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What you need to know for Friday, Feb. 28, 2020: Weather High: 41, low: 25. Cloudy today, mostly sunny this weekend. Subscribe to get this free newsletter, Good Morning, Pennsylvania, delivered to your email inbox at 6 a.m. weekdays. Photo of the Day Coronavirus Be prepared: Things to do if the coronavirus makes its way to a place near you: Wash hands, avoid crowds and stock up in case of ...

International science conference canceled at last-minute due to coronavirus

Apple Tells Geniuses They May Run Low on iPhones Thanks to Coronavirus Shutdowns in China

As the global outbreak of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, Apple has warned technical support staff at stores that it may fall short on replacement iPhones and parts, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

Local Asian businesses feel an unfair impact due to the coronavirus epidemic

Local Asian businesses feel an unfair impact due to the coronavirus epidemic

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BlackRock Pimco Fly to Argentina for Private Talks on Debt

(Bloomberg) -- Some of Argentina’s largest creditors flew to Buenos Aires for talks with Alberto Fernandez’s government, even as the global coronavirus outbreak forced counterparts to cancel trips.Representatives from BlackRock Inc., Pacific Investment Management Co. and Ashmore Group Plc met with Economy

Dow falls 300 points after G-7 fails to deliver policy action to combat coronavirus

Stocks fell in volatile trading on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by half a percentage point in an emergency effort to stem slower economic growth from the coronavirus outbreak.

California declares emergency after coronavirus death; U.S. death toll rises to 11

In the U.S., 11 people have died. Worldwide, 3,100 have been killed by the virus.

Coronavirus may have spread undetected in US for weeks: report

The coronavirus may have spread undetected in the U.S. for weeks, a gene sequencing analysis found, according to The New York Times.Researchers determined that the genomes of two coronavirus infections in Washington state show the virus could have spread in the state for almost six weeks. The two infections in Snohomish County shared a rare genetic variation, indicating they likely were related, the Times reported. The infections concerned the...

Business owners contend with threat reality of coronavirus

NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Sklar planned to go to the big South by Southwest film, media and music gathering in Austin, Texas, this month, but changed her mind as cases of coronavirus started appearing in the U.S. She was scheduled to speak at the annual event and expected to recruit new members for her businesswomen's organization, TheLi.st. “I'm less worried about getting sick than I am about getting stuck in Austin, either by quarantine or, God forbid, things snowball and there is some sort of air travel freeze," Sklar says. She's concerned that either turn of events would prevent her from returning home to her nearly 5-year-old daughter in New York. Some hotels overseas went on lockdown after guests tested positive for the virus, and flights to some cities have been suspended because of widespread outbreaks. Small businesses in the U.S. and other countries are dealing with the fallout or even just the possibility of the coronavirus. Owners are canceling or changing plans, arranging for staffers to work from home, even asking employees who have traveled to places with widespread outbreaks to stay home for as long as a month. Some manufacturers are stockpiling raw materials and components, and companies that depend on in-person interactions with customers are exploring Plan B — getting their work done via video. Sklar is aware that at this point, there isn't a widespread U.S. outbreak but “it's not unreasonable to think that there are these possibilities." She'll try to attend sessions on video when South by Southwest begins, but she'll lose out on chances to network. Many owners whose companies' work is done on computers and the internet are setting employees up to work from home. In New York, the 17 staffers at Lunchbox now must take their laptops and chargers home every night to ensure that they can...

Brazil confirms eighth coronavirus case as it spreads across country

Brazil has confirmed eight cases of the new coronavirus as of Thursday, includin...

Saudi-Russia alliance under pressure at OPEC meeting as coronavirus saps oil demand

The energy alliance between Saudi Arabia and Russia will likely come under intense scrutiny at this week's OPEC meeting as the producers discuss how best to cushion the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

Two French nationals have tested positive for coronavirus in Senegal

There's an increasing realization Africa's close ties with Europe may be a more significant source of vulnerability with coronavirus than China.

Amazon changes coronavirus plan tells Seattle area employees to work from home until March 31

Amazon is now asking all of its Seattle-area employees who can do their jobs from home to do so until the end of March amid an ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the region. The Seattle-based tech giant…

Saudi Arabia closes two holiest shrines to foreigners as coronavirus fears grow

Pilgrims also banned amid broader restriction on visa holders from states deemed most likely to pose a health risk

Coronavirus crisis: Australian Workers’ Union issues quarantine demands ahead of mining company summit in Perth

The Australian Workers’ Union has demanded tight quarantine measures from mining and oil and gas companies ahead of a summit on the coronavirus crisis in Perth tomorrow.

Flybe collapses as the coronavirus crisis deals the final blow

UK airline Flybe has officially entered administration.

CDC updating coronavirus cases daily no longer reporting 'patients under investigation'

The health agency will only be updating the case count on it's website once per day.

Russia suspends Iranian citizens entry visa issuance amid coronavirus outbreak: decree

Coronavirus: Iran holy-shrine-lickers face prison

Two men face jail in Iran for licking holy shrines in defiance of coronavirus health warnings.

COVID-19: 'We Can Push This Virus Back' WHO Leader Says Of Coronavirus

Italy Borrows a Page from China's Playbook to Contain Coronavirus

Italy rips a page out of both China's and Japan's playbook to combat the coronavirus, closing all schools and universities. The economic hit will be unmistakable.

Coronavirus rumors spread on app cripple LA's Koreatown

LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a Koreatown restaurant known for its beef bone broth soup, the lunchtime crowd Friday was half its normal size. The reason was a virulent rumor about a customer with coronavirus. Han Bat Shul Lung Tang was one of five restaurants that lost business after being named in posts on a Korean messaging app that warned a Korean Air flight attendant with the virus had dined there during a layover in Los Angeles more than a week ago. "It's fake news," owner John Kim said, and he had proof. His restaurant was closed at the time because of a water leak, a fact confirmed by the Department of Public Health. The rumor about the flight attendant was dispelled Friday morning by the Republic of Korea consulate in Los Angeles. In a statement posted in Korean on Facebook, the consulate general said the attendant who visited Los Angeles on Feb. 19-20 had gone to two businesses but neither was in Koreatown. Later in the day, public health officials said the flight attendant was not contagious while in the city. The rumor and the impact on the restaurants was a prime example of how fears of the virus combined with the speed and reach of social media can quickly cripple the healthiest of businesses and focus suspicion on ethnic communities. The virus, which began in China, has been spreading worldwide and has taken a big toll lately in South Korea. Lawmakers and advocates for immigrant communities have warned about xenophobia and discrimination aimed at Asian Americans. State Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, said Chinese businesses, in particular, were experiencing large economic losses as a result of racism and fear. A group representing Koreatown restaurants said business in general was down about 50% since the rumor spread on the Kakao Talk app on Monday. . ..

A crowd in Ukraine threw bricks at buses carrying coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan to quarantine

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Australia Could Detain Coronavirus Patients

Australia is preparing to use strict biosecurity laws to force people suspected of carrying the coronavirus into hospitals or into quarantine.   People at risk of spreading coronavirus could be detained by police under new laws expected to be introduced into the South Australian state parliament on Tuesday. Coronavirus patients could be forcibly detained in Australia.   Under biosecurity laws passed in 2015, the authorities have the power to hold and decontaminate people with the Covid-19 virus and stop them going to sporting events, schools and shopping centers.    Federal Attorney-General Christian

Qatar's coronavirus cases rise to 8

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How European populists are using coronavirus as a political tool

Refugees, aid workers placed under quarantine in Italy as far-right leaders across Europe call for tighter borders.

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