The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 106 (up 4 from yesterday) countries and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan).
As of March 09, 2020 at 01:16 GMT, there have been 538 (up 100 cases from yesterday) confirmed cases and 22 deaths due to coronavirus COVID-19 in the United States.
‘We’re past the point of containment’: Coronavirus fight enters new phase
As a cruise ship with nearly 3,000 stranded travelers prepares to dock Monday in the Port of Oakland, top health officials warned that the country has entered a new stage in dealing with the deadly coronavirus — one in which containment is no longer possible.
“We’re past the point of containment,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration during the first two years of President Trump’s administration, said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“We have to implement broad mitigation strategies. The next two weeks are really going to change the complexion in this country. We’ll get through this, but it’s going to be a hard period. We’re looking at two months, probably, of difficulty,” Gottlieb said.
See the interview here:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-scott-gottlieb-on-face-the-nation-march-8-2020/
Confusion spreads as Italy tries to lock down 16 million people
Italy on Sunday launched a complicated and urgent plan to restrict the movement of roughly 16 million people, a measure that unleashed confusion about how it could be enforced and whether it would be enough to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
As of March 09, 2020 at 01:16 GMT, there have been 538 (up 100 cases from yesterday) confirmed cases and 22 deaths due to coronavirus COVID-19 in the United States.
‘We’re past the point of containment’: Coronavirus fight enters new phase
As a cruise ship with nearly 3,000 stranded travelers prepares to dock Monday in the Port of Oakland, top health officials warned that the country has entered a new stage in dealing with the deadly coronavirus — one in which containment is no longer possible.
“We’re past the point of containment,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration during the first two years of President Trump’s administration, said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“We have to implement broad mitigation strategies. The next two weeks are really going to change the complexion in this country. We’ll get through this, but it’s going to be a hard period. We’re looking at two months, probably, of difficulty,” Gottlieb said.
See the interview here:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-scott-gottlieb-on-face-the-nation-march-8-2020/
Confusion spreads as Italy tries to lock down 16 million people
Italy on Sunday launched a complicated and urgent plan to restrict the movement of roughly 16 million people, a measure that unleashed confusion about how it could be enforced and whether it would be enough to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The plan to lock down large swaths of the north was the first major attempt by a democracy
during the coronavirus crisis to radically halt the routines of daily
life — an effort that will have significant impacts on civil liberties.
But in the hours before and after the measure became law, people
continued to stream out of the northern hubs of Milan and Venice on
trains and planes for southern Italy or elsewhere in Europe.
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