Healthcare

US cases top 200,000, Georgia ‘shelter’ order

Carrens April 2, 2020

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  • Global cases: More than 932,000
  • Global deaths: At least 46,000
  • US cases: At least 213,300
  • US deaths: At least 4,700

The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

7:30 pm: Retired federal judge dead at 87 from coronavirus

Kevin Duffy, a retired federal judge in the Southern District of New York, died of coronavirus at age 87 in Greenwich, Connecticut, a court spokesman said.

He was best known for being the judge who tried and sentenced the people responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He retired from the federal bench in 2016. —Kif Leswing

7:05 pm: Updated map of US cases, which now total 213,372

7:02 pm: Trump says that the government ordered hospital gowns from Walmart

President Donald Trump said that he spoke to Walmart CEO Doug McMillon and put in a “big big order” for gowns.

“Let it be shipped directly to the side of the hospital because we save a lot of time when we do that,” Trump said.

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Carrens April 1, 2020

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Coronavirus live updates: Global death toll rises

Carrens April 1, 2020

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  • Global cases: More than 856,900
  • Global deaths: At least 42,081
  • Top 5 countries: United States (187,919), Italy (105,792), Spain (95,923), China (82,278), and Germany (71,808)

The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University as of 7:58 a.m. Beijing time.

All times below are in Beijing time.

9:15 am: Los Angeles encourages residents to report non-essential businesses violating stay-at-home orders

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti asked Los Angeles residents to report businesses violating the city’s order to stay at home and said that recurring violations could be submitted to a new city website. 144 businesses in Los Angeles have been visited by the LAPD in relation to violations of the order, according to the mayor. 

Washington state earlier released a web form on Monday to speed up the process of reporting businesses violating that state’s stay home order. 

“You know the old expression about snitches, well, in this case, snitches get rewards. We want to thank you for turning folks in and making sure we are all safe,” Garcetti said. — Kif Leswing

8:50 am: Japan’s large manufacturers are pessimistic about business conditions

The Bank of Japan’s “Tankan” survey

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Sheltered At Home, Families Broach End-Of-Life Planning

Melissa Jenn March 31, 2020

Long before she contracted COVID-19 at a Kirkland, Washington, nursing home, Barbara Dreyfuss made sure to document the wishes that would govern how she died.

The medical directive she signed last year at the Life Care Center outside Seattle called for no resuscitation if her heart stopped, no machine to help her breathe. The 75-year-old, who suffered from lung disease and heart problems, had been on a ventilator for two weeks in 2016, a grueling experience she didn’t want to repeat.

“Mom’s form said, ‘Do not resuscitate, allow natural death,’” said son Doug Briggs, 54. “That was her choice.”

So after Dreyfuss fell ill in late February, becoming one of the first U.S. patients sickened by the new coronavirus sweeping the globe, her family reluctantly allowed doctors to halt lifesaving treatment in favor of comfort care.

Dreyfuss, a once-vivacious feminist and activist, died March 1, two days before tests formally confirmed she had COVID-19. But her decision to confirm her wishes in advance could serve as an example for growing numbers of individuals and families feeling new urgency to pin down end-of-life preferences

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Global cases continue to climb

Carrens March 31, 2020

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  • Global cases: More than 782,300
  • Global deaths: At least 37,582
  • Top 5 countries: United States (161,807), Italy (101,739), Spain (87,956), China (82,198), and Germany (66,885)

The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University as of 7:42 a.m. Beijing time.

All times below are in Beijing time.

9:26 am: China says manufacturing activity expanded in March, defying expectations of a contraction

China said the official Purchasing Manager’s Index for March was 52.0, beating expectations for an economy hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the official PMI to come in at 45 for the month of March, from a record low of 35.7 a month earlier.

China’s manufacturing activity slowed dramatically earlier this year as the government instituted large-scale lockdowns and quarantines to contain the spread of COVID-19. — Huileng Tan

9:23 am: Amazon fires warehouse worker who led Staten Island strike for more coronavirus protection

Amazon confirmed to CNBC that it fired Chris Smalls, a warehouse worker who organized a strike at its Staten Island facility on Monday.

The company said it fired Smalls after he “received multiple warnings for violating social distancing

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Global reported cases top 700,000

Carrens March 30, 2020

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All times below are in Beijing time.

  • Global cases: More than 720,100
  • Global deaths: At least 33,925
  • Top 5 countries: United States (139,675), Italy (97,689), China (82,122), Spain (80,031) and Germany (62,095)

The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University as of 7:50 a.m. Beijing time.

8:22 am: China says it has 31 new confirmed cases, most of them ‘imported’

China’s National Health Commission said there were 31 new confirmed cases of the virus reported on the mainland, of which 30 were “imported” cases from abroad. Four new deaths were also reported, all of them occurring in the Hubei province, where the virus was first detected. 

About 75,700 people are said to have recovered to-date from the virus in China and 3,304 people have died, according to Monday’s reported numbers. — Saheli Roy Choudhury

7:42 am: South Korea considering financial support for 10 million households

South Korea is considering providing financial support to 10 million lower-income households as part of emergency measures to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, Yonhap reported on Sunday. The plan would provide a four-member household, whose income falls below the median income, with a one-time

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