(2020-03-10). Coronavirus Pandemic in U.S. Fueled by Stunted CDC Budget & Lack of Access to Healthcare, Insurance. democracynow.org 
The coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than 113,000 people worldwide, and killed more than 4,000. We are joined by two epidemiologists to examine the response so far around the world and in the United States. Thomas Bollyky is director of the global health program, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the book "Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways." We're also joined by Alfredo Morabia, professor of epidemiology at the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at Queens College, City University of New York, and edit…
(2020-03-10). Gunners coronavirus fears: Arsenal release statement after Olympiacos owner reveals he has illness. rt.com 
Arsenal have reassured fans that none of their staff members have reported coronavirus symptoms after it emerged that the owner of recent opponents Olympiacos had tested positive for the disease. | The Gunners played Greek team Olympiacos across two legs in the UEFA Europa League last 32, with the second of those games being played at the Emirates Stadium in London on February 27. | Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis — who is also majority owner of English Championship side Nottingham Forest — revealed on Tuesday that he had been "visited" by the coronavirus, and was now self-isolating on the advic…
(2020-03-10). Italy in lockdown as coronavirus restrictions extended nationwide. thecanary.co 
Italy extended coronavirus travel restrictions previously limited to the country's north to the whole country on Tuesday, with soldiers and police enforcing bans.Some 9,172 people have been infected with Covid-19 in Italy, with 463 deaths, and there is a growing sense that the numbers will only worsen. | "We're only at the beginning," said Dr Massimo Galli, head of infectious disease at Sacco Hospital in Milan, where people at the city's main railway station were required to sign forms certifying the necessity of their travel.However, the Italian government assured its citizens that supermarkets will remain open…
(2020-03-10). Leading by example: Indian deities don masks to 'spread awareness' about coronavirus (PHOTO). rt.com 
Deities at a Varanasi temple in Uttar Pradesh, India have been sporting an unusual look lately — donning face masks to encourage worshippers to do the same and help stop the coronavirus outbreak, a priest says. | Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has credited the efforts of the health authorities to contain the outbreak for the lack of deaths and low number of cases, noting in an interview with the Indian Express on Monday that part of the campaign was to spread awareness among the general public about the disease, which, at first glance, can be mistaken for the flu. | Now, Indian deities have joined…
(2020-03-10). Draconian response to coronavirus may be worse for global economy than epidemic itself. rt.com 
The Covid-19 outbreak has been taking its toll on global supply chains and economic growth, but how governments are tackling the problem could have far worse economic consequences, an expert tells RT. | "A medical threat turned into international economic calamity, with these quarantines, these shutdowns, this frenzy and this hysteria. It's becoming enormously disruptive to international commerce and actually even to domestic [US] commerce," said Jeffrey Tucker, the editorial director at the American Institute for Economic Research. | The epidemic left hundreds of flights grounded and many international events…
(2020-03-10). Van Damme eat your heart out: Russian gymnast Anastasia Nazarenko amazes New Yorkers with stretching skills (PHOTOS). rt.com 
Russian rhythmic gymnast Anastasia Nazarenko may have retired but she remains in incredible shape — as she proudly demonstrated to the people of New York with some of her insane stretching. | The 27-year-old, who owns a stretching studio in Manhattan, promotes a healthy lifestyle which encourages her clients to get rid of harmful addictions. | Nazarenko shot to fame in 2012 after winning the…
(2020-03-10). National Guard to lock down New Rochelle, NY in coronavirus quarantine. rt.com 
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered the state National Guard to New Rochelle, a town in the affluent Westchester County, to enforce a two-week COVID-19 coronavirus quarantine. | The troops will help clean and deliver food in the designated "containment area" in a one-mile (1.6 km) radius around the area where the contagion appears to have originated, until the lockdown is lifted on March 25. | "It is a dramatic action, but it is the largest cluster of cases in the country," Cuomo said at a news conference on Tuesday. "The numbers are going up unabated, and we do need a special public health strategy for…
(2020-03-10). Money for wars but not vaccines? Bernie panel ladles harsh truths as Americans face paying out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatment. rt.com 
A panelist who took part in a coronavirus roundtable hosted by presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders scoffed at the idea that free vaccines to combat the illness would be untenable, noting that there's always cash to fund US wars. | The Vermont senator assembled a group of medical professionals in Detroit on Tuesday to discuss how the United States could best deal with the ongoing health crisis. | During the question and answer session, one audience member highlighted how Sanders has promised to provide free vaccines against the illness, and asked how the self-described democratic-socialist plans to pay for it.
