
France is only at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis and is in a race to curb its progress, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday. | "We are at the start of this crisis. We have taken exceptional measures to absorb this first wave, but we've started a race against the virus," the president said at the beginning of a crisis meeting at the Interior Ministry. | "We must react a great deal and reorganize ourselves at every moment. We need to anticipate," Reuters quoted him as saying.
rt.com/newsline/483603-france-start-crisis-macron/

EasyJet to ground most of its fleet, as coronavirus slaughters airline industry
rt.com | 2020-03-20
British budget airline EasyJet will ground the majority of its fleet, in response to a wave of travel restrictions across Europe. The airline industry as a whole has been pummeled by the global Covid-19 pandemic. | In a statement on Friday, the company said that the majority of its 300-plus fleet will be grounded from Tuesday onwards. After finishing up its remaining schedule of rescue and repatriation flights, EasyJet said it will operate a minimum schedule of essential flights on some UK routes. | These flights will account for only 10 percent of the airline's usual capacity, the statement read. | Also on rt…
rt.com/news/483678-easyjet-grounds-fleet-coronavirus/

'Wait… what?': Fans baffled as UEFA says NEXT YEAR's European Championships will keep Euro 2020 title
rt.com | 2020-03-20
UEFA chiefs have caused confusion after initially announcing that Euro 2020 would retain its title despite being postponed until next year due to the coronavirus crisis. | Euro 2020 was due to take place in several cities across Europe this summer but the decision was made to postpone the competition by 12 months due to the developing coronavirus crisis, which has largely cancelled or postponed the sporting landscape across the globe. | UEFA Euro 2020 POSTPONED to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic | It…
rt.com/sport/483655-european-championships-euro-2021/

Latin American Leaders Demand Continent's Debt to Be Condoned
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-20
Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa, Bolivia's former Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera, Colombia's former presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, and other progressive intellectuals Friday called on the international community to make multilateral financial institutions and other private creditors sensitive to the ongoing economic situation and forgive the Latin American countries' sovereign external debt. | RELATED: | US, European Economists Predict Recession Due to COVID-19…
telesurenglish.net/news/Latin-American-Leaders-Demand-Continents-Debt-to-Be-Condoned-20200320-0015.html

US to close border with Mexico for 'non-essential' travel in effort to stem coronavirus spread
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Starting Saturday, the US-Mexico border will be closed to nonessential travel in order to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, US President Donald Trump announced Friday. | The closure is open-ended and "will last as long as necessary," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added. | Trade is exempt from the restriction, which will focus on curbing tourism and recreational activities. President Trump said that Mexico is also suspending air travel from Europe. The Mexican government, however, has not yet announced a European travel ban. | "As we did with Canada, we're also working with Mexico to implement new…
rt.com/usa/483670-us-mexico-border-closure/

European stocks surge as governments mount efforts to mitigate economic impact of coronavirus pandemic
rt.com | 2020-03-20
European stock markets opened sharply higher on Friday as more central banks adopted monetary and fiscal measures to deal with the economic downturn as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. | Stocks in London jumped in early trading with the FTSE 100 index rising over five percent. Germany's DAX is gaining over six percent, while French stocks are also up by over six percent. | #FTSE100 sees big jump at start of trading after positive day yesterday pic.twitter.com/tEt3kgxWYo– Trevor Wisker (…
rt.com/business/483594-european-stocks-surge-coronavirus/

Syriza leader Tsipras offers collaboration with New Democracy against refugees and Turkey
wsws.org | 2020-03-20
Tsipras is signing off on a policy of brutal repression of refugees waged jointly by the government, fascist thugs who have benefited most from the stoking up of chauvinism and xenophobia, and the European Union.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/20/gree-m20.html

–°hina reports record number of imported Covid-19 cases from US & Europe as global death toll exceeds 10,000
rt.com | 2020-03-20
China may have managed to contain the coronavirus at home, but it's not over the hump yet. There's danger of a return of the deadly disease as the number of infected travelers entering the country reaches record levels. | The Chinese authorities have done huge work since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in Wuhan in late December. The blow was hard as 3,248 have died and 80,967 were infected, but for the last two days there was not a single domestically transmitted coronavirus case in the country. | But as the situation improved, many Chinese expatriates, including students, rushed back home to escape the corona…
rt.com/news/483576-china-coronavirus-imported-cases/

Syriza leader Tsipras offers collaboration with New Democracy against refugees and Turkey
wsws.org | 2020-03-20
Tsipras is signing off on a policy of brutal repression of refugees waged jointly by the government, fascist thugs who have benefited most from the stoking up of chauvinism and xenophobia, and the European Union.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/20/gree-m20.html

