Category: News


Trump weighs rolling coronavirus quarantines


According to people close to the president, he may soon announce an approach that would suggest the quarantines should end on a rolling basis — keeping heavily infected hotspots like New York City shuttered for longer than areas that are only minimally affected.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/trump-weighs-rolling-quarantines


How the UK’s coronavirus epidemic compares to other countries


Deaths and confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK have been doubling every three days, and on Friday the country experienced its biggest increase in deaths so far.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52056111

Race to build temporary hospitals nationwide as coronavirus spreads


The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at 114 facilities in all 50 states to convert into potential temporary hospitals in an effort to increase the nation’s hospital capacity in preparation for an expected influx of hundreds of thousands of coronavirus patients.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/army-corps-engineers-temporary-hospitals-coronavirus

Aydin Buyuktas bends drone images into otherworldly urban landscapes


The resulting photo series, “Flatlands,” uses these surreal, digitally-manipulated scenes to warp the viewer’s sense of time and space, Buyuktas said in an email interview.

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/drone-photography-istanbul-aydin-buyuktas/index.html


8 strains of the coronavirus are circling the globe. Here’s what clues they’re giving scientists


8 strains of the coronavirus are circling the globe. Here’s what clues they’re giving scientistsSAN FRANCISCO — At least eight strains of the coronavirus are making their way around the globe, creating a trail of death and disease that scientists are tracking by their genetic footprints.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/27/scientists-track-coronavirus-strains-mutation/5080571002/


Coronavirus: Russia sees no epidemic but starts shutdown


Russia is beginning what Vladimir Putin called a “non-working week”, to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52061381