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Please join us for our next Psychology Seminaron Thursday, October 22nd, at 1:00 PM on zoom, with a talk from Gail Birkbeck and Associate Professor Christine Linehan titled "Funder requirements for research data to be made available: managing and sharing research data".
Gail Birkbeck is a research psychologist working in the field of monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning. Formerly, Gail was Head of Strategic Learning and Evaluation at The Atlantic Philanthropies for 13 years where she was responsible for the design and implementation of the evaluation and learning strategy. Gail is currently the Research Data Coordinator on a HRB COVID-19 study: a global survey of caregivers' perspectives of the impact of COVID-19 on caregivers and the people they support. She is also undertaking further studies in data management and the wider life of research data.
Christine Linehan is an Associate Professor with the UCD School of Psychology. Christine is Chair of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities' Comparative Policy and Practice Special Interest Group. In May 2020, Christine was awarded one the Irish Government's COVID-19 Rapid Grants to conduct a global survey of caregivers' perspectives of the impact of COVID-19 on caregivers and the people they support. The study team comprises 26 researchers in 19 countries. A key principle of the Rapid Grants is that the dataset be freely available in a data repository for other researchers to access.
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The Numbers Are There: Using Data to Pave the Way to Increased Diversity
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The changing face of America means that its nurses must be equally diverse. That's one reason the Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing report set as a goal greater diversity in the nursing workforce.
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This webinar will help states find and use facts and statistics to assess and track the diversity within their state's nursing workforce and among graduates of nursing programs. Participants will also learn how to develop a "diversity ratio"—comparing diversity among nurses in each state to the state's population.
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It wasn't just about phones, but it was mostly about phones.
Specifically the phone. I'm talking about the Google Pixel which, according to the people in the office who've played with it, is pretty damn good, if a little expensive.
Here's everything you need to know about Google's new phone adventure.
Google Pixel, Daydream And Chromecast Ultra: Australian Price And Release Date Here's the most important info of the day. Yeah... it's a bit expensive here in Australia.
Google Pixel: Australian Hands On A local hands-on with the phone. It's good. "A pretty good iPhone competitor," said Campbell to me, when I asked him two minutes ago.
Telstra Is The Exclusive Telco For The Google Pixel In Australia Well, that's not great. Telstra's okay, but exclusive Telcos are always terrible in my opinion.
Everything Google Announced At Its 'Made By Google' Event That Actually Matters It wasn't just about phones. Here's everything announced at the Google event.
LIVE BLOG: Google's Pixel Phone Launch, As It Happened In case you want to relive the MAGIC of the Pixel launch as it happened.
Google's Daydream View Is A Super Soft, Super Light VR Headset Well, this is interesting. Apparently it's not quite as good as Gear VR. But that's okay, because Gear VR is really, really good (and more expensive).
Google Home Looks Like A Strong Amazon Echo Competitor Also this. Someone wake me up when it's voiced by Pierce Brosnan.
As someone who quite liked Nexus phones, I'm torn about this. My super cheap Android phone is gone, replaced by something better but more expensive. Anyone here thinking about switching?
Wasn't the original idea of Chrome to be one of the fastest and most lightweight browsers around? Then that kinda fell by the wayside too.
The first few Nexus were pretty expensive. It was only the fourth iteration when the price came down, then the 5, then back up again.
I am not a fan of Google pricing phones in this range. It was great picking up a Nexus for $300-400 outright. Solid phone that got regular updates.
Same here, I'll stick with my Nexus 5 for now.
Mind you, the pricing shouldn't really be a surprise - Google has been marketing their "Pixel" range of devices as premium devices for a while now - first the Chromebook Pixel, then tablets, now phones. If it has the "Pixel" brand on it, you can be pretty confident it's a premium product with a premium pricetag to match.
It really isn't. :) Google's been marketing their Nexus devices as iPhone competitors this past 1-2 generations, so it's not really surprising they're transitioning to a new brand to remove the connotations of the Nexus brand's original goals. Was just hoping against all odds they were transitioning to get away from Nexus' new "premium" target, rather than to get away from its old "affordable quality" target.


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Ohio School District Says It Won't Stop Student Athletes from Kneeling During Anthem
An Ohio school district announced over the weekend that it won't stop student athletes protesting police brutality from kneeling during the national anthem.
According to the Akron Beacon Journal, two Barberton High School students have been kneeling during the national anthem ahead of their basketball games in a "national push for policing reform."
Barberton City School District said in a Saturday statement that it has "been hearing a lot of thoughts and feedback from our community members" on the issue, but claimed Ohio and federal law compels the district to protect the free speech rights of the students guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.
"We are aware of the Barberton High School student-athletes who have chosen not to stand during the pre-game playing of the United States National Anthem. The Barberton City School District supports every student's right to free speech, as protected by the United States Constitution and supported by Ohio Revised Code," district leaders said in a statement posted to Facebook.
They pointed to Ohio Revised Code 3313.602, which states that "a school district cannot compel an act of patriotism on the part of a student." A 1943 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruled that "students may not be required to salute the American flag or recite the Pledge of Allegiance at public schools," the district said.
"While many people may not share this student's point of view, as a public school district we are proud of all of our students who are learning important lessons about life that public schools are uniquely suited to teach—that people can hold different beliefs and can still coexist, get along, and even work together toward common goals," the district concluded its statement.
The district's statement has already received 801 comments, 111 shares, and 270 reactions since it was released Saturday morning. Barberton is located in the northeast corner of the state in Ohio's 13th Congressional District, which is represented by Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan.
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As an avid cyclist, I can admit that we are perhaps the most entitled group of people on the planet. If you've ever operated a motor vehicle, you already know this to be true. We demand to be treated with the respect of a vehicle and to be afforded equal protection of the laws of the road. But once we clip into our pedals, we routinely flaunt those same laws, darting among traffic, coasting through stop signs, and generally racing through the streets like Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Hell, this past summer, I finished a ride by pedaling over a two-lane bridge that serves as the final point of access to a New Jersey beach community. I did this on a Saturday. At 11 AM. And while technically I had as much right to that bridge as any of the cars, by getting between thousands of angry Garden Staters and the start of their week-long vacations, I was just begging to get mowed down by a soccer mom in a Canyonero. The point is — I knew better, but I did it anyway.
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Motor 4 Toys is an annual event that takes place the first Sunday of December at Super Car Sunday. This year they raised more than 700 toys for Family in needs and was held at the Anthem Blue Cross Building In Woodland Hills, CA. We happen to have a Very Rare Lamborghini Aventador LP 720-4 50th Anniversario in the 2013 Al & Ed's LA Auto Show Booth that we just had to get to the show on time. So Saturday night we let Moto 4 Toys "steal" it from the booth and had a fun time driving in indoors in Kentia Hall. Saturn, Eric of the Al & Ed's Northridge got bored so we made this video with Barry of AE Corporate behind the Wheel.
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For the Audio we started with Focal Utopia Kit Be No. 7 which are the finest speakers we have to offer at Al & Ed's and Delreycustoms. The doors were had fabricated to incorporate the 3 way system ( thats 6 speakers) and custom carbon fiber and lexan was used to design the door pods. For a Sub a Hand crafted box using the same OEM Diamond stitch was called for and Kenwood provides the Low end with a shallow 10 inch sub. At the Helm a full custom boot was engineered to hold all the extra electronics and a custom amp rack to keep the flow and the feel of the car. Alpine PDX amps are powering they system and for the ultimate tune on the audio system the Rockord Fosgate was installed to make sure this is the most well put together system. All and all a 11 on a scale of 1-10 and the sound and install perfectly complement this Italian masterpiece of Luxury, Power, Style and Class.