Bavaria on lockdown: First German state to 'shut down public life almost completely' for 2 weeks in bid to stop Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Bavaria will introduce tight restrictions on movement for two weeks in the hope of containing the Covid-19 pandemic that has seized Europe, making it the first German state to introduce a lockdown. | The strict measures include the closure of restaurants and bars, and bans large gatherings. People are urged to not leave their homes unless they are going to work, visiting the doctor, or buying groceries and medicine. Limited outdoor activity is still allowed but only alone or with a family member. | Minister Markus Soeder said on Friday that the lockdown, which begins at midnight, was not an "easy" decision to…
rt.com/news/483623-bavaria-germany-coronavirus-lockdown/

Two arrested after botched 'Islamist attack' sees car driven into Barcelona airport (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Police cordoned off a section of Barcelona's El Prat airport after an apparent failed Islamist attack, in which two men drove a car through the terminal building's doors. | The Mossos d'Esquadra, Barcelona's police force, confirmed that two men attempted to storm the Terminal 1 bulking at the El Prat international airport at approximately 5am local time on Friday. | The men made it as far as the food court of the airport, reportedly shouting Islamist slogans, before they were arrested. | Technicians from Spain's bomb squad Tedax were also deployed to investigate the vehicle which was found to not contain any e…
rt.com/news/483604-barcelona-airport-islamist-attack/

Germany says coronavirus LOCKDOWN will happen if people continue to socialize & Saturday's the 'decisive' test
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Saturday will be the crucial day for German officials to decide whether a strict lockdown is needed to slow the spread of Covid-19

Germany's leading health official says decision on curfew is 'up to authorities'
rt.com | 2020-03-20
The health official leading Germany's fight against coronavirus urged people on Friday to keep their distance to curb the pandemic. | However, Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institute, also said it was up to the authorities to decide whether to impose a curfew to force people to follow official guidelines. | "We recommend keeping maximal distance. It is up to the authorities to decide on the measures needed to achieve that," Wieler told reporters. | He spoke after the number of German cases of Covid-19 rose by 2,958 overnight to 13,957. The number of fatalities rose by 11 to 31, according to Reute…
rt.com/newsline/483607-germany-pandemic-authorities-curfew/

Erdogan orders all events in Turkey postponed until end-April
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Friday postponing all events related to science, culture and the arts, as the country seeks to contain a surge in coronavirus cases. | Turkey's Covid-19 death toll has reached four, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday. The number of confirmed cases in the country has surged since the first case was announced last week, reaching 359 on Thursday. The cases have roughly doubled every day since Sunday, Reuters reports. | Erdogan's decree, published in the Official Gazette on Friday, said all meetings and activities, indoors or outdoors, related…
rt.com/newsline/483651-erdogan-postpones-events-turkey/

Top Doctor at Moscow's leading disease hospital says current Covid-19 crisis will likely last SIX MONTHS
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Coronavirus panic is already threatening a worldwide economic disaster, as millions are forced to live under lockdown. This has left many people wondering how long we can expect these circumstances to endure. | "When I call my parents, I say jokingly: 'see you in September,'" Denis Protsenko has told RT. He's the head doctor of Moscow's main disease hospital in Kommunarka. | Protsenko believes that while the pandemic may slow in summer, it's more like it will be autumn before the siege will be lifted. If the country has a similar experience to China, then the spread will decline in May or June, he believes, bu…
rt.com/russia/483646-coronavirus-kommunarka-hospital-head-doctor/

Stanford Professor Michael McFaul dunks on Khamenei… by puzzling over why Iran doesn't use Gregorian calendar
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Ex-ambassador Michael McFaul has taken to Twitter to express astonishment over the start of the Iranian New Year, leading to speculation that he might not know that there are non-Gregorian calendars out there. | The former US envoy to Russia and current Stanford academic found it fitting to mock Iran's supreme leader for commenting on the start of the Iranian (or Persian) New Year, Nowruz. In his tweet, Ali Khamenei had congratulated his country for becoming more self-reliant in the face of US sanctions, but urged for further production boosts in 1399 to help the Islamic Republic recover from Washington's econ…
rt.com/news/483574-mcfaul-iran-new-year-calendar/

New statue of WWII hero Marshal Zhukov near Red Square stuns Muscovites, but officials say it's temporary
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Marshal Georgy Zhukov was the most famous Nazi hunter of them all, leading the Red Army all the way to Berlin as it crushed the Germans in WWII. However, his Moscow monument has long been considered a tad lame. | Erected in 1995 by order of then-president Boris Yeltsin to mark the 50th anniversary of the victory, it was initially planned to place the statue in Red Square, but this idea fell through as the entire area is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. | The statue has been repeatedly criticized for being poorly proportioned and featuring an inaccurate representation of a horse. Those familiar with…
rt.com/russia/483629-new-zhukov-statue-red-square/

