First Coronavirus Death Reported Outside of China
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-02
The first Coronavirus-related death outside of China has been reported by the Philippines Department of Health on Sunday, raising the death toll to 305 since the start of the new year. | According to the Philippines Department of Health, a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan, the city with the largest number of Coronavirus cases, died on Saturday due to the illness. | The Chinese man was rushed to a hospital in the city of Manila, where he later succumbed to the virus, the Philippines Department of Health said in their statement. | Some 304 people have died in China, the country's National Health Commission s…
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First lethal case outside China: WHO confirms death of coronavirus patient in Philippines
rt.com | 2020-02-02
A man has died in the Philippines after testing positive for coronavirus, becoming the first lethal case of the outbreak outside China. The deceased recently returned from Wuhan, the center of the crisis. | The 44-year-old man died on Saturday after losing his battle with the deadly virus, which has claimed the lives of 304 people in China. The man, a resident of Wuhan, was admitted to a local hospital after displaying flu-like symptoms such as a cough and sore throat, the World Health Organization said. | Dr Rabi Abeyasinghe, WHO representative in the Philippines, confirmed at a press briefing on Saturday tha…
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300+ Indians brought home on board another special-purpose Wuhan flight as New Delhi confirms 2nd coronavirus case
rt.com | 2020-02-02
An Air India flight carrying 323 Indians and seven Maldivians from coronavirus-stricken Wuhan touched down in New Delhi on Sunday morning. It's the second time Indian citizens were airlifted from China since the outbreak. | "The second flight from #Wuhan has just landed in #Delhi. We wish all those on board good health in the days ahead," tweeted Vikram Misri, Indian ambassador to China, extending gratitude to Beijing for greenlighting the evacuation. | It was the second time an Air India Boeing 747 has flown to the Chinese city at the epicenter of the deadly outbreak to rescue stranded Indians, many of whom a…
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Marinette, WI: Workers at Aurora Medical Center Bay Area stand up to union busting
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-02
Marinette, WI – 300 workers at Aurora Medical Center Bay Area in Marinette, Wisconsin are fighting back against management's attacks on their right to organize. These attacks include using the expiration of their contract to cease dues check-off, offering poverty wages, and consistently extending bargaining by conveying misleading and inaccurate information to workers. These tactics are a vicious attack on working people and our ability to provide for our families. | AFSCME Local 3305 represents medical and professional support staff at the hospital, which was purchased by Aurora Health Care Inc. in 2019. Aurora…
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China's central bank pumps $173bn into economy to heal damage from coronavirus outbreak
rt.com | 2020-02-02
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) will allocate a hefty sum to stabilize the currency market and ensure there is enough liquidity in the country's financial institutions, which remain thwarted by the sweeping coronavirus epidemic. | PBOC has announced that it will deploy as many as 1.2 trillion yuan ($173 billion) "in order to maintain reasonable and abundant liquidity of the banking system and stable operations of the currency market" during China's fight against the novel virus. | That money will arr…
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China's central bank pumps $173bn into economy to heal damage from coronavirus outbreak
rt.com | 2020-02-02
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) will allocate a hefty sum to stabilize the currency market and ensure there is enough liquidity in the country's financial institutions, which remain thwarted by the sweeping coronavirus epidemic. | PBOC has announced that it will deploy as many as 1.2 trillion yuan ($173 billion) "in order to maintain reasonable and abundant liquidity of the banking system and stable operations of the currency market" during China's fight against the novel virus. | That money will arr…
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Viral defense: US military in S. Korea to quarantine troops returning from epidemic-hit China
rt.com | 2020-02-02
Fearing that the novel coronavirus outbreak could harm military readiness, the US Forces Korea (USFK) has encouraged members who traveled to China to isolate themselves for a period of two weeks. | "USFK has instituted a 14-day self-quarantine for US service members returning from mainland China to South Korea on or after January 19, effective Sunday, February 2 at noon," it said in a statement released on Sunday. The measure is also "highly encouraged" for family members, DoD civilians, and contractors. | Meanwhile, the force said it's unaware of any American troops who traveled to the worst-affected province…
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Trump and Trudeau discussed coronavirus in Friday phone call
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-02
U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed their countries' efforts to monitor, contain, and mitigate the rapidly spreading new coronavirus in a phone call on Friday, the White House said.U.S. health officials on Saturday confirmed that a Massachusetts man was the eighth patient to contract the flu-like illness in the United States, and the Pentagon said it would provide housing for people entering the United States from overseas who might need to be quarantined.Trump and Trudeau also discussed on Friday the landmark North American trade agreement that Trump signed on Wednesd…
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Indonesia to stop flights to and from China amid coronavirus epidemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-02
Indonesia will temporarily stop flights to and from mainland China starting Wednesday and bar visitors who have been in China for 14 days from entering or transiting in the Southeast Asian country, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Sunday.The government will stop a policy to give free visa to Chinese nationals and also stop issuing visas on arrival for those who live in mainland China, she said, asking Indonesians not to travel to China amid the coronavirus epidemic.
