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Coronaplague Roundup: Michigan prisoner coronavirus cases surpass 100


[FREEP] More than 100 state prisoners at eight facilities have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
, according to the latest figures from the Michigan Department of Corrections.

As of Wednesday morning, 121 prisoners and one parolee have contracted COVID-19.

Twenty-five employees have tested positive for the virus, department front man Chris Gautz said. The department on Tuesday night announced that a corrections transportation officer in bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit
... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang...
 died after a COVID-19 diagnosis.

The department has tested 210 prisoners, Gautz said Tuesday. He said test results are available within 48 hours and come back several times a day.

The department has halted visits and screens employees before they enter facilities. Parnall Correctional Facility near Jackson and Macomb Correctional Facility in Lenox Township continue to be hot spots for the virus, with 50 and 33 confirmed cases, respectively.

Volunteer becomes second person to die from coronavirus after attending the week-long Miami Beach Winter Party
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Several other party-goers reported flu-like symptoms days after the event

  • Ron Rich, described as a 'loyal volunteer' for The National LGBTQ Task Force, passed away over the weekend after attending the LGBTQ festival in March.

  • Organizers have been criticized but federal orders were not in place at the time

  • Isreal Carrera, 40, was the first to die after attending the festival in March


Florida's DeSantis issues statewide stay-at-home order to curb coronavirus
[FOXNEWS] Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statewide stay-at-home order on Wednesday afternoon to curb the rate of infection in his state during the global coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
 pandemic.

The order will go into effect at midnight Thursday and last for at least 30 days.

"It makes sense to make this move now," the Republican governor said during a presser Wednesday, adding that he was taking the action after President Trump extended the social distancing guidelines nationwide for another 30 days.

DeSantis, who balked for weeks at issuing such an order, also changed his mind less than a day after receiving a letter from 13 Democratic members of Congress urging him to "immediately issue a statewide stay-at-home order to save lives."


Army Asks 10,000 Recently Separated Soldiers to Come Back for Virus Fight
[Military.com] After thousands of Army retirees responded to a voluntary recall request for those in health care fields to help the service fight the spread of the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague), officials quietly issued another call-out -- this one to recently separated troops in the Individual Ready Reserve.

On March 29, the Army's Human Resources Command sent messages to nearly 10,000 soldiers in the IRR asking for volunteers to put the uniform back on. The messages went out to those who had served in military occupational specialties including family nurse practitioner; critical care nursing; emergency nursing; nurse anesthetists; generalist nurse; and respiratory specialist.

The Army is beginning by soliciting as many volunteers as it can to meet medical provider gaps created as a result of deploying mobile field hospitals to urban regions in the U.S. hardest hit by the virus. To date, the service has ordered the deployment of three mobile field hospitals -- each staffed with about 330 soldiers -- to New York City and Seattle.

Officials are still processing waves of volunteer responses from a call-out to 800,000 Army retirees from medical fields. Lt. Col. Emanuel OrtizCruz, an Army spokesman, told Military.com on Monday that the service had received some 17,000 responses.

Ecuador: Families Keep Remains for Days as Coronavirus Victims Pile Up
[BREITBART] Officials in Ecuador pledged on Monday to improve the collection of corpses after delays related to the Chinese coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
 forced some families to keep their loved ones’ bodies in their homes for days after they passed away.

Residents of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, are up in arms after being unable to dispose of their relatives’ bodies because of strict quarantine and curfew measures aimed at curbing the spread of the disease. Last week, authorities confirmed they had removed 100 corpses from homes across the city.

By Tuesday, Ecuador recorded 1,966 cases of the virus and 62 deaths directly related to the coronavirus, the highest proportional tally in Latin America. According to a Rooters witness, one man who collapsed and died as he was waiting in line for groceries was left for hours under a blue plastic sheet on the sidewalk.

Footage broadcast by local media has shown long queues outside cemeteries as people sought to bury their relatives. Sebastian Barahona, the coordinator of the National Federation of Funeral Homes, told the news agency that demand in March was five times higher than normal.




Rikers Island is offering inmates $6 an hour and face masks to dig mass graves as coronavirus deaths in New York City rise to 1,096

Pres. Trump considers limits on domestic travel to virus hot spots
WASHINGTON (AP) ‐ President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is weighing grounding domestic flights between coronavirus hot spots as he ramps up efforts to try to contain the pandemic’s spread.

"We’re thinking about doing that," Trump told reporters at a White House briefing, a day after he warned the nation to brace for a "hell of a bad two weeks," with 100,000 to 240,000 coronavirus deaths projected, even if current social distancing guidelines are maintained.

Limited flights continue to run between cities like New York and Detroit, though passenger counts have plummeted across the nation. The Transportation Security Administration screened just 146,348 passengers Tuesday, down from 2,026,256 the same day last year.

Turkmenistan bans use of word 'coronavirus,' threatens jail for anyone wearing a mask: watchdog group

U.S. Navy Evacuating Virus-Struck Aircraft Carrier Roosevelt
[AnNahar] The U.S. Navy is evacuating thousands of sailors from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Guam after its captain warned a coronavirus outbreak was threatening the lives of the crew. Ninety-three COVID-19 cases have been discovered among the 4,800-strong Roosevelt crew so far, according to the U.S. Navy.

Pentagon officials said Wednesday they were rapidly arranging hotel rooms on the Pacific island for many of the crew, while organizing a skeleton team of uninfected sailors to keep the ship operational.

"The plan at this time is to remove as many people off the Teddy Roosevelt as we can, understanding that we have to leave a certain amount of folks on-board to perform normal watch-standing duties that keep the ship running," Rear Admiral John Menoni, commander for the Marianas region, told reporters in Guam on Wednesday.

Speaking in Washington, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said that almost 1,000 of the crew had been removed, and that that number would rise to 2,700 within a couple days. But they need to retain around 1,000 on board just to maintain the vessel, as it undergoes a thorough sterilization.
Posted by: Fred 2020-04-02
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