Senator Burr enabled Russiagaters for years; now they're accusing him of insider trading & coronavirus lies
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Richard Burr, chair of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, has been accused of deceiving the public about the coronavirus outbreak and seeking to profit from it by dumping stocks that are crashing due to the pandemic. | Burr (R-North Carolina) found himself under attack from two directions on Thursday. Early in the day, National Public Radio ran a story based on "secret recordings" from a speech he gave in North Carolina in late February, when he gave oddly specific warnings about Covid-19 to an elite group of donors, while keeping the rest of the American public in the dark. | SCOOP: Secret recording obtain…
rt.com/usa/483567-burr-insider-trading-coronavirus/

Coronavirus KO: Russia's Kovalev shares protective suit training video days after Barrera fight canceled (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-03-20
The outbreak of COVID-19 hasn't just left the sporting calendar decimated, it has also made it far more difficult for top level athletes to train – with certain exceptions. | Golden Boy Promotions announced on Tuesday that they were to cancel the April 25 boxing card at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, which was to feature Sergey Kovalev taking on Sullivan Barrera as more and more regions within the United States crack down on public gatherings in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. | It was to be the Russian former world champion's first bout since losing by 11th-round knockout to Canelo…
rt.com/sport/483672-sergey-kovalev-coronavirus-sparring/

The Baltic States Align Themselves with US-NATO against Russia ?
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
In 2017, RAND Corporation published in its associated media Small Wars Journal an article by the researchers Marta Kepe and Jan Osburg, outlining a strategic defense plan for the Baltic countries in the event of a Russian invasion. The authors …
globalresearch.ca/baltic-countries-interested-increase-role-international-scene/5706882

Russia testing MULTIPLE prototype Covid-19 vaccines
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Russia's research center of virology and biotechnology, known as the Vector Institute, is testing multiple different vaccine prototypes against Covid-19 in a race to find a cure for the virus behind a global pandemic. | This week, it "began immunogenicity studies in sensitive laboratory animals… of all developed vaccine prototypes," said consumer watchdog agency Rospotrebnadzor in a statement on Friday. | The composition, dose, route of administration of the future vaccine will be determi…
rt.com/russia/483569-vector-coronavirus-vaccine-testing/

Military Trucks Transport Coffins With Coronavirus Victims From Bergamo – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
Italy is currently the worst-hit country in Europe, with at least 41,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and a death toll of over 3,400, some 150 more than in China. Rome has had to implement strict quarantine measures to combat the infection and numerous other countries have imposed travel bans on Italy.
sputniknews.com/europe/202003201078642469-military-trucks-transport-coffins-with-coronavirus-victims-from-bergamo—video/

Coronavirus-Induced Measures Cause YouTube to Temporarily Axe High Quality Videos in EU
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
As countries have started to tighten quarantine measures amid the spread of the novel coronavirus and citizens have been advised to stay home all over Europe, streaming platforms are facing an Internet overload.
sputniknews.com/society/202003201078642842-youtube-to-temporarily-axe-high-quality-videos-in-eu/

UK Urged to Cancel Participation in NATO Exercise and Divert Funds to NHS and Combating COVID-19
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
Large-scale NATO military exercises are among the few major events not to be cancelled due to the global Pandemic of COVID-19. Critics say this is a waste of both money and resources.
sputniknews.com/europe/202003201078642162-uk-urged-to-cancel-participation-in-nato-exercise-and-divert-funds-to-nhs-and-combating-covid-19/

From 'Blitz Spirit' to 'Unprecedented Support': How the UK Government is Handling Coronavirus So Far
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across Europe and throughout the United Kingdom, the British government's approach to the crisis has shifted considerably in the last two weeks alone, jumping from permitting the virus to advance throughout the population to a proactive mobilisation of resources in order to halt its spread.
sputniknews.com/uk/202003201078629477-from-blitz-spirit-to-unprecedented-support-how-the-uk-government-is-handling-coronavirus-so-far/

Watch Tourists Storm Airport Exit in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Amid Coronavirus Mayhem
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
On Thursday, the Russian authorities issued a resolution stipulating that all travellers arriving in Russia will have to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine.
sputniknews.com/russia/202003201078640829-watch-tourists-storm-airport-exit-in-russias-krasnoyarsk-amid-coronavirus-mayhem/

Russia, Saudi Arabia Not Engaged in Price Wars – Kremlin
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia and Saudi Arabia are not engaged in any price war on the oil market, the global situation is unfortunate for oil prices, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
sputniknews.com/business/202003201078641702-russia-saudi-arabia-not-engaged-in-price-wars—kremlin/

Moscow Being Shut Down Not Currently on Agenda – Kremlin
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
Several media outlets previously claimed that the Russian capital was on lockdown or would be closed soon amid coronavirus fears, but the reports were later debunked.
sputniknews.com/russia/202003201078641822-kremlin-rules-out-shutting-down-moscow-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/

