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1. This article is about how the NFL is having to go fully virtual in their upcoming 2020 draft. It explains the challenges the virus has caused them trying to make it go virtual. As coaches and gm's all have their own concerns, Rodger Goodell has made it perfectly clear that the draft will not be postponed.
2. A national interest involved with the article is security interest. Because it shows how the NFL agrees that their shouldn't be big events with them not pushing their draft back.

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The NFL will be the most online it's ever been when the draft takes place toward the end of this month.

The NFL draft between April 23 and April 25 will be "fully virtual," with prospects, coaches, general managers and executives stuck at home to make their fantasy-football-like selections. Furthermore, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made clear there would be no group gatherings.
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"We have reviewed this matter in the past few days with both the competition committee and CEC (a group of league executives). And this will confirm that clubs will conduct their draft operations remotely, with club personnel separately located in their homes," Goodell said in a memo to teams Monday.

"Moreover, we want all NFL personnel to comply with government directives and to model safe and appropriate health practices. Our staff will carry out its responsibilities in the same way, operating in separate locations outside of our offices.

"And after consulting with medical advisers, we cannot identify an alternative that is preferable from a medical or public health perspective, given the varying needs of clubs, the need properly to screen participants, and the unique risk factors that individual club employees may face."
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According to NFL.com, the league is "likely" to conduct a 32-team mock draft before the actual event to make sure the whole process goes off without a hitch. There would reportedly be multiple system checks in case technical issues arise during the actual draft.

But with the draft going completely online, coaches have expressed concerns with technical issues and security measures even with the reported plans to hold a mock draft.

Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh expressed his concerns to the Baltimore Sun.

"Yeah, big concern," Harbaugh said. "Every time I read something in, like, The Wall Street Journal or the New York Times that talks about how messed up Zoom is, or some of these other deals ... I immediately text it to our IT people, and [director of football administration] Nick Matteo's one of those guys, and they assure me that we are doing everything humanly possible."

Harbaugh cited even the most secure institutions in his concerns.
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"We'll see what happens," he told the newspaper. "I really wouldn't want the opposing coaches to have our playbook or our draft meetings. That would be preferable, if we can stay away from that."

Los Angeles Rams Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff was worried about how to make conversations private with teams already trying to get a peek at rivals' draft boards, according to Peter King's "Football Morning in America" column.

"How do you make sure your conversations are protected?" Demoff asked. "Someone could hack into this Zoom, and you're probably not going to learn a lot. Hacking into a team's draft room on Zoom is probably a lot different. That would be my biggest concern just from an encryption standpoint of how do you have these conversations confidentially."

Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff also had concerns about glitchy tech and how the lack of preparation is going to affect who the best available player in the draft really is, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.
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"We know that we're not going to have everything; we're not going to have all the medicals," Dimitroff said. "We're not going to have all the information that we maybe had in the past. [The philosophy] is need for sure, but it's best player at that position for sure, which could be more than one."

One of the main staples of draft coverage on ESPN and the NFL Network would be seeing the prospects react with their families either at the event or in their own living rooms. The happy tears and live interviews would seemingly be over.

The New York Post offered some insight into how the networks were going to gather player reactions.

Players like LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, who is expected to the top pick, will be provided with a camera from the NFL and he will film his reaction from wherever he plans on watching the draft, sources told the New York Post. It could be followed by a phone interview after the selection.

Aside from Goodell just naming players from his office, the newspaper reported there would be time devoted to highlight packages and even a potential musical act.
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The NFL draft was originally going to be held at glamourous Las Vegas, with prospects being featured on floating red carpets on the Bellagio lake. The coronavirus and the worry behind the outbreak forced the NFL to make the necessary changes.
Fox News' Dan Canova contributed to this report.

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The NFL will be the most online it's ever been when the draft takes place toward the end of this month. The NFL draft between April 23 and April 25 will be "fully virtual," with prospects, coaches, general managers and executives stuck at home to make their fantasy-football-like selections.

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1. This article talks about how people can prevent the corona virus, symptoms of the corona virus, and an overview about everything about the corona virus. It also talks about, being informed about the corona virus and knowing what it is like and how you can get it is important, for you not to get it or stop the spread of it.
2. A national interest involved with the article is security interest. It says that the government has been telling people to stay in their houses for the spread to slow down and eventually stop. It also tells how to prevent giving it to other people in your house or people you see outside of your house to try to be a way of stopping the spread and trying to save people from getting sick or dying.

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COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Most infected people will develop mild to moderate illness and recover without hospitalization.
Most common symptoms: Less common symptoms:

sore throat

headache

aches and pains

diarrhoea

a rash on skin, or discolouration of fingers or toes

red or irritated eyes.

Serious symptoms:

difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

loss of speech or mobility, or confusion

Seek immediate medical attention if you have serious symptoms. Always call before visiting your doctor or health facility.

People with mild symptoms who are otherwise healthy should manage their symptoms at home.

On average it takes 5-6 days from when someone is infected with the virus for symptoms to show, however it can take up to 14 days.

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1. This article is about how COVID-19 is effecting the U.S. It is also about how rapidly the cases are going up in the United States and how our country continues to be effected by this virus. It is also about the 2 trillion dollar relief package.
2. A national interest involved in this article would be Economic interest. It would be economic interest because it would provide financial aid to the citizens of the U.S. It is also trying to protect its countries resources and assets. Which, are all key concepts in the Economic Interest description.

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In D.C., despite a snag, House lawmakers passed a historic $2.2 trillion stimulus package offering direct aid, punched-up unemployment benefits and loans for businesses. What's in the bill for you? Click here.

1:12 p.m.: Chicago joins New York, Los Angeles with dip in crime

Like other major U.S. cities, Chicago has seen a dip in crime with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting virtually every aspect of the country's way of life.

Despite beginning 2020 with crime spikes, particularly related to gun violence, Chicago saw a sudden single-week drop of nearly 20% in major crimes in mid-March, records show. That was just as much activity in Chicago was slowing.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker closed schools across Illinois, Chicago bars and restaurants shuttered, and a statewide stay-at-home directive went into effect Saturday.

Since March 18, Chicago has only had two homicides, a fatal shooting on the South Side and another on the West Side.

1:06 p.m.: Chicago will give $1,000 grants to help some residents with mortgage payments

The city of Chicago will give one-time $1,000 grants to help residents who have suffered financially due to the coronavirus outbreak with rent and mortgage payments, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced.

Lightfoot announced the COVID-19 Housing Assistance Grant program on Friday, which she said will go toward Chicagoans "who have lost their jobs or otherwise been impacted by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic."

The city will spend $2 million from its Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund for the payments.

"This program represents a critical resource not only to our communities but our entire city as we navigate this evolving challenge and ensure every Chicagoan remains safe, healthy and secure," Lightfoot said in a statement.

Half the grants will be awarded through a lottery system, the mayor's office said, and the other half will go through non-profit community organizations that will distribute them. Residents can apply online at the city's coronavirus webpage.

To qualify, residents must show an unemployment insurance claim, proof of an employment status change, and proof that they make 60% of the area median income.

1:04 p.m.: Staffer at city homeless shelter tests positive

A staffer at a city-funded homeless shelter has tested positive for coronavirus, according to Family & Support Services Commissioner Lisa Morrison Butler.

A resident from a separate homeless shelter is in the hospital awaiting results. After consulting with the Department of Public Health, city officials said the staffer was not in regular contact with residents of the shelter, and the facility remains open.

"In both cases, CDPH has been notified and the proper steps have been taken around that individual," Morrison Butler said.

1:01 p.m.: South suburban school districts stop 'grab and go' meals after positive tests

Two south suburban school districts have suspended one or more of their "grab and go" meals sites for students after district workers tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.

12:52 p.m.: Leaders at Glenview church say dozens showing COVID-19 symptoms in days following worship service

Forty-three people who attended a March 15 service at The Life Church of Glenview are now displaying symptoms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, the pastor's wife wrote in a Facebook post Wednesday.

Layna LoCasio said in the social media post that not everyone has been tested, but "whoever gets a test done ends up being positive, and we all have the same symptoms."