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Formula E calls off Sanya race due to coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-02
The all-electric Formula E motor racing series has abandoned plans for a race in the Chinese city of Sanya next month because of the coronavirus epidemic.The sport will continue to work with its regional partner and local authorities to study the viability of potential alternative dates should the situation improve, the Formule E and FIA governing bodies said in statements on Sunday.The race had been scheduled for March 21 in the coastal resort in Hainan province.The outbreak of the flu-like virus has killed more than 300 people and infected more than 14,000 in China after it first emerged in Wuhan in Hubei provi…
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Turkey, Pakistan condole China coronavirus deaths
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-02
Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Russia extended condolences to China over the loss of lives caused by the deadly coronavirus in the country, Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.According to the ministry, the foreign ministers of Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and Russia talked to their Chinese counterpart on the phone and expressed condolences over the death of more than 300 people from the novel coronavirus epidemic."State Councilor Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a telephone call with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Cavusoglu expressed condolences and sympathy to those who passed away due to the novel c…
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Soldiers Injure 14 Palestinians In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-02-01
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, 14 Palestinians, including ten with live ammunition, during protests on Palestinian lands east of Jabalia city, in the northern part of the besieged coastal region. The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the soldiers, stationed in their fortified sniper towers across the perimeter fence, shot ten …
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It Should Be Easy to Defeat Trump, But Corporate Democrats Look Ready and Willing to Blow It
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-02-01
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) embrace after the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre July 30, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Polling: Americans Dissatisfied with the State of the Union
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-01
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Death toll at 259 as more coronavirus cases confirmed
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-01
The death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 259 and the number of confirmed cases of infection has increased to 11,791, Chinese authorities said. | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the virus a global health emergency. However, the vast majority of cases have been in China's Hubei province and its provincial capital, Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak. No deaths have been reported outside China. | Meanwhile, the UK Foreign Office is reportedly withdrawing staf…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/02/01/death-toll-at-259-as-more-coronavirus-cases-confirmed/
Critics: Trump EPA's formal assertion glyphosate poses no risk to human health indication of 'troubling allegiance' with Bayer/Monsanto
Eoin Higgins | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-01
"The EPA's pesticide office is clearly willing to bend over backwards, including disregarding its own guidelines for evaluating cancer risks, to give the industry what it wants."
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Russia stops processing Chinese work visas & scraps visa-free travel amid coronavirus epidemic
rt.com | 2020-02-01
Moscow has temporarily halted issuing work visas to Chinese citizens and suspended visa-free travel for Chinese tourist groups in response to the coronavirus epidemic in the country. | The travel restriction come into force from Sunday. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who ordered them, stressed that the measures are temporary and are only meant to protect people in Russia from health risks posed by the infection
US Pilots and Flight Attendants Demand Flights to China Stop
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-01
U.S.-based pilots and flight attendants are demanding their airlines stop flights to China, which have already been substantially reduced over the last week. | RELATED: | Coronavirus Is a Business Opportunity: US Secretary of Commerce | The Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents American Airlines (AA) pilots, cited "serious, and in many ways still unknown, health threats posed by the coronavirus" in a lawsuit filed in Texas. | This legal action was supported by AA flig…
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US declares public health emergency over coronavirus, limits flights from China to 7 cities
rt.com | 2020-02-01
The US has declared an ongoing coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency, limiting points of entry to incoming Chinese flights and banning from entry some foreign nationals who traveled to China in the last two weeks. | "I have today declared that coronavirus presents a public health emergency in the United States," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said, announcing the measure on Friday. He stressed that the move was to "complement the work of China and the World Health Organization" that declared a global health crisis on Thursday. | The death toll from the novel virus, which originated in C…
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Polling: Americans Dissatisfied with the State of the Union
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-01
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Panama Canal Declares Security Measures Against Coronavirus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-01
The Ministry of Public Health of Panama confirmed the strengthening of security measures to prevent the entry of the Coronavirus 2019-nCoV into the country, which also affects the crossing of its transoceanic canal. | RELATED: | Coronavirus Pneumonia: 9,822 Confirmed Cases Reported Worldwide | Vessels must notify within 30 days before arriving at the isthmus, if they have traveled to ports located in countries that have confirmed cases of the infection, Panama Canal Authorities…
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Coronavirus: China Sees 2,590 New Cases, 45 New Deaths
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-01
Chinese health authorities Sunday said it received reports of 2,590 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 45 deaths on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. | RELATED: | WHO Declares Global Emergency for Outbreak of New Coronavirus | All the deaths are in Hubei Province, according to China's National Health Commission. | Another 4,562 new suspected cases were reported on Saturday, said the commission. | Als…
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Coronavirus Has Been Declared a Global Emergency. What's Happening in China
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-01
Tom Clifford reporting from Beijing | The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. | "The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries," said …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-declared-global-emergency/5702427
Western Imperialism Stokes Resistance
Eric Walberg | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-01
Tim Anderson's Axis of Resistance: Towards an Independent Middle East takes on the leftist position of 'a plague on all your houses'. Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, 'the intellectual voice of the Syrian revolution' (for westerners), presents a bleak portrait of "three monsters … treading on Syria's corpse": (1) the Assad regime and its allies, (2) DAESH/ISIS …
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Trump administration announces major attack on Medicaid, capping benefits
wsws.org | 2020-02-01
The Trump administration's proposed changes to Medicaid will potentially slash benefits for millions of recipients, while opening the door for a broader assault on other entitlement programs, including Social Security and Medicare.