Russian Defence Ministry Sets Up Operational HQs to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 in Armed Forces
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
The number of patients infected with COVID-19 in Russia has increased by 52 people over the past 24 hours, the country's operational headquarters for preventing the spread of coronavirus said earlier in the day.
sputniknews.com/russia/202003201078640977-russian-mod-sets-up-operational-hqs-covid-19-in-armed-forces/

Annual IT Forum of BRICS, SCO Countries in Russia Postponed Due to COVID-19
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia (Sputnik) – The annual international IT forum of BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries will not be taking place this year due to COVID-19 concerns, the department of information technologies of Russia's Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Area (Ugra) said on Friday.
sputniknews.com/world/202003201078641058-annual-it-forum-of-brics-sco-countries-in-russia-postponed-due-to-covid-19/

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2020-03-19: News Headlines

RT (2020-03-19). 'Infinitely frightening': Juventus ace Rugani's girlfriend reveals pregnancy after couple infected with coronavirus. rt.com Juventus defender Daniele Rugani's girlfriend Michela Persico has revealed fears over her pregnancy after the couple were both infected with Covid-19. | Persico announced she is four months pregnant and expressed hope that the dangerous infection wouldn't affect their unborn baby. | Italy international Rugani was the first Serie A player to test positive for the coronavirus, pl…

RT (2020-03-19). Hungary to deploy military task forces to 140 state companies during pandemic. rt.com Hungary will deploy military personnel to monitor the operations of 140 state companies providing critical services during the coronavirus pandemic, Defense Minister Tibor Benko has said. | The newly created task forces, consisting of several soldiers, police officers, and disaster unit workers, will provide regular briefings on the companies to the Defense Ministry, Benko told public television late on Wednesday. | PM Viktor Orban's government declared a state of national crisis last week due to the spread of the virus. According to official figures, 73 people have contracted the coronavirus in Hungary. One p…

RT (2020-03-19). Coronavirus isn't stopping trade between Russia & China. rt.com While the coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on global trade, cargo volume between Russia and its biggest trading partner, China, is growing, according to the Russian consul general in Harbin, Vladimir Oschepkov. | "According to our estimates, the volume of cargo transportation between our countries is gradually increasing," the diplomat told RIA Novosti. | More than 300 trucks and up to 35 trains cross the border in both directions every day. Russian carriers mainly transport wood, soy, coal, ore, and fertilizers, which are in demand in China due to the beginning of seasonal field work. | Also on rt.com…

RT (2020-03-19). First coronavirus patient dies in Russia: Elderly woman with underlying medical conditions. rt.com A 79-year-old woman, with numerous underlying health conditions, who was diagnosed with Covid-19 has died in an infectious disease hospital in Moscow, the agency for monitoring the situation with the disease reports. | The cause of death was pneumonia against the background of other very severe health problems, including type 2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, and arteriosclerosis among other things. | According to Moscow daily Moskovsky Komsomolets her name was Valentina Zubareva, a professor who lectured at the Gubkin Oil and Gas University in the Russian capital. She was still delive…

RT (2020-03-19). Trump says oil price war 'devastating' for Russia — but it's Saudis & US shale that stand to suffer most. rt.com Plummeting oil prices have sparked another round of predictions about the economic collapse of Russia — this time from US President Donald Trump, who sounded a lot like his predecessor Barack Obama on the subject. | The price of crude oil has crashed to $20 this week, due to a one-two punch of Saudi Arabia flooding the market with record output and a sharp drop in global demand owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Asked about it during a press conference about the pandemic on Thursday, Trump described the price war as "very bad" for Saudi Arabia and "devastating" to Russia, but helpful in a way to American…

RT (2020-03-19). Russian woman to FACE COURT for allegedly spreading coronavirus FAKE NEWS. rt.com With most of Europe and Asia presently under some form of emergency measures to fight the spread of Covid-19, now is probably not the best time to scare people even more. | A woman in Russia's Far East is set to appear before a court on charges of spreading false information about coronavirus in her remote region. The Amur Oblast where she resides has yet to report a case of the disease, despite bordering China, the original epicenter. | Also on rt.com | | On the o…

RT (2020-03-19). Praying to prevent coronavirus! Moscow monastery introduces nightly processions to fight Covid-19. rt.com While ordinary folk have been told to wash their hands, self-isolate, and keep social distance to fight infection, members of a Moscow religious order have opted for their own solution — nightly processions on the streets. | As first reported by news service Interfax, monks from Moscow's Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery have opted to circle their abode to battle coronavirus. The first procession, which occurred yesterday after the evening service, will become a nightly ritual, presumably until the virus is defeated. The abbot of the monastery, Hegumen Peter Eremeev, explained the logic on his Instagram page.

