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Is food delivery safe during the coronavirus pandemic?

March 22, 2020, 6:27 am
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By Suzy Weiss

Can your takeout take YOU out?

As more people work from home and self-quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic — and as fistfights break out over canned tuna at the grocery store — takeout delivery is starting to look pretty appealing.

But is it safe to order from your favorite restaurant, or should you stick to your stockpile of rice and beans?  Read more >>
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Video: On The Streets With The Police On Night One Of The Curfew

March 22, 2020, 6:33 am
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 Police on the streets on Friday night.

By LEANDRA ROLLE
Tribune Staff Reporter
lrolle@tribunemedia.net

THE normally busy streets of Nassau were eerily silent Friday night after a national curfew officially came into effect in an effort to fight the COVID-19 threat.

After 9pm on Friday, streets where persons once roamed freely appeared deserted while popular restaurants and nightspots were closed.

Instead, the streets were heavily patrolled by police officers, who actively combed the streets in search of persons contravening the new emergency orders as issued by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Thursday.

Under the orders, Dr Minnis mandated residents in the country remain inside their homes until March 31 between 9pm and 5am. Persons are also barred from attending recreational or competitive sporting events and other social events.

Noting that the measures are necessary to ensure the safety of all Bahamians in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson urged members of the public on Friday to adhere to the guidelines as issued by government officials.  Read more >>
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U.S. Senate races to agree on massive coronavirus relief package

March 22, 2020, 6:39 am
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By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Saturday scrambled to complete a deal on a $1 trillion-plus bill aimed at stemming the coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout for workers, industries and small businesses.

But after a second day of marathon closed-door negotiations, there was no sign of an overarching deal between negotiators, despite Republicans’ claims of bipartisan agreement on specific issues including unemployment insurance and small business assistance.  Read more >>
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What are the limits of stay-at-home orders?

March 22, 2020, 6:44 am
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during his daily news conference amid the coronavirus outbreak in New York on March 20, 2020.Bennett Raglin / Getty Images

By Dennis Romero

With nearly 80 million Americans under orders to stay out of public spaces as much as possible, some are wondering what, exactly, they can legally do besides becoming homebodies.

Stay-at-home and work-limitation orders covering California, New York and other states vary in severity but often lead to the same question: "Can I go for a walk?"

"You'll still be able to go running and hiking and walk your dog," said Illinois Gov. J.B Pritzker in announcing his order on Friday. "Many, many people will still go to work."  Read more >>
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Alarm and scepticism over N Korea claim of being coronavirus free

March 22, 2020, 6:49 am
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North Korea watchers say there are cases in the country and are concerned it will devastate impoverished nation.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been pictured by state media at a number of recent missile launches, but has not been wearing a mask as protection against the coronavirus [KCNA via Yonhap and EPA]

by Kelly Kasulis

Seoul, South Korea - More than 160 countries across the world are battling COVID-19, but as coronavirus challenges even the world's most sophisticated health systems, there is one nation that claims to have no cases at all: North Korea.

"Not one novel coronavirus patient has emerged," Song In Bom, an official from North Korea's emergency health committee said last month in the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper.  Read more >>
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Bahamas Strengthens Its Protections Against COVID-19

March 22, 2020, 7:52 am
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Flag of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. (Photo via iStock / Getty Images Plus / AndrewLinscott)

By LAURIE BARATTI

With four coronavirus cases now confirmed on Nassau, The Bahamas is stepping up its actions to confront COVID-19, while the pandemic continues to escalate worldwide.

The four patients who’ve tested positive are being quarantined in isolation according to guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation continues to implement updated protocols and protection measures, guided by the Ministry of Health and other government agencies, in alignment with the country's Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID-19.  Read more >>
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No injuries reported after plane crashes off Lower Bogue, Eleuthera

March 22, 2020, 8:07 am
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Photo credit: Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority

By  Ava Turnquest

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority has launched an investigation into an accident that took place off of Lower Bogue Eleuthera this morning.

A Piper Aztec with registration N14178 crashed into waters off of Lower Bogue Eleuthera after departing the North Eleuthera Airport.

The authority confirmed the pilot and two passengers were not injured. (source)
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Puerto Rico: Gov't Dismisses Rumor About Schedule to Spray Disinfectant From Helicopters

March 22, 2020, 2:36 pm
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 Labels it "fake news" - >iStock: Roman Stavila

By Giovanna Garofalo, The Weekly Journal

A spokesperson for the Department of State of Puerto Rico denied the authenticity of a WhatsApp message that has been widely divulged among residents.

According to the message, whose origin has not been confirmed, the government had scheduled a mass disinfecting spree tonight by aerial means in order to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19)

"Tonight as of 11:00 p.m. no one will be able to be on the streets, close doors and windows. 5 Air Force helicopters will spray disinfectant as part of the protocol to eradicate the Coronavirus, Share (sic.)," the message reads in Spanish.

