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(1) Coronavirus Update !!!

(2) World walls off as leaders warn viral pandemic will worsen

People around the world became increasingly closed off from one another Thursday as sweeping travel bans accelerated, walling regions apart as a viral pandemic unfolds and financial markets plunge. It was an outbreak moving, at once, both glacially and explosively, with a virus first detected three months ago in China creeping across borders and producing eruptive outbreaks that have crippled areas. Even for a crisis that has brought no shortage of headlines, dizzying developments were flashing across screens: An official designation of “pandemic” from the World Health Organization, a dramatic halt to much travel between the United States and 26 European countries, and infections among beloved Hollywood stars, sports luminaries and political leaders. All of it came against a backdrop of plunging world economies that left not only Wall Street investors but people from all walks of life hurting.

(3) North Korean defectors create political party

A chronic problem North Korean defectors face in terms of receiving institutional support or protection while struggling to settle in the South is that such social policies often lack consistency and are vulnerable to political shifts, according to defectors here. To make policies more reflective of their voice, North Korean defectors have gathered to create their own political party under the name the Unification Party of North and South Koreas, about two months ahead of the April 15 general election.

(4) Trump Declares National Emergency over New Coronavirus

American President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday to provide more resources to fight the new coronavirus outbreak. Speaking from the White House, Trump said, “I am officially declaring a national emergency.” He said the action would release up to $50 billion for state and local governments to deal with the outbreak. The president said he was also giving Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar emergency power to ease federal regulations and laws to give doctors and hospitals “flexibility” in treating patients. Trump spoke as his administration is talking with Congress about providing support for people and businesses affected by the outbreak. Before Trump’s declaration, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives said the lower house would approve its own coronavirus proposal. She called on Trump and the Republican-controlled Senate to “put families first” by supporting the proposal.

(5) Not exactly gloating, stockpiling ‘preppers’ have a moment

Curt La Haise has put up with plenty of razzing from friends over the years who have called him paranoid for stockpiling an eight-month supply of food in his basement and having enough fuel to power his generator for almost an entire winter. They’re not laughing anymore amid panic buying that has cleared store shelves across the U.S. and growing fears that the new coronavirus will force many Americans to self-quarantine for weeks in their homes. “Now my friends are like, ‘What should I do, what should I get?’” said La Haise, who operates a firearms and safety training business near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. “Prepping doesn’t look so bad now.” For those in the often-mocked “prepper” community, this is quickly becoming their “I told you so” moment. But many are resisting saying that, even if it’s in the back of their minds. What they hope is that they’ll finally be taken seriously and that more people will follow their lead. “We’re not laughing. We’re not saying, ‘I told you so,’ when people are out there fighting over toilet paper and hand sanitizers,” said Paul Buescher, of Northfield Center Township, Ohio. Buescher is one of 32 members of a group in northeastern Ohio that shares a farm packed with enough canned and dehydrated food and water to last for years. He said he is now getting calls all day long asking for advice. Survival supply stores can’t keep up with the demand for food kits and medical supplies. “Every single business that has to do with emergency preparedness is overloaded,” said John Ramey, founder of a Colorado-based prepper website called The Prepared. Most preppers say they are about self-reliance and common sense and are quick to distance themselves from the “doomsday preppers” who are depicted on television shows awaiting the day most of the world’s population is wiped off the map. “The vast majority of this is ‘beans and Band-Aids,’ not ‘bullets and bunkers,’” Ramey said.

(6) First participant in US coronavirus vaccine trial to be given dose

The first participant in a clinical trial for a vaccine against Covid-19 will receive an experimental dose on Monday, according to a US government official. The trial, taking place at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, will involve 45 young, healthy volunteers who will be given shots of the vaccine. The official who disclosed plans for the first participant spoke on condition of anonymity to Associated Press. The move has not been publicly announced. The vaccine was developed by the company Moderna and the National Institutes of Health, which is also funding the trial. The goal is to examine whether the vaccine shows any concerning side-effects, setting the stage for larger trials this year that will assess its efficacy. It is expected to take a year to 18 months to fully validate any potential vaccine. Participants cannot become infected from the shots because they do not contain the virus – or even an attenuated version of it in the way traditional vaccines such as MMR do.

(7) Small churches become coronavirus hotbed

A Christian church is becoming another hotbed of COVID-19 infections in the Seoul metropolitan area, as 46 members, including the pastor and his wife, have been confirmed infected, Monday. The latest development gave critics excuses to be vocal against Protestant churches in Korea, many of which dismissed the quarantine authorities' recommendation for social distancing. According to the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), the non-denominational church, called River of Grace, located in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, was the biggest religious group infected outside of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province. The pastor and his wife were the first to be confirmed last week, followed by 40 members who were confirmed, Sunday. The government recommended religious groups cancel in-person gatherings last month. Yet, the pastor in the Seongnam church went ahead with holding Sunday services until March 8. At the service that day, 135 people attended, among whom 46 have been confirmed infected. The latest infection cluster drew strong vilification from critics.

(8) Treasury proposal: Deliver $500B to Americans starting April

The Treasury Department said Wednesday it wants to dedicate $500 billion to start issuing direct payments to Americans by early next month as the centerpiece of a $1 trillion plan to stabilize the economy as the coronavirus epidemic threatens a body slam to taxpayers and businesses. In a memorandum, Treasury proposed two $250 billion cash infusions to individuals: A first set of checks issued starting April 6, with a second wave in mid-May. The amounts would depend on income and family size. The Treasury plan, which requires approval by Congress, also recommends $50 billion to stabilize the airlines, $150 billion to issue loan guarantees to other struggling sectors, and $300 billion to for small businesses. The plan appears to anticipate that some of the loans would not be repaid. Taken together, the administration plan promises half of the $1 trillion to families and individuals, with the other half used to prop up businesses. The details are for the third coronavirus response bill that lawmakers hope to pass next week. Direct payments would go to U.S. citizens only, and would be “tiered based on income level and family size.” The two payments would be identical, with the second wave starting by May 18.