RT (2020-03-19). 108 new deaths in France, as coronavirus lockdown tightens. rt.com French authorities reported 108 new deaths from the Covid-19 coronavirus, a 41 percent increase that brings the total dead in France to 372. The spike in fatalities comes as France enters a third day of total lockdown, with only essential movement permitted. | In addition to the swift rise in deaths, reported cases of the deadly virus hit 10,995 on Thursday, up from 9,134 the day before. More than 1,000 of these patients require life support. | Though France has not yet seen the number of cases that have cropped up in Italy, Spain or Germany, authorities there imposed a mandatory 15-day quarantine on Tuesday.

RT (2020-03-19). French govt ready to extend lockdown if necessary, interior minister says. rt.com France's 15-day lockdown ordered by President Emmanuel Macron to curb the coronavirus epidemic could be extended if necessary, according to Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. | "The 15-day period may be extended. If necessary, the government will re-conduct it," Castaner told Europe 1 radio station on Thursday. | Since Wednesday morning, the police deployed to enforce the lockdown have carried out 70,000 controls and handed out 4,095 tickets to those flouting the lockdown, Reuters quoted Castaner as saying. | The minister said earlier that 100,000 police would be deployed to enforce the lockdown, and check…

RT (2020-03-19). Amazon squeezing workers amid Covid-19 crisis is 'unacceptable' — French finance minister. rt.com French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Amazon's refusal to pay wages of staff who walk out over coronavirus fears is "unacceptable" as the country is considering nationalization of bigger companies at risk. | "These pressures are unacceptable, we'll let Amazon know," Le Maire said after several hundred workers protested the company's policy on Wednesday. The e-commerce giant refused to pay workers who walked out or stayed at home in self-isolation over coronavirus fears. | www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=282184766102941&set=pcb.282185442769540&type=3&theater | Le Maire said Thursday that he would…

RT (2020-03-19). Stay near home & no cycling: France tightens Covid-19 lockdown restrictions to 'max 2km from home'. rt.com France has dramatically tightened restrictions on movement amid its coronavirus lockdown, warning citizens that they should limit their travel to within one kilometer of their homes — and a maximum of two kilometers. | The country went into a 15-day lockdown over the Covid-19 outbreak at noon on Tuesday, and a list of acceptable reasons for travel was published by the government. Those reasons include shopping for basic necessities, seeking medical treatment, helping a neighbor or relative, and walking the dog. Getting exercise was also seen as a legitimate reason — provided that it was done alone.

RT (2020-03-19). Italy's coronavirus toll OVERTAKES China, total cases in Europe pass 100,000. rt.com Health officials in Italy have confirmed a further 427 deaths from Covid-19, pushing the country's overall death toll to 3,405. The figure overtakes the number of total deaths in China from the outbreak. | According to a tally compiled by the AFP, the overall number of cases across Europe has now risen over 100,000. | The latest deaths in Italy are a slight decrease on the previous 24-hour period, in which a record 475 people died in one day from the rapidly-spreading virus. | The outbreak was first recorded in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019, and has since spread around the world at an alarming rate, i…

RT (2020-03-19). Convoy of Italian army trucks haul away corpses as local crematorium flooded with coronavirus dead (VIDEO). rt.com The Italian military has been called in to help transport dead bodies as the northern city of Bergamo reels from the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. The city's crematorium is reportedly now working around-the-clock. | The head of Lega Nord, Matteo Salvini, posted a photograph on Twitter showing a seemingly endless line of army trucks moving their way through the Italian town, located in the Lombardy region. | L'Esercito porta le bare fuori da Bergamo, per la cremazione fuori dalla Lombardia, una terra messa a prova durissima, che lotta senza tregua contro il male. | àà un'immagine straziante, che colpisce…

RT (2020-03-19). Worldwide coronavirus deaths surpass 9,000 — AFP. rt.com The global death toll from Covid-19 has reached at least 9,000, according to an AFP tally. The benchmark comes a day after fatalities in Europe surpassed those in Asia. | Multiple sources have estimated that the number of worldwide infections reached around 220,000 by Thursday. | China, the reported epicenter of the outbreak, reported no new local infections for the first time since the pandemic began more than two months ago. The hopeful news contrasts sharply with the growing health crisis in Europe. Italy, the hardest-hit nation outside China, reported a record 475 deaths yesterday from the illness. | As Ch…

RT (2020-03-19). Italy to extend nationwide lockdown amid biggest 1-day spike in coronavirus deaths. rt.com Italy will prolong non-essential travel and business restrictions across the country, as the European nation suffered its largest single-day surge in coronavirus deaths since the start of the outbreak. | Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Thursday that the lockdown, which began on March 9, would be extended into April. The extreme measures were initially set to end on April 3. | Conte told Italian paper Il Corrier della Sera that while he couldn't say when the measures would be lifted, it was only "obvious" that they would continue into the foreseeable future. | "The measures we have taken — whether that…