During the Meadows to Meaders project, as well as capturing the stories of Southmead we also wanted to hear about day to day life particularly in terms of the food people ate in the 1930s-1950s. Travelling Kitchen collected many favourite recipes from the past and cooked these at inter-generational cookery sessions at Orchard Secondary School. Some of these recipes can be found in the booklet. Four more are available here as downloadable pdfs.


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You can find your admissions counselor here and email them to plan a visit to present in your classroom which is a great way to educate your students about careers in the arts, or they can attend a critique, art exhibition at your school, or a community event!
Touring MECA is a great way to show your students the benefits of attending a visual art school. We welcome you and your students to visit MECA's campus to see our unique community at work. Come tour our facilities and specialized equipment, walk through our studios, and talk with our students and faculty.
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RGA, DGA reap riches from corporate donors
by Michael Beckel February 1, 2013 January 7, 2022
Billionaires boost Republican governors group past Democrats in fundraising
By Ben Wieder
The dust has barely settled on the 2012 election but the corporation-fueled fundraising engines of the Republican and Democratic governors associations continue to churn.
Between late November and the end of December, the Republican Governors Association pulled in nearly $2.7 million, while the Democratic Governors Association collected $910,000, documents filed Thursday with the Internal Revenue Service indicate.
Aiding the Republicans with their significant post-election haul were several large pharmaceutical companies.
Drug maker Pfizer donated $250,000 to the RGA in December, while Eli Lilly contributed $150,000 and Astrazeneca gave $100,000, records show. Pfizer also gave the same amount to the DGA.
Among the other notable donors?
Range Resources Corporation, a large natural gas company that has been involved with fracking the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, gave $250,000 to the RGA, as did health insurance company Aetna.
Meanwhile, the Florida Power and Light and Comcast each donated $125,000 to the RGA, while Publix Super Markets and the BNSF Railway Company each gave $100,000.
In addition to Pfizer, only three other companies have made six-figure contributions to the DGA since late November: Aetna-subsidiary Schaller Anderson, which gave $250,000; computer technology company Oracle, which donated $100,000; and Virginia-based Maximus, a government contractor that provides services to health and human services agencies, which also donated $100,000.
This year, Republicans are defending their holds on the governors' mansions in both New Jersey and Virginia. And in 2014, Republicans are slated to defend 22 seats, while Democrats are poised to defend 14.
Why is 2013 an important year for campaign finance? Dave Levinthal and Michael Beckel will answer that, and many other questions about the money-in-politics world in a live chat on Monday, Feb. 4, at 1 p.m. ET.
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RGA, DGA reap riches from corporate donors

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February 1, 2013

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The dust has barely settled on the 2012 election but the corporation-fueled fundraising engines of the Republican and Democratic governors associations continue to churn.

Between late November and the end of December, the Republican Governors Association pulled in nearly $2.7 million, while the Democratic Governors Association collected $910,000, documents filed Thursday with the Internal Revenue Service indicate.

Aiding the Republicans with their significant post-election haul were several large pharmaceutical companies.

Drug maker Pfizer donated $250,000 to the RGA in December, while Eli Lilly contributed $150,000 and Astrazeneca gave $100,000, records show. Pfizer also gave the same amount to the DGA.

Among the other notable donors?

Range Resources Corporation, a large natural gas company that has been involved with fracking the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, gave $250,000 to the RGA, as did health insurance company Aetna.

Meanwhile, the Florida Power and Light and Comcast each donated $125,000 to the RGA, while Publix Super Markets and the BNSF Railway Company each gave $100,000.

In addition to Pfizer, only three other companies have made six-figure contributions to the DGA since late November: Aetna-subsidiary Schaller Anderson, which gave $250,000; computer technology company Oracle, which donated $100,000; and Virginia-based Maximus, a government contractor that provides services to health and human services agencies, which also donated $100,000.

This year, Republicans are defending their holds on the governors' mansions in both New Jersey and Virginia. And in 2014, Republicans are slated to defend 22 seats, while Democrats are poised to defend 14.

Why is 2013 an important year for campaign finance? Dave Levinthal and Michael Beckel will answer that, and many other questions about the money-in-politics world in a live chat on Monday, Feb. 4, at 1 p.m. ET.

