# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [February 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758 "2020-02-11T01:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 31
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/602 "2020-03-11T21:01:02Z")
March Sadness: NCAA Basketball Tournaments to be attended only by staff and family, according to statement by NCAA President Mark Emmert. > ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/603 "2020-03-11T21:11:20Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > What’s the latest news out of Japan? It occurred to me recently that it was known as a hotspot recently, but I haven’t heard much mention since, unlike China, Italy, and Iran. No news is good news, I hope? I was wondering the same and found [this](https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/asia/coronavirus-covid-19-update-intl-hnk/index.html) (scroll down to **“Japan sees a jump in cases”** ). Looks like there isn’t widespread testing yet, just like the US, and the number of undetected cases may be quite large. And surprisingly the July Tokyo Olympics is still on, which is f’d up IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/604 "2020-03-11T21:22:29Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > FFS these server error are annoying Server has a virus! Self isolate! ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/605 "2020-03-11T21:39:01Z")
My work had previously only made an announcement that people who are sick should stay home or work from home, and you could be sent home if you did not follow that directive. Today, they cancelled meetings of moderate sized groups scheduled in this month and next. We can easily work from home, but the normal policy has not been loosened yet, let alone switched to encouragement/mandatory. I just heard Seattle area schools are closed for 2 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/606 "2020-03-11T21:39:44Z")
Italian government orders the closure of all shops except for food markets and pharmacies. > **[Italy closes all stores except pharmacies and food markets amid coronavirus...](https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-update-italy-government-closes-all-stores-except-pharmacies-and-food-markets-c-740912)** > > Premier Giuseppe Conte thanked the public for cooperating with the already unprecedented travel and social restrictions that took effect Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/607 "2020-03-11T21:44:42Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > Server has a virus! Self isolate! That’s called a 504 Error, which the SDMB server is doing quite well, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/608 "2020-03-11T21:52:55Z")
I was at my allergist’s office yesterday. The office is in a hospital. Walking down the hall, I passed a bunch of other medical offices with various specialties. All of them had some kind of notice on the outside of the door about Covid-19. My allergist’s office asked that you request gloves and a mask if you have a cough. The office next door, which was for several specialties, required everyone who entered to put on gloves and a mask, which the sign said were available just inside the door. Other signs said to put on a mask and inform the front desk if you have a cough/fever. Obviously some differences in views on what precautions need to be taken, probably partly informed by the typical population of patients and staff. The everyone gets a mask approach seems appropriately cautious to me, except that I wonder how many masks they have on hand. If they run out and can’t get more, they won’t be able to implement even the less cautious approach. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/609 "2020-03-11T22:04:57Z")
Merkel [expects](https://nypost.com/2020/03/11/angela-merkel-warns-that-70-of-germans-could-get-coronavirus/) that 2/3 of Germans may eventually be infected. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/610 "2020-03-11T22:27:40Z")
They’re really ramping up the testing here in New Hampshire. They’ve done 22 in the last 24 hours, for a grand total of 90. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/611 "2020-03-11T22:54:53Z")
My state is hiding information. The game is, “To learn about X, see URL,” and no actual answer to the question posed at the URL. Also, contradictory recommendations and unclear info at the state’s website. It makes me just itch to edit the page. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/612 "2020-03-11T23:22:40Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Italian government orders the closure of all shops except for food markets and pharmacies. > > [https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-update-italy-government-closes-all-stores-except-pharmacies-and-food-markets-c-740912](https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-update-italy-government-closes-all-stores-except-pharmacies-and-food-markets-c-740912) Just out of curiosity, I wonder if Italy has any sort of fund or whatever for all the businesses affected by this closure. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/613 "2020-03-11T23:29:14Z")
[Father and daughter in Uganda ‘arrested for giving out fake coronavirus vaccine’](https://www.yahoo.com/news/uganda-fake-coronavirus-vaccine-155240394.html) Hmm. Too bad that didn’t happen to Bakker. He should’ve been arrested for touting that “silver solution” nonsense as a cure for COVID-19. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/614 "2020-03-12T00:26:20Z")
[El Salvador bans foreigners to keep out virus](https://apnews.com/57d413557858077d861f846670ca3515) > [@](#): > > El Salvador’s president has imposed a national quarantine that prohibits any foreigners from entering the Central American country for 30 days to try to keep out the new coronavirus. > > President Nayib Bukele also said public and private schools would be closed for 21 days. El Salvador has no confirmed cases of the virus. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/615 "2020-03-12T00:30:46Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > They’re really ramping up the testing here in New Hampshire. They’ve done 22 in the last 24 hours, for a grand total of 90. This is genuinely terrifying. The US response in some areas appears to be an absolute shit show. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/616 "2020-03-12T00:46:27Z")
I live in one of the most heavily traveled cities in the country (Las Vegas). We had our first case 6 days ago. Today we confirmed 3 more. ConExpo is here with up to 130,000 people. There has been no indication of how many people have been tested in the past week. My guess is it’s fewer than 100 people tested. In 2 days, ConExpo is over and all those people will fly or drive out of here and back to their home cities. That’s a lot of potential vectors that no one seems to be concerned with. And that doesn’t even take into account non-ConExpo visitors to our fine city. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/617 "2020-03-12T01:01:15Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > This is genuinely terrifying. The US response in some areas appears to be an absolute shit show. Not here in Texas! I don’t think anyone has been tested, other than the Diamond Princess people @ Lackland AFB. Obviously, we are safe. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/618 "2020-03-12T01:15:12Z")
Trump is apparently using the Coronavirus issue to attack European allies and give businesses tax breaks. That’s it. That’s his ‘plan’. Fuck this guy and everyone who voted for him in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/619 "2020-03-12T01:16:13Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Not here in Texas! I don’t think anyone has been tested, other than the Diamond Princess people @ Lackland AFB. > > **Obviously, we are safe.** 😃 There ya go! If you don’t test, you can’t find infected people. And if you don’t find infected people, you don’t have a problem! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/620 "2020-03-12T01:17:07Z")
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson just posted on Insta that they are positive for Covid-19 > (Link to Twitter as I don’t do Zuckerberg apps.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/621 "2020-03-12T01:44:03Z")
The NBA just suspended the season! What a year the last hours have been. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=32)