{"id":51378,"date":"2020-02-25T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=51378"},"modified":"2020-02-25T13:03:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:03:51","slug":"americans-should-prepare-for-community-spread-cdc-warns-as-hhs-azar-admits-us-lacks-mask-stockpile-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=51378","title":{"rendered":"Americans &#8220;Should Prepare For Community Spread,&#8221; CDC Warns As HHS&#8217; Azar Admits US Lacks Mask Stockpile: Live Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/south-korean-crisis-response-coordinator-commits-suicide-cases-near-1000-live-updates\">Americans &#8220;Should Prepare For Community Spread,&#8221; CDC Warns As HHS&#8217; Azar Admits US Lacks Mask Stockpile: Live Updates<\/a>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Summary:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>WHO warns the&nbsp;<strong>rest of the world &#8220;is not ready for the virus to spread&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/li><li>CDC warns&nbsp;<strong>Americans &#8220;should prepare for possible community spread&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong>of virus.<\/li><li>HHS Sec. Azar warns US lacks stockpiles of masks<\/li><li>Italy Hotel in Lockdown After First Coronavirus Case in Liguria<\/li><li>First case in Switzerland<\/li><li>First case in Austria<\/li><li>First case in Spain<\/li><li>Iran Deputy Health Minister infected with Covid-19<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Update (1145ET)<\/strong>: US CDC says COVID-19 epidemic is&nbsp;<strong>rapidly evolving and expanding<\/strong>, warning that a vaccine could be ready in a year, and&nbsp;<strong>Americans should prepare for possible spreads in communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As coronavirus spreads, WHO urges world to \u2018prepare for potential pandemic\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><strong>&#8220;Now is the time for businesses, hospitals, communities, and schools to begin preparing to respond to coronavirus.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, HHS Secretary&nbsp;Alex Azar&nbsp;says at Senate panel hearing that the U.S. doesn\u2019t have enough stockpiles of masks and ventilators to fight the coronavirus and that\u2019s one reason the Trump administration is seeking $2.5b in funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About 30m so-called N95 respirator masks are stockpiled but as many as 300m are needed for&nbsp;healthcare&nbsp;workers<\/strong>, Azar says, adding that his department doesn&#8217;t yet know how much they would cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic&nbsp;Sen.&nbsp;Patty Murray, who questioned the administration\u2019s readiness to battle the spread of the virus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m deeply concerned we\u2019re way behind the eight ball on this,\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>Murray said while questioning Azar at the Appropriations subcmte hearing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azar also says the money would be used to help develop vaccines and treatments for the virus and that&nbsp;<strong>a vaccine could be ready in a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Update (1100ET)<\/strong>: WHO&#8217;s Bruce Aylward told journalists that<strong>&nbsp;China&#8217;s actions &#8220;prevented hundreds of thousands of cases&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong>and warned that&nbsp;<strong>the rest of the world &#8220;is not ready for the virus to spread,&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;adding that &#8220;countries should instruct citizens now on hygeine.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Update (1001ET)<\/strong>:&nbsp;<strong>A case of the novel corona virus has been confirmed for the first time in Switzerland.<\/strong>&nbsp;The federal government announced on Tuesday. One person was tested positive for the virus, said those responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italian officials stated that the first patient was &#8220;obviously infected in Italy,&#8221; and will consider further measures if they think &#8220;uncontrolled transmission&#8221; of the virus is occurring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans &#8220;Should Prepare For Community Spread,&#8221; CDC Warns As HHS&#8217; Azar Admits US Lacks Mask Stockpile: Live Updates\u00a0 Summary:&nbsp; WHO warns the&nbsp;rest of the world &#8220;is not ready for the virus to spread&#8230;&#8221; CDC warns&nbsp;Americans &#8220;should prepare for possible community spread&#8221;&nbsp;of virus. HHS Sec. 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