This article first appeared on Center for Public Integrity and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


Five Bullets ... None of them had been shot to end people's lives. Where have those bullets gone?
Based on a true story, "Gun of Mercy" centers on a veteran prison guard who escorts three inmates through land ravaged by a disastrous flood in southern China.
Also known as "Five Bullets" based on its Chinese title, the film was helmed by well-known Chinese director Xiao Feng, who has won a series of state-level film awards. It features prominent cast members such as Hong Kong star David Wu as a convicted embezzler rumored to have hidden his fortune before serving his time, and veteran mainland actor Liu Peiqi, who plays the leading role of the dutiful cop. Jiang Wu acts as a convicted killer currently awaiting execution and Li Bin portrays a young thief who is about to be paroled. The film combines the different genres of drama, thriller and science fiction.
Several master-hands from Hong Kong, Hollywood, California, and Australia were invited to work on the special effects and cinematography for the film's flood destruction scenes.
The story begins as rapidly worsening floods force the evacuation of a city jail. Lao Ma, a grizzled prison guard has been assigned to transport three dangerous convicts to another safer institution. As the plot progresses, Lao Ma and his charges are swept into a swollen river that breaks the riverbanks. Lao Ma manages to rescue them from the van after it gets trapped in the river. When they find the waterlogged country roads to be impassable, they must trudge through a giant forest.
From then on, the four men with different fates and personalities are forced to face the challenges of being alive together. On the one hand, they take care of and work with each other to survive the flood. On the other hand, the old guard realizes that the men might try to run away. His gun is the only thing that lets him remain in charge. Although Lao has only five rounds of bullets, he never fires them to kill any of the convicts, even when they threaten his own safety.
Liu Peiqi said Lao Ma finally manages used a powerful but merciful way to conquer the prisoners rather than using his gun to solve the problem.
"We all know bullets are used for shooting enemies." Liu said in an interview after a premiere ceremony held in Beijing on April 10, "But we just use them to express a kind of humanity and benevolence. Unlike the usual relationship between cop and convict, we are trying to take on a different perspective. In the story, they are completely bound to each other for life. All my projectiles are used to protect the prisoners' lives. The film just shows the moral strength of the gun rather than its function as a deterrent."
The film opened in theaters across China on Friday and is competing with Gu Changwei's latest movie "And the Spring Comes," which stars Jiang Wenli, and the French action thriller "Taken," directed by Pierre Morel.


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Just before Valentine's Day, MadMonk instroduces a brand new version of his creepy Mad Muppet. This time around in a collaborative venture with octoplus gallery the evil soft vinyl doll appears inspired by Jack from the Nightmare before Christmas.
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New Brunswick, Crowd at City Hall
Date of Issue June 29, 1992
Quantity 10,000,000
Perforation or Dimension 13 x 12.5
Series Canada Day
Printer Ashton-Potter Limited.
Pane of 12 Stamps
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Joining in the celebrations to mark Canada's 125th birthday, Canada Post Corporation is issuing a souvenir sheet of 12 stamps on June 29 depicting works of art by Canadian painters. To highlight this special historic occasion, these are the first diamond-shaped stamps to be issued by the Corporation. The theme of the stamps issued on this historic anniversary can be found in our national anthem: "Our home and native land/Terre de nos aïeux." Each painting depicts a "people place" locality associated with its province or territory in an upbeat atmosphere. "Crowd at City Hall" is the work of New Brunswick artist Molly Lamb Bobak. Introduced to art by her father H. Mortimer Lamb, art critic and collector, she studied in Vancouver in the late 1930s. She was Canada's only woman war artist during World War II. With this historic stamp issue, Canada Post Corporation is proud to participate in this nation's most important anniversary since our Centennial in 1967.
Based on a painting by Molly Joan Lamb Bobak. Designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier.
Molly Joan Lamb Bobak, "Crowd at City Hall", 1976 Imperial Oil Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Canada Post Corporation. Canada's Stamps Details, No. 6, 1992, p. 15-16, 18.


This page lists individual data sets that have been contributed by the community and are currently available via the NASA Exoplanet Archive. For information on how to contribute data, see How to Contribute Data. If you contributed data but do not see them listed here, we apologize and will happily add entries if you submit a ticket.
We have worked with J. Wright's group at Penn State to include radial velocity time series from the published literature. A wget script for these files is on the Bulk Data Download page in the Time Series Data table. The individual files are also available in the Overview pages for the relevant stars.
Additionally, we offer the RV curves obtained by the MARVELS team described in Thomas et al. 2016. The full data set is in this .tar file; individual RV files are also available in the Overview Pages for the relevant stars.
Data from a study of the completeness of precision radial velocity surveys of nearby stars for planetary companions by Howard & Fulton 2016 are available, including the RV time series, the completeness contour plots and the completeness contour data. The individual files are also available in the Overview pages for the relevant stars.
The Exoplanet Archive serves 540 light curves for stars currently known to host exoplanets. These light curves of exoplanet transits were obtained by amateur astronomers from around the world and collected by B. Gary of the Amateur Exoplanet Archive. Read the detailed summary of these data and retrieve the files using the retrieval script on the Bulk Data Download page in the Time Series Data table.
OPTICAL Combination of the five data sets listed in this table.
Spitzer spectra from G. Bryden from the papers: Beichman et al. 2005, Beichman et al. 2006, Carpenter et al 2008 and Lawler et al. 2009.
Microlensing light curves for several confirmed planets have been provided by the authors, including D. Bennett, A. Udalski, Y. Tiannis, C. Han, D. Suzuki and J. Yee. The individual files are available in the Overview pages for the relevant stars. The combined data set retrieval script is on the Bulk Data Download page in the Time Series Data table.
All data from ground-based transit surveys have been provided by those individual groups.
All data from ground-based microlensing surveys have been provided by those individual groups.


Carrots: Trim off the tops then submerge the carrots in water. They'll stay nice and crunchy this way in the fridge.
Broccoli: Make a broccoli bouquet  They keep for more than a week like this in the fridge. I do the same thing with parsley and cilantro.
Kale: I keep these greens in water, too, until I'm ready to use them. When I'm short of shelf space, they do fine in my crisper drawer.
Lettuce: I buy hydroponic lettuce (with roots still attached) so they keep well in a shallow bowl of water. Store-bought head lettuces can be stored in your fridge this way, too.


The Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children (AHBHC) Program can help you prepare for your baby, learn to take care of your child, and find ongoing support in your community.
Childcare is available during programming hours.
Call (416) 963-9963 or email ahbhc@nwrct.ca to join us.
The Pimaatisiwin (A Good Way of Life) Parenting Program provides parenting classes, family resources, and cultural activities for young families. This program has a focus on the healthy development of children aged 0-6 years old.
Childcare is available for specified activities.
Call (416) 963-9963 or email pimaatisiwin@nwrct.ca to join us.
At what ages can my children participate in these programs?
Our parenting programs help Aboriginal families who care for children aged 0-6 years old.
If you have female children between the ages of 12 and 24, they may be interested in attending our Youth programs.