(2020-03-10). The Fed's Baffling Response to the Coronavirus Explained. truthdig.com 
When the World Health Organization announced on Feb. 24 that it was time to prepare for a global pandemic, the stock market plummeted. Over the following week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by more than 3,500 points, or 10%. Exasperated com…
(2020-03-10). New York sending in National Guard to handle virus. peoplesworld.org 
New York's governor announced Tuesday he is sending the National Guard into a New York City suburb to help fight what is believed to be the nation's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases — one of the most dramatic actions yet to control the outbreak in the U.S. The move came as health authorities contended with …
(2020-03-10). Activists Call for Health Measures to Prevent Coronavirus at Immigrant Jails. truthout.org As the world responds to the COVID-19 outbreak, we look at how the Trump administration's immigration policies may put everyone at risk. We go to Seattle, Washington, not far from the Life Care Center in the suburb of Kirkland, which was the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. In nearby Tacoma, Washington, our guest says she saw posters in English only when she went to visit immigrants held in the Northwest Detention Center, which is run by private prison company GEO Group. We speak with…
(2020-03-10). "Even a Fox News Audience Agrees": Sanders Rebuts Claims His Views Are "Extreme" truthout.org During a Fox News town hall Monday night in Dearborn, Michigan on the eve of the state's crucial Democratic presidential primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders made the case that — far from being "radical" or "extreme" — progressive ideas like raising the minimum wage, guaranteeing healthcare to all as a right, and boldly fighting the climate crisis have broad appeal across the U.S. electorate. | "I reject the idea, I really do — it's one of the things that bothers me, and I hear it ev…
(2020-03-10). Delays in Testing Allow Coronavirus to Spread. indybay.org In the U.S., delays in testing for coronavirus are enabling the disease to spread rapidly and undetected.
(2020-03-10). Coronavirus: Politically Created Panic is the Real Pandemic. counterpunch.org As of early March, there were fewer than 200 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the United States. Nonetheless Congress passed, and US president Donald Trump signed, an $8.3 billion "emergency funding" bill theoretically related to containing the disease. Had the federal government done nothing at all, the "beer flu" might have conceivably have
(2020-03-10). UAW Michigan Workers On Elections, Coronavirus, GM Strike, Democracy & Internationalism. indybay.org Pacifica and WorkWeek reporter Steve Zeltzer interviews UAW 909 Detroit retiree Frank Hammer and UAW 598 Flint Truck Assembly worker Sean Crawford about primary elections in Michigan as well as the struggles for auto workers. They also discuss the lack of protection from the coronavirus epidemic expanding into US auto plants. They also discuss the corruption crisis in the UAW, green technology and international solidarity efforts by auto workers.
(2020-03-10). China: 14 Temporary Hospitals Closed for Covid-19 Reduction. telesurenglish.net After a month of strict isolation and quarantine measures, the Chinese city of Wuhan, in Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, announced Monday the closure of 14 temporary hospitals, due to low levels of infection in the territory. | RELATED: | Although there are still 19,000 people hospitalized nationwide because of the epidemic, Wuhan authorities announced that, due to the low level of infection reported…
(2020-03-10). Japanese PM Abe & Capitalist Governments Helped Escalate Coronavirus Epidemic. indybay.org The Organizing Committee of March 11 Anti-Nuclear Power Plant Fukushima Action has warned that the Coronavirus outbreak is a man made disaster which is being used by the reactionary Abe government to prevent mass testing of the population. It has also stopped testing the people of Fukushima.
