Thursday, February 27, 2020

BREAKING: Ukraine Launches CRIMINAL Proceedings Against Joe Biden Over Firing of Prosecutor Viktor Shokin

Ukraine has opened a criminal proceeding (Investigation) into the accusation that Biden had Ukraine’s top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, fired because he was investigating Hunter Biden.


California monitoring 8,400 people for coronavirus as 33 test positive for Coronavirus

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Thursday that 33 people in California have tested positive for coronavirus, with officials monitoring more than 8,400 people for the virus.
Newsom said during a press conference that five people who tested positive have since moved out of the state as officials deal with the spreading virus.
One of those people is from an unknown source, raising the concern that the virus is spreading among the general public for the first time in the U.S.

"We knew this was inevitable," Newsom said.
The governor said those being monitored for the virus are in 49 local jurisdictions in the state.



The Korean clusters How coronavirus cases exploded in South Korean churches and hospitals

South Korea has announced hundreds of new coronavirus cases in the space of only a few days and raised its infectious disease alert to the highest level. The surge in cases has centred around two main clusters from a church in Daegu city and a nearby hospital. The new outbreak has pushed South Korea’s tally of confirmed cases much higher than anywhere else outside of China.
The virus was first confirmed in the country on Jan. 20 when a 35-year-old Chinese woman who flew from Wuhan, China to Incheon international airport, which serves Seoul, was isolated upon entry into the country. In the four weeks following the incident, South Korea managed to avoid a major outbreak with only 30 people contracting the virus, despite many interactions between those later confirmed as being sick and hundreds more people being identified as contacts of the sick patients.
This changed with the emergence of “Patient 31.”


Live Coronavirus samples now at Tulane's Primate Center on Northshore for research

COVINGTON, La. — Live samples of the Coronavirus have officially arrived to the Northshore where researchers at Tulane's Primate Center will try to find solutions to the virus.
"This is a global health crisis," Dr. Skip Bohm, Chief Veterinary Medical Officer at Tulane National Primate Research Center.
Researches are working to tackle it. A live sample of the Coronavirus was brought to the primate center Wednesday.



53 Nations with Confirmed cases

South Korea confirms 171 new cases of coronavirus for a total of 505 in one day, overtaking China as the country with the most number of daily confirmed cases





Whistleblower says HHS sent workers to handle possible coronavirus patients without gear, training

The Department of Health and Human Services “improperly deployed” more than a dozen workers to two California military bases receiving Americans evacuated from coronavirus without giving them training or protective gear for handling the possibly high-risk patients, according to a new whistleblower complaint.
The whistleblower alleged that HHS officials shot down her concerns and on Feb. 15 threatened to fire her if she did not accept a reassignment. The workers who may have been exposed to the coronavirus then were able to travel freely among the public, the complaint reportedly said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/whistleblower-says-hhs-sent-workers-to-handle-possible-coronavirus-patients-without-gear-training

World at "decisive point" in bid to contain coronavirus: WHO

The head of the World Health Organization on Thursday urged countries around the world to take necessary measures to prevent the new coronavirus from becoming a pandemic, saying the situation has reached "a decisive point."

"If you act aggressively now, you can contain this virus. You can prevent people getting sick. You can save lives," WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus said in a press briefing.

"Our message continues to be that this virus has pandemic potential and WHO is providing the tools to help every country to prepare accordingly," he said.

- At least 80,000 global cases are confirmed - The death toll stands at over 2,800 - At least four Iranian officials confirm contraction - South Korea reports hundreds of cases - Italy places around 50,000 people in quarantine - Schools across Japan to close amid outbreak.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/02/550147e201b1-world-at-decisive-point-in-bid-to-contain-coronavirus-who.html