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Hong Kong announces new border closures, as China's coronavirus death toll overtakes SARS
By James Griffiths and Amy Woodyatt, CNN
Updated 8:50 PM EST, Mon February 3, 2020
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In a matter of weeks, the number of Wuhan coronavirus deaths in mainland China has overtaken the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in the country, as Beijing injected billions of dollars into an economy hit by effective shutdowns to major cities.
Since its outbreak in December, more than 360 people have died of the disease in China, the country's health authorities said Monday. The total number of cases in mainland China stood at 17,205 as of Sunday evening, an increase of over 2,800 on the previous day, or almost 20%.
The 2003 outbreak of SARS – another coronavirus strand – infected 5,327 people in mainland China, with 349 deaths. There were 8,098 confirmed cases of SARS worldwide from November 2002 to July 2003, with 774 deaths globally.
The first death from the virus outside China was confirmed over the weekend. Philippine health officials said that a 44-year-old Chinese man died Saturday after flying into the country from Wuhan.
So far, more than 180 cases have been reported outside of China – the majority of them with a direct link to the country – across more than 25 countries and territories worldwide. Many countries have begun closing their borders to visitors from China, with major airlines canceling flights to and from the country.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Monday announced new border closures over the Wuhan virus, amid intense public pressure to stop anyone crossing into the city from mainland China. Lam said further measures were being taken "to ensure the control of the boundary control points to reduce people movement across the border," but fell short of a complete sealing off of the city.
Germany confirmed its 10th case on Sunday, and there were also new cases reported in South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Macao and Hong Kong. The United States, Australia and New Zealand have all announced that they will not allow foreign nationals who have traveled from or transited through China to enter. Nationals from those countries will face mandatory quarantine on arrival.
The G7 nations will hold a joint telephone conference to discuss how to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, German Health Minister Jens Spahn announced after talking with his American counterpart Alex Azar on Sunday.
Economic pain
In China, Monday is supposed to be the first day back at work after an extended Lunar New Year holiday ended on February 2.
However much of the country will not be returning, with multiple local authorities extending the break in an attempt to avoid further spread of the virus. Hubei, the central Chinese province of which Wuhan is the capital, will lengthen its holiday by an "appropriate extent," authorities said Saturday, while Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and the manufacturing provinces of Guangdong and Zhejiang will also reportedly remain on holiday until at least next week.
With much of China's economic heartland still closed, concerns are growing over the impact to the Chinese economy. The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets – which have been closed since January 24 – plunged by around 10% on opening Monday.
The People's Bank of China said Sunday it would inject 1.2 trillion yuan ($173 billion) into the Chinese markets in order to ensure "reasonably ample liquidity" in the banking system and keep currency markets stable.
The net amount of liquidity being injected into the markets will be much lower, however. According to Reuters calculations using central bank data, more than 1 trillion yuan worth of other short-term bond sales will mature Monday. That brings the net amount of cash flooding into the markets down to 150 billion yuan ($21.4 billion).
State news agency Xinhua on Monday published a defiant commentary headlined "Chinese economy resilient enough to counter virus shock."
"The epidemic will eventually come to an end, just like the winter will fade away. The negative implications of the virus on the Chinese economy will be short-lived, and the economic fundamentals are solid enough to withstand its blow," Xinhua said. "Doomsayers take this chance to hype again the China-collapse theory. But seasoned observers disagree."
It quoted a former chief economist at the Asian Development Bank saying that while the economic impact in the first quarter will likely be big, perhaps driving nationwide annual growth down a percentage point, "it will be substantially offset by above-the-trend growth in the rest of the year if the epidemic can be contained soon."
Fight to control the virus
In Wuhan itself, the epicenter of the virus outbreak where most of the deaths have been reported, there was a glimmer of hope Monday, as the first of two purpose-built hospitals opened for business.
The hospitals, built in about a week by thousands of workers on round-the-clock shifts and based on a similar plan used during the 2003 SARS outbreak, will be run by People's Liberation Army medical personnel.
They will add thousands of extra beds to Wuhan's extremely strained medical system. Thousands of health workers, including PLA medics, have also been dispatched to help out in ordinary hospitals in the city and other parts of Hubei.
But while Wuhan should be seeing some additional capacity Monday, Hong Kong will be seeing the opposite. Health care workers in the semi-autonomous Chinese city began a five-day strike on Monday over what they see as the failure of the city's government to fully shut the border with China. They are demanding a full border closure and greater support from the government.
In announcing the new border closures, Lam said further measures were being taken "to ensure the control of the boundary control points to reduce people movement across the border," but fell short of completely sealing off the city.
Lam said the main land borders at Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau would shut as of midnight tonight, as would the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal.
That will leave all but three border crossings between Hong Kong and mainland China closed. Those which remain open are the city's international airport, the Shenzhen Bay border and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge.
There is widespread fear in Hong Kong – where 15 coronavirus cases have been confirmed so far – of a repeat of SARS, which infected more than 1,700 people and killed 286 in 2003.
Most front line medical workers will not strike, their unions said, in order to continue serving the public, but backroom and support staff will walk out.
Medical staff wearing protective suits ride down an escalator at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport on Wednesday, March 18.
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Hasidic Jewish men take part in a "social distancing" minyan in New York on Tuesday, March 17.
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A patient in a biocontainment unit is carried on a stretcher in Rome on March 17.
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A pedestrian walks a dog through a quiet street in New York on March 17.
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People gather to collect free face masks in New Delhi on March 17.
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Dermot Hickey, left, and Phillip Vega ask a pedestrian in New York to take their picture on a thinly trafficked Fifth Avenue on March 17. Many streets across the world are much more bare as people distance themselves from others. In the United States, the White House has advised people not to gather in groups of more than 10.
Students at the Attarkiah Islamic School wear face masks during a ceremony in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on March 17.
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People wait outside a Woolworths store in Sunbury, Australia on March 17. Australian supermarket chains announced special shopping hours for the elderly and people with disabilities so that they can shop in less crowded aisles.
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A member of Spain's Military Emergencies Unit carries out a general disinfection at the Malaga airport on Monday, March 16.
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Displaced families near Atme, Syria, attend a workshop aimed at spreading awareness about the coronavirus.
