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Pentagon looking to provide up to 100,000 body bags for civilians in virus outbreak
The Pentagon is looking to provide up to 100,000 body bags for use by civilian authorities as the coronavirus outbreak worsens in the United States with a high death toll expected in coming weeks.
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New York scolds 'selfish' residents, California intensive care beds running out
The governor of New York on Wednesday clamped down harder on public gatherings in the face of the coronavirus, calling residents "selfish" for refusing to stay home as California's governor warned his state may run out of intensive care beds and ventilators next month.
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Texan spring break group tests positive for coronavirus after Mexico beach trip
Twenty-eight students who returned to Texas after spring break at Mexico's Cabo San Lucas beach resort have tested positive for coronavirus, although Mexican officials pushed back against the suggestion that they picked up the virus at the tourist spot.
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Trump says U.S. will soon have more ventilators than it needs for virus victims
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States will soon have more ventilators than it needs and there will be enough eventually to send some to other countries.
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Egypt's health sector races to scale up coronavirus readiness
Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus, ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective equipment to public hospitals and announcing 1 billion Egyptian pounds ($64 million) in extra funding for its health services.
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France passes 4,000 coronavirus deaths, no end of lockdown in sight
France became the fourth country to pass the 4,000 coronavirus deaths threshold on Wednesday, after Italy, Spain and the United States, as the government scrambles to stay ahead of the curve regarding ventilator-equipped beds that are quickly filling up.
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U.N. nuclear agency sending coronavirus testing gear to 40 countries
The U.N. atomic agency is sending an initial batch of equipment to about 40 countries with which they will be able to perform a standard test for the coronavirus involving a technique derived from nuclear science, it said on Wednesday.
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Mexico scrambles to meet desperate U.S., European ventilator demand
Mexico's medical device industry is scrambling to meet an eleven-fold jump in demand for ventilators as patients with respiratory conditions linked to the coronavirus pandemic overwhelm hospitals in the United States and Europe.
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Spain's coronavirus cases top 100,000 as masks, sanitiser flown in
Two planes packed with protective equipment arrived to restock Spain's overloaded public health system on Wednesday as its confirmed coronavirus cases rose beyond 100,000 and it recorded its biggest one-day death toll from the outbreak.
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Story on FDA authorizing new test kit for coronavirus withdrawn
The March 31 story on BodySphere receiving FDA authorization for a rapid antibody test for coronavirus has been withdrawn. In a statement to Reuters, BodySphere said it has not received this authorization. There will be no replacement story.
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COVID-19 infections growing exponentially, deaths nearing 50,000: WHO
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced deep concern on Wednesday about "the rapid escalation and global spread" of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has now reached 205 countries and territories.
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Israelis told to wear face masks in public, mark religious holidays with close family only
All Israelis should wear face masks while in public as a precaution against the coronavirus, and upcoming Jewish, Muslim and Christian holidays should be marked only with immediate family, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.
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Italy coronavirus death rate slows but studies suggest true tally higher
Italy's daily death toll from coronavirus on Wednesday was the lowest for six days, authorities said, but the overall number of new infections grew and the government extended a national lockdown until at least the middle of April.
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Tommy the robot nurse helps keep Italy doctors safe from coronavirus
He doesn't wear a mask but he is helping save lives from coronavirus just the same. Meet Tommy, the robot nurse.
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UK coronavirus deaths rise by 563 to 2,352
The number of people with coronavirus who have died in Britain rose by 563 to a total 2,352 by 1600 GMT on March 31, the government said on Wednesday.
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Rise in new coronavirus cases in UK is concerning: health service boss
The rise in new coronavirus cases in Britain is concerning, as are the rates of hospital admissions in London and the Midlands, Public Health England's medical director Yvonne Doyle said on Wednesday.
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Coronavirus can spread one to three days before symptoms appear: CDC study
People infected with the novel coronavirus can transmit the infection one-to-three days before symptoms start to appear, according to a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Becton Dickinson, BioMedomics launch test to detect past, current coronavirus exposure
(This March 31 story corrects to remove reference to companies needing to apply for regulatory clearance; clarifies FDA guidance in 6th paragraph.)
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Shortage of drugs and equipment: Brussels hospitals sound the alarm
Hospitals in the Belgian capital called on the federal government on Wednesday to address a shortage of medicines and equipment, as COVID-19 patients continue to arrive at intensive care units that are starting to fill up.
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BP oil workers in Gulf of Mexico and Alaska test positive for coronavirus
Several workers on a BP Plc oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico have tested positive for coronavirus, the company said on Wednesday, a day after a worker at BP's operations in Alaska also tested positive.
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