12:50 p.m.: Hinsdale High School District 86 will skip spring break, end a week early

Since all but essential travel is prohibited and recreational venues are closed for the near future, Hinsdale High School District 86 will skip its spring break, and end the school year May 21, a week earlier than planned.

Students will continue to do schoolwork remotely next week, March 30 to April 3, which was going to be spring break.

"A number of individuals have told us that e-learning is providing our students with a strong feeling of connectedness and sense of normalcy in the face of the COVID-19 crisis," Hinsdale District 86 Superintendent Tammy Prentiss stated in a letter emailed to the community.

12:43 p.m.: DuPage County Health Department staff will help deliver food to homeless

DuPage County Health Department workers will help deliver food once a week to homeless people to help out during the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Friday.

DuPagePads, which normally lets homeless people sleep on pads in a different church each night, shut down its church shelters Saturday due to fears of spreading COVID-19.

Instead, the most at-risk homeless people, such as the elderly or those with chronic health problems, are being housed overnight at hotels and motels. To help fund that program, county officials said they were looking to contribute $50,000 to DuPagePads and $35,000 to Catholic Charities.

Starting immediately, county health workers staff will help deliver food each Friday from the DuPagePads Client Service Center to these individuals who are now in emergency housing and in need of meals. This delivery will be conducted in partnership with the Northern Illinois Food Bank.

12:41 p.m.: Southern Illinois University reports student on campus has COVID-19

A student at the Southern Illinois University campus in Carbondale has tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Friday.

The student is a male in his late teens who is living on west campus. He's following isolation orders and is "doing fair," SIU Carbondale said on its website. Authorities believe he contracted the illness on a recent trip to the Chicago area.

The Jackson County Health Department notified SIU Carbondale on Thursday that a campus resident had tested positive for the coronavirus

"This individual is not allowed to leave home until they are well and can no longer transmit the disease," SIU Carbondale said on its website.

It's not clear how many students are currently living on campus as in-person classes have been canceled because of the pandemic.

12:40 p.m.: 33 Chicago conventions have now been canceled. Those losses could cost the city $747 million.

33 Chicago conventions have now been canceled because of the coronavirus. Those losses could cost Chicago $747 million, according to an estimate from a McCormick Place spokeswoman.

The impact includes lost spending from event attendees at hotels, restaurants, transportation and entertainment venues.

COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has prompted governors across the country to issue shelter-at-home orders to reduce the spread of the virus. On Thursday, there were more than 82,000 confirmed cases in the U.S., the most of any country.

Conference organizers are canceling events well into the summer, and hotels in the city are temporarily closing as the virus continues to hinder the hospitality industry.

This week, the Sweets & Snacks Expo, the National Restaurant Association, the American Library Association and the American Society of Clinical Oncology nixed their summer shows, bringing the total number of event cancellations at McCormick Place and Wintrust Arena to 33 as of Thursday, McCormick Place spokeswoman Cynthia McCafferty said in an emailed statement.

12:22 p.m.: Chicago craft breweries scramble amid coronavirus downturn

Dovetail Brewery spent a day this week doing something it had never envisioned: transferring beer, by hand, from 50 kegs to more than 5,000 16-ounce cans. It took 13 hours.

In a city where every bar and restaurant is closed - and so is Dovetail's taproom - the kegs were useless. Dovetail hopes instead to sell the beer in 4-packs directly to socially-distancing customers at its makeshift, walk-up sales kiosk at the brewery's front door, where a bottle of hand sanitizer sits beside each day's beer offerings.

11:33 a.m.: Pope to issue blessing Friday usually reserved for solemn feasts

Catholics around the world were expected to join Pope Francis for a prayer that will be live-streamed starting at noon, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago.

During the prayer, the Pope plans to issue a certain type of blessing usually reserved for Christmas and Easter, the Urbi et Orbi blessing. The livestream was scheduled to begin at noon and can be watched here.

Those who participate can receive what's known as a plenary indulgence, according to the church."

A plenary indulgence is a remission of the total temporal punishment that is still due to sin after absolution," according to a news release from the Archdiocese of Chicago.

This week, the church live-streamed Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and bishops reciting the Lord's Prayer as part of a call from Pope Francis for Christians to unite in prayer.

10:57 a.m.: Cycling studio renting out bikes for at-home use, live-streamed classes

A cycling studio in Burr Ridge, closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, is helping its members stay fit by renting its bikes for home use.

CycleBar was live-streaming rides and music via a mobile app, but recognized that some people do not have a bike to exercise on at home.

10:30 a.m.: More cases reported in Oak Park, including a baby; brings total to 9

9:02 a.m.: White House COVID-19 task force concerned about 'rapid increase' in cases in Cook County

The coordinator of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force says her team is concerned about the Chicago and Detroit areas which are seeing a surge in diagnosed coronavirus cases.

"We are concerned about certain counties that look like they're having a more rapid increase, if we look at Wayne County in Michigan and you look at Cook County in Chicago," Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator for the White House task force, said Thursday at a daily briefing led by President Trump.

"All of the counties that I've mentioned - the hotspots are in urban areas or in the communities that serve that urban area, and I think that's something very important to remember as we move forward," Birx said as health officials keep an eye on the New York City area, including parts of New Jersey, which account for more than half of the diagnosed cases in the country.

7:01 a.m.: Chicago cracking down on nonessential businesses, companies that force sick employees to work

Chicago officials are asking anyone who sees what's considered a nonessential business still operating in violation of the state's stay-at-home order to call 311 to report the business.

The city is starting to crack down on businesses that force employees to keep working at businesses that don't meet the criteria for essential under the state order, according to a news release from Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office. City inspectors are responding to complaints, and enforcing the order, including issuing citations that can cost businesses up to $10,000 per violation.

6:30 a.m.: Navy employee at Naval Station Great Lakes tests positive for new coronavirus

A U.S. Navy employee at Naval Station Great Lakes tested positive for the novel coronavirus Wednesday, the Navy said in an announcement detailing 17 additional confirmed cases across its facilities and ships.

The person who tested positive is a civilian who works at the base, according to a news release.

6:01 a.m. Naperville residents adjust to stay-at-home rules, but not everyone complying

Warm temperatures and sunshine this week lured Naperville children and adults outdoors in search of a brief respite from their home isolation.

Four days after the governor issued a stay-at-home order, most Naperville residents seen outside Wednesday were using city sidewalks, forest preserve trails and Naperville Park District's 136 parks, all of which remain open to those willing to socially distance themselves from other users.

Sameera Luthman, the park district's director of marketing and communications, said 125 signs are in the process of being installed in district parks and staff has locked park amenities, including sports courts and synthetic turf fields.

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Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here's what's happening Friday with COVID-19 in the Chicago area

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In D.C., despite a snag, House lawmakers passed a historic $2.2 trillion stimulus package offering direct aid, punched-up unemployment benefits and loans for businesses. What's in the bill for you? Click here. 1:12 p.m.: Chicago joins New York, Los Angeles with dip in crime Like other major U.S.

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1. This article is about how the government responded to the corona virus and they are passing a bill for a 2 trillion dollar relief package to send checks to people who are currently jobless and other benefits it gives to hospitals.
2. A national interest involved with the article is economic interest because they are giving the people who cant work because of the corona virus money so they can still have a good quality of life and not have enough money to support themselves.

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Trump Signs $2 Trillion Bill as U.S. Virus Cases Pass 100,000 (Published 2020)

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President Trump, who had questioned the need for additional ventilators, pushed industry to make more. A new survey of mayors found dire shortages of urgently needed supplies.

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1. This article is about how the corona virus can spread and that it can spread from person-to-person. It also talks about many ways to prevent getting the virus, like washing your hands, staying home and away from other people, and to keep everything clean.
2. A national interest involved with this article could be security interest. The government has issued for people to stay home so that they do not get or spread the virus. Many individual states have taken different precautions like closing school and canceling sports activities. These are all security measures to keep the virus from spreading.

