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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE FROM REUTERS AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

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Even as health officials warn the spread of the virus is all but inevitable, developments suggest the U.S. is underprepared for the threat. Diagnostic kits sent to local health providers aren’t working, and the CDC’s testing criteria meant an infected patient in California wasn’t screened for the coronavirus for days. Most cases are mild, which is good and bad news: A full recovery is common, but because the symptoms aren’t severe, those infected may be unknowingly spreading the virus. REUTERS
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The stock market had one of its worst days since the financial crisis amid fears the economic fallout could be worse than previously expected. The S&P 500 index entered correction territory yesterday when it dropped 12% from a recent peak, and shares are projected to fall further when markets reopen this morning. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
 CORONAVIRUS UPDATE FROM BUSINESS INSIDER

BY AYLIN WOODWARD OF BUSINESS INSIDER

  • A novel coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed at least 2,700 people and infected more than 80,000 others.
  • Coronaviruses are zoonotic diseases, meaning they jump from animals to humans.
  • The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan may have been the starting point of this outbreak. It was shuttered January 1.
  • At many wet markets, meat, poultry, and seafood are sold alongside live animals for consumption.
  • On February 24, China’s top legislature banned the buying, selling, and eating of wildlife.
     CORONAVIRUS  UPDATE FROM NEW YORK TIMES
    THE LATEST: The World Health Organization now says the coronavirus has “pandemic potential.” The first case in sub-Saharan Africa was reported in Nigeria, the continent’s most populous country. In Asia, Japan is taking the drastic step of closing all schools for a month even though that country is not seeing a spike in cases. The northern California case continues to puzzle officials; the patient was apparently not tested for the virus for four days because she didn’t meet the narrow CDC testing criteria, having not recently traveled abroad. The state is now working to retrace her steps and contacts. NY TIMES

    CORONAVIRUS INFORMATIONAL UPDATE FROM CNN
    Fears about the continued spread of the coronavirus have taken a devastating toll on global markets. In the US, a stock market sell-off erased more than $2 trillion in wealth in a matter of days and sent the Dow plummeting 1,191 points yesterday, marking the biggest one-day drop in the index’s history. Asia Pacific markets, like Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s Kospi, have also steadily fallen. Experts say the virus, which has infected more than 83,000 and killed at least 2,800 worldwide, is ushering in an economic pandemic. Meanwhile, the coronavirus has reached sub-Saharan Africa, with the first reported case in Lagos, Nigeria. Lithuania, Belarus and New Zealand have also reported their first cases. In the US, California announced it is monitoring some 8,400 people for the virus. President Trump is trying to temper fears of a major US outbreak. “It’s going to disappear,” he said during a White House news conference. “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

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