RT (2020-03-19). Gone-zalo! Juventus star Gonzalo Higuain 'breaks Italian quarantine' to return home to Argentina. rt.com Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain has reportedly escaped Italy's nationwide lockdown to return to his homeland Argentina to visit his seriously ill mother. | The player managed to break the quarantine, obligatory for the entire Juventus squad after two teammates tested positive for coronavirus. | All the players and staff members have been ordered to stay i…

RT (2020-03-19). European stocks mostly down despite promise of huge stimulus by central bank. rt.com Markets in Europe opened higher on Thursday, but have since retreated. This is despite the ‚Ǩ750 billion ($821 billion) bond-buying program by the European Central Bank to help the region's economy through the Covid-19 crisis. | Stock markets in London and Frankfurt opened over one percent higher, before retreating into negative territory. French stocks were up over three percent in early trade, before giving up most of the gains. | On Wednesday, the regulator announced the new 'Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program' which will use the funds to purchase securities in order to help support the E…

RT (2020-03-19). Chill, Netflix to cut European traffic after EU said it overloads internet during Covid-19 quarantine. rt.com Movie and TV streaming service Netflix says it will cut its bit rates across Europe by a quarter to ease the internet burden as coronavirus quarantines have forced millions of people to stay home all day. | Many more people than usual are now working from home, thanks to virus-limiting restrictions and lockdowns, while the mass closure of schools and colleges also means more pressure on internet providers from younger service users. | Netflix's move comes after the EU's Internal Markets Commissioner Thierry Breton urged the service to help address the additional strain on internet services. | "To secure Intern…

RT (2020-03-19). NATO 'scales down' exercises, drawdown of US-led force in Afghanistan continues. rt.com NATO is scaling down military exercises in Europe to curb the spread of the coronavirus, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said. However, alliance missions are continuing, including the drawdown of the US-led force in Afghanistan following a peace agreement last month, he added. | "Some of our exercises have been modified or cancelled… but our forces remain ready," Stoltenberg told a video news conference on Thursday. | The US Army has already announced a halt to movement of military personnel from the US to Europe and said it plans to scale down its Defender Europe 20 exercises, billed as NATO's b…

RT (2020-03-19). US stocks in for another wild ride on Wall Street as coronavirus rages on. rt.com US markets are swinging wildly on Thursday after plunging 30 percent from their peak. The failure by Western countries to contain the Covid-19 outbreak is bringing global business to a halt and causing panic among investors. | The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened down over three percent before recovering earlier losses. The S&P 500 is also in positive territory after losing three percent at the start of trading. The Nasdaq Composite tech index started one and a half percent lower, but is now up. | Despite opening higher earlier in the day, markets in Europe are also slipping. The British FTSE and German DAX…

Staff (2020-03-19). Headlines for March 19, 2020. democracynow.org Italy Records Record 475 Coronavirus Deaths as Infections Continue Climbing, British PM Boris Johnson Closes Schools After Reversing Lax Virus Containment Plan, Millions of Brazilians Protest from Windows and Balconies Demanding President's Ouster, World Health Organization Warns Critical Lack of Testing Is Costing Lives, Egypt Arrests Protesters Calling for Release of Prisoners at Risk of COVID-19, Yemen, Already Wracked by U.S.-Supported, Saudi-Led War, Braces for Coronavirus, Trump Admin Tightens Sanctions That Have Devastated Iran's Public Health System, Trump Signs Coronavirus Relief Bill Providing Paid Leav…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-03-19). Death at the Border: Syrian Refugees Should Not Be Used as Political Pawns. mintpressnews.com Turkey's use of Syrian refugees as political pawns was one of the most tragic, heart-rendering episodes of the Syrian war and subsequent refugee crisis saga.

WSWS (2020-03-19). Hungarian government uses coronavirus epidemic to promote racism. wsws.org As throughout Europe, the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Hungary.

