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Tracking the Coronavirus

  • Stephen Repetski

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    The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has sickened 142,539 people and killed 5,393, according to the latest World Health Organization data release 14 March 2020.

    Countries around the world have restricted travel and are urging citizens to avoid crowds which could spread the virus. The Grasswire team is bringing together information from around the world highlighting how governments and private organizations are reacting to the disease.

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    Coronavirus testing

    Limiting the spread of viruses and diseases

    Andrew Okwuosah

    US Vice President Mike Pence and the rest of the Coronavirus Task Force set up by President Trump are expected to address a website being created by Google and its subsidiary Verily. During a Friday news conference, Trump said the website would allow Americans nationwide to figure out if they should get tested based on their symptoms. Google tweeted hours later that the site is in “the early stages of development” with testing planned to roll out in the San Francisco Bay Area before “expanding more broadly over time.” In a separate statement on Saturday, Google tweeted that the company is “partnering with the US government in developing a nationwide that includes information about COVID-19 symptoms, risk and testing information” among other measures including the aforementioned Verily site.

    Stephen Repetski

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    Ottawa Public Health asks people to “increase their practices of social distancing,” keep children home is possible and to try to work from home.

    Andrew Okwuosah

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