Coronavirus: Trump to hold press conference 1:30 ET, Washington state confirms first US death

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Southwest Airlines CEO warns drop-off in domestic travel over coronavirus has '9/11-like feel'

4:09 p.m.
Mounting concern over the new coronavirus outbreak has caused school closures and movie premiere pushbacks, and now the crisis' effect on the aviation industry is drawing comparisons to 9/11.
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly told CNBC on Thursday that the company has lost several hundred million dollars in a week's time thanks to a decline in bookings amid increasing fears over COVID-19. Kelly added that the drop-off was "noticeable" and "precipitous" and has continued declining on a daily basis.

theweek.com/speedreads/900284/southwest-airlines-ceo-warns-dropoff-domestic-travel-over-coronavirus-911like-feel


White House Releases List of 'Top Tweets' Praising Trump's Coronavirus Response
newsweek.com/white-house-releases-list-top-tweets-praising-trumps-coronavirus-response-1490239


Almost every gov official who has appeared on stage with POTUS in press briefings has made a point of praising Presidential leadership on this issue.

 

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Trump better be careful with who he surrounds himself with. They may try to infect him with the virus.

 

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Trump administration overrode CDC recommendation that elderly, at-risk populations not fly: AP

By J. Edward Moreno and Lauren Vella - 03/07/20

The White House this week batted down a recommendation from health officials that elderly people and those who are “physically fragile” not fly on commercial airplanes, an unnamed official with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.
The AP reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) submitted a plan this week with the recommendation as a way to control the spread of the virus. However, administration officials reportedly ordered that particular provision of the plan be removed, according to the federal official.
The Trump administration has since then suggested that those who are most susceptible to the virus not travel but, according the news source, has “stopped short of stronger guidance” laid out by the CDC.

The official in question spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity, as they were not authorized to speak about the matter.
The federal official’s revelation comes as the disease continues to spread across the country, with cases now confirmed in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
The news also comes as Vice President Pence on Saturday spoke after meeting with representatives from the cruise ship industry, a section of the travel industry that has been in the news most recently due to the outbreak.
The vice president was assigned as leader of the administration’s coronavirus task force and is in charge of messaging and media relations concerning the status of the virus response.
Pence reportedly "narrowed" his focus when he spoke about precautions for certain populations, noting that "older people with serious health problems" should "practice common sense and avoid activities including traveling on a cruise line."
Pence's press secretary, Katie Miller, said the AP's reporting "is complete fiction."
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"It was never a recommendation to the Task Force. I look forward to Sunday morning hosts asking our medical professionals about it tomorrow," she tweeted.
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Coronavirus could be spread by air-conditioning and may be more contagious than previously thought, scientists believe after finding traces of the virus in hospital air-duct

• The rooms of three coronavirus patients were tested in a Singapore hospital
• The room of a 'mild' infectee had trace amounts of the virus in an air vent
• Concerns have been raised in recent weeks of the spread of the deadly coronavirus through air-conditioning units after many became ill on cruise ships

By Ryan Fahey For Mailonline
Published: 12:34 EDT, 7 March 2020

Traces of the coronavirus found in a hospital air duct has led scientists to believe the disease could be spread through air-conditioning units, making it more contagious than initially thought.
Swab analysis of rooms used by three coronavirus patients by experts at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases in Singapore suggest that the respiratory illness spreads easier than previously thought.
An air duct connected to the room of one of the patients, thought to be only suffering from 'mild' symptoms', was found with traces of the virus, suggesting 'suggests small, virus-laden droplets may be displaced by airflows and deposited on equipment such as vents'.
The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, comes shortly after it was reported that 142 Britons were reported trapped on a Princess Cruise ship anchored for patients to undergo testing, off the coast of California yesterday.

Pictured: File photo of an air-conditioning unit.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...nditioning-contagious-previously-thought.html


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All people entering Israel must be quarantined

Patients No. 43, 44 and 45 were announced hours after the prime minister informed the public of his decision.
MARCH 9, 2020
All people entering Israel from abroad will be required to spend 14 days in home-isolation, the prime minister said Monday. The measure is effective immediately for Israelis and will go into effect for foreigners in 72 hours. "After a day of complex discussions, we have made a decision: Whoever arrives in Israel from abroad will enter quarantine for 14 days,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement Monday as the 42nd Israeli was diagnosed with coronavirus. “This is a difficult decision but it is essential to maintaining public health, which takes precedence over everything.
“This decision will be in effect for two weeks,” he continued. “At the same time, we will make decisions to safeguard the Israeli economy."The isolation requirement applies to both Israelis and foreign travelers alike. No non-citizens will be able to enter Israel without proving they have a place to stay out their quarantine.