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French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a screen in Paris as he announces new coronavirus containment measures on March 16. France has been put on lockdown, and all nonessential outings are outlawed and can draw a fine of up to €135 ($148). Macron also promised to support French businesses by guaranteeing €300 billion worth of loans and suspending rent and utility bills owed by small companies.
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A police officer checks the temperatures of bus passengers at a checkpoint in Manila, Philippines, on March 16.
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Flowers are stored prior to their destruction at a flower auction in Aalsmeer, Netherlands, on March 16. Lower demand due to the coronavirus outbreak is threatening the Dutch horticultural sector, forcing the destruction of products.
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Two nuns greet neighbors from their balcony in Turin, Italy, on Sunday, March 15.
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Pope Francis, inside the Church of San Marcello in Rome's city center, prays at a famous crucifix that believers claim helped to save Romans from the plague in 1522.
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Passengers wait for their flights at Marrakesh Airport in Morocco on March 15.
US Vice President Mike Pence takes a question during a White House briefing about the coronavirus on March 15.
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A Sea World employee sprays disinfectant in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday, March 14.
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People wait in line to go through customs at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on March 14. Travelers returning from Europe say they were being made to wait for hours at US airports, often in close quarters, as personnel screened them for the coronavirus.
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Hundreds of people lined up to enter a Costco in Novato, California, on March 14. Many people have been stocking up on food, toilet paper and other items. As a response to panic buying, retailers in the United States and Canada have started limiting the number of toilet paper that customers can buy in one trip.
A member of the White House physician's office takes a media member's temperature in the White House briefing room on March 14. It was ahead of a news conference with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Reporters in Arlington, Virginia, sit approximately 4 feet apart during a briefing by Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie on Friday, March 13.
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People walk past a closed Broadway theater on March 13 after New York canceled all gatherings over 500 people.
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Body temperatures are scanned as people enter the Buddhist temple Wat Pho in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 13.
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A Costco customer stands by two shopping carts in Richmond, California, on March 13.
A teacher works in an empty classroom at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain.
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A woman looks at an empty bread aisle in Antwerp, Belgium, on March 13.
Employees of the Greek Parliament wear plastic gloves ahead of the swearing-in ceremony for Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
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A motorcyclist drives through disinfectant sprayed in Jammu, India, on March 13.
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Workers prepare to construct an additional building on a hospital on the outskirts of Moscow.
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Paul Boyer, head equipment manager of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, wheels out equipment bags in Washington on Thursday, March 12. The NHL is among the sports leagues that have suspended their seasons.
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Students leave Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, Washington, on March 12. Beginning the following day, schools in the Snohomish school district planned to be closed through April 24.
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An Uber Eats delivery biker stands at a deserted Piazza di Spagna in Rome.
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People at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, watch a live broadcast of US President Donald Trump on March 12. Trump announced that, in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, he would sharply restrict travel from more than two dozen European countries.
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Workers in protective suits disinfect Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace on March 11.
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A person wearing a face mask walks outside of a shopping mall in Beijing on March 11.
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Police officers restrain the relative of an inmate outside the Sant'Anna jail in Modena, Italy, on March 9. Riots broke out in several Italian jails after visits were suspended to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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Medical staff in Wuhan, China, celebrate after all coronavirus patients were discharged from a temporary hospital on March 9.
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 9. Stocks plummeted as coronavirus worries and an oil price race to the bottom weighed on global financial markets.
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Rescuers search for victims at the site of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, China, on March 8. The hotel was being used as a coronavirus quarantine center.
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The Grand Princess cruise ship, carrying at least 21 people who tested positive for coronavirus, is seen off the coast of San Francisco on March 8. The ship was being held at sea.
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Sumo wrestlers attend a tournament in Osaka, Japan, that was being held behind closed doors because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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A couple rides a bicycle at a park in Seoul, South Korea, on March 7.
A volunteer from Blue Sky Rescue uses fumigation equipment to disinfect a residential compound in Beijing on March 5.
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Airmen from the California National Guard drop coronavirus testing kits down to the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California on March 5.
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Municipal workers are seen at the Kaaba, inside Mecca's Grand Mosque. Saudi Arabia emptied Islam's holiest site for sterilization over coronavirus fears, an unprecedented move after the kingdom suspended the year-round Umrah pilgrimage.
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Passengers react as a worker wearing a protective suit disinfects the departure area of a railway station in Hefei, China, on March 4.
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Teachers at the Nagoya International School in Japan conduct an online class for students staying at home as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus.
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Soldiers spray disinfectant throughout a shopping street in Seoul.
A Muslim worshipper attends a mass prayer against coronavirus in Dakar, Senegal, on March 4. It was after cases were confirmed in the country.
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People wear face masks in New York's Times Square on March 3. New York reported its first case of coronavirus two days earlier.
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A security guard stands on the Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo on March 3.
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US President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, speaks during a meeting with pharmaceutical executives and the White House coronavirus task force on March 2. Throughout the meeting, Trump was hyperfocused on pressing industry leaders in the room for a timeline for a coronavirus vaccine and treatment. But experts at the table -- from the administration and the pharmaceutical industry -- repeatedly emphasized that a vaccine can't be rushed to market before it's been declared safe for the public.