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Trump administration announces major attack on Medicaid, capping benefits
wsws.org | 2020-02-01
The Trump administration's proposed changes to Medicaid will potentially slash benefits for millions of recipients, while opening the door for a broader assault on other entitlement programs, including Social Security and Medicare.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/01/medi…
Brexit just buried a DWP scandal
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-02-01
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is caught up in another scandal. This time, it involves its contentious assessments. But it appears the story is getting lost amid Brexit. | DWP assessments: | On Saturday 1 February, the Daily Record published a story on DWP assessments. These are where the department sends claimants to a private company. It then looks at the person's health to decide if they can get social security…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/02/01/brexit-just-buried-a-dwp-scandal/
Headlines for January 31, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-31
Senate Poised to Acquit President Trump in Impeachment Trial, World Health Organization Declares International Public Health Emergency, U.S. Special Envoy Warns of International Crisis in Idlib, Syria, Britain Formally Withdrawing from European Union Tonight, Pentagon Deploys 1st Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead-Armed Submarine, Trump Admin Poised to Loosen Restrictions on Use of Landmines, Human Rights Groups Condemn Mexico for Crackdown on Central American Migrants, Mexican Butterfly Conservationist Found Dead, Bolivia's Movement for Socialism Candidate Luis Arce Returns to Bolivia, U.S. Pushes EU to End Ban on Chemic…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/31/headlines
Coronavirus Epidemic: WHO Declares a "Fake" Global Public Health Emergency
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
Out of 9600 confirmed cases, approximately 150 cases of infection have been recorded outside China. Moreover, (based on the above data, Jan 30), the 2019 nCoV has a low mortality rate (2.1%) compared to the Seasonal flu.
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-epidemic-who-declares-a-global-public-health-crisis-can-we-trust-the-who/5702360
Union achieves 'historic victory' against 'decades of NHS outsourcing to private contractors'
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-01-31
Workers from the United Voices of the World ( UVW) union have achieved a "historic victory". According to the UVW, the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is now ending "decades of outsourcing to private contractors". The decision from the Trust's board ended a three-month-long dispute with UVW. | The dispute involved around 200 UVW members and included mass pickets, occupations, blockades and protest at a board meeting. Th…
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Two Wings, Four Despotisms
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
Republican Tyranny, Orange Menace Democracy is trumped in the United States by multiple, overlapping, interrelated and mutually reinforcing forms of despotism. The Trump administration and the Trumpified Republican Party, backed by a cult-like base, embody a creepy, neofascistic variant of the disease. The Republican White House and Senate are currently conducting a tasteless tutorial in…
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World Health Organisation Officially Declares Coronavirus a "Global Health Emergency"
James Cogan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday decided to formally declare the outbreak of 2019-nCoV, the new coronavirus first identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan, as a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)." The PHEIC classification was only established …
globalresearch.ca/world-health-organisation-officially-declares-coronavirus-global-health-emergency/5702436
China's Coronavirus: A Global Health Emergency is Launched. What are the Facts
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
On January 30, the WHO declared the virus outbreak as a global emergency, an "extraordinary event" that constitutes a risk to other countries and requires a coordinated international response. This was prompted by the rapid rise in reported infections…
globalresearch.ca/china-coronavirus-update/5702420
U.S. Declares Virus Emergency, New Entry Restrictions
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-31
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UN agency declares the coronavirus a global health emergency
Al Neal, John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-31
The World Health Organization, an agency of the United Nations, declared the outbreak ignited by a new strain of the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China that has spread to over a dozen countries as a global health emergency Thursday after a rapid spike in the number of cases this past week. To date, more than 7,800 …
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U.S. Declares Virus Emergency, New Entry Restrictions
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-31
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Video of ER Doctor Confronting Mike Pence Over Trump Medicaid Cuts Goes Viral
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-31
An emergency physician Thursday night confronted Vice President Mike Pence at a restaurant in Iowa over the Trump administration's newly unveiled plan to allow states to block-grant Medicaid, a move that could strip essential healthcare coverage from millions of vulnerable people. | "I work in one of the poorest counties in Michigan and my patients depend o…