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1. The article is about how there is a massive supply shortage in COVID-19 tests. A lot of people who really should get tested cannot. Due to the pandemic labs can't keep up with the constant submission of tests.
2. This shortage of tests is a security interest. If we don't have enough tests people can't get tested, and won't know if they are infected with the virus. Unknowingly they could spread the virus to others. Increasing the amount of infected people and feeding the pandemic.

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Shortage of standard health supplies is 'a huge problem'

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1. this article talks about how there are many Corona virus cases and many people are testing positive. As we know, this virus spreads very easily, so getting it to slow down is very hard. Although its a large challenge, China has chose to close itself off so the virus cannot spread to more countries.
2. This is Security Interest. I know this because China is putting up more security and closing itself off from the rest of the world. Since China has done this, the virus wont spread as easily to other countries. This is helping a lot because China is basically in quarantine from the rest of the world.

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As coronavirus cases spike worldwide, China is closing itself off

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China is closing its border to most foreigners amid fears of imorted novel coronavirus cases causing a second outbreak in the country where the infection was first detected.

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1. The article talked about how the Pentagon is banning all travel overseas. They are also trying to have new health protection measures. The order is halted for about 60 days, so no traveling during that time.
2. This has to do with security interest because we are increasing our restrictions for our own safety. We are protecting our citizens from outside threats in our nation. Just like how in 9/11 we increased the TSA agents in airports to protect us from potential terrorists, we are now increasing restrictions for the own good/

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WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued orders barring nearly all official movement for Defense Department personnel overseas and instituted new health protection measures worldwide as the Pentagon attempts to slow the spreading coronavirus, which has sickened at least 600 people in the military community.

Esper's stop-movement order applies to all service members, DOD civilians and sponsored family members serving in any location overseas, the Pentagon announced late Wednesday. The order halts almost all travel for at least 60 days related to "exercises, deployments, redeployments and other global force management activities," according to a Pentagon memorandum.

The order came just hours after Esper had elected to raise the health protection condition level at military bases worldwide to its second-highest threat level, HPCON Charlie. That decision places restrictions on large gatherings, adds temperature checks for personnel at building access points, and largely limits base access to mission-essential individuals.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul Friedrichs, the Joint Staff surgeon, told reporters Wednesday that he expected military-related cases of the virus to continue to increase for the foreseeable future.

"Our curve is not flattening," Friedrichs said during a Pentagon news briefing. "... We think the best way to limit that growth or mitigate that growth are the measures that we've been talking about."

Thursday morning, Pentagon officials announced an increase of 163 coronavirus cases worldwide among its service members, their dependents, DOD civilian workers and defense contractors. Pentagon officials said 600 individuals linked to the military had now tested positive for the virus worldwide. One person, a defense contractor, died of the disease Saturday.

The largest increase was among military troops with 73 new cases reported, marking the biggest single-day jump of cases among troops announced during the outbreak. As of Thursday, 304 service members had tested positive for the virus in recent weeks. Among them, 24 had recovered from the disease and 15 were hospitalized, DOD reported.

The new data also included the first case of a service member permanently station at the Pentagon to test positive for the virus, a Marine who has been in self-isolation since March 13. The Air Force previously announced two individuals - an active-duty airmen stationed elsewhere and a defense contractor assigned to the Pentagon - had been in the military's Arlington, Va., headquarters in March and later tested positive for the virus. Both have since been isolated and received medical care, officials said.

Friedrichs on Wednesday declined to speculate about a timeline for slowing the virus' spread or ending measures implemented across the force - like telework to allow for social distancing. On Tuesday, Esper and Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said people should expect the outbreak to last at least three months in the United States.

Esper's overseas stop-movement order will likely impact some 90,000 service members slated to deploy or return to their home stations during the next 60 days, Pentagon officials said.

However, it should not slow the ongoing drawdown of American forces in Afghanistan, which started this month as part of a peace plan agreed to with the Taliban late last month.

The drawdown of some 3,400 troops, leaving about 8,600 in Afghanistan, "is scheduled to be complete within 135 days following the signed agreement," the memo stated.

Esper's order also allows for other exceptions, which could be granted by commanders for issues such as obtaining medical treatment, mission-essential travel or humanitarian reasons on a case-by-case basis, the memo states. Other authorized exceptions include scheduled deployments or redeployments of Navy vessels, provided they have met the restriction of movement requirements now in place.

"This measure is taken to aid in further prevention of the spread of the coronavirus disease to protect U.S. personnel and preserve the operational readiness of our global force," according to the memo.

Friedrichs said he hopes the measures being taken in the United States will start to show similar success as seen in South Korea in stopping the spread of the virus. But it could take weeks to find out for certain.

"This is a pandemic," he said. "This is a significant infectious disease outbreak, and it is going to be weeks, not days. It's going to take intensive measures, as we are implementing, to mitigate it."

Stars and Stripes staff member Joseph Ditzler contributed to this report.

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This picture is showing a baseball player pitching. As of right now there are no sports being played due to the corona virus. All college players in all sports seasons have been cancelled while in professional sports most seasons are postponed or suspended indefinite. Its pretty sad for college players not being able to play. Professional athletes still have their contracts but will not be able to do their job which is also sad.

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1.) The article covers the economic affects of the Covid-19 virus. Since it was declared a pandemic people have been spiraling to buy medical supplies such as surgical masks as well as varied toiletries, China, who is a large supplier for these products has responded by raising the prices.
2.) This is identifiable as an example of economical interest. China, knowing that they were the only ones able to provide what everyone needed, brought up the prices to make a large profit. Their actions may have not have benefited other countries, but they had their own economic interests in mind.

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The Trump administration says the U.S. is too dependent on China for vital drugs. But it's unclear how much Washington can do to alter global supply chains

A China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings facility in Wuhan, China. Supporters of reducing reliance on China have used the coronavirus to highlight what they say is a longstanding vulnerability. Credit... Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

WASHINGTON - The global spread of the coronavirus is reigniting efforts by the Trump administration to encourage more American manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and reduce dependence on China for the drugs and medical products that fuel the federal health care system.

The effort includes a push by the White House trade adviser Peter Navarro to tighten "Buy American" laws so federal agencies are required to purchase American-made pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, according to people with knowledge of the plans.

The administration has been preparing an executive order, which could be released in the coming days, that would close loopholes allowing the government to purchase pharmaceuticals, face masks, ventilators and other medical products from foreign countries. The hope is that increasing government demand for American-made drugs and medical products will provide an incentive for companies to make their products in the United States, rather than China.

To help facilitate such production, the White House is also pushing for streamlined regulatory approvals for American-made products and more detailed labeling of the origin of products made offshore, these people said.

"China has managed to dominate all aspects of the supply chain using the same unfair trade practices that it has used to dominate other sectors - cheap sweatshop labor, lax environmental regulations and massive government subsidies," Mr. Navarro said in an interview. "As President Trump has said, what we need to do is bring those jobs home so that we can protect the public health and the economic and national security of the country."

China is known as the world's factory for car parts, toys and electronics, but it also churns out much of the penicillin, antibiotics and pain medicines used across the globe, as well as surgical masks and medical devices.

While the United States remains a global leader in drug discovery, much of the manufacturing has moved offshore. The last American plant to make key ingredients for penicillin announced it would close its doors in 2004.

Chinese pharmaceutical companies have supplied more than 90 percent of U.S. antibiotics, vitamin C, ibuprofen and hydrocortisone, as well as 70 percent of acetaminophen and 40 to 45 percent of heparin in recent years, according to Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Supporters of reducing reliance on China have used the coronavirus epidemic to highlight what they say is a longstanding vulnerability that could leave Americans dangerously short of medicines in the event of a war, trade conflict or pandemic.

"If China shut the door on exports of core components to make our medicines, within months our pharmacy shelves would become bare and our health care system would cease to function," said Rosemary Gibson, a senior adviser with the Hastings Center and an author of "China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine."

"In the event of a natural disaster or global pandemic, then the United States will wait in line with every other country for essential medicines," she said.

