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Pro-Israel group warns that some conference attendees may have been exposed to coronavirus patient
By Caroline Kelly, CNN
Updated 9:51 PM ET, Wed March 4, 2020
Ex-health adviser perplexed by Trump's Obama claim 00:45
(CNN)The American Israel Public Affairs Committee announced that some people who were potentially in contact with a coronavirus patient attended the group's Washington conference earlier this week -- as did several political leaders.
The annual three-day event, which ran from Sunday to Tuesday, attracts more than 18,000 people, according to the pro-Israel lobbying group's website. The news comes following confirmation earlier Wednesday of the 11th US death from the disease as the global toll of coronavirus deaths continues to climb into the thousands.
AIPAC tweeted out an email on Wednesday that the group said it had sent to conference participants sharing the news.
"We have been made aware that a group of Policy Conference attendees from New York was potentially in contact prior to the conference with an individual who contracted coronavirus," the email reads. "That individual did not attend Policy Conference. The group has been added to the self-quarantine list."
The virus' spread, with a running tally of over 92,000 global cases among more than 70 countries and territories, has impacted foreign affairs.
CNN reported last week that more than 60 US personnel who traveled to Israel for an exercise to train against regional threats such as Iran began returning to their bases in Europe on Friday at the request of the Israeli government after the exercise was canceled, although none of them were reported to be ill.
Additionally, a senior administration official told CNN last week that a meeting of leaders of Southeast Asia nations and President Donald Trump scheduled for next month in Las Vegas has been postponed in light of concerns about the coronavirus.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/politics/aipac-coronavirus-warning/index.html
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Coronavirus pummels Iran leadership as data show spread is far worse than reported
Iranians pass a closed cinema on Wednesday in Tehran. (EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)By Erin Cunningham and
Dalton Bennett
March 4, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. EST
ISTANBUL — The coronavirus outbreak sweeping through Iran has delivered a jarring blow to the senior ranks of its government, infecting about two dozen members of parliament and at least 15 other current or former top figures, according to official reports.
Among those sickened have been a vice president, a deputy health minister and an adviser to the head of the judiciary, and the virus has struck at the pinnacle of power, killing an adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader.
With the outbreak in Iran representing one of the largest in the world, Kianoush Jahanpour, a spokesman for the Health Ministry, said Wednesday that the virus has killed 92 people across the country with nearly 3,000 people known to have been infected.
But data obtained from a group of hospitals in Tehran strongly suggests that the epidemic has spread even more than the government has acknowledged.
washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/coronavirus-pummels-iran-leadership-as-data-show-spread-is-far-worse-than-reported/2020/03/04/7b1196ae-5c9f-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html
Nine South Koreans who tested positive for coronavirus visited Israel
On Saturday, the total number of coronavirus cases in South Korea more than doubled to 433, Samsung closed down a factory after one employee had been confirmed to be infected.
By REUTERS FEBRUARY 23, 2020
Israel's Ministry of Health confirmed that nine South Koreans who tested positive for coronavirus were in Israel February 8-15. The ministry is working on tracking their movements so they can isolate individuals who came in close contact with the group.
Ministry of Health confirms that 9 South Koreans who tested positive for #coronavirus had returned from a trip to #Israel earlier this month (8.2 - 15.2).Ministry now working to track their movements and isolate individuals who came into close contact with the group.
— Eytan Halon (@eytanhalon) February 22, 2020The Health Ministry released the group's schedule so citizens can check if they were in contact with the group. The group visited the city of Caesarea, Masada, Mount Olives, Mount Zion, the national park in Beersheba, as well as several churches and other places.
scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3051960/israels-ambassador-china-under-quarantine-beijing-after
By Caroline Kelly, CNN
Updated 9:51 PM ET, Wed March 4, 2020
Ex-health adviser perplexed by Trump's Obama claim 00:45
(CNN)The American Israel Public Affairs Committee announced that some people who were potentially in contact with a coronavirus patient attended the group's Washington conference earlier this week -- as did several political leaders.
The annual three-day event, which ran from Sunday to Tuesday, attracts more than 18,000 people, according to the pro-Israel lobbying group's website. The news comes following confirmation earlier Wednesday of the 11th US death from the disease as the global toll of coronavirus deaths continues to climb into the thousands.
AIPAC tweeted out an email on Wednesday that the group said it had sent to conference participants sharing the news.
"We have been made aware that a group of Policy Conference attendees from New York was potentially in contact prior to the conference with an individual who contracted coronavirus," the email reads. "That individual did not attend Policy Conference. The group has been added to the self-quarantine list."
The virus' spread, with a running tally of over 92,000 global cases among more than 70 countries and territories, has impacted foreign affairs.
CNN reported last week that more than 60 US personnel who traveled to Israel for an exercise to train against regional threats such as Iran began returning to their bases in Europe on Friday at the request of the Israeli government after the exercise was canceled, although none of them were reported to be ill.
Additionally, a senior administration official told CNN last week that a meeting of leaders of Southeast Asia nations and President Donald Trump scheduled for next month in Las Vegas has been postponed in light of concerns about the coronavirus.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/politics/aipac-coronavirus-warning/index.html
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Coronavirus pummels Iran leadership as data show spread is far worse than reported
Iranians pass a closed cinema on Wednesday in Tehran. (EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)By Erin Cunningham and
Dalton Bennett
March 4, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. EST
ISTANBUL — The coronavirus outbreak sweeping through Iran has delivered a jarring blow to the senior ranks of its government, infecting about two dozen members of parliament and at least 15 other current or former top figures, according to official reports.
Among those sickened have been a vice president, a deputy health minister and an adviser to the head of the judiciary, and the virus has struck at the pinnacle of power, killing an adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader.
With the outbreak in Iran representing one of the largest in the world, Kianoush Jahanpour, a spokesman for the Health Ministry, said Wednesday that the virus has killed 92 people across the country with nearly 3,000 people known to have been infected.
But data obtained from a group of hospitals in Tehran strongly suggests that the epidemic has spread even more than the government has acknowledged.
washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/coronavirus-pummels-iran-leadership-as-data-show-spread-is-far-worse-than-reported/2020/03/04/7b1196ae-5c9f-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html
Nine South Koreans who tested positive for coronavirus visited Israel
On Saturday, the total number of coronavirus cases in South Korea more than doubled to 433, Samsung closed down a factory after one employee had been confirmed to be infected.
By REUTERS FEBRUARY 23, 2020
Israel's Ministry of Health confirmed that nine South Koreans who tested positive for coronavirus were in Israel February 8-15. The ministry is working on tracking their movements so they can isolate individuals who came in close contact with the group.
Ministry of Health confirms that 9 South Koreans who tested positive for #coronavirus had returned from a trip to #Israel earlier this month (8.2 - 15.2).Ministry now working to track their movements and isolate individuals who came into close contact with the group.
— Eytan Halon (@eytanhalon) February 22, 2020
scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3051960/israels-ambassador-china-under-quarantine-beijing-after
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