Italy expands lockdown, Israel tightens entry to halt virus

By COLLEEN BARRY and ADAM GELLER
2 hours ago

People walk in an almost empty St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2020. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte says he is restricting travel nationwide to try to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. Conte said Monday night a new government decree will require all people in Italy to demonstrate they need to work, have health conditions or other limited legitimate reasons to travel outside their home areas. (Anteo Marinoni/LaPresse via AP)

SOAVE, Italy (AP) — The battle to halt the coronavirus brought sweeping new restrictions Monday, with Italy expanding a travel ban to the entire country, Israel ordering all visitors quarantined just weeks before Passover and Easter, and Spain closing all schools in and around its capital.
Even as workers in Beijing returned to their jobs and new infections in China continued to subside, Italians struggled to navigate the rapidly changing parameters of the nation’s self-imposed lockdown.

The fears fanned by the virus sent Wall Street stocks tumbling to their biggest drop since 2008, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 7.8 percent. Global oil prices suffered their worst percentage losses since the start of the 1991 Gulf War.

“Now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real,” said World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “The great advantage we have is the decisions we all make as governments, businesses, communities, families and individuals can influence the trajectory of this epidemic.”

https://apnews.com/e1fe7ed2e111436c68c9673bee1c0d4c

Matt Gaetz made light of coronavirus by wearing a gas mask. Now he is in quarantine.

Congressman had just flown on Air Force One with Trump

Kim Bellware and
Donna Cassata
March 9, 2020 at 4:56 p.m. EDT

Days after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) wore an enormous gas mask during a House floor vote on an emergency funding package for the coronavirus response, the congressman announced that he would self-quarantine for 14 days after coming into contact with a Conservative Political Action Conference participant who tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/07/matt-gaetz-coronavirus-florida/

Rep. Matt Gaetz wore a gas mask on House floor during vote on coronavirus response package

By Caroline Kelly, CNN
Updated 5:59 PM ET, Mon March 9, 2020

(CNN) Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz donned a gas mask on March 4 while he voted on a bill that would dedicate billions of dollars to combating coronavirus as concerns rise over the spread of the disease.

"Reviewing the coronavirus supplemental appropriation and preparing to go vote," Gaetz tweeted with a picture of himself wearing a gas mask while looking at a piece of paper before the vote.

Reviewing the coronavirus supplemental appropriation and preparing to go vote. pic.twitter.com/wjJ4YY4VZz
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) March 4, 2020​

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/politics/gaetz-coronavirus-gas-mask/index.html

 

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Mar 10, 2020

Updated: At Least 55 Colleges Have Canceled In-Person Classes (So Far) Over Coronavirus Fears

Lisette Voytko
Forbes Staff

16 countries have completely canceled school as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, according to ... [+]

Topline: Harvard University on Tuesday joined about 55 other American colleges and universities in cancelling some or all in-person classes due to the coronavirus outbreak, one of the earliest and clearest signs yet of American life being significantly disrupted by the virus, as other countries have instituted dramatic quarantines and lockdowns.

Here are the schools that have made changes to their academic schedules:

• Along with Harvard, other Ivy League schools that have canceled classes or closed include Columbia University (including Barnard College) and Princeton University.
• Also in California: Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, University of Southern California, University of San Francisco, San Jose State University, Santa Clara University and Palo Alto University.
• In Washington State: University of Washington, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, Northeastern University Seattle Campus, Bellevue College, Bellingham Technical College, Cascadia College, Everett Community College, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Pacific Lutheran, University of Puget Sound and Washington State University Everett.
• On the East Coast: New York University, Fordham University, Hofstra University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Amherst College, Syracuse University, American University, Rutgers University, Skidmore College, St. John’s University, The New School, Touro College, Yeshiva University, Monmouth University, Rowan University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Sacred Heart University and the University of New Haven.
• In the South: Rice University, Duke University, University of Florida, Vanderbilt University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland in Baltimore County, Loyola University of Maryland, Stevenson University and Towson University.
• In the Midwest and West: Ohio State University, Grinnell College and Midland University of Nebraska.