Some in China have also noted these vulnerabilities. An article posted last week by the state news agency Xinhua argued that the world should thank China, rather than blame it for spreading the virus, saying that if China banned the export of drugs, "the United States would sink into the hell of a novel coronavirus epidemic."

China does not appear to be explicitly blocking the export of pharmaceuticals, though it has cut off exports of face masks by requiring manufacturers to sell masks straight to the government for distribution, leaving none to send overseas.

Factory closings and transportation restrictions in China have disrupted supply chains for drugs as well. Public health officials are watching to see whether the coronavirus epidemic will lead to more shortages of essential drugs in the United States in the coming weeks.

On Feb. 28, the Food and Drug Administration warned that one drug was already in short supply in the United States because of manufacturing issues, and said it was monitoring about 20 others that rely on China.

Last week, the Indian government ordered its pharmaceutical companies to stop exporting 26 drug and drug ingredients, most of them antibiotics. And South Korea, Germany, India, Taiwan and others have clamped down on exports of masks and other protective gear over worries that their own supplies will fall short.

"The coronavirus shows the importance of bringing all of that manufacturing back to America, and we will have that started," President Trump said in a meeting last week at the White House with the chiefs of major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. "It's already started, frankly. It started about a year ago."

In Mr. Trump's lunch meeting with Senate Republicans on Tuesday, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida urged lawmakers to move quickly to leverage government programs, like Small Business Administration loans, to ramp up American production. Mr. Trump agreed with the plan, according to a representative for Mr. Rubio.

"The coronavirus outbreak has made clear we must combat America's supply chain vulnerabilities and dependence on China in critical sectors of our economy," Mr. Rubio said in a statement.

He called the administration's coming executive order "a very strong first step in incentivizing domestic production."

But there are big questions about how much the government can influence the behavior of private companies and reconfigure a global supply chain that is heavily invested in Chinese manufacturing.

" If we want to reduce that dependence, there is no easy fix to the problem," said Mr. Huang of the Council on Foreign Relations. "Technically I think it's possible, but unlikely from a cost effectiveness perspective."

The Trump administration has urged companies making electronics, steel, toys and many other products to move their supply chains out of China, with mixed success.

Some companies have left China in response to tariffs Mr. Trump placed on more than $360 billion of Chinese goods. But many have moved to other low-cost countries like Vietnam, India and Mexico, rather than returning to the United States. And many products that are made in the United States still contain Chinese components.

Critics of China's dominance of global pharmaceuticals say Beijing has used the same strategies to gain a foothold in drug making that it has in other industries - including generous government subsidies and lax environmental rules.

China is also a key producer of the chemicals that go into making drugs, and home to a vast supply of well-educated but low-paid scientists. And pharmaceutical companies say they are drawn to China as a large and rapidly growing health care market in its own right.

David Gaugh, a senior vice president at the Association for Accessible Medicines, which represents the generics industry, said that the globalization of the supply chain was "a market reality" for all kinds of drug makers, and that the United States had one of the world's safest drug supply chains.

The Food and Drug Administration does not gather precise figures on the volume of drugs made overseas - only the number of facilities making them. According to that data, 72 percent of manufacturing facilities making active pharmaceutical ingredients for American drugs were overseas, with 13 percent in China.

But Michael R. Wessel of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said that those figures understated the American reliance on China, which has some of the world's largest factories. And when the United States imports finished drugs from Europe and India, they often contain Chinese components as well.

"The coronavirus crisis puts into sharp focus the unacceptable dependence of the U.S. on China for critical medicines and their ingredients," Mr. Wessel said.

The federal government maintains a strategic stockpile of drugs and medical supplies, but those could fall short in a pandemic. In the private sector, as in many other industries, pharmaceutical companies have shifted from stockpiling goods in warehouses to a "just in time" logistics model that ships products as need arises - reducing costs but also increasing the likelihood of shortages.

The question is whether the government has enough levers to encourage more private companies to rework their supply chains, or encourage new manufacturing start-ups in the United States.

Administration officials say Buy American laws, which require the federal government to purchase American-made products where it can, offer one powerful lever.

The government buys vast amounts of drugs and medical equipment through the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs. A series of waivers and trade agreements allow those agencies to purchase products from foreign countries, with the decisions often based on price.

Mr. Navarro is examining agreements struck by the Defense Department, as well as the World Trade Organization's government procurement agreement, which allow the government to purchase drugs from dozens of countries around the world, according to people with knowledge of the initiative.

Where American-made drugs are not available, the government will still be able to buy foreign drugs. But over time, the administration expects the policy will encourage manufacturers to invest more in the United States.

"If we have strong Buy American procurement, that will establish a robust base level of demand that provides the appropriate incentives for our pharmaceutical manufacturers to invest and locate domestically," Mr. Navarro said. He added that the United States also needed to invest in "advanced manufacturing technologies" to aid drug production.

The government has funded research in recent years into new types of manufacturing systems that are smaller-scale and more flexible than operations run in China.

The F.D.A. has said these types of operations, which can potentially be reconfigured to produce different types of pharmaceuticals in times of need, could enable American-based manufacturing to regain competitiveness with China and potentially ensure a stable supply of drugs.

But expanding beyond a few trial manufacturing projects in the United States could be hard: Supporters say these projects need more funding and a specialized approval process with the agency.

The issue has attracted the attention of some lawmakers. Mr. Rubio has introduced a bill that would require drugmakers to report to the F.D.A. the source of the active ingredients in their pharmaceuticals, as well as tighten Buy American laws for the Veterans Affairs Department.

Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, has introduced separate legislation to give the F.D.A. expanded authority to request sourcing information from drug and device manufacturers. And Representative Anna G. Eshoo, Democrat of California, has set up a bipartisan working group to examine funding and incentives for domestic drug production and introduced legislation to strengthen reporting requirements around drug shortages.

Keith Bradsher contributed reporting from Shanghai, Katie Thomas from Chicago and Emily Cochrane from Washington.

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The Trump administration says the U.S. is too dependent on China for vital drugs. But it's unclear how much Washington can do to alter global supply chains WASHINGTON - The global spread of the coronavirus is reigniting efforts by the Trump administration to encourage more American manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and reduce dependence on China for the drugs and medical products that fuel the federal health care system.

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1. This article is about the 7 country ban on Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.
2.This is security National interest because we are fighting all of these countries over seas and wouldn't want any military age male walking into this county without being seriously being vetted and committing a act of terrorism. This act was purely to protect the American people Which I believe is the definition of a security National Interest.

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On Tuesday, the Supreme court upheld the Trump administration's travel ban 5-4, affirming the president's power over matters of national security. The latest iteration of the ban includes restrictions against five majority-Muslim nations - Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. North Korea and Venezuela are also on the list. Three other majority-Muslim nations, including Chad, Iraq and Sudan have been removed since policy was implemented through executive order in January 2017.

The administration has cited poor cooperation with U.S. officials, terrorist activity and technical hurdles to properly document their own travelers as reasons for the latest iteration of the ban. While the text of the order does not mention religion, critics say the policy reflects anti-Muslim prejudice - with North Korea and Venezuela added as window dressing.
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On Tuesday, the Supreme court upheld the Trump administration's travel ban 5-4, affirming the president's power over matters of national security. The latest iteration of the ban includes restrictions against five majority-Muslim nations - Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. North Korea and Venezuela are also on the list.

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1.  This article goes into depth on all of the sporting events that have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.  The article covers sports from Formula 1 racing, marathons, the Olympics, and basketball.  The article also provides many dates and speculations as to when these sporting events will be up and running once again.
2.  The main national interest involved with all of these sporting events being cancelled globally would be a security interest.  The cancelling of major sporting events all around the globe shows an example of security interest as not only the US, but many countries all over the world, are showing that they care for the safety, health, and well being of their citizens.  Countries all over the world are also doing this in order to slow the spread of the virus, and to have the world as whole be healthy and safe once again.

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Fans will be missing from the stands when Formula One returns to Manama, Bahrain on March 22 [Reuters]

The outbreak of coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of more than 4,900 people and spread to at least 120 countries, has also affected sporting events across the world.

COVID-19, as the disease is officially known, has infected more than 132,000 people globally.