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Medical staff stand outside a hospital in Daegu, South Korea, on March 1.
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Healthcare workers transfer a patient at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, on March 1. The long-term care facility is linked to confirmed coronavirus cases.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a London laboratory of the Public Health England National Infection Service.
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Tomoyuki Sugano, a professional baseball player on the Yomiuri Giants, throws a pitch in an empty Tokyo Dome during a preseason game on February 29. Fans have been barred from preseason games to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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Commuters wearing masks make their way to work during morning rush hour at the Shinagawa train station in Tokyo on February 28.
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Medical staff transport a coronavirus patient within the Red Cross hospital in Wuhan on February 28.
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Inter Milan plays Ludogorets in an empty soccer stadium in Milan, Italy, on February 27. The match was ordered to be played behind closed doors as Italian authorities continue to grapple with the coronavirus outbreak.
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A bank clerk disinfects banknotes in China's Sichuan province on February 26.
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A child wearing a protective face mask rides on a scooter in an empty area in Beijing.
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A Catholic devotee wears a face mask as he is sprinkled with ash during Ash Wednesday services in Paranaque, Philippines, on February 26.
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People disinfect Qom's Masumeh shrine in Tehran, Iran, on February 25.
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A worker in Daegu stacks plastic buckets containing medical waste from coronavirus patients on February 24.
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Paramedics carry a stretcher off an ambulance in Hong Kong on February 23.
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People attend a professional soccer match in Kobe, Japan, on February 23. To help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, the soccer club Vissel Kobe told fans not to sing, chant or wave flags in the season opener against Yokohama FC.
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A team of volunteers disinfects a pedestrian bridge in Bangkok, Thailand.
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A man rides his bike in Beijing on February 23.
Hospital personnel in Codogno, Italy, carry new beds inside the hospital on February 21. The hospital is hosting some people who have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
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Doctors look at a CT scan of a lung at a hospital in Xiaogan, China, on February 20.
A sales clerk wears a mask as she waits for customers at a hat shop in Beijing on February 18. Small companies that help drive China's economy are worried about how much damage the coronavirus outbreak will cause to business.
Buses carrying American passengers arrive at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo on February 17. The passengers were leaving the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship to be repatriated to the United States.
A medical worker rests at the isolation ward of the Red Cross hospital in Wuhan on February 16.
Authorities watch as the Westerdam cruise ship approaches a port in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on February 13. Despite having no confirmed cases of coronavirus on board, the Westerdam was refused port by four other Asian countries before being allowed to dock in Cambodia.
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A worker has his temperature checked on a shuttered commercial street in Beijing on February 12.
Beds are made in the Wuhan Sports Center, which has been converted into a temporary hospital.
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A child rides a scooter past a police officer wearing protective gear outside the Hong Mei House in Hong Kong on February 11. More than 100 people evacuated the housing block after four residents in two different apartments tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Relatives of quarantined passengers wave at the Diamond Princess cruise ship as it leaves a port in Yokohama, Japan, to dump wastewater and generate potable water. Dozens of people on the ship were infected with coronavirus.
The Deneway branch of the County Oak Medical Centre is closed amid coronavirus fears in Brighton, England, on February 11. Several locations in and around Brighton were quarantined after a man linked to several coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom came into contact with health-care workers and members of the public.
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A police officer, left, wears protective gear as he guards a cordon at the Hong Mei House in Hong Kong on February 11.
A worker wears a protective suit as he waits to screen people entering an office building in Beijing on February 10. China's workforce is slowly coming back to work after the coronavirus outbreak forced many parts of the country to extend the Lunar New Year holiday by more than a week.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has his temperature checked during an appearance in Beijing on February 10.
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Photojournalists wearing face masks take photos of a bus carrying passengers after they disembarked from the World Dream cruise ship in Hong Kong on February 9. More than 5,300 people were quarantined on two cruise ships off Hong Kong and Japan.
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People participating in a Lunar New Year Parade in New York City hold signs reading, "Wuhan stay strong!" on February 9.
A shopper walks past empty shelves at a grocery store in Hong Kong on February 9. China's Ministry of Commerce encouraged supermarkets and grocery stores to resume operations as the country's voluntary or mandatory quarantines began to take an economic toll.
A worker wearing a protective suit uses a machine to disinfect a business establishment in Shanghai, China, on February 9.
Workers in protective gear walk near the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama on February 7.
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People in Hong Kong attend a vigil February 7 for whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang. Li, 34, died in Wuhan after contracting the virus while treating a patient.
A woman grieves while paying tribute to Li at Li's hospital in Wuhan on February 7.
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The Anthem of the Seas cruise ship is seen docked at the Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, New Jersey, on February 7. Passengers were to be screened for coronavirus as a precaution, an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told CNN.
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A light installation is displayed by striking members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance and other activists at the Hospital Authority building in Hong Kong on February 7.
Passengers are seen on the deck of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, docked at the Yokohama Port on February 7.
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Flight attendants wearing face masks make their way through Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok on February 7.
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Workers check sterile medical gloves at a latex-product manufacturer in Nanjing, China, on February 6.
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A woman wears a protective mask as she shops in a Beijing market on February 6.
This aerial photo shows the Leishenshan Hospital that is being built in Wuhan to handle coronavirus patients.
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A passenger shows a note from the World Dream cruise ship docked at the Kai Tak cruise terminal in Hong Kong on February 5.