Chief critics: Some journalists and academics say that colleges asking students to move out of dorms—like Harvard did Tuesday—can place an undue burden on them. University of Birmingham professor Sarah Parcak said on Twitter that parents of college students should consider taking in American and international students who can’t otherwise get home during the closures.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisett...person-classes-so-far-over-coronavirus-fears/

 

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A quick overview of Trump's statements on the virus since January. As we learned yesterday he's known it would be a pandemic from the start.

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POLITICS 03/25/2020

Senate Coronavirus Bill Prohibits Trump’s Hotels From Receiving Bailouts

Democrats pushed to ban Trump family businesses from cashing in on the Senate’s $2 trillion rescue package.

By Igor Bobic

WASHINGTON ― The Senate’s $2 trillion package aimed at reducing the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic appears to ban businesses controlled by President Donald Trump and his family from receiving taxpayer assistance.

A provision in the bill prohibits businesses controlled by the president, vice president, members of Congress, and heads of executive departments from receiving loans or investments from U.S. Treasury programs. The prohibition also applies to their children, spouses, and in-laws, according to a summary from the office of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

The measure was added in the portion of the bill aimed at helping distressed industries with at least $450 billion in loans. The massive fund would be controlled by the Treasury Department and could include bailouts to hotels, casinos, cruise lines, and the oil and gas industry. Since earlier drafts of the legislation included virtually no restrictions on how the money would be distributed, Democrats feared it would allow properties owned directly by Trump or his family to receive bailouts.

Asked about the matter on Sunday, Trump refused to say if he would bar his own company from receiving stimulus money to deal with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“I’ve learned, let’s just see what happens,” the president told reporters at the White House when asked about the Trump Organization. “Because we have to save some of these great companies.”
Prior to assuming office, Trump announced he was leaving “total control” of his business to his children ― Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. ― who would manage what he called a “blind trust.” The Trump Organization lists 11 hotel properties on its website.
The Senate bill also includes some oversight over the $450 billion fund aimed at propping up struggling industries. Under the terms of the deal reached on Wednesday, an independent inspector general and a congressional oversight board will be in charge of scrutinizing the lending provided to big businesses ― similar to what was done for the 2008 Wall Street bailout a decade ago.

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Change ine a month with a sad milestone, Daily POTUS led taks force briefings now.

Coronavirus live updates: Trump to hold press conference, Washington state confirms first US death

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U.S. coronavirus deaths top 1,000 in single day, White House expected to recommend everyone wear masks

Matt Zapotosky, Isaac Stanley-Becker and John Wagner, The Washington Post
Thursday, April 2, 2020

A pedestrian wears a mask in Washington on Thursday, April 2, 2020.

WASHINGTON - The death toll and economic devastation from the novel coronavirus reached staggering new levels in the United States on Thursday as officials reported more than 1,000 deaths from the pandemic in a single day and revealed that more than 6.6 million Americans had sought unemployment benefits in a single week.
The White House is expected to urge at least some people across the country to begin wearing cloth masks or face coverings in public to dampen the spread of the virus. The potential reversal of earlier mask recommendations - which White House officials indicated Thursday were still being debated - signaled the seriousness of the outbreak and rising concerns in Washington about the effect it could have on millions of Americans.

https://www.thehour.com/news/article/U-S-coronavirus-deaths-top-1-000-in-single-day-15175763.php

 

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In the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, President Trump said “As we race to develop a vaccine, we’re also pursuing antiviral therapies. The vaccine, by its nature, you have to have long tests because you have to make sure what goes into somebody’s body is not going to do destruction, do bad things. So you need long tests.”

Since the US government & Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are working together to come up with a cure, the current FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn says:
“The President has directed us to take a closer look at Chloroquine, as to whether an expanded-use approach to that could be done to actually see if that benefits patients.” He also said that “We need — we need to make sure that these — this sea of new treatments will get the right drug to the right patient at the right dosage at the right time. As an example, we may have the right drug, but it may not be in the appropriate dosage form right now, and that may do more harm than good. Those are the things that that are our job to look at. And that’s why it’s really important we have these dedicated professionals looking at these aspects of therapeutic development.”