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Governments are scrambling to stop the spread of the virus, advising against public gatherings. In several countries, people have been advised against shaking hands to minimise risks of contamination.

Italy, Europe's worst-hit country, has cancelled all sporting events until at least April 3 and the government has put the country in lockdown as it battles the virus.

In North America, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League have temporarily restricted locker room access to players and "essential staff".

Football

In England, all elite football has been suspended until at least April 3.

UEFA postponed next week's Champions League and Europa League matches, Europe's football governing body announced on March 13.

The first and second tiers of Spanish domestic football have been suspended for the next two match days, the Spanish football federation and the players' union said on March 12.

FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation have agreed to postpone the Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and June.

In Greece, the Europa League's last-16 first-leg match between Olympiakos and Wolverhampton Wanderers on March 12 was played behind closed doors.

The top two tiers of French football - Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 - have been suspended until further notice.

In Paris, the Champions League clash between PSG and Borussia Dortmund on March 11 took place in an empty stadium.

The German Football League (DFL) called off matches scheduled for March 13-15 in the Bundesliga and second tier Bundesliga 2. They recommended that both leagues be suspended until April 2.

In Denmark, players from Brondby and Lyngby are in isolation after they met former international Thomas Kahlenberg, who has tested positive for the virus.

The Swiss league has been put on hold until at least March 23.

All Romanian league matches will be played without fans until further notice.

All Bulgarian league matches in the next two rounds will be played without fans. The Bulgarian Football Union suspended ticket sales for the Euro 2020 qualifying playoff semi-final between Bulgaria and Hungary for March 26.

New seasons in the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean professional leagues have been postponed.

Asian Champions League matches involving Chinese clubs Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG have been postponed. The start of the knockout rounds has been moved back to September.

The Confederation of African Football has postponed two rounds of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers scheduled for March 25-31.

Marathons

The London Marathon, which was scheduled to take place on April 26, has been postponed until October 4.

The Boston Marathon, originally scheduled for April 4, is now expected to take place on September 14.

Olympic Games

In Greece, spectators will not attend the torch-lighting ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in ancient Olympia.

Athletics

The World Athletics Indoor Championships, scheduled for Nanjing from March 13 to 15, have been postponed until next year.

Amsterdam, Paris and Barcelona marathons have also been postponed.

Formula One

Formula 1 has cancelled the season-opening Australian GP after a McLaren team member contracted the coronavirus. The race was scheduled to take place on March 15.

The Bahrain Grand Prix and the Vietnam Grand Prix have been postponed. Those events were first scheduled to take place on March 20-22 and April 3-5 respectively.

The Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, which was scheduled to take place on April 19, was also called off.

No new dates have been set for the races but governing body FIA says it expects to begin the F1 season in May when it reaches Europe with the Dutch GP.

Disappointment for tennis fans in California as the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells is cancelled.

Also cancelled were the Xi'an Open, scheduled for April 13 to 19, and Kunming Open, pencilled for April 27 to May 3. Both events were to take place in China.

The Olympic boxing qualifiers for Asia and Oceania were moved to Jordan from China.

NBA

The National Basketball Association said on March 11 that it was suspending the season until further notice after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the virus.

Rugby

In France, the country's rugby federation said on March 13 that it was suspending all of its competitions due to the outbreak.

At least three Six Nations matches have been postponed.

The women's Six Nations game between Scotland and France was postponed after a Scottish player tested positive for coronavirus.

The Singapore and Hong Kong legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series have been postponed from April to October.

MotoGP

The opening two rounds of the season in Qatar, which were scheduled for March 6-8, did not go ahead. The Thailand race, due to be held on March 22, has been postponed.

Table tennis

The world championships in Busan, South Korea, have been pushed back provisionally from March to June.

The April 21 to 26 World Tour Japan Open in Kitakyushu has been postponed.

Golf

The Honda LPGA Thailand event and the HSBC Women's World Championship in Singapore have been cancelled.

The Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur and the China Open have been postponed.

The Indian and China Open have both been postponed.

Cycling

The final two stages of the UAE Tour were cancelled after two Italian participants tested positive for the coronavirus.

Four teams have pulled out of several cycling races in Italy.

Baseball

The final qualification tournament for the Olympics in Taiwan has been postponed from April to June.

Japan's professional league has postponed the start of the new season.

Major League Baseball (MLB), the US's professional baseball league, suspended its "spring training", a period in the off-season that features practices and exhibition games that allow trainers to test new players on different teams.

The MLB also delayed its opening day, which was scheduled for March 26, for at least two weeks.

NCAA

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) canceled scheduled games for both men and women on Thursday afternoon.

The NCAA organises all sports for athletes in university, an important league that showcases young talent to recruiters for professional sports in the US.

The cancellation extends to all championships scheduled in the spring, including hockey, baseball and lacrosse.

Cricket

The men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League A, scheduled to begin on March 16 in Malaysia, has been postponed.

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Pakistan Super League matches in Karachi will be played with no spectators in the stadium.

England's two-match test series in Sri Lanka scheduled to start on March 19 was postponed.

Judo

The International Judo Federation cancelled all Olympic qualification events through to the end of April.

Weightlifting

The Asian Championships, scheduled to take place in Uzbekistan from April 16 to 25, have been cancelled.

Winter sports

The Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in Canada have been cancelled.

The World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea, have been postponed until at least October.

Australian Rules

The AFL game between St Kilda Saints and Port Adelaide Power scheduled for May 31 in China has been moved to Melbourne.

NHL

The National Hockey League, primarily based in the US but with teams from Canada, announced on Wednesday it is suspending its season for at least two weeks.

The NHL's board of governors are meeting to finalise details of the suspension, according to reports. Two weeks is the current minimum amount of time the season will be halted.

Wrestling

Asian Olympic qualifying event from March 27-29 was moved from Xi'an, China to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

On February 29, Kyrgyzstan withdrew as host.

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Coronavirus: What sporting events are affected by the pandemic?

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The outbreak of coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of more than 4,900 people and spread to at least 120 countries, has also affected sporting events across the world. COVID-19, as the disease is officially known, has infected more than 132,000 people globally.

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1. This CNN article is talks about how the Covid-19 virus changes ever ones everyday life as we know wit today. Many big event have been cancelled or postponed including the Olympics. It talks about how after this year we will be seen many changes and difference in our economy due to the shut down of many business.
2. One national interest that I found in this article was economic Internets. This was shown when a Japanese investment group donates 1.4 million respirator masks to New York. Japan has help many people in New York will  get respiration mask to help contain the virus.

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Hawaii is the latest state to issue a "stay at home" order due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Gov. David Ige announced the order today, saying, "These actions are extreme, but necessary, to flatten the curve and lay the groundwork for our recovery."

The order takes effect on Wednesday and will last through at least April 30.

As with most other states instituting their own orders, exceptions are being made for essential services, medical care and grocery shopping.

Gov. Ige had said earlier that it was up to local cities and counties to decide whether to order residents to remain and home -- but in his latest announcement, he said "a statewide order is necessary for cohesion and consistency."

Predicting a three-month surge of coronavirus patients, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for 50,000 more hospital beds.

He had previously called for 20,000 more beds -- but increased data modeling has more than doubled the need, Newsom said today.

Hospitals are expected to cover about 30,000 beds as part of their current surge plans, and additional hospitals coming into play are providing about 3,000 more beds.

Negotiations are underway with convention facilities, fairgrounds, hotels, motels and skilled nursing centers to add the bed space, Newsom said.

In addition to the physical space, Newsom discussed the options of adding health care workers to help care for those patients, including adding fourth-year medical students into the system, and bringing back recent retirees.

Amazon says it has removed more than half a million listings that it believes are engaging in price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic.

The online giant also says it has suspended nearly 4,000 accounts in the US for violating the company's rules on pricing.

In its corporate blog, Amazon says it is monitoring sellers to make sure they are not price gouging or making false claims related to Covid-19.

Amazon says it has reached out to every state attorney general to help monitor price gouging.

