coronavirus-index

# 03/05/2020 The coronavirus hits Bosnia, South Africa, New Jersey, San Francisco, Alberta and Colorado. Germany reports 548 confirmed cases, and Bethlehem goes into lockdown.

Developments

Microsoft and Amazon announce that employees will work from home until the end of the month (source) (archive)
Grand Princess cruise ship being held off the California coast as two former passengers test positive for coronavirus (source) (archive)
California coronavirus victim was from Rocklin, possibly infected 6 other people before hospitalization (source) (archive)
Five new cases of coronavirus in Finland (sources: 1 2) (archives: 1 2)
349 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany (source) (archive)
Bosnia confirms first two cases of coronavirus (source) (archive)
UK Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty warns coronavirus cases will go up (source) (archive)
Sydney's Epping Boys high school ordered to close as student tests positive for coronavirus (source) (archive)
Coronavirus patient worked shift in emergency department in west of Ireland (source) (archive)
Field hospital in China closed because of patient recoveries, but many were reinfected three days later (archiveTODO)
Hungary and Greece turn away asylum seekers amid coronavirus outbreak (source) (archive)
First case of coronavirus in South Africa as man returns from Italy trip (source) (archive)
Williamson County, Tenessee, reports its first confirmed case of coronavirus (source) (archive)
North Jersey reports first confirmed case of coronavirus (source) (archive)
Students at Co Armagh school were allowed to return from Italy ski trip on Tuesday 03/03, despite coronavirus risk (source) (archive)
London mayor Sadiq Khan claims "no fear" of catching coronavirus on public transport (source) (archive)
Another coronavirus case in Chile reported for a traveler returning from Italy (source) (archive)
Twitter user @Aliostad reports on the behind-the-scenes in Iran: 28 deaths in a single day at one hospital, and 1000 suspected cases admitted (source) (archive)
Quebec's second case of coronavirus reported in man who recently returned from India (source) (archive)
Trudeau declares Canada has no plans to ban travelers from coronavirus-affected countries (source) (archive)
London citizens don inventive 'face masks' and headgear on public transport in effort to combat coronavirus (source) (archive)
UK's Boris Johnson "shook hands with everybody" at hospital housing coronavirus patients (source) (archive)
HSBC's UK headquarters evacuates its research department and part of its trading floor due to coronavirus infection (source) (archive)
San Francisco reports first two cases of coronavirus (source) (archive)
Asian couple assaulted on subway in Philadelphia amid coronavirus outbreak (source) (archive)
Iranian diplomat Hossein Sheikholeslam died from coronavirus infection (source) (archive)
30 suspected cases of coronavirus and 3 confirmed cases reported in Hungary (source) (archive)
Bethlehem going into lockdown at midnight, nobody allowed to enter or leave the city (source) (archive)
School district north of Seattle to close for two weeks as coronavirus precaution (source) (archive)
WHO Director-General 'concerned' at level of political commitment to fighting coronavirus exhibited by "some countries" (source) (archive)
548 confimed cases of coronavirus in Germany (source) (archive)
7 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Ireland source) (archive)
Schools in Williamson County, Tennessee to close for cleaning after first confirmed coronavirus case (source) (archive)
Tennessee's coronavirus patient flew in and out of Boston's Logan Airport (source) (archive)
San Francisco Chronicle's coronavirus live updates: Lowell High shuts down, new cases emerge in Santa Clara County (source) (archive)
Arizona Representative Andy Biggs votes against coronavirus funding (source) (archive)
North Korea threatens use of weapons to control border with China (source) (archive)
US coronavirus death toll rises to 12 (source) (archive)
Two people in Ohio under quarantine, being investigated for coronavirus infection (source) (archive)
Hudson Medical's Director of Neurology wants to fight coronavirus with 'Soliris' medicine (source) (archive)
Auckland doctor on bus told to "go home to China" (source) (archive)
New Zealand coronavirus patient's family subjected to "sustained and abusive cyberbullying" (source) (archive)
California tells insurers to waive coronavirus testing charges (source) (archive)
Second confirmed case of coronavirus in Buenos Aires (source) (archive)
Trinity College Dublin emails staff and students about positive case of coronavirus detected
Quarantined Northern California nurse says CDC won't test her (source) (archive)
Chinese set out to make propoganda videos showing Wuhan citizens are "well-supplied", residents yell "Fake!" (source) (archive) (video archive)
Beijing reports 4 new cases of coronavirus, all apparently arrivals from Italy (source) (archive)
Second positive case of coronavirus in northern New Jersey (source) (archive)
First case of coronavirus reported in Alberta (source) (archive)
California National Guard drops coronavirus testing kits to Grand Princess cruise ship (source) (archive) (video archive)
French Lawmaker hospitalized after contracting coronavirus (source) (archive)
Colorado reports first two "presumtive positive" cases of coronavirus (source) (archive)
Family of Life Care Center residents speak on coronavirus (source) (archive)

Extra intel

French Beijing resident reports on coronavirus happenings (source) (archive)
Chen Quishi still missing (source) (archive)
Dr. John Campbell Video on COVID19 Mutation (source) (archive)
Films, TV shows, and events that have been canceled by the coronavirus outbreak (source) (archive)
Nurses criticize CDC's testing procedures and COVID-19 response (source) (archive)
Academic article responds to "The origin and continuing evolution of SARS-COV-2" paper's claims of two different types of SARS-COV-2 (source) (archive)
Wall Street Journal article about a doctor fighting the coronavirus in Wuhan (source) (archive)
EPA approved list of disinfectants (source) (archive)
Notice from a Chinese restaurant in N King County (archivetodo?)

Informative takes by Kiwis

@TheRedChair: how to make homemade disinfectant out of rubbing alcohol/bleach solutions
@EmuWarsVeteran: shares some clips from Spanish news talking about the recent coronavirus developements
@Houraisan Kaguya: shares information on precautions being taken in South Korea (Jeju)
@pull over dat ass too fat: on media company advertising and quick, local testing for the coronavirus (rapid PCR)
@Not Really Here: on the Gell–Mann amnesia effect, and why we should be wary of the media's reporting
@EmuWarsVeteran: update on the coronavirus in Spain
@Glad I couldn't help: on an interesting graph from Hong Kong, indicating that all viral infection rates went down in February
@Nonconsentual Pronouns: Travis Air Force Base update
@Innominandum: on the coronavirus, dengue fever, and antibody-dependent enhancement
@Randall Fragg: sums up the good that the coronavirus has wrought upon the world
@Bob's Fuckass Head: on an interview with a 1918 H1N1 influenza survivor
@Iuz: more information on the 1918 H1N1 influenza, and some parallels to the current coronavirus happenings

Memes and other funny stuff

In response to coronavirus outbreak, one Australian elevator is now voice-activated (and racist) (archivetodo)
Music Video: Wuhan! (Got you all infected) - Emily Youcis (source)
Corona-chan fucking the economy (Rule #34, NSFW, etc)
Coronavirus? Hah! The Iron Sheik has got this, ya Jabronis! (source) (archive)