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Kamis, 05 Maret 2020

Coronavirus updates: U.S. races to ramp up COVID-19 response as 11th death confirmed - CBS News

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar is expected to brief the press Thursday morning after a House briefing on the coronavirus. Watch it live in the player above.

Congress was poised to approve $8.3 billion dollars in supplemental spending Thursday to help bolster U.S. defenses against an increasingly pervasive and increasingly deadly outbreak of the new coronavirus.

Eleven people have died of the COVID-19 disease in the U.S., all but one in Washington state. California declared a state of emergency after the first death was confirmed there Wednesday. A cruise ship that the victim had traveled on was being held off shore in San Francisco, while all passengers are tested for the virus.

There were at least 160 people with the coronavirus in 17 states as of Thursday. Globally, the epidemic has spread to 81 countries, infecting at least 95,000 people and killing over 3,200. But more than 50,000 coronavirus patients have recovered and been released from isolation, and experts continue to debate the lethality of the disease.

Officials say the only way to understand it is to test a lot more people, and the U.S. government is working to catch up with other nations where widespread testing has been carried out for weeks. Vice President Mike Pence said 1.5 million more test kits would be available in the U.S. by the end of the week.

China, the country where the outbreak started, appeared to be over the worst of the epidemic, with daily death and infection rates declining. Elsewhere, including in the U.S., those rates were still ramping up, and the disease's impact on everyday life was mounting.

Some of America's biggest corporations have told employees in West Coast offices to work from home. The United Nations education agency UNESCO said more than 290 million children were out of school around the world thanks to closures in more than 20 countries. Countless sporting events, business conferences, concerts and other large gatherings have been scrapped as significant outbreaks in the U.S., South Korea, Iran and Italy continue to grow.

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Live updates: Coronavirus turmoil widens as U.S. death toll mounts; Dow poised to drop - The Washington Post

The passenger airline business could suffer losses between $63 billion and $113 billion due to the novel coronavirus, depending on the severity and length of the outbreak, the International Air Transport Association said in an updated analysis published Thursday.

Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s director general and CEO, said the outbreak amounts to a “crisis” for the industry.

The IATA had published on Feb. 20 an estimate that lost revenue would hit $29.3 billion, but that was based on a scenario confining the fallout to markets associated with China. “Since that time, the virus has spread to over 80 countries and forward bookings have been severely impacted on routes beyond China,” the industry body said.

Airlines around the world have begun canceling flights due to lower demand and complicated travel restrictions amid the coronavirus outbreak, with airlines outside Asia suffering amid a global pullback.

On Thursday, Norwegian Air announced it would cancel 22 long-haul routes linking Europe and the United States, between March 28 and May 5. Flybe, a British regional airline, grounded all flights and entered bankruptcy protection on Thursday, although the airline had been struggling before the novel coronavirus outbreak began.

The two main airlines in the United Arab Emirates, Etihad and Emirates, have asked employees to move up leave in light of the slowdown in business. Emirates even suggested that employees take unpaid leave for up to a month at a time because of “the availability of additional resources,” according to Chief Operating Officer Adel al-Redha.

IATA said the range of its newest estimate was based on different scenarios, with the lower estimate reflecting the costs if coronavirus is contained in current markets with over 100 cases as of March 2, and the higher end if the outbreak spreads further.

The analysis noted that financial markets were already pricing in a shock to industry revenue greater than its worst prediction, with airline share prices falling nearly 25 percent since the outbreak began.

Although falling oil prices may help airlines offset some of the cost, IATA suggested the industry would need government help.

“Governments must take note. Airlines are doing their best to stay afloat as they perform the vital task of linking the world’s economies. As governments look to stimulus measures, the airline industry will need consideration for relief on taxes, charges and slot allocation,” de Juniac said.

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2020-03-05 13:25:00Z
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Live updates: Coronavirus turmoil widens as U.S. death toll mounts; Xi cancels Japan trip - The Washington Post

The passenger airline business could see losses of between $63 billion and $113 billion due to the novel coronavirus depending on the severity and length of the outbreak, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in an updated analysis published Thursday.

Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO, said the outbreak amounted to a “crisis” for the industry.

The IATA had previously published an estimate on Feb. 20 that lost revenue would hit $29.3 billion, but that was based on a scenario confining the fallout to markets associated with China. “Since that time, the virus has spread to over 80 countries and forward bookings have been severely impacted on routes beyond China,” the industry body said.

Airlines across the world have begun canceling flights due to lower demand and complicated travel restrictions of coronavirus, with airlines outside of Asia suffering amid a global pullback.

On Thursday, Norwegian Air announced it would cancel 22 long-haul routes between Europe and the U.S., between March 28 and May 5. Flybe, a British regional airline, grounded all flights and entered bankruptcy protection on Thursday, though the airline had been struggling before the novel coronavirus outbreak began.

The two main airlines in the United Arab Emirates, Etihad and Emirates, have both asked employees to move up leave in light of the slowdown in business. Emirates even suggested employees take unpaid leave for up to a month at a time because of “the availability of additional resources” according to Chief Operating Officer Adel al-Redha.

IATA said that the range of its newest estimate was based on the different scenarios, with the lower estimate reflecting the costs if coronavirus is contained in current markets with over 100 cases as of March 2 and the higher end if a the outbreak spreads further.