(2020-03-10). CalGEM prerulemaking hearing about the health harms of fossil fuel extraction. indybay.org Greenlining Institute, | 360 14th St., Oakland‚Äã, ca…
(2020-03-10). Greece: New Democracy government deepens attacks on pensions. wsws.org Pension legislation maintains the increase in the pension age to 67, including for unhealthy and hazardous occupations, with more increases on the horizon.
(2020-03-10). With 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus, Polish hospitals teeter on the brink of collapse. wsws.org The breakdown of the Polish health care system is a direct result of the restoration of capitalism and decades of social cuts in which all bourgeois parties have been complicit.
(2020-03-10). (Trump's) Coronavirus Denial Won't Make It Go Away. indybay.org Organizers Discussion: This is not a NIMBY (Not-In-My-Backyard) moment, for Oakland or the Globe. SF has announced $5 million in emergency public health spending. It's a start. But it doesn't even begin to address the inequality of government response in the U.S., let alone the international community. "Covid-19 is not the same for everyone – and has the power to expose and deepen cracks in our social compact," says Nicholas Agar in New Zealand, www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/03/10/1075058/co….
(2020-03-10). Civil Disobedience in the Time of Climate Crisis. zcomm.org The judge ruled that the potential environmental and public health impacts of the pipeline — including the risk of climate change — had made civil disobedience legally necessary…
(2020-03-10). More Health Care Workers Are Self-Quarantining as Coronavirus Spreads. truthout.org As the U.S. battles to limit the spread of the highly contagious new coronavirus, the number of health care workers ordered to self-quarantine because of potential exposure to an infected patient is rising at an exponential pace. In Vacaville, California, alone, one case — the first documented instance of community transmission in the U.S. — left more than 200 hospital workers under quarantine and unable to work for weeks. | Across California, dozens more health care workers have been or…
(2020-03-10). Cal-OSHA, Coronavirus, Worker Dangers & Crisis In CA with Dr. Larry Rose, Former Director. indybay.org Dr. Larry Rose, former Cal-OSHA Medical Director talks about the serious staffing crisis at the agency with only 1 doctor and 1 nurse for California's 19 million workers. | He also talks about how this effects the health and safety of not only workers but the public and the growing corruption scandal in the state government with former DIR Director Christine Baker who had her daughter in a no-show job paying over $120,000 a year.
(2020-03-10). Germany sees rapid increase in coronavirus infections and first deaths. wsws.org The massive spread of the coronavirus in Germany shows both the government's indifference towards the dangers for the population and the precarious state of the country's health care system, which has been systematically run down in recent years.
(2020-03-10). Czech Health Ministry Confirms 40 Coronavirus Cases. sputniknews.com PRAGUE (Sputnik) – The Czech Health Ministry confirmed two new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, which brings the total number of those infected to 40, and noted that one of the patients in Prague, a taxi driver, had no contact with people coming from countries affected by the epidemic.
(2020-03-10). Shia Cleric calls to ban Friday prayers in Iraq to prevent spread of coronavirus. yenisafak.com Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Ali al-Sistani on Tuesday urged people to abide by the ban on mass prayers to avoid the spread of coronavirus in the country. | Al-Sistani made this statement on his official website responding to a question on performing mass prayers in the light of coronavirus spread. | "These gatherings are banned to limit the spread of coronavirus, it must be heard and taken seriously," al-Sistani said.Since Feb. 24, 73 cases of and seven deaths from coronavirus have been reported in Iraq.The disease has spread to 110 countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) that declared the out…
(2020-03-10). French coronavirus death toll jumps by 5 to total of 30. yenisafak.com The death toll in France from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 30 from 25 a day earlier, the French public health authority said on Tuesday.
