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03/06/2020 / By Ethan Huff

Black rain falls on Japan, believed to be fallout from the mass cremation of coronavirus victims in Wuhan

A serious weather event that struck Japan recently generated a mysterious black rain that some believe could be toxic fallout from the cremation of the bodies of Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19) victims in mainland China. In the days following what media reports are now describing as one of the fiercest lightning storms on record in Tokyo, […]

03/06/2020 / By News Editors

WHO: Coronavirus is more deadly than originally thought

The World Health Organization has announced that the death rate for those who contract the coronavirus is higher than originally thought. Even though getting the coronavirus only comes with a 3.4% mortality rate, the virus’ rapid spread could bump that number even higher. (Article by Mac Slavo republished from SHTFPlan.com) Originally, WHO assumed the death […]

03/06/2020 / By JD Heyes

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns of “worst-case scenario” with Coronavirus that could wipe out savings and destroy markets

Billionaire investor, hedge fund manager and founder of one of Bridgewater Associates said in an online post this week that the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) has the potential to become a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. Worse, he noted, though admitting he’s no virus expert, he believes that if the outbreak becomes a global pandemic and ordinary people with […]

03/06/2020 / By Ralph Flores

World Bank commits $12 billion in aid for countries hit by coronavirus, but experts are bracing for a global recession

The World Bank on Tuesday has committed $12 billion in aid to help countries with the health and economic impacts of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The emergency aid package will include low-cost loans, grants and technical assistance, and is designed to provide a fast and reliable response for developing countries, especially those that are […]

03/06/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Seattle nursing home now seen as possible epicenter of US coronavirus outbreak

A nursing home located in a Seattle suburb is now at the center of an investigation after four of its residents died from the dreaded coronavirus. In a report by the U.S. Sun, six people — including the four from the nursing home — have already died in Washington state from the new disease. Families of the patients […]

03/06/2020 / By Franz Walker

Massive economic disruptions ahead as businesses in Washington state brace for upswing in coronavirus infections

With 51 confirmed coronavirus cases and 10 deaths, King County has been the center of the outbreak in Washington state. Now, county officials are suggesting its over two million residents to work from home in an attempt to reduce the number of infections. “Workplaces should enact measures that allow people who can work from home to do so,” said King […]

03/06/2020 / By Darnel Fernandez

San Francisco cruise ship passengers stuck ‘in limbo’ after passenger dies from coronavirus

Health officials in the Bay Area yesterday conducted tests on about 3,500 passengers aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship to determine if any of them have contracted the novel coronavirus. The ship was scheduled to dock in San Francisco on Thursday but was prevented from doing so after one 71-year-old man, who had been on […]

03/05/2020 / By JD Heyes

Oregon health officials warn that as many as 500 people in the state could already be carrying coronavirus

Alarmed health officials in Oregon said this week that several hundred — and perhaps as many as 500 — residents of the state could be unknowingly carrying the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), meaning the outbreak there could soon explode. As Oregon Live reports, on Monday state health officials reported that a third ‘presumptive’ case of the […]

03/05/2020 / By Michael Alexander

WHO admits global coronavirus death rate HIGHER than initially thought: Now 3.4%

The global mortality rate for coronavirus (COVID-19), the disease caused by the new coronavirus that first appeared in China and is now spreading across the globe, is much higher than what was previously thought, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The WHO, in an announcement from their headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday, set the new rate at 3.4 percent, […]

03/05/2020 / By Ethan Huff

WHO warns of global shortage of the same pandemic protective gear that U.S. authorities say nobody should buy anyway

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave a media briefing the other day to address the current state of the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19) crisis, at least from the WHO’s perspective. And in his remarks, Dr. Ghebreyesus mentioned that much of the pandemic protective gear that officials here in the United States say […]

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