News of the World

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Covid-19 PANDEMIC Section

Coronavirus pandemic declared: COVID-19 cases outside China soar 13-fold in two weeks
The UN agency said there is a "lack of resilience" in some public health systems and it wants better tracing of potential cases
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-o...o-11955521
How does this affect you? Well, first of all stock markets always plummet after such serious announcements.  
Let's say it makes fearful investors think this is harder to stop than it might actually be. It also means investments in certain regions of the world might be canceled or postponed until further notice.  

Cuba confirms its first three cases of coronavirus
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/...oronavirus
Didn't I tell you about Cuba and my conspiracy theory? Nope? Well, I was right anyway! Cuba has confirmed cases!
Now my question would be... people like Batman, I mean Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas could be infected as well!? You see, they had been in Cuba before visiting sunny Costa Rica.

Another curious fact. Cuba's 3 patients had arrived on Monday while Batsie landed in Costa Rica on Satuday...
I guess he and Ana were lucky after all.

Costa Rica reaches 22 confirmed cases of coronavirus
https://ticotimes.net/2020/03/11/costa-r...oronavirus

Panama reports first coronavirus death, seven more people infected
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/...e-infected
You had already learned about the first decease but Panama surprised us when its authorities reported a total of 8 cases in their country.

Note: Worldometers reports 14 cases in Panama already...

Honduras confirms first 2 cases of COVID-19
2 Honduran women diagnosed recently returned from Spain, Switzerland
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/hondur...9-/1762458

El Salvador under lockdown due to Covid-19
https://www.crhoy.com/mundo/el-salvador-...-covid-19/
Curiously, their president is taking measures that make no sense. They've got no single case, yet.

More than 100,000 have fled Nicaragua crisis: UN
https://ticotimes.net/2020/03/10/more-th...-crisis-un
Who would expect that Nicaraguans would love to stay in their own country instead of fleeing away? Be sure not even Ortega and his allies would ever do that.
As a very short editorial I gotta say I don't expect Ortega to EVER admit they've got confirmed cases unless they can use it to blame the USA for it.

UPDATE: Governor Hogan Announces New Cases of COVID-19 in Maryland, Additional Actions
https://governor.maryland.gov/2020/03/11...l-actions/
And yet, there is just another confirmed case in PG county, werewolves!

E3 canceled amid coronavirus spread
The world's biggest gaming convention will be shelved for 2020. Microsoft and Ubisoft will showcase their games online instead.
https://www.cnet.com/news/e3-canceled-am...us-spread/
Yeah, if you had plans to visit the world's largest videogame convention, you better forget about it.

A Sharkish Section Finally  

Hammerhead sharks in Galapagos marked to study route through the Pacific
https://ticotimes.net/2020/03/11/hammerh...he-pacific

The Migramar acoustic marks will help “collect information on the migratory patterns of this species along the Eastern Pacific, when sharks pass through the areas where the receivers are installed,” the park said in a statement.
The network of receivers extends from the United States to Chile, and passes through protected areas of Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. The Ocean Blue Tree organization also participated in the shark identification work.

Somehow I feel like they were playing Big Brother with my fellow sharks.