(2020-03-10). Airlines suspend flights from, to Israel over outbreak. yenisafak.com Domestic and international airlines temporarily suspended flights to and from Israel over the coronavirus outbreak. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday asserted that the government has decided to quarantine all passengers arriving to Israel from abroad for 14 days. | "This is a tough decision, but it is essential to maintain public health," Netanyahu said, "and public health precedes everything." | The Hungarian Wizz Air company decided to suspend its flights to and from Israel until March 23, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation. | Also, the "Times of Israel" news website said on T…
(2020-03-10). EU Parliament chief under self-quarantine as precaution. yenisafak.com The head of the European Parliament said he was in self-quarantine at his Brussels home as precaution after having traveled to Italy over the last weekend."COVID-19 obliges everyone to be responsible and to be cautious", David Sassoli said in a statement."For this reason, I have decided after having been in Italy […] to follow the indicated measures and to exercise my function as President from my home in Brussels in compliance with the 14 days indicated by the health protocol," Sassoli added.Italy is one of the worst affected countries from coronavirus with 463 deaths and 7,161 confirmed cases.The European Par…
(2020-03-10). Iran coronavirus deaths reach 291, cases at more than 8,000. yenisafak.com Iran's death toll from coronavirus infections jumped on Tuesday to 291 and the total number of infections rose to more than 8,000, the health ministry said.Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur announced on state television that in the last 24 hours the number of new infections was 881, bringing the total to 8,042, and that another 54 patients had died.
(2020-03-10). EU drugs regulator say no shortages yet, steering group to monitor. yenisafak.com The European Union's healthcare regulator said that no drug shortages or supply disruptions have been reported in the region but that an EU steering group had convened to prevent supply bottlenecks due to the coronavirus outbreak."As the public health emergency develops, shortages or disruptions cannot be excluded," the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in a statement on Tuesday.EMA said that it, the European Commission and national health authorities had organised the first meeting of the EU Executive Steering Group on shortages of medicines caused by major events to head off potential supply disruptions.
(2020-03-10). Turkey aims daily salt consumption under 5 grams. yenisafak.com Turkey aims to reduce daily salt consumption per capita to 5 grams, according to the country's Health Ministry.The ministry plans to achieve this by making the necessary arrangements at school canteens with the cooperation of relevant ministries, as well as representatives of the food sector.The world is marking Salt Awareness Week from March 9 to 15 to help raise awareness of the damaging effects of too much salt to our health.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), adults should consume less than 5g of salt per day.The Turkish Health Ministry's diet guide says that high salt consumption can lead to ca…
(2020-03-10). Another MP piles pressure on the DWP over dodgy assessments. thecanary.co 
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing more calls to change the way it does its health and work assessments. This time, a Labour MP has probed the department over claimants' being able to record these. But it ties into a wider and growing campaign surrounding the contentious assessment process. | The DWP: the dodgiest of assessments: | 
For service workers, there's no such thing as paid sick leave or working from home, two measures that could slow the spread of the disease.
(2020-03-09). Chernobyl to Katrina: Pundits scramble to compare Trump's handling of coronavirus to previous catastrophes. rt.com 
Media are comparing US President Donald Trump's (mis)handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic to high-profile historical disasters, from the Chernobyl nuclear accident to Hurricane Katrina…and even the fall of Rome. | Pundits eager to see the end of Trump have rushed to compare what they view as his failure to properly deal with the coronavirus outbreak to legendary disasters from recent and ancient history, regardless of how well those disasters reflect current events. | The president himself retweeted a meme that was quickly interpreted as comparing himself to Emperor Nero, who supposedly fiddled whil…
(2020-03-09). Facts, lies, and the uninsured: Making sense of Medicare for All. peoplesworld.org 
The White House and a rabid pack of right-wing media have set out on a fear-mongering campaign aimed at Medicare for All. Filed by presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on April 10, 2019, the "Medicare for All Act" (S.1129) would establish a universal single-payer health program for all U.S. residents. The bill has …
(2020-03-09). Coronavirus: PM holds Cobra meeting as minister warns against sports shutdown. thecanary.co 
Cancelling sports events and shutting museums and galleries due to coronavirus would be "premature", the culture secretary has said, as the prime minister gathered ministers for an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss the next steps to tackle the illness.While some other European countries are cancelling mass gatherings or limiting the number of people who can attend big events, Oliver Dowden said there are "no plans" for Britain to follow suit.Dowden insisted the government is following the advice of health officials and, while the situation is kept under review, there is currently "no need" to cancel big events o…
(2020-03-09). Amid COVID-19 constraints, UN women's commission meets to push gender equality forward. news.un.org Despite constraints imposed by the new coronavirus disease, activists for gender equality gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday for the latest session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), to reinforce the message that women's rights are human rights.