"We are also proactively sharing information with state attorneys general and federal regulators about sellers we suspect have engaged in egregious price gouging of products related to the Covid-19 crisis," Amazon's statement reads.

Cuban officials on Monday announced they are limiting travel throughout the island and abroad for their citizens and closed all schools starting Tuesday for nearly a month to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The Cuban government will "regulate" Cubans ability to leave the communist-run island, said Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, "to protect their health, their family, neighbors and work comrades."

Marrero said Cubans would need to present a "humanitarian reason" for travel abroad and for Cubans traveling between different provinces on the island.

Travel restrictions: Last week, Cuban officials said tourism is banned on the island starting Tuesday and that all Cuban and foreign residents returning from abroad would have to undergo supervised quarantine for 14 days.

Despite that announcement, Marrero said, more than 32,000 foreign tourists remained on the island. Starting Tuesday, he announced, tourists would be banned from leaving their hotels as the government worked to return them to their home countries.

"No one can go into the street," Marrero said of the tourists.

Life under lockdown: School classes would be suspended starting Tuesday until at least April 20. All Cubans are required to study in state-run schools.

Marrero also announced that Cubans waiting in "colas" or long lines for hard to find items would need to keep at least one meter (approximately 3 feet) in distance from other people.

He said additional police would be dispatched throughout the island to enforce the new measures.

So far, Cuba has announced the island has 40 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and 1,036 people have been hospitalized for observation.

In a statement released Monday night, United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland and Chair Susanne Lyons said that the organization has heard the concerns from Team USA athletes regarding the upcoming 2020 Games, and that the "path toward postponement is the most promising."

Hirshland and Lyons continued: "We encourage the IOC to take all needed steps to ensure the Games can be conducted under safe and fair conditions for all competitors."

State health officials reported more than 100 coronavirus-related deaths in a single day for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak, according to CNN Health's Tally.

This brings the total deaths nationwide in the United States to 520, with the state of New York having the most deaths in a single state with 157.

First lady Melania Trump has been tested for coronavirus and is doing fine, President Donald Trump said at Monday's briefing.

This is the first time the President confirmed his wife was also tested for Covid-19.

The President, Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence have all been tested for coronavirus, and all were negative.

"The first lady was tested on the same night as President Trump was tested, out of an abundance of caution. The test was negative," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told CNN. Both Trumps were tested at the White House on March 13.

Virus slams US: "This week, it's going to get bad," the US Surgeon General has warned. New York's mayor said hospitals only have enough supplies to get through this week, and the Senate is still negotiating on a massive stimulus package. There are over 42,600 cases in the US and at least 540 people have died.

World under lockdown: Severe movement restrictions apply to more than 750 million people across India. Countries around Europe like Italy remain under lockdown, and the UK has banned people from leaving their homes except for "very limited" reasons.

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"We are also proactively sharing information with state attorneys general and federal regulators about sellers we suspect have engaged in egregious price gouging of products related to the Covid-19 crisis," Amazon's statement reads.

"No one can go into the street," Marrero said of the tourists.

"The first lady was tested on the same night as President Trump was tested, out of an abundance of caution. The test was negative," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told CNN. Both Trumps were tested at the White House on March 13.

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Hawaii is the latest state to issue a "stay at home" order due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. David Ige announced the order today, saying, "These actions are extreme, but necessary, to flatten the curve and lay the groundwork for our recovery." The order takes effect on Wednesday and will last through at least April 30.

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Since the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19, people and stores have been running out of necessities. More and more of our population is getting sicker by the minute, and even hospital supplies are at a low. Donald Trump has finally announced that he is getting more supplies for desperate people in need.

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This is an example of security, economic and ideological interests.  I know this because these “rules” are being put in by the government (President Trump) to protect U.S citizens from the Corona virus and the spread of it. This is also an economic interest because with more supplies coming in, our standard of living could simply rise again.  The reason it is an ideological interest as well is because the U.S. values its citizens being physically safe and satisfied so they are taking precautions to keep anyone and everyone as safe from any sickness as possible.

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1) The article shows how  Italian government are handling the Corona virus. Also the procedures that they are making to make sure that it doesn't spread even more out of control.
2)The Italian government's interest is security and ideology because they want to make sure that the Corona virus doesn't continue to spread more out of control than it already is. Now that hospitals are becoming breeding grounds for corona cases, all non essential businesses are being shut down so that people won't have to put themselves at risk of anything that can put them in the hospital.

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Italy records almost 800 new deaths in a single day; more US states, including New York, tell people to stay home; Dow Jones falls 900 points

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1.) This article is explaining the rate and severity of the coronavirus in New York. It also talks about the plan they will take to try to help the people of New York. They prove how fast/rapid the virus spreads.
2.) The national interest of New York is economic. They are running out of supplies, medical personnel, and places to put the sick. Their state is at high risk right. Their economy is hurting with more and more people getting sick. The numbers have skyrocketed over the weekend. This could also be a security interest because of all the states and countries trying to protect their citizens from this pandemic.

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The rate of the coronavirus' spread through New York State is accelerating like a "bullet train," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday - as the number of confirmed cases eclipsed 25,000, with more than 200 dead.

"We're not slowing it, and it is accelerating on its own," said Cuomo in a press briefing at Manhattan's Javits Center, currently being converted to a 2,000-bed hospital complex. "The [disease] forecaster said to me, 'We were looking at a freight train coming across the country.

"We're now looking at a bullet train."

The disease's spread is now doubling every three days in the Empire State, which as of Tuesday morning had 25,665 confirmed cases, with 210 now dead.

More than half those cases - 14,904 - are in the five boroughs, Cuomo said.

The rate has led experts to project an eventual peak demand of 140,000 hospital beds - up from the 110,000 that Cuomo had previously predicted.

The state has only about 53,000 permanent hospital beds.

The increased rate led Cuomo to project that the worst could hit in as little as two to three weeks.

"It accelerates the apex, to a point where it could be as close as 14 to 21 days," he said. "The apex is higher than we thought, and the apex is sooner than we thought.

"The inescapable conclusion is the rate of infection is going up."

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The rate of the coronavirus' spread through New York State is accelerating like a "bullet train," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday - as the number of confirmed cases eclipsed 25,000, with more than 200 dead. "We're not slowing it, and it is accelerating on its own," said Cuomo in a press briefing at Manhattan's Javits Center, currently being converted to a 2,000-bed hospital complex.

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1. Nations across the globe have created necessary travel restrictions to slow down the spread of covid-19. The article provides a list of countries and specific actions taken by each.

2. This depicts an example of Security Interest. Countries are trying to secure their borders by creating restrictions to protect their citizens. This will prevent further increase in coronavirus cases in their own country. Also, since a lot of countries are doing this it will have a greater impact world wide.

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1. This article by The New York Times is about all the current events happening involving the corona virus. It tells us how important events are being delayed, such as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It also tell us how we are getting the aid we need and how other countries are taking precautions.
2. This connects to our unit because many countries around the world have security interest in this pandemic. Country's all around the world are trying their hardest to keep their citizens safe from this crisis. For example, many are going on a country wide lock-down to slow the spread of the corona virus.

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March 24, 2020, 12:09 a.m. ET

The New York metro area is experiencing a virus 'attack rate' of nearly one in a thousand, or five times that of other areas in the United States. President Trump suggested that he would re-evaluate the federal guidance urging social distancing.

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New York City has about a third of the nation's confirmed coronavirus cases, making it the new epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.

Nearly 1 in 1,000 people in the New York metropolitan area have contracted the virus, five times the rate of the rest of the country Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the White House's coronavirus response coordinator, said on Monday.

The New York metro area is experiencing a virus "attack rate" of nearly one in a thousand, or five times that of other areas Dr. Birx said.In epidemiology, the attack rate is the percentage of a population that has a disease.

New York's population density may help explain why the ""attack rate is so high.

New York is far more crowded than any other major city in the United States. It has 28,000 residents per square mile, while San Francisco, the next most jammed city, has 17,000, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

All of those people, in such a small space, appear to have helped the virus spread rapidly through packed subway trains, busy playgrounds and hivelike apartment buildings, forming ever-widening circles of infections. The city now has more coronavirus cases per capita than even Italy.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York will issue an order requiring hospitals to increase capacity by at least 50 percent, he said on Monday. New York State saw a one-day increase of nearly 5,000 cases, putting the total at 21,689 as of Monday night.