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL contacted the press official for the Department of State, who acknowledged that they had also received the message, but labeled it as "fake news." Any government measures concerning COVID-19 and public health will be informed through official means, they assured.  Read more >>
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Coronavirus is bringing a plague of dangerous doomsday predictions

March 22, 2020, 3:16 pm
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By John Blake, CNN

Government and public health officials have issued all sorts of guidelines to help people protect themselves against the spread of Covid-19. But there's another contagion that experts seem helpless to stop: The plague of prophets warning that the coronavirus is a sign we're at the "end of days."

There is something about pandemics that cause panicked people to empty their minds along with supermarket shelves. Countless doomsday warnings like Browne's prediction are spreading online, blending coronavirus fears with everything from political paranoia about a "#oneworld gov controlled by the UN" to Australian wildfires and swarms of locusts in Africa.  Read more >>
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Coronavirus is revealing how badly the UK has failed its most vulnerable

March 22, 2020, 3:23 pm
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Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN

London (CNN)As the novel coronavirus rips through a stunned global population, it's becoming clear that no one can escape the impact it's having on society.

The past few weeks have shown that even the world's wealthiest and most powerful are as likely to contract the virus as anyone else. However, less attention is being paid to the most vulnerable members of society -- those in poverty, people living on the breadline and the homeless.

The problem reached a crunch point in the UK, which has dramatically increased its response to the virus outbreak this week. Food banks that provide a lifeline for some of the estimated 14 million in poverty are running low on volunteers, many of whom have been forced to self-isolate, as well as food itself, which is in short supply following panic-buying.  Read more >>
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Rihanna's foundation donates $5 million to help fight coronavirus

March 22, 2020, 3:29 pm
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Singer/Recording Artist Rihanna

 (CNN) - Rihanna's foundation has donated $5 million to various organizations assisting with coronavirus relief efforts.

The Clara Lionel Foundation announced the donation in a statement on Saturday.

"When we first began this year, never could we have imagined how (the coronavirus) would so dramatically alter our lives," the foundation said.

"It doesn't matter who you are or where you're from, this pandemic will affect us all. And for the world's most vulnerable, the worst may be yet to come."

The foundation donated the money to Direct Relief, Feeding America, Partners in Health, The World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and the International Rescue Committee, among others.  Read more >>
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Connecticut man who died of coronavirus delivered last rites by phone

March 22, 2020, 3:34 pm
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 Bill Pike and his wife, Cathie Pike A Connecticut man, Bill Pike, who died following a coronavirus diagnosis was delivered last rites by his pastor over the phone with his family listening in from quarantine.

 (CNN) - A Connecticut man who died following a coronavirus diagnosis was give last rites by his pastor over the phone with his family listening in from quarantine.

Cathie Pike told CNN that her husband, Bill Pike, "led a life of intellectual fascination of the world." Calling her departed husband "simply amazing," she said he had the most beautiful last rites thanks to modern communication.
"It was a like a tapestry or quilt of our affections for him," she said.

The delivery of last rites was made possible after a nurse at Norwalk Hospital agreed to assist. The nurse gathered the Rev. Peter Walsh of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in New Canaan on the phone and then connected to Pike's wife and three children to the call from quarantine.  Read more >>
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Zion Baptist Stays Open

March 22, 2020, 3:42 pm
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Zion Baptist Church, Shirley St.

By TANYA SMITH-CARTWRIGHT
ts-cartwright@tribunemedia.net

THE doors of Zion Baptist Church will remain open for worship despite the social distancing suggestions from government, Senior Pastor T G Morrison told The Tribune yesterday.

A day earlier, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced that religious leaders had agreed to cancel church services and related events in an effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The suspension is scheduled to end in April.

However, the Shirley Street church is not complying. “The doors of Zion will be open,” Pastor Morrison said. “The church is a place of refuge. I have a fundamental struggle to see the courts of the house of God closed, even in hurricanes the houses of worship are used as shelters.

“Without any form of theological discernment, you just shut the doors of the courts of the house of God? The health officials say shut them, so you just shut them, but we believe a man was dead for three days and rose again from the dead. I have a serious struggle with this.  Read more >>
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QC to fight COVID-19 emergency orders

March 23, 2020, 4:50 am
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Wayne Munroe, QC.

By  Natario McKenzie

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A well-known Queen’s Counsel says he plans to mount a legal challenge to the Emergency Powers (COVID-19) order imposed by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis last week.

Wayne Munroe, QC, told Eyewitness News  the order was ‘ultra vires’, adding businesses had very little time to prepare.

The Emergency Powers (COVID-19) Order, 2020, include a nightly curfew and shutdown of all non-essential businesses and organizations, public transportation and commercial sailing; and all events, parties or gatherings.

The curfew is in effect each night from 9pm to 5am, with exceptions to be approved by the commissioner of police.

The order took effect at 9am last Friday and will remain in effect until 9am on March 31.

The prime minister said the order will be lifted upon consultation with health officials.

Munroe said: “It’s not very well thought out. Very early on I have expressed that in my view the emergency regulations are ultra vires the Emergency Powers Act.  Read more >>
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Apply Online for Social & Economic Assistance

March 23, 2020, 5:06 am
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Find out how to access help from the COVID-19 Economic Fall-Out.