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A mask is seen on a statue in Beijing on February 5.
An ambulance stops at a traffic light in front of the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macao. The virus turned China's gambling mecca into a ghost town.
A dog in Beijing wears a makeshift mask constructed from a paper cup.
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Striking hospital workers in Hong Kong demand the closure of the border with mainland China on February 4.
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The Diamond Princess cruise ship sits anchored in quarantine off the port of Yokohama on February 4. It arrived a day earlier with passengers feeling ill.
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A medical worker wearing protective gear waits to take the temperature of people entering Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong on February 4.
Medical workers in protective suits help transfer patients to a newly completed field hospital in Wuhan.
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People wearing protective overalls talk outside a Wuhan hotel housing people in isolation on February 3.
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A man stands in front of TV screens broadcasting a speech by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on February 3. Lam said the city would shut almost all border-control points to the mainland.
A colleague sprays disinfectant on a doctor in Wuhan on February 3.
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Commuters in Tokyo walk past an electric board displaying dismal stock prices on February 3, the first business day after the Chinese New Year. Asia's markets recorded their worst day in years as investors finally got a chance to react to the worsening coronavirus outbreak.
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Medical workers move a coronavirus patient into an isolation ward at the Second People's Hospital in Fuyang, China, on February 1.
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Children wear plastic bottles as makeshift masks while waiting to check in to a flight at the Beijing Capital Airport on January 30.
Passengers in Hong Kong wear protective masks as they wait to board a train at Lo Wu Station, near the mainland border, on January 30.
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A volunteer wearing protective clothing disinfects a street in Qingdao, China, on January 29.
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Nanning residents line up to buy face masks from a medical appliance store on January 29.
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Lyu Jun, left, a member of a medical team leaving for Wuhan, says goodbye to a loved one in Urumqi, China, on January 28.
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A charter flight from Wuhan arrives at an airport in Anchorage, Alaska, on January 28. The US government chartered the plane to bring home US citizens and diplomats from the American consulate in Wuhan.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in wears a mask to inspect the National Medical Center in Seoul on January 28.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, center, attends a news conference in Hong Kong on January 28. Lam said China will stop individual travelers to Hong Kong while closing some border checkpoints and restricting flights and train services from the mainland.
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Workers at an airport in Novosibirsk, Russia, check the temperatures of passengers who arrived from Beijing on January 28.
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Alex Azar, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks during a news conference about the American public-health response.
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Two residents walk in an empty park in Wuhan on January 27. The city remained on lockdown for a fourth day.
A person wears a protective mask, goggles and coat as he stands in a nearly empty street in Beijing on January 26.
Medical staff members bring a patient to the Wuhan Red Cross hospital on January 25.
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People wear protective masks as they walk under Lunar New Year decorations in Beijing on January 25.
Construction workers in Wuhan begin to work on a special hospital to deal with the outbreak on January 24.
Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, speaks to reporters on January 24 about a patient in Chicago who had been diagnosed with the coronavirus. The patient was the second in the United States to be diagnosed with the illness.
A couple kisses goodbye as they travel for the Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing on January 24.
Workers manufacture protective face masks at a factory in China's Hubei Province on January 23.
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Shoppers wear masks in a Wuhan market on January 23.
Passengers are checked by a thermography device at an airport in Osaka, Japan, on January 23.
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People wear masks while shopping for vegetables in Wuhan on January 23.
A militia member checks the body temperature of a driver in Wuhan on January 23.
Passengers wear masks as they arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, on January 23.
A customer holds boxes of particulate respirators at a pharmacy in Hong Kong on January 23.
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Passengers wear masks at the high-speed train station in Hong Kong on January 23.
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A woman rides an electric bicycle in Wuhan on January 22.
People in Guangzhou, China, wear protective masks on January 22.
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People go through a checkpoint in Guangzhou on January 22.
Medical staff of Wuhan's Union Hospital attend a gathering on January 22.
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Health officials hold a news conference in Beijing on January 22.
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Many countries have begun evacuating their citizens out of the worst hit areas of Hubei, while other nations, in addition to closing their borders to all visitors from China, are ordering mandatory quarantines of nationals returning home.
Major airlines – including British Airways, American Airlines, Air Canada and Lufthansa – have canceled or slashed routes to China for the foreseeable future.
Much of the concern is driven by the lack of a confirmed cure or treatment protocol for the virus, which appears to be far more contagious – though not as deadly – as SARS. About 10% of SARS cases resulted in death, while the toll from Wuhan coronavirus cases stands at about 2%.
On Sunday, doctors in Thailand said they had successfully treated one Wuhan coronavirus patient with a combination of antiviral drugs.
Dr. Kriangsak Atipornwanich, a doctor at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok, said at a Ministry of Health news conference that he had treated a 71-year-old woman patient from China with a combination of drugs used in HIV and flu treatments. He said the patient had previously been treated only with anti-HIV drugs.
Officials at the news conference said the latest lab test showed there was no trace of the virus in the patient's respiratory system.
Hospitals in Beijing have previously reported using HIV drugs to treat coronavirus patients, though it is unclear if they have been successful.
With some apparent good news came another worrying development, however. Scientists in China discovered over the weekend that fecal samples from patients infected with the Wuhan coronavirus tested positive for the pathogen.
This means it is highly possible the virus can exist in and spread through contaminated fecal matter. Previously it had been thought the virus mainly spread through droplets emitted when a person coughs or sneezes, or through other direct contact.
One of the major SARS outbreaks during the 2003 epidemic was in the Hong Kong housing estate of Amoy Gardens. There, the virus is believed to have spread "via aerosolized fecal matter through the internal sewer system," according to a report by the US National Institute of Medicine.
CNN's David Culver, Yong Xiong, Natalie Thomas and Steven Jiang in Beijing; and Julia Hollingsworth, Laura He, Helen Regan, Nectar Gan, Pauline Lockwood, Carly Walsh, Eric Cheung, Yuli Yang, Chermaine Lee, Alexandra Lin, Isaac Yee, Angus Watson and Sophie Jeong in Hong Kong contributed reporting.