Joseph Essertier (2020-03-19). The DNC Declaration of Dependence: Death, Shackles, and Misery. counterpunch.org We are in trouble in this year of 2020, when global warming is causing ethnic strife and the break-up of states into warring chiefdoms; when there is an intensified nuclear arms race between the United States, China, and Russia; and when India, Pakistan, and North Korea may now also be stockpiling nukes. The expert on

Ben Ehrenreich (2020-03-19). We're Struggling With the Coronavirus in Spain—but We're Vastly More Prepared Than the US. thenation.com We're Struggling With the Coronavirus in Spain—but We're Vastly More Prepared Than the US…

teleSUR (2020-03-19). Ecuador: Guayaquil Prevents Plane From Landing Due to COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Guayaquil authorities blocked the airstrip of the airport in this Ecuadorian city on Wednesday to prevent the arrival of a plane from Spain on the suspicion that it was carrying passengers infected with COVID-19. | RELATED: | The Airbus of Iberia, which had departed from Madrid with 11 passengers, intended to land on the runway of the José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil; however, it was preve…

Ben Ehrenreich (2020-03-19). In Spain, There Is Solidarity Amid the Solitude of Lockdown. thenation.com In Spain, There Is Solidarity Amid the Solitude of Lockdown…

WSWS (2020-03-19). Australian doctors condemn government response to COVID-19 "disaster" wsws.org Letters, signed by thousands of doctors, warn that a catastrophe "worse" than Italy's can only be averted by a lockdown and the urgent pouring of resources into hospitals.

WSWS (2020-03-19). Ukrainian government uses coronavirus crisis to pass IMF-backed reforms. wsws.org Ukraine's ruling class is exploiting the devastating pandemic to escalate its attacks on the working class.

sputniknews (2020-03-19). Russian Scientists Sequence Coronavirus Genome. sputniknews.com Scientists in countries around the world have rushed to learn everything they can about COVID-19 in recent months in a bid to create an effective vaccine.

sputniknews (2020-03-19). Putin on Coronavirus Situation: We Have to Be Ready for Any Turn of Events. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that it was important to be ready for any turn of events amid the global coronavirus outbreak.

sputniknews (2020-03-19). EU's Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier Tests Positive for Coronavirus. sputniknews.com This comes amid the continuing Covid-19 outbreak in Europe, with Italy, France and Spain being the worst-affected countries in the region.

sputniknews (2020-03-19). Bergamo Hospital Begs for Help Amid Coronavirus Pandemic in Italy – Video. sputniknews.com Italy has become the worst-hit nation in Europe with the fastest spreading number of cases in the world, despite having gone into complete lockdown earlier this month.

yenisafak (2020-03-19). Turkey 'neutralizes' 3 YPG/PKK terrorists in N. Syria. yenisafak.com The Turkish army "neutralized" three YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Thursday."Our heroic commandos neutralized three YPG/PKK terrorists attempting to infiltrate into the area of the [Operation] Peace Spring region," the ministry said on Twitter.The ministry further affirmed its determination to "continue operations to sustain the peace and security in the region."Turkish authorities generally use the word "neutralized" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful operations across its b…

yenisafak (2020-03-19). Turkish banking sector continues to back businesses. yenisafak.com The Turkish Banking Association (TBB) on Thursday announced a set of recommendations for lenders to revive business activity amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.Pointing to Turkey's economic recovery in the third quarter of last year, the association said in a statement that the negative impact of the virus on economic and social ties would likely curb the rally.The association aims to support the measures taken to limit the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus and contribute a much as possible to maintaining healthy growth."We recommend to our banks that they support their customers who need additional cre…

yenisafak (2020-03-19). Spain's coronavirus death toll climbs by over 200 overnight. yenisafak.com Spain's health ministry said on Thursday the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic soared by 209 to 767 fatalities from the previous day as the total number of coronavirus cases climbed by a quarter to 17,147 on Thursday.On Wednesday, there were 13,716 cases in Spain.

yenisafak (2020-03-19). Over 84,000 patients recover from coronavirus worldwide. yenisafak.com More than 84,000 people have recovered from the novel coronavirus globally, officially known as COVID-19, according to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.The total number of recovered patients 70,425 in mainland China, while the highest number of recovered people is in China's Hubei province with 57,678 people, the epicenter of the infection which came to limelight in last December.Outside of China, the total number of recovered people is 5,389 in Iran, 4,025 in Italy, 1,504 in South Korea, 1,081 in Spain, 144 in Japan, 114 in Singapore, 106 in the U.S, 105 in Germany, 95 in H…

yenisafak (2020-03-19). Death toll from coronavirus climbs to 1,284 in Iran. yenisafak.com The death toll in Iran from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 1,284, local media reported on Thursday.Authorities said 149 people died over the last 24 hours, while 1,046 new cases have emerged, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 18,407, Iran's state TV quoted Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour as saying.A total of 5,979 people have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the virus, Jahanpour added.The first case of coronavirus in the country was confirmed in Qom province on Feb. 19.Besides China, Italy and South Korea, Iran is among the worst-affected countries since the s…

yenisafak (2020-03-19). Algeria confirms 8th death from coronavirus. yenisafak.com The death toll in Algeria from the coronavirus reached eight, the country's Health Ministry announced on Thursday.In a statement, the ministry also confirmed 10 new cases of the virus, bringing the total number to 82.The ministry said that 32 of the cases have recovered so far.Since first being detected in Wuhan, China in December, the novel coronavirus has claimed 8,946 lives globally, mostly in China, according to global data maintained by Johns Hopkins University.At least 219,427 cases of the virus have been confirmed in at least 159 countries and territories, with Europe being the new epicenter of the pandemi…

