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tracker7 COVID-19 has claimed its second life in the US, an elderly person in a nursing home in Washington. The first fatality was a resident of the same facility, and about 50 residents and staff are showing symptoms. Looks like we have our first outbreak center.
Iran's getting hit now, if social media is to be believed. About ten percent of their parliament is symptomatic, with nothing in the way of effective containment procedures in place.
Here, no cases are being reported, but the metro health department is putting out advisories and the primary airport is checking out passengers arriving from affected or high-risk areas - so, just about every international or connecting flight. Add in the UPS international hub and a large university with plenty of international students and domestic students studying abroad, and I figure it's only a matter of time until we have cases here.
A few weeks ago, I was blase about this thing. Not now.
Iran's getting hit now, if social media is to be believed. About ten percent of their parliament is symptomatic, with nothing in the way of effective containment procedures in place.
Here, no cases are being reported, but the metro health department is putting out advisories and the primary airport is checking out passengers arriving from affected or high-risk areas - so, just about every international or connecting flight. Add in the UPS international hub and a large university with plenty of international students and domestic students studying abroad, and I figure it's only a matter of time until we have cases here.
A few weeks ago, I was blase about this thing. Not now.