Mar. 29, 2020 - Local, National And World Covid Stories - Mar. 30, 2020
DETROIT-WINDSOR METRO + MICHIGAN & ONTARIO March 29, 2020
- Study: Michigan hospitals could hit peak COVID19 demand April 8
- North American International Auto Show Cancelled, TCF Center to be used as Army Field Hospital for COVID19 patients for 6 months.
- Macomb County looking into possible sites for field hospitals, needs at least 2,000 beds.
- Michigan received 112,000 N95 masks from FEMA over the weekend, many more needed.
- Additional Michigan National Guardsmen called to active duty to help FEMA in coronavirus efforts.
- Whitmer calls for water reconnections statewide, establishes fund to help communities comply.
- Doctors on front lines of Michigan’s coronavirus crisis: ‘It seems like the sky is falling’
- DPD’s alarming infection rate blamed on community breakfast
- Twitter Deletes Rudy Giuliani Tweet Pushing Misinformation and Attack on Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
THE REST OF THE WORLD
- 716K confirmed cases, 33.8K deaths, 149K recoveries ~433K open cases, numbers subject to nations’ transparency and testing bandwidth
- Two thirds of confirmed deaths are in Europe
- US president extends social distancing guidelines through April 30
- US could face 200,000 coronavirus deaths, millions of cases, Fauci warns
- US America's largest single site jail is home to a new coronavirus cluster
- US University Grad Students Step Up To Fill Coronavirus Testing Void
- US Fauci says president agreed not to invoke a strict quarantine after intensive White House discussions
- US president says hospitals not using ventilators will have to release them
- US president brags about high TV viewership of coronavirus briefings
- US Washington NPR station will no longer broadcast presidents’ conferences citing volume of disinformation
- YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime lower video quality in US to support heavy internet traffic amid quarantine
- US Colorado Animal Shelters Clear Out Twice In One Week As Pets Get Adopted In Droves Amid Pandemic.
- US civilian tensions high… A Maine man said armed neighbors descended on his home and chopped down a tree to block his road and prevent him from leaving because they believed he may have coronavirus.
- US Census Field Operations Further Delayed Until April 15 By COVID19 Pandemic
- Sophie Grégoire Trudeau says she has recovered from COVID19 after two weeks
- Canada's army not needed right now to help combat coronavirus spread, Trudeau says
- Mexico's president shifts tone on coronavirus, urges people to stay home, warns of dire consequences
- Migrants in Central American limbo as coronavirus relocation plans falter
- Brazil's Bolsonaro threatens to sack health minister over coronavirus criticism
- Brazil's governors are defying President Jair Bolsonaro over his call to reopen schools and businesses, dismissing his argument that the “cure” of widespread shutdowns to contain the spread of the new coronavirus is worse than the disease.
- UK 'on emergency footing' to battle coronavirus
- Coronavirus lockdown spurs police in England to dye 'Blue Lagoon' black to deter Instagrammers
- Boris Johnson's government is reportedly furious with China and believes it could have 40 times more coronavirus cases than it claims… [Coronavirus just got about 40 times more important to Boris Johnson]
- Coronavirus: Things will get worse before getting better, UK PM warns
- UK lockdown must be lifted gradually, could last six months says medical official
- Alcohol sales banned in Greenland capital during lockdown
- German state minister kills himself as coronavirus hits economy; he was deeply entangled in a financial mismanagement scandal in Hessen, which burned a minimum of a couple of 100 million to a few billions of taxpayer money.
- Sweden remains open as other countries lock down over coronavirus
- Moscow imposes mandatory lockdown after Russian capital records more than 1,000 infections. With four hours warning, authorities introduce strict new regulations — with no indications about how long they will last, requires 'special pass' to leave homes
- Coronavirus deaths fall again in Italy but lockdown extension looms
- Spain toughens restrictions as coronavirus death toll surges
- Experts believe the explosion of coronavirus cases in Italy and Spain can be traced to a champions league between Atalanta and Valencia. When fans returned home, both regions became the epicenters of the virus in their respective nations.
- Netherlands recalls defective masks imported from China Spain and Turkey also complain of defective rapid testing kits ordered from Chinese companies.
- Coronavirus: Chinese cinemas told to close just a week after reopening
- North Korea fires more missiles than ever amid coronavirus outbreak
- India's PM Modi seeks 'forgiveness' from nations poor over lockdown
- India advises states to curtail mass migration amid lockdown: India's efforts to control the spread of the novel coronavirus have fallen into disarray. Thousands of workers have started flouting the lockdown rules to migrate back to their home state
- Australia asks people to isolate more even as coronavirus spread slows
- Pope backs UN chief's call for global ceasefire to focus on coronavirus
- 11 countries are now using people's phones to track the coronavirus pandemic, and it heralds a massive increase in surveillance
- Luxe labels Gucci, Armani, Bulgari make protective gear to fight coronavirus
QLINE streetcars shutting down until further notice
Another 'would have been big news in normal times' event...
The QLINE is suspending service as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
Detroit's streetcar system planned to shut down for passengers after the close of service at 8 p.m. Sunday, according to a news release Friday.
The move is temporary, but it's not clear how long the service suspension will last.