After days of criticizing the Trump administration for not doing enough to help the city, Mr. de Blasio said he had a "very substantial conversation" with President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday night about getting additional supplies, medical personnel and financial support.

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'Our Country Wasn't Built to Be Shut Down,' Trump Says

The White House coronavirus task force provided an update as the virus spreads in America.

We are going to save American workers, and we're going to save them quickly. And we're going to save our great American companies - both small and large. This was a medical problem. We are not going to let it turn into a long lasting financial problem. We also have a large team working on what the next steps will be once the medical community gives a region the OK, meaning the OK to get going, to get back. Let's go to work. Our country wasn't built to be shut down. This is not a country that was built for this. It was not built to be shut down. America will, again and soon, be open for business very soon. A lot sooner than three or four months that somebody was suggesting - a lot sooner. We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself. We're not going to let the cure be worse than the problem.

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President Trump, in a nearly two-hour coronavirus briefing, hinted on Monday that the economic shutdown meant to halt the spread of the virus across the country would not be extended.

"America will again and soon be open for business," the president said, without providing a timeline for when he believes normal economic activity could resume. He later added, "I'm not looking at months, I can tell you right now."

"If it were up to the doctors, they'd say let's shut down the entire world," Mr. Trump said. "This could create a much bigger problem than the problem that you started out with."

Mr. Trump also suggested that he would soon re-evaluate the federal guidance urging social distancing. More states moved on Monday to impose their own sweeping stay-at-home orders, which will soon cover more than 158 million Americans in 16 states.

Washington, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Oregon became the latest states to announce sweeping directives to keep more people home in an effort to slow the spread of the virus.

Mr. Trump sent mixed signals from the White House podium, agreeing at one point with his surgeon general and saying, "It's going to be bad," then suggesting that the response to the virus may have been overblown.

"This is going away," Mr. Trump said, citing jobs, "anxiety and depression" and suicide as arguments for restoring the U.S. economy.

He compared deaths from the novel coronavirus so far to deaths from other causes - influenza and car accidents - suggesting that the scale of those preventable deaths means economic restrictions may not be appropriate to prevent the spread of the virus.

While it is true that those causes of death outnumber deaths from the virus to date, projections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that deaths from Covid-19 could range from 200,000 to 1.7 million people. Estimates from other scientists place the potential deaths in a range from several hundred thousand to several million deaths, substantially more than annual deaths from car accidents and flu combined.

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'You Must Stay At Home,' Johnson Says

In a speech to the British people, Boris Johnson announced new measures for Britain to combat the coronavirus.

Good evening. The coronavirus is the biggest threat this country has faced for decades. And this country is not alone. All over the world, we're seeing the devastating impact of this invisible killer. Without a huge national effort to halt the growth of this virus, there will come a moment when no health service in the world could possibly cope - because there won't be enough ventilators, enough intensive care beds, enough doctors and nurses. And as we've seen elsewhere in other countries that also have fantastic health care systems, that is the moment of real danger. The time has now come for us all to do more. From this evening, I must give the British people a very simple instruction: You must stay at home. Because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households. That is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes: Shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible. One form of exercise a day - for example, a run, walk or cycle - alone or with members of your household. Any medical need, to provide care or to help a vulnerable person. And traveling to and from work - but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. That's all. These are the only reasons you should leave your home. There are just no easy options. The way ahead is hard, and it is still true that many lives will sadly be lost.

In a speech to the British people, Boris Johnson announced new measures for Britain to combat the coronavirus. Credit Credit... Pool photo by Pa Video

Facing a growing storm of criticism about his laissez-faire response to the fast-spreading coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that he would place Britain under a virtual lockdown, closing all nonessential shops, banning meetings of more than two people, and requiring people to stay in their homes, except for trips for food or medicine.

People who flout the new restrictions, the prime minister said, will be fined by the police.

The steps, which Mr. Johnson outlined in a televised address to the nation, bring him into alignment with European leaders like President Emmanuel Macron of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, who have all but quarantined their countries in a desperate bid to slow the outbreak.

"No prime minister wants to enact measures like this," an ashen-faced Mr. Johnson said. "I know the damage that this disruption is doing and will do to people's lives, to their businesses and to their jobs."

But while these were the most draconian restrictions placed on the British people since World War II, Mr. Johnson is still leaving a bit of breathing room.

The prime minister said people also could leave their houses for exercise, either alone or with family members, and he did not close parks in London.

The number of confirmed cases in Britain rose to 6,650 on Monday, up from 5,683 a day earlier, while the death toll jumped by 54, to 335. British officials believe that those numbers are about to balloon.

Before the coronavirus, Facebook could feel at times like the virtual equivalent of a sleepy bingo parlor - an outmoded gathering place populated mainly by retirees looking for conversation and cheap fun.

Now, stuck inside their homes and isolated from their families and friends, millions of Americans are rediscovering the social network's virtues. That has lifted usage of Facebook features like messaging and video calls to record levels and powered a surge in traffic for publishers of virus-related news.

As of Thursday, more than half the articles being consumed on Facebook in the United States were related to the coronavirus, according to an internal report obtained by The New York Times. Overall U.S. traffic from Facebook to other websites also increased by more than 50 percent last week from the week before, "almost entirely" owing to intense interest in the virus, the report said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom estimates that California will be short about 17,000 hospital beds, although the state is frantically trying to source thousands more of them. And the pace of testing remains stubbornly slow in California.

New York State, with half the population of California, has conducted twice as many tests for the virus. As of Monday, New York has tested 78,289 people, including 33,000 in New York City. California had conducted 26,400 tests by Sunday, the most recent data available.

Officials in California have rushed to reopen hospitals that had been shuttered, buy motels to house the state's more than 150,000 homeless people and retrofit college dormitories to serve as hospital wards.

Mr. Newsom said the state was also chartering flights to China to procure protective equipment and expressed concern for smaller states that might not have the same purchasing power. He has called up the National Guard to work at food banks, and President Trump ordered a Navy hospital ship, with a thousand beds, to sail to the Port of Los Angeles within a week.

A new front in the political fight over abortion has been sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.

Texas and Ohio have included abortions among the nonessential surgeries and medical procedures that they are requiring to be delayed, saying they are trying to preserve precious protective equipment for health care workers and to make space for a potential flood of coronavirus patients.

But abortion-rights activists said that abortions should be counted as essential and that people could not wait for the procedure until the pandemic was over.

On Monday, Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, clarified that the postponement of surgeries and medical procedures announced by the governor over the weekend included "any type of abortion that is not medically necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother."

Failure to do so, he said, could result in penalties of up to $1,000 or 180 days of jail time. It was not immediately clear if that included medication abortion, which involves providers administering pills in the earlier stages of pregnancy.

The move followed a similar action by health authorities in Ohio last week and has prompted a legal scramble by abortion rights groups to preserve access. Activists accused state leaders of using the coronavirus crisis to advance an existing agenda to restrict abortions.

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Coronavirus Live Updates: Officials Warn New York Is New Epicenter; Trump Downplays Threat

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The New York metro area is experiencing a virus 'attack rate' of nearly one in a thousand, or five times that of other areas in the United States. President Trump suggested that he would re-evaluate the federal guidance urging social distancing.

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2. This relates to our unit because of countries' national interest during this time of crisis. Many countries are on lock down to make sure that the corona virus does not spread, which is a security interest.

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2. This connects to our recent study's on national interests. To be more specific it goes with the security national interest. Country´s all around the world are trying to protect citizens in the country and out of the country from this death causing virus.

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1: The republicans are coming for the democrats for having certain beliefs about the  corona virus.
2: I think this is a example of ideological interest. Both sides are worried about the well-being of our country. The conflict is based on the well being of our citizens and our country.

