Today's headlines carry news of the first US death from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Also, we find more about impacts on businesses and markets, including food shortages and travel policy changes. At the policy level, more US labs will begin testing for the novel coronavirus, and researchers report on the scale of misinformation that's being published and spread on Twitter.
In no particular order, here are today's links from my RSS feed. Please consider clicking through to upvote any Steem post(s) on the list.
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:Coronavirus fears spark food shortages in Yokohama
- After first coronavirus death in the US, first possible outbreak reported
- First Death in U.S. from New Coronavirus​ Announced in Washington State
- WHO raises global coronavirus alert as US faceplants
- Uber sent drivers guidance about coronavirus that some say ignores the realities of the gig economy
- FDA to now allow more labs to immediately begin testing for coronavirus
- Wall Street is wondering if the Fed can heal a coronavirus-stricken stock market that just saw $4.3 trillion in value vanish over the past 7 sessions
- Roughly 2 million tweets spread dangerous misinformation and hoaxes about the coronavirus, according to an unpublished State Department report
- Fear of coronavirus has split opinion among big VC firms over whether they should keep traveling to Asia
- Crypto Firms Tout Dispersed Workforce as Coronavirus Contingency Plan
- The coronavirus is making the weakest parts of the U.S. corporate debt boom wobble. Analysts say brace for things to get worse
As mentioned in previous posts, here is a visualization tool for mapping the cases of COVID-19 occurrences. According to the site, this morning's worldwide number of cases was 86,992 with 42,606 recoveries, 2,979 deaths, and 71 cases in the US (of which 44 came from the Diamond Princess).
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