(2020-03-09). Don't Expect a Democratic President to Roll Back Trump's Policies. counterpunch.org America's health care, its poor, its black and Hispanic minorities and the contest between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders don't amount to a hill of beans in the Middle East. And many American voters — save for pro-Israeli lobbyists, liberal Jewish groups and disparate Muslim organisations — don't care a hill of beans about the fears
(2020-03-09). Coronavirus update: COVID-19 likely to cost economy $1 trillion during 2020, says UN trade agency. news.un.org Apart from the tragic human consequences of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, the economic uncertainty it has sparked will likely cost the global economy $1 trillion in 2020, the UN's trade and development agency, UNCTAD, said on Monday.
(2020-03-09). Coronavirus and Ebola Show We Can't Leave Vaccine Development to Big Pharma. truthout.org Five years after an Ebola epidemic killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced at the end of December 2019 that Merck, the behemoth, for-profit pharmaceutical company based in New Jersey, But this is hardly a success story. In fact,…
(2020-03-09). It's Not Just Pence. Evangelicals Are Leading US Coronavirus Response. truthout.org If you've been following the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak, you probably saw at least some snippets of President Trump's visit to the CDC last Friday. It will stand as one of the most astonishing appearances by this or any other president — and that's saying something. When asked if he regretted firing the entire staff of the Office of Pandemic Preparation, Trump said, "This is something that you can never really think is going to happen." He said that everyone who wants to be tes…
(2020-03-09). Will the Establishment's Neoliberal Model of Drug Profiteering Finally Kill Us All? commondreams.org President Trump has spent a substantial part of his presidency demeaning and defunding the CDC. (Photo: Feature China/Barcroft Media/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-03-09). Italy, Israel, Others Take Extensive Measures as Virus Spreads. telesurenglish.net Dozens of countries worldwide took extensive and unprecedented measures Monday in an effort to halt the rapid spread of the coronavirus, including a total lockdown of Italy and weeks-long quarantines. | RELATED: | "Now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real," said World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. | "The great advantage we h…
(2020-03-09). Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Trump-aligned Pressure Group Pushes to Stop Medicine Sales to Iran. globalresearch.ca Despite a massive coronavirus-related public health crisis, an anti-Iran pressure group with close ties to the Trump administration is urging major pharmaceutical companies to "end their Iran business," focusing on companies with special licenses — most often under a broadly …
(2020-03-09). As US coronavirus cases top 500, Italy initiates mass quarantine. wsws.org The World Health Organization has emphatically stated that the international community needs to take immediate action to curb the impact of the pandemic.
(2020-03-09). Modi government leaves millions of Indians vulnerable to coronavirus. wsws.org Given India's high population density and dysfunctional public health system, its population is threatened by any rapid spread of the coronavirus.
(2020-03-09). Iran 'a role model for world' in fight against Coronavirus: WHO. iranian.com Richard Brennan, the Regional Emergency Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, has said countries in the region and all over the world should use Iran's experience as a role model in fight against the novel coronavirus. "Iran benefits from one of the strongest healthcare systems in the region. Iran has made …
(2020-03-09). Democrats Demand Trump Ensure Paid Sick Leave and Free Testing to Put Workers Over Corporate Profits in COVID-19 Response. commondreams.org House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday evening called on the Trump administrations to center working Americans as it responds to the coronavirus outbreak which has affected at least 545 people in the U.S. so far—promoting a public health agenda that many progressives have called for in recent days. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