- Government offices move online
- Limited public access at physical locations
- Help available for individuals and businesses
- Application forms available later this week


THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Tourism workers who have been placed on short workweeks should email requests for social assistance to the Ministry with a job letter, job identification, and national ID attached: socialservicesapp@bahamas.gov.bs.


SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (SBDC)
Small Businesses should visit the SBDC website for access to the Business Continuity Loan Program. Online forms will be available at www.accessaccelerator.org on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.


The NATIONAL INSURANCE BOARD (NIB)
Self-employed tourism workers are advised to apply online for the Government subsidized unemployment benefit through NIB. All other NIB registrants eligible for sick benefits or unemployment benefits should also apply online.


Forms will be available for download at www.nib-bahamas.com on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Email all applications to customerservice@nib-bahamas.com or govuea@nib-bahamas.com.
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Remembering Sir Lynden on what would have been his 90th birthday

March 23, 2020, 5:52 am
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The late Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling with Prince Charles during The Bahamas’ independence celebrations in 1973.

By OSWALD T. BROWN

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22, 2020 — Today would have been the 90th birthday of the late Sir Lynden Pindling, the first Prime Minister of The Bahamas, whose name  as leader of the Progressive Libera Party (PLP) during the struggle for majority rule in The Bahamas is enshrined in the history of The Bahamas as a Modern Day Moses.

Those who were around in the 1960s tend to forget what life  was like in The Bahamas when racism was viciously enforced on the same disgraceful level as in the Southern United States, where it was implemented by law, and the younger generation in The Bahamas simply do not want to be reminded that as late at 1962, Black Bahamians were refused admission to the “whites only” Savoy Theatre of Bay Street and the only Blacks working in banks on Bay Street were as janitors or similar low-level jobs.  Read more >>
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Jordan authorises use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19

March 23, 2020, 5:58 am
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As leading doctors warn of widespread infection in Jordan, hospitals can now use malaria drug for serious conditions.

An ambulance is seen on an empty street in Amman after the start of a nationwide curfew [Muhammad Hamed/Reuters]

By Ali Younes

Jordan's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised physicians to use hydroxychloroquine along with an antiviral medicine as a treatment for COVID-19 in patients in an advanced stage of the disease.

A recent French study has shown hydroxychloroquine, a malaria treatment that has been in use around the world for decades, may be beneficial if taken with an antibiotic mechanism for fighting a coronavirus infection.  Read more >>
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Streaming Apps Suddenly Face the Coronavirus Test

March 23, 2020, 6:06 am
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While TV viewership will go up, the surge in demand may expose more of the industry’s problems.

Consumer behavior will be interesting to observe as the streaming experiment meets the social-distancing experiment. Photographer: kizilkayaphotos/iStockphoto

A few weeks ago, there was entirely too much TV content for Americans to watch and not enough hours in the day. How quickly it will start to feel as though just the opposite is true.

What’s on TV is a relatively minor concern in the grand scheme of things: The novel coronavirus is now present in every U.S. state, and more than 300 people in the country are known to have died as a result of Covid-19. At this rate, hospitals worry they’ll run out of space and life-saving equipment, and so Americans are being advised to hunker down to slow the spread. In this nationwide social-distancing experiment, media companies such as Comcast Corp., Netflix Inc. and Walt Disney Co. do have a role to play. The isolation will only get more difficult as the days wear on. Entertainment can help keep us from going stir-crazy and from giving in to the temptation to meet up with friends and go back to normal life.  Read more >>
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NHS hospitals likened to war zones as doctors prepare to make grim decisions

March 23, 2020, 6:09 am
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NHS staff have expressed concern about a shortfall of ventilators and correct protective personal equipment. Photograph: vm/Getty Images

NHS hospitals are in urgent need of ventilators and are approaching full capacity because of the Covid-19 outbreak, which will increasingly force doctors to make tough decisions about which patients to treat, the British Medical Association has warned.

The comments by BMA spokesman and consultant anaesthetist Tom Dolphin come as senior staff at a London hospital told the Guardian they expect beds in its intensive care unit to be full by 30 March, with one source describing its A&E unit as “like a war zone”.  Read more >>
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Police Tread Lightly as Pandemic Spreads

March 23, 2020, 6:14 am
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Facing sweeping new safety orders, a frightened public and health risks of close contact, many police departments have decided that, for now, less is more.

Chicago police officers patrolled on horses along a nearly empty Michigan Avenue on Saturday.Credit...Joshua Lott for The New York Times

By Shaila Dewan, Vanessa Swales and Neil Vigdor

If you have a fender bender in Nashville these days, chances are you’ll be filing your report by phone. In Philadelphia, the police are trying not to take drug dealers to jail. In Hilton Head, S.C., the authorities have seemed particularly focused on one offense: gathering and drinking on the beach. 

But even that transgression was unlikely to lead to an arrest. Across the country, violators of new rules that require staying at home and keeping your distance from others are most likely to get off with a warning.

Police departments are treading softly as they navigate the twin demands of the coronavirus pandemic: how and when to enforce the new safety regulations, and how to do their regular work in the midst of a national health emergency.  Read more >>
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