As with other days recently, a big focus of headlines on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be its impact on business. We see companies giving out free teleconferencing tools and expanding into new teleconferencing products. Additionally, of local interest (to me), Philadelphia says that their conference centers are open for business and we see that Pennsylvania has equipped a lab for coronavirus testing, so I suppose we can expect to see some cases reported in the state soon. Also there have been many more conference cancellations, and the media and WHO continue to worry about "fake news" pertaining to the outbreak.
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.
- Coronavirus has threatened to cancel the Tokyo Olympics, and the fallout could be terrible for the TV business
- Steem
: Coronavirus emergency: Iran builds field hospital in Qom
- Steem
: How is the mortality rate of Covid-19 (the Coronavirus) across different countries?
- Lyft posted record sales last week, and coronavirus might be the key driver
- The coronavirus and its potential impact on your business contracts
- Bitcoin’s Computing Power Is Growing Again After Coronavirus-Related Disruption
- Philly is 'open for business' amid coronavirus worries, convention bureau CEO says
- These ex-Facebook employees just raised millions for a new startup that can help virtual conferences be as useful and interesting as real-world events, amid the spread of coronavirus
- Free video conferencing: Coronavirus spurs special deals from WebEx, Google, others
- What we do (and don't) know about the coronavirus | David Heymann
- Coronavirus misinformation spreading fast: Fake news on COVID-19 shared far more than CDC, WHO reports
- Coinbase planning and response to COVID-2019
- Pennsylvania now has the ability to test for coronavirus
- Microsoft has quietly started offering free trials of its premium Teams chat app to 'support public health and safety' amid the coronavirus outbreak
- Google is making the premium version of its workplace video chat tool free until July, to help businesses and schools working remotely due to coronavirus
- Coronavirus Fears Cancel World’s Biggest Physics Meeting
- Coronavirus: Open offices have Americans worried
- Medical device makers hurt as coronavirus slows or halts elective surgeries in China
- Cisco: Avoid coronavirus, stay home, use Webex
- A popup on Tinder is warning users to protect themselves from coronavirus which is 'more important' than having fun
- I hate working from home but my company's coronavirus policy is forcing me to. Here's how I'm staying sane.
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 94,250 with 51,026 recoveries, 3,214 deaths, and 128 cases in the US - of which 45 came from the Diamond Princess.
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