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Kroger ground beef among 17.7 tons recalled for potential plastics contamination
Mike Snider
A North Carolina food processor has recalled more than 17.7 tons of ground beef, some of which was sold in Kroger stores, for possible contamination with plastic bits, according to the Department of Agriculture.
JBS USA is recalling 35,464 pounds of raw ground beef processed at its Lenoir, N.C., facility for possible contamination with hard plastic pieces, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced late Wednesday. The recall comes after a consumer found blue, hard, plastic pieces in one of the products, the USDA says.
The department says there have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to the consumption of the products, which were produced March 22, 2018.
The ground beef, sold in a variety of packages, was shipped to distribution centers in Virginia and Indiana and sent to retailers including Kroger stores in North Carolina, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and eastern West Virginia, as well as Food 4 Less and Jay C stores in the Midwest. The products carried a sell-by date of April 9, 2018, and a USDA mark with the number EST. 34176.
Some consumers may have packages of the ground beef in their freezers, the USDA says. Those who bought the products should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.
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Kroger is aware of the recall and has "verified that none of these products are in our stores today," spokesperson Kristal Howard said, "We encourage customers to check their freezers for the potentially affected products and not to consume them but throw them away or return them to their place of purchase for a full refund."
Kroger's Mid-Atlantic division, which has stores in North Carolina, eastern West Virginia and Virginia, received some shipments of the potentially-affected products, she said.
Kroger stores in Indiana and Illinois — and Food 4 Less and Jay C stores in the Midwest — got just limited amounts of the 80/20 ground beef in 1-pound and 3-pound packages, Howard said.
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Are you interested in being a part of a culturally diverse community organisation? Are you able to spare some time to volunteer, supporting older people to remain social active?
At ACCS, we empower people in their cultural and lifestyle choices through a range of community and homecare services across Melbourne.
We are always looking for new volunteers and we do require that people speak or are familiar with Croatian language and culture.
Community Companions providing transport assistance for older people to attend a Social Support Group. Our Volunteer drivers are always in demand, especially in the local government areas of: Maribyrnong, Brimbank, Moonee Valley, Hume, Moreland, Darebin, Whittlesea, Greater Dandenong, Casey, Frankston and Cardinia.
Friendly Visitors who visit a person in their own home for socialisation and in some instances to help them to access the community, i.e. taking them to church or out for a coffee.
Visitors to Residential Aged Care facilities, as part of the Community Visitor Scheme, where a volunteer will visit several people living in residential care.
We invite you to meet with our Volunteer Coordinators who will provide you with comprehensive information and support to guide you in your volunteering role.
We will provide financial reimbursements if you provide transport assistance to agreed venues using your own vehicle.
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Posted on 3 September, 2021 by Met Office Press Office
Hurricane Ida has seen winds of up to 150mph and intense rainfall bringing widespread flash flooding to a swathe of America, in what has been the fifth strongest storm to hit the US mainland.
Ida formed over the Caribbean Sea at the end of August, and then moved north westwards becoming a tropical storm. As Ida moved over the Gulf of Mexico it tracked across a deep area of warm water and developed rapidly into a Category 4 Hurricane and made landfall over Louisiana on Sunday evening, UK time. After making landfall Ida started to lose her strength; like all hurricanes, she drew her energy from warm seas. However, although Ida's winds quickly eased, she has (as forecast) continued to bring a trail of extreme rainfall to the north-eastern United States, notably New York. The heavy rainfall lasts longer and can affect more people than the damaging winds do.
Hurricane Ida has been the fifth strongest hurricane to make landfall on the mainland of the United States.
Impacts in the US from Ida have been severe, with reports of at least three inches of rain falling in New York's Central Park within an hour and Louisiana seeing similarly devastating conditions earlier in the week. One million are reported to be without power, and sadly there have been a high number of fatalities.
Met Office Expert Operational Meteorologist Chris Almond, said: "The sheer amount of rainfall within this warm tropical air saw fairly widespread totals of 150 to 250 millimeters, which fell over a couple of days, and is quite exceptional in itself. But Central Park in New York actually recorded 80 millimeters in just one hour, which is a phenomenal amount of rain. That's nearly over a month's worth of rainfall in just an hour, and almost double the previous record, which was around 50 millimeters in an hour: and that was only set earlier in August. It has been an exceptional spell of weather for parts of the southern and eastern parts of the United States."
While Ida's affects are still being felt across America, bringing a deluge of rain and continued strong winds, some are now wondering if Ida will travel across the Atlantic and impact on the UK's weather.
In short, no, not directly. But, as is often the case in the North Atlantic hurricane season, the set up in North America can have an influence on the dominant weather we're likely to see in the UK because of the effects it can have on the jet stream, which straddles the Atlantic and drives a lot of the UK's weather.
In recent days, the UK has been under the influence of a high-pressure system (a 'blocking high' set up). This has seen largely benign weather over the UK, with relatively dry conditions, along with spells of sunshine, but more prolonged cloud for some.
According to Met Office models, Ida is set to break up when it enters the Atlantic and is very unlikely to travel across the ocean intact. However, it will have an influence on the position and strength of the jet stream across the Atlantic – currently the jet stream is very weak, but it will strengthen as the remnants of Ida move northeast away from North America. The strength of the jet stream can be determined by the temperatures on either side of the flow, with cool air to the north and warm air to the south. When the temperature contrast is greater, such as now with Ida bringing a lot of warm air to the south, the jet becomes more energised. The direction the jet stream then takes will help determine weather patterns for the UK this weekend, with a more northerly position helping to hold high pressure close to the UK.
Met Office Expert Operational Meteorologist David Oliver said: "Ida has obviously had some significant impacts in the US, but that weather system is not expected to travel across the Atlantic and reach the UK as an active system.
"However, it is common for the hurricane season in North America to play a factor in the weather patterns affecting the UK, and in most cases that's down to its role in shifting the upper air that drives our weather systems.
Hurricanes have a major impact on the transport of heat and moisture from the tropics into the North Atlantic.
David added: "As Ida breaks up, the low-pressure system and warm tropical air associated with it will help to accelerate and shift the jet stream over the Atlantic. The behaviour of the jet stream is complex but overall it will tend to lie to the north of the UK, this helping to hold high pressure close by. So, whilst rain is likely to spread to some northern parts of the UK on Sunday and into Monday, for many places conditions will remain dry and increasingly warm this weekend and into the first half of next week."
A shift toward more widely unsettled weather isn't currently expected until later next week as the high pressure finally gets unseated from its current position close to the UK.
Check the latest Met Office forecast on the Met Office website, app or on social media.
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Swinney Induction into Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday
one of eight inductees
Clemson, S.C.—Clemson Head Football Coach Dabo Swinney will be one of eight inductees into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday. The Class of 2018 includes Swinney, professional golfer Stewart Cink, former Alabama running back Johnny Davis, former college and NFL coach Chan Gailey, former MLB pitcher Tim Hudson, former basketball coach Bill Jones, former gymnast Kathy McMinn, and former NFL receiver Terrell Owens,
The eight inductees bring the total members to 345 since the Hall was opened in 1969. The Golden 50th Annual Induction Ceremony and Banquet will be at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel. Noted ESPN broadcaster and longtime sportswriter Paul Finebaum will serve as Master of Ceremonies.
Swinney is the sixth Clemson Head Football Coach to be inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Frank Howard, Danny Ford, Hootie Ingram, Charley Pell and John Heisman were enshrined earlier. Former Clemson baseball All-American Jimmy Key and former Clemson assistant football coach Bill Oliver are also in the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
swinney becomes third member inducted from 1992 Alabama football team
Swinney will be the 10th college head football coach in the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame with a National Championship on their resume. The others are Danny Ford, Bobby Bowden, Bear Bryant, Gene Stallings, Nick Saban, Vince Dooley, Shug Jordan, Wallace Wade, and Frank Thomas.
Swinney was a member of Alabama's 1992 National Championship team coached by Stallings. He coached Clemson to the 2016 National Championship. He will be the only member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame who has played on a National Championship team and served as the head coach of a National Championship team. Bud Wilkinson is the only other person to do both in college football history.
Swinney will be the third member of the 1992 Alabama team inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, joining quarterback Jay Barker and running back Kevin Turner.
first coach to win bear Bryant national coach of the year award two years in a row
Swinney has coached Clemson to a 101-30 record in his 10 seasons. He has taken Clemson to the College Football Playoffs each of the last three years, something only Alabama has done. The Tigers have finished in the top four of both polls each of the last three years and won three consecutive ACC Championships. Swinney has four ACC Championships, seven bowl victories, including three College Football Playoff wins, and eight top 25 seasons on his record so far.
The native of Pelham, Ala. is the only coach to win the Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year Award in consecutive years (2015 and 2016). He has taken Clemson to at least 10 wins in each of the last seven years, something only Nick Saban has done. He has won 88 games in the decade of the 2010s to match his Alabama uniform number.