IRNA (2020-03-19). China, France send anti-Coronavirus aid to Iran. iranian.com Beijing Municipality sent 30 tons of medical and healthcare items to Iran in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The donation has been sent to the capital city of Tehran by 11 trucks. Thanking China for the measure, Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi called for mutual cooperation in various areas. France sends medical aid …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-03-18). Death at the Greek Border. dissidentvoice.org In a surprising move, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced on February 29 that he will be re-opening his country's border to Europe, thus allowing tens of thousands of mostly Syrian refugees into Greece and other European countries. Expectedly, over 100,000 people rushed to the Ipsala border point in the Edirne province separating Turkey from …

RT (2020-03-18). Escapism or China-bashing? US now left without harsh coronavirus options, but with broken healthcare & federal disarray. rt.com Washington's attempts to tackle Covid-19 appear to be bleak — underestimation of the threat and China-bashing make harsh measures unlikely, as state authorities do what they can to battle the virus, RT has been told. | As of Wednesday, the US has a total of 6,496 confirmed coronavirus cases, including 112 deaths. While the numbers drag behind the worst-affected nations, such as Iran or Italy, the dynamics of the spread appears to be quite alarming — the state of New York alone reported 432 new cases in a single day. | As the disease spreads, the states are rushing to crack down on social contact, or…

C.J. Atkins (2020-03-18). Wuhan resident: China "nationalized" coronavirus crisis; the West isn't doing enough. peoplesworld.org For the second day in a row, there was only one new coronavirus case confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the original epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. Meanwhile, across North America and Europe, the number of cases continues to climb—as do anxiety levels around the effectiveness of government responses. China is beginning to emerge …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-03-18). Washington Attempts to Intimidate Indonesia Not to Buy Russian Weapons. globalresearch.ca Correspondents from Bloomberg reported that under pressure from Washington, Indonesia will likely refuse to buy Russian and Chinese weapons. A U.S. State Department spokesman informed Bloomberg that the United States had asked all its allies and partners to abandon new …

teleSUR (2020-03-18). Indian Court Rules in Favor of Women Navy Officers. telesurenglish.net India's top court ruled on Tuesday that women officers in the navy be given permanent commissions and allowed to sail on its warships, dismissing the government's contention that men are more suited for such duties. | RELATED: | The court rejected the government's argument that sea sailing duties could not be given to women officers because the Indian Navy operates on vessels of Russian origin that don't have toilet facilities for women.

teleSUR (2020-03-18). Spain Takes Sweeping Measures as COVID-19 Escalates. telesurenglish.net Spain's center-left government took an unprecedented measure when it announced Monday that private hospitals and health care providers would be temporarily nationalized in a bid to combat the rapid spread of the coronavirus. | RELATED: | As the COVID-19 disease continues to grip the country making it the fourth most affected worldwide with 14,769 confirmed cases as of Wednesday and 638 deaths, Prim…

Michael Snyder (2020-03-18). COV-19 Crisis, Lockdown in America: "Where You Stop Is Where You Stay" — Domestic Travel Restrictions Are Being "Considered" globalresearch.ca Is the United States on the verge of a complete and total "lockdown" like we have already seen in China, Italy and elsewhere? As you will see below, the Trump administration has repeatedly brought up the possibility of "domestic travel …

teleSUR (2020-03-18). Covid-19 Updates: First Positives in El Salvador and Nicaragua. telesurenglish.net Update 10: 00 PM: | El Salvador records first case of COVID-19, a person who traveled to Italy: The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, confirmed this Wednesday the first case of coronavirus in a person who traveled to Italy. | "We did two tests of suspicious cases, one of them came out negative and the other came out positive, that is, officially we already have a COVID-19 case in El Salvador," said the Salvadoran president on a national network. | First positive case of Covid-19 in Nicaragua, a person arriving from Panama: The Nicaraguan government confirmed this Wednesday its first case of COVID-19 in a…

news.un (2020-03-18). UN agriculture agency staff continue to strive for a better world amid Italy COVID-19 lockdown. news.un.org Italy has been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, with nearly 28,000 confirmed cases of the disease and 2,503 deaths, according to latest statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO). While a national quarantine has the country in lockdown, it has not halted the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in the capital, Rome.

WSWS (2020-03-18). Going into lockdown, Europe overtakes China as coronavirus epicenter. wsws.org Europe is set to soon have more coronavirus cases than China and already has seen more deaths: 3,401 people have died in Europe, and 3,226 have died in China.

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