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1. This is a story about Governor J.B. Pritzker calling on retired doctors and nurses to return to work in the midst of the increasing COVID-19 cases. The Governor made it clear that the renewal of licenses would be processed right away in the effort to support the strained healthcare system around the state.

2. The national interest at stake in this situation is mostly security. COVID-19 is not just threatening the lives of Illinois citizens, but the lives of those around the United States and the world. There are ideological interests that exist as well. The Governor wants to meet the needs of the citizens and is calling on the brain power of professionals that have since retired.

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker announced he's delaying Illinois' tax filing deadline from April 15 to July 15 on Wednesday, when the state's total coronavirus cases climbed to 1,865, with 19 deaths.

Pritzer said the decision aligns Illinois' tax day with the federal government's and gives "millions of taxpayers three additional months to file their individual returns."

Tax preparers were among those who had been pushing for that three month postponement, which the governor said will not impact greatly the processing of tax refunds.

"Refunds will continue to be distributed in a timely fashion," the governor said.

Along with the reprieve for taxpayers, the Pritzker administration also announced that it was making hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and grants available to small businesses and restaurants hit hard by mandatory shutdowns.

Businesses can apply to the programs on the state's Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity website.

The measures come as the number of COVID-19 cases in the state nears 2,000.

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 330 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, with three additional deaths.

A Kane County man in his 90s, a Cook County man in his 60s and a Will County woman in her 50s died after being diagnosed with the virus, the IDPH said.

There are now three new Illinois counties reporting COVID-19 cases -- Douglas, Marshall and Morgan. Patients range in age from younger than 1 to 99.
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Of the 330 new cases, Illinois health officials said two correctional officers and an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center in Lockport Township have tested positive for COVID-19.

The correctional officers are recovering at home, while the individual who is incarcerated is being isolated in the hospital, state health officials said.

The facility is on a 14-day lockdown, while those who were identified as having possible exposure are being quarantined, according to the IDPH.

A contractual worker at Sheridan Correctional Center in LaSalle County has also tested positive for coronavirus.

That facility is also under lockdown for two weeks.

According to the Cook County Sheriff's Office, four members of the correctional staff and one sheriff's police officer have tested positive for COVID-19.

Seventeen detainees at the Cook County Jail have tested positive, and 31 others are awaiting results.

Illinois officials also addressed plans to pour money into banks on Wednesday.

"In turn, they've agreed to turn around and use the money to help small businesses and nonprofits pay rent, purchase supplies, and to make payroll," said Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs.

The state is also directing money to the hotel industry that's now bracing for a wave of layoffs as occupancy rates fall into the single digits.

Several hotels have partnered with the state, providing some 20,000 rooms for health care workers, first responders and hospital overflow.

"Our hoteliers throughout the state of Illinois have stepped up and answered the call of duty in a time of crisis to open their doors to some of the most vulnerable and at-risk citizens in our state," said Michael Jacobson of the Illinois Lodging and Hotel Association.

Regarding the efforts in Washington to pass a stimulus bill, the governor could not say how much he expects Illinois to receive. But he said his team will work to collect every dollar that the state is owed.

With the number of cases continuing to climb and fear and hardship growing, the state's top health official grew emotional.

"It is hard. I'm a doctor. I'm a mother, and I just buried my father last month, and so when I think about people who can't do what I did for my father last month, I feel it very real as to what people are going through and the sacrifices that they're making," said IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike.

The rise in cases comes amid an outbreak at a long-term care facility in southwest suburban Willowbrook.

The DuPage County Health Department reported yet another infected staff member at the Chateau Nursing and Rehabilitation Center just a day after the first resident passed away from the virus.

A total of at least 46 people connected to the facility have confirmed to be infected, including 33 patients and 13 staff.

The nursing home posted a letter on its website, saying "Life here at our home is slowly returning to normal."

"There is probably a 'new normal,' but things are moving and getting better each day," the facility said.

From the start, representatives for Chateau have said the sick, but not hospitalized, are being kept in isolation, and all staff is having their temperature checked at the start of their shifts.

In an effort to prevent any further spread, residents are also having their vital signs checked more often, those who are ill even more so. As with all other nursing homes all non-essential visitors are banned from entering the building.

Dr. Ezike addressed continued efforts to limit contagion at all nursing homes across the state.

"We have provided extensive guidance and are working tirelessly with nursing home facilities on infection control practices, individual and group monitoring, isolation and quarantine and health and medical care," Dr. Ezike said. "But we will see cases continue to grow."

A 93-year-old resident of Three Crowns Park in Evanston also died of complications from the coronavirus at a nearby hospital. He was one of at least two infected residents.

"Personally, I am very concerned because I am one of the most vulnerable people," Steve Warner, a resident at the facility, told ABC7 last week.

Relatives of Three Crowns Park residents said the facility is now on lockdown.

Tonya Davis said she is a certified nurse's assistant and was terminated by Chateau for speaking out.

"They have negatives in the room with positive people," Davis said.

Chateau has not responded to requests for comment. DuPage County said they do not have anyone on-site for day-to-day operations, but stressed that everyone who is sick is in isolation and the county is in touch with the care facility every day.

With the number of cases statewide continuing to rise, officials say more than half the state's hospital beds are now occupied.

Pritzker said shuttered hospitals, like Metro South Hospital in south suburban Blue Island, may be reopened.

The state is also calling on existing hospitals to expand. Rush University Medical Center has already turned a lobby space into an area for treatment.

"We have expanded our emergency department," said Dr. Omar Lateef, Rush Medical Center CEO. "We have transformed entire units into COVID hospitals with many units that are designed to take care of patients."

State officials are also looking into using hotels as quarantine centers, something Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Chicago will be doing in her Monday press conference.

"In two weeks we would need over 28,000 additional non-ICU beds and over 9400 additional ICU beds; that's untenable," Pritzker said.

Another issue is staffing. Over the weekend, Pritzker made a plea to retired health care workers, asking them to help with the influx of patients. The governor said 180 people applied in the first 24 hours.

While the state works to prepare the healthcare system, Pritzker said his "stay-at-home" order, earlier closure of schools, bars and restaurants are helping stave off a tsunami of patients.
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When asked if he'd extend the "stay-at-home" order past April 7, he responded, "I'm trying to follow the science here, and I am concerned that we may have to extend that deadline."

"The question that everyone wants answered right now is how long is all of this going to last," Pritzker said. "The honest answer is we don't yet know."

Pritzker added that he disagreed with talk from President Donald Trump and others about lifting national guidelines that are keeping people from work.
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"I don't think he's listening to the science," Pritzker said. "I think he is operating, you know, he's looking at the stock market, which I know he essentially judges himself by."

Weeks into the battle against coronavirus, state leaders say the federal government has filled just a fraction of Illinois' requests for masks, gloves and other PPE.

Pritzker stated that until this week they only received one shipment of supplies they requested back on March 6, three days before the state's disaster proclamation. He said the initial shipment of 123,000 N95 masks was only 10% of the 1.2 million they requested.

Illinois has been left to acquire that critical gear on its own for their first responders and medical professionals.

Those who would like to help by donating PPE should contact PPE.Donations@Illinois.gov.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has created a hotline at 1-800-889-3931. More information can be found at the IDPH website and the Chicago Department of Public Health website.

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Coronavirus update: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker delays state tax filing deadline as COVID-19 cases reach 1,865, 19 deaths

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker announced he's delaying Illinois' tax filing deadline from April 15 to July 15 on Wednesday, when the state's total coronavirus cases climbed to 1,865, with 19 deaths. Pritzer said the decision aligns Illinois' tax day with the federal government's and gives "millions of taxpayers three additional months to file their individual returns."

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1. This is a post showing how doctors in Cuba are arriving in Italy, one of the hardest hit countries in the world. These doctors have been effective in addressing the effects of the Covid-19 virus so they are applying their knowledge in helping Italy's  Health Department with the outbreak.
2. The National Interest of Cuba is Security & Ideological. Security primarily to protect their own citizens interests because they can stop the spread of the disease in potentially impacting the citizens of their country. It is an Ideological interest because they are providing humantarian aid to Italy whose country is in dire need.