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Founder of Alpenglow Expeditions Adrian Ballinger announced via Instagram that coronavirus fears led Chinese officials to close northern access to Mt Everest via Tibet for the spring climbing season. The spring season is March-May due to better weather conditions on the Himalayan mountain. Ballinger, an experienced climber, stated: If you can imagine you are bringing 500 to 1000 people together at...
Read morePrior to the global spread of COVID-19, there had been criticism of the Chinese leaders handling of the virus's rapid spread and the lack of information shared. Now local officials, civil servants and whistleblowers say that Beijing's reports of businesses returning to full work capacity are fake. Companies are being ordered to run machines and leave lights on during work hours...
Read moreCoronavirus tragedy struck in Fujian, China Saturday evening as a hotel being used to quarantine people with COVID-19 collapsed. CNN reports that 10 were confirmed dead as of Sunday morning. Another 71 were initially trapped inside the building but 48 were subsequently rescued from the rubble by the Fujian fire department. The fate of 23 people inside the building is unknown...
Read moreThe coronavirus effects are rippling through the economy including a growing strain on the global shipping industry. This is creating particular challenges for agricultural sectors such as oranges and meat that don't have access to enough refrigerated shipping containers or space on ocean vessels headed to China.
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Total confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus surpassed 100,000 cases today according to the Johns Hopkins Center for System Science and Engineering (CSSE). As of 8:00 am on March 6, 2020, the total was reported as 100,113 with 3,398 reported deaths.
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