Local, National And World Covid Stories - Mar. 30, 2020
Mar. 30, 2020 DETROIT-WINDSOR METRO + MICHIGAN & ONTARIO
- Man accused of trying to spread coronavirus at Michigan grocerystore could face domestic terrorism charge
- State Rep. Isaac Robinson dies of suspected coronavirus infection
- Michigan governor: 'We're going to be in dire straits again in a matter of days'
- Michigan governor says "we're living day by day" with medical supplies, as state now has fourth highest cases of coronavirus
- Whitmer orders state hiring freeze, spending curbs, in corona virus fight
- Michigan's fight against COVID19 has only just started:'Cases have not yet peaked', we may need at least 10,000 ventilators.
- Michigan National Guard to Aid Food Banks in Four Communities
- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hit for hydroxychloroquine crackdown as debate escalates
- Duggan: Crime Down 40% In Detroit Due To 'Stay Home' Order
- Ford to Build 50,000 Ventilators in 100 days At Michigan Auto Parts Plant
REST OF THE WORLD
- 775K confirmed cases, 37K deaths, 164K recoveries ~575K open cases, numbers subject to nations’ transparency and testing bandwidth
- At Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in New York, the ICU is at capacity, patient beds line the hallways of the emergency department, and the morgue is overflowing.
- New York's Central Park and harbor are now home to makeshift hospitals
- Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Arrives In New York To Ease Corona virus Pressure
- Deaths, intubations swamp New Orleans doctors in coronavirus surge
- US Shipped Tons of COVID19 Supplies to China As US president Dismissed Threat Here
- US Employees at home are being photographed every 5 minutes by analways on video service to ensure they're actually working — and the service is seeing a rapid expansion since the coronavirus outbreak
- US signs A $450 Million Coronavirus Vaccine Contract with Johnson& Johnson; Johnson & Johnson says testing of coronavirus vaccine to begin by September
- Coffee importers stockpiling on fears over coronavirus lockdowns
- US spies find coronavirus spread in China, North Korea, Russia hard to chart
- US president Downplays China’s Coronavirus Disinformation: ‘They Do It and We Do It’
- US president says guidelines to slow coronavirus spread may get tougher
- CANADA All businesses seeing 30% drop in revenue due to pandemic will be eligible for 75% wage subsidies: Trudeau
- Spain overtakes China in confirmed coronavirus infections
- 12,298 health workers test positive in Spain; worldwide death toll passes 34,000
- Italian Amazon warehouse workers go on strike
- Italy's number of daily coronavirus infections falls to 4,050, its lowest in nearly two weeks, after one of the world's tightest lockdowns. WHO said Italy's epidemic should start to stabilize after weeks in lockdown
- Britain says need for global 'lessons learned' inquiry into pandemic
- UK Nurse who taught herself to sew when her team ran out of scrubs gathers thousands of volunteers to make uniforms for NHS workers from their homes amid coronavirus shortage
- One in every four NHS doctors is off work sick or in quarantine, according to the head of the Royal College of Physicians [[RCP).
- UK Birmingham Airport to be turned into temporary mortuary
- Intensive Care For Coronavirus Patients Now Limited To Those 'Reasonably Certain' To Survive, NHS London Trust Concedes
- 'Like Glastonbury tickets': Britons chase online grocery slots in coronavirus crisis
- GoodSAM has been contracted by the UK government to recruit thousands of volunteers to help tackle COVID19. The firm, which has eight full time employees, was given the task of designing a new service to find volunteers in just three days. More than 650,000 people have registered as volunteers to perform essential tasks such as transporting food and medicine to the most vulnerable.
- Germany's Merkel to work from home despite negative coronavirus test
- Germany could issue thousands of people coronavirus 'immunity certificates' so they can leave the lockdown early
- Germany to centralize supply chains, set prices on masks, protective gear | The COVID19 pandemic has led to global shortages of key protective supplies — and fraudsters looking to profit off the desperate need to procure them. Now Berlin is looking at ways to fill the gaps and combat extortion.
- Austria to make basic face masks compulsory in supermarkets
- Hungary's parliament has voted to allow Prime Minister Viktor Orban to rule by decree indefinitely, in order to combat the coronavirus pandemic, giving the populist leader extra powers to unilaterally enact a series of sweeping measures.
- Finland extends coronavirus restrictions by one month: PM
- Denmark may gradually lift lockdown after Easter if coronavirus numbers stay stable: PM
- Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum during coronavirus shutdown
- Japan 'On The Brink' But Government Resists Declaring Coronavirus State Of Emergency
- Japan, IOC set July 23 next year for start of delayed Olympics: Kyodo News
- European Countries Are Throwing Out ‘Rubbish’ Chinese Made Masks and Coronavirus Tests
- Amid COVID19 outbreak, China shifts to use "Russian style" disinformation tactics [CBS NEWS]
- Indian migrants are dropping dead of exhaustion on their +100 km treks home
- Indian migrant workers sprayed with disinfectant amid mass exodus from cities – video
- India racked by greatest exodus since partition due to coronavirus
- YouTube caps streaming quality at 480p in India due to coronavirus
- World Economy Has Entered Recession Due to Coronavirus, Says IMF