9th Death In US, More Cases Confirmed (CV News)
Washington state health officials on Tuesday identified three new coronavirus fatalities, including two patients who died on Feb. 26 and weren’t previously linked to COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in the U.S. to nine.
New cases in China continued to decline, according to its latest numbers as of March 2, which showed 125 new confirmed cases, and 31 more deaths.
New cases in South Korea surged by 600 as of Tuesday morning, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It also reported six more deaths, bringing the death toll to 28 fatalities for the country. The total number of cases in the country is now 4,812.
Of the new cases, 519 were from the fourth-largest city of Daegu, where most of the country’s new cases have been reported. Many cases have been traced back to the secretive religious group called Shincheonji.
Twitter is encouraging its more than 4,800 employees around the world to work from home in response to the spread of the coronavirus. It’s one of the most drastic steps taken by any tech company so far in response to the outbreak.
Over the last few days, a number of Silicon Valley companies have been coping with the virus’s incursion into their workforces. Two Amazon employees based in Italy have contracted the coronavirus, and Facebook has reportedly advised its employees to “feel free” to work from home.
In the days since Canada’s health minister encouraged people to stockpile supplies in case of a coronavirus outbreak, photos have emerged of empty shelves at stores across the country.
Customers took to social media over the weekend to report shortages of hand sanitizer, toilet paper, meat, canned goods and food staples such as bread and eggs. Photos showed long lines and rows upon rows of empty shelves. And at Toronto Costco locations, employees were wiping carts with disinfectant wipes as customers entered the store.
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has pushed more companies and organizations to transition to remote work, and now both Google and Microsoft have said they will grant access to their more robust teleconferencing and collaboration tools that are typically only available to enterprise customers to make it easier for people to work from home. Both companies are only offering free access for a limited time.
The first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus in North Carolina is linked to a Seattle-area nursing home facility where five residents were sick and later died, authorities in the Tar Heel state said Tuesday.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – A man in his 50s who recently returned from a trip to Iran has become B.C.’s ninth case of COVID-19, according to the province’s top doctor.
SINGAPORE - Air New Zealand confirmed on Wednesday (March 4) a case of the new coronavirus on a Feb 25 flight from Singapore to Auckland.
"The customer travelled from Singapore to Auckland on flight NZ283 on 25 February, then flew from Auckland to Palmerston North on flight NZ5103 on 2 March, returning to Auckland on NZ8114 the same day," the airline said in a travel alert posted on its website.
[ Ссылка ] Coronavirus live updates: New cases in South Korea surge by 600
[ Ссылка ] Twitter told its 5,000 employees to work from home because of the coronavirus
[ Ссылка ] Coronavirus fears prompt empty shelves as Canadians follow health minister's advice to stock up
[ Ссылка ] US coronavirus deaths climb to 9 as Washington state confirms new fatalities
[ Ссылка ] Google and Microsoft are giving away enterprise conferencing tools due to coronavirus
[ Ссылка ] First coronavirus case in North Carolina linked to Seattle-area nursing home
[ Ссылка ] China’s giants from Alibaba to Tencent ramp up health tech efforts to battle coronavirus
[ Ссылка ] Man returning from Iran becomes B.C.'s 9th case of COVID-19
[ Ссылка ] Coronavirus: Air New Zealand confirms case of infection on Singapore-Auckland flight

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