The World Health Organization announced the coronavirus “pandemic is accelerating,” in a tweet on Monday. There are now more than 300,000 cases of coronavirus around the world.
As the number of cases continues to rise, here in the U.S., the National Guard has been deployed in three of the hardest hit states — California, Washington and New York. Almost half all U.S. cases are in New York state. Emphasizing that this does not mean “martial law”, the Trump Administration said governors in these states will oversee the Guard.
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Doctors are calling for the sudden loss of sense of smell and taste to be added to the “list of screening tools” for coronavirus. Symptoms of anosmia, or lack of sense of smell, and dysgeusia, or lack of taste, has long been known in medical literature to be associated with certain respiratory infections.
Aides say Trump is considering easing social distancing guidelines at the end of the 15-day period, despite the opinion of health experts who think U.S. citizens should continue robust efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The husband of former Democratic presidential candidate, Amy Klobuchar, is the latest well-known person to test positive for coronavirus. Klobuchar says because she has not been physically with her husband over the last two weeks, she was advised by her doctor not to get tested.
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