Though falling oil prices may help airlines offset some of the cost, IATA suggested the industry would need government help.

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Live updates: Coronavirus turmoil widens as U.S. death toll mounts; Xi cancels Japan trip - The Washington Post

Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO, said the outbreak amounted to a “crisis” for the industry.

Airlines across the world have begun canceling flights due to lower demand and complicated travel restrictions of coronavirus, with airlines outside of Asia suffering amid a global pullback.

Though falling oil prices may help airlines offset some of the cost, IATA suggested the industry would need government help.

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Live updates: Coronavirus turmoil widens as U.S. death toll mounts; Xi cancels Japan trip - The Washington Post

Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO, said the outbreak amounted to a “crisis” for the industry.

Airlines across the world have begun canceling flights due to lower demand and complicated travel restrictions of coronavirus, with airlines outside of Asia suffering amid a global pullback.

Though falling oil prices may help airlines offset some of the cost, IATA suggested the industry would need government help.

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Afghan conflict: Top court backs war crimes probe - BBC News

An investigation of alleged war crimes by the US and others in the Afghan conflict can go ahead, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled.

The ICC overturned on appeal a previous decision to block the investigation.

The actions of the Taliban, the Afghan government and US troops since May 2003 are expected to be examined.

The US is not a signatory of the ICC and does not recognise its authority over American citizens.

Afghanistan is a member of the court but officials have expressed opposition to the inquiry.

In April 2019 a pre-trial chamber at the ICC ruled that the investigation should not go ahead because it would not "serve the interests of justice".

ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has been seeking a formal investigation into the alleged crimes since 2017.

The US opposes the investigation, and last year the Trump administration imposed travel restrictions and other sanctions on ICC officials.

President Donald Trump has also pardoned troops prosecuted in the US for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

The ICC ruling comes days after the US and the Taliban signed a deal aimed at bringing peace to Afghanistan after more than 18 years of conflict.

An important moment

The International Criminal Court has long been criticised for spending far too much of its time looking at the alleged crimes of smaller - often African - nations and shying away from taking cases involving major world players.

So to this extent its investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan is an important moment.

Its remit is to look at the behaviour of the Taliban, the Afghan Government's forces and of course the Americans.

And therein lies the problem. The United States is not a party to the ICC and is unlikely to co-operate with it. More generally Afghanistan is still far from being at peace.

There will be those who see some kind of judicial process to hold wrong-doers to account as being an essential part of reconciliation in the country. But the practical problems facing any ICC mission may be insurmountable.

What did the court say?

Presiding appeals judge Piotr Hofmanski said the original pre-trial judges had made a mistake.

They had said that an investigation would not be in the interests of justice because it was unlikely to result in successful prosecutions.

But Judge Hofmanski ruled that they had exceeded their powers.

He said that Ms Bensouda's request did meet the criteria, by showing there was a reasonable basis to believe crimes that fall within the court's jurisdiction may have been committed.

What are the allegations?

A preliminary investigation lasting more than a decade examined crimes including intentional attacks against civilians, imprisonment and extra-judicial executions.

A 2016 report from the ICC said there was a reasonable basis to believe the US military had committed torture at secret detention sites operated by the CIA.

The report also said it was reasonable to believe the Afghan government had tortured prisoners and the Taliban had committed war crimes such as the mass killing of civilians.

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2020-03-05 09:50:14Z
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Live updates: Coronavirus turmoil widens as U.S. death toll mounts; Xi cancels Japan trip - The Washington Post

The death toll of the novel coronavirus reached 11 in the United States on Wednesday as the epidemic spread, resulting in the first fatality outside of Washington state, that of a 71-year-old in northern California.

As of Wednesday evening, health officials had reported at least 153 cases of the virus across the country, including 45 people who had been on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan. Most domestic deaths so far have been linked to a nursing home near Seattle.

While no additional states reported patients on Wednesday, both New York and California experienced serious upticks in the spread of the virus. Health officials confirmed nine more cases in New York and six in Los Angeles County, which has also declared a local health emergency.

Elsewhere in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced a state of emergency while asking that another cruise ship be held off its coast. The vessel had recently carried several coronavirus patients, including the 71-year-old who died, and Newsom said he wanted passengers and crew members to undergo testing first.

Meanwhile, hospitals and public health labs are bracing for the impact of the growing outbreak.

Following a declaration from Vice President Pence earlier this week that any American can get tested with a doctor’s order, 60 labs are now running the test for the novel coronavirus. That capacity is expected to increase as more labs come online and private companies ship thousands of test kits, but CDC guidelines have nonetheless created panic.

In Kirkland, Wash., which has emerged as center of the epidemic, Pence’s order has become a rallying cry: Some residents with even mild symptoms of a common cold are demanding a coronavirus test, as others elsewhere in the country say they have not been able to get tested at all.

Many hospitals and doctors, meanwhile, have been forced improvise emergency plans daily without a clear sense of how bad the crisis will become. Doctors in Rhode Island have been testing patients in a hospital parking lot, officials in Washington state are buying a motel to house patients in isolation, and small hospitals in rural Texas worry they may not be able to reach central testing labs hours away.

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