The impact of the coronavirus fell hard on February arrivals, registering a 42 percent drop compared to the same month in 2019. According to the latest Palau Visitors Arrivals statistics, for the month of February 2020 visitor arrivals to Palau totaled 5,613 representing a decrease of 4,162 compared to February 2019 with 9,776 visitor arrivals. […]
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WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic, urges aggressive action
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic and urged aggressive action from all countries to fight it, as U.S. stocks plunged into the bear market territory and several American cities joined global counterparts in banning large gatherings. By using the charged word “pandemic” after shying away from calling it so earlier, the […]
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United cuts flights due to low demand
United Airlines will be reducing the number of flights for Guam, Palau, Japan, Saipan and Micronesia beginning at the end of the month due to low demand caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak world-wide. In its press release yesterday, United cites that the “adjustment comes after recent announcements that United is taking additional steps to […]
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U.S. virus death toll hits 11; feds investigate nursing home
SEATTLE (AP) — Federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home at the center of an outbreak of the new coronavirus as the U.S. death toll climbed to 11, including the first fatality outside Washington state. Officials in California’s Placer County, near Sacramento, said Wednesday an elderly person who tested positive after returning from a […]
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Global Fund issues new guidance in response to COVID-19
GENEVA, 05 MARCH 2020 (GLOBAL FUND) — The Global Fund announced today new guidance to enable countries to strengthen their response to the new coronavirus, COVID-19, by using existing grants in a swift, nimble and pragmatic way. Working within its mandate to fight HIV, TB, and malaria and to strengthen systems for health, the Global […]
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How Taiwan Used Big Data, Transparency and a Central Command to Protect Its People from Coronavirus
Taiwan is only 81 miles off the coast of mainland China and was expected to be hard hit by the coronavirus, due to its proximity and the number of flights between the island nation and its massive neighbor to the west. Yet it has so far managed to prevent the coronavirus from heavily impacting its […]