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China's Virus Response Has Been 'Breathtaking'
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
President Xi Jinping formally told WHO head Tedros Ghebreyesus, at their meeting in Beijing earlier this week, that the coronavirus epidemic "is a devil and we cannot allow the devil to hide." | Ghebreyesus for his part could not but …
globalresearch.ca/china-virus-response-breathtaking/5702416
Chinese Resilience and Silent, Simple and Steady Resistance: a Model for Mankind
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-31
In a positive appeal to the Chinese people last Saturday, President Xi Jinping has called on the nation's courage to defeat the deadly epidemic which has already claimed more than 80 lives and more than 2,000 infected worldwide, the vast majority in China. These figures are changing fast, as the spread of the epidemic is …
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Selected Articles: How the FBI Sabotaged Trump Foreign Policy
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
China's Virus Response Has Been 'Breathtaking' | By Pepe Escobar, January 31, 2020 | President Xi Jinping formally told WHO head Tedros Ghebreyesus, at their meeting in Beijing earlier this week, that the coronavirus epidemic "is a devil and we …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-how-fbi-sabotaged-trump-foreign-policy/5702459
Cuba is Testing Products Against Cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-30
While demonized in the United States, the Cuban government has built a comprehensive nationalized healthcare system based on preventative medicine, rather than the curative model the U.S. employs…
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Coronavirus spread now a global emergency declares World Health Organization
news.un.org | 2020-01-30
The rise in new coronavirus cases outside China, now constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's Emergency Committee declared on Thursday, calling on all countries to take urgent measures to contain the respiratory disease.
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Coronavirus: First case confirmed in Gulf region, more than 6,000 worldwide
news.un.org | 2020-01-29
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the coronavirus outbreak has now spread to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The vast majority of cases continue to be declared in China, with more than 6,000 confirmed, 68 of them outside of the country.
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South Dakota May Criminalize Lifesaving Healthcare for Trans Youth in Latest Attack on LGBTQ Rights
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-29
The South Dakota Legislature is expected to debate a bill today that would criminalize gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth. If passed, House Bill 1057 would make it a felony for doctors to provide anyone under the age of 16 with puberty blockers, hormones and other transition-related healthcare. Medical professionals who provide this care could face up to 10 years in prison under the terms of the Republican-backed bill, which was passed in committee last week. On Tuesday, South Dakota introduced another anti-trans bill that would authorize parents to deny gender-affirming treatment to their children. I…
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What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak: A Civil Liberties Perspective
Jay Stanley | aclu.org | 2020-01-28
The world is watching anxiously to see what happens with the | coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China. As scientists and public health | officials in the United States learn more about the virus, and as we all see | how bad the outbreak turns out to be, it is important that public policymaking | remain firmly centered around science. | Unfortunately, our history of reactions to infectious | disease outbreaks suggests that if this outbreak becomes severe, we're likely | to see strong pressure to the contrary. In particular, we can expect three | things: | We can expect some to | panic.: | Unfortu…
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Headlines for January 27, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-27
Impeachment Trial Resumes as Leaked Bolton Manuscript Bolsters Democrats' Case, Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 81 in China as Disease Spreads Around the World, Pentagon: 34 U.S. Troops Have Brain Injuries After Iranian Attack on Iraqi Airbase, Deadly Crackdown on Iraqi Protests Continue as 100,000s March Against U.S. Military Presence, Turkey Earthquake Kills 38; At Least 1,600 Hospitalized, Ugandan Activist Vanessa Nakate Slams Racist Media After Being Cropped from Photo with White Activists, Trump Attends Anti-Abortion "March for Life" as Admin Continues Assault on Reproductive Rights, High-Ranking Pharma Exec…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/27/headlines
Insurance Lobby Talking Points Don't Come With Warning Labels
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2020-01-24
Ever since The Intercept ( 11/20/18) found several planning documents by the Partnership for America's Healthcare Future (PAHCF), a benign-sounding corporate alliance formed to prevent any kind of reform and prop up the dysfunctional US healthcare system's profits, corporate media have been reporting on…
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