US UDPATED GUIDANCE ON EVALUATING AND TESTING PERSONS OR COVID-19 DISEASE

THE CDE MONTORS VIA THE HAN

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 03/15/2020, 12:38 Time

USPA NEWS - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to closely monitor and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. This CDC Health Alert Network (HAN) Update highlights guidance and recommendations for evaluating and identifying patients who should be tested for COVID-19 that were shared on March 4, 2020, on the CDC COVID-19 website at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/hcp/clinical-criteria.html. It supersedes the guidance and recommendations provided in CDC’s HAN 428 distributed on February 28, 2020. The outbreak that began in Wuhan, Hubei Province, has now spread throughout China and to 101 other countries and territories, including the United States. As of March 8, 2020, there were more than 105,000 cases reported globally. In addition to sustained transmission in China, there is now community spread in several additional countries. CDC has updated travel guidance to reflect this information (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/index.html).

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FRANCE IS IN LEVEL 3 WITH 4500 CASES OF COVID-19 91 DEATH & 300 INTENSIVE CARE

J.SALOMON DIRECTOR HEALTH MINISTRY SAID

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 03/15/2020, 12:16 Time

USPA NEWS - The Director of the Ministry of Health, Jerome Salomon announced that France has moved into stage 3 on March 14, 2020, while the country is in the midst of the epidemic of Covid-19 disease, while following the same exponential rhythm of the curve evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak, with the difference that France counts at this stage 91 dead, versus Italy which exceeded the number of 1000 deaths since last Thursday. The Italian civil protection reported Thursday at the end of the day, a total of 1016 deaths for more than 15'000 registered cases. The number of additional deaths (189) is roughly the same as that announced on Wednesday (196). As France slowly moves towards quarantine, Italy continues to count its deaths. It seems that France is worried about heading towards the same progression curve as Italy and Spain. While the American President, Donald Trump has his side, declared a state of emergency in the United States, two days after having prohibited flights from European countries to the USA (and now also those coming from UK). [Updated on Friday March 14 at 22:01 pm]

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EUROPE BECAME THE EPICENTER FOR THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK ACCORDING TO WHO

1500 NEW CASES JUST IN ONE DAY IN SPAIN

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 03/14/2020, 16:27 Time

USPA NEWS - According to WHO, Europe became the epicenter for COVID-19 outbreak. The coronavirus epidemic is advancing at high speed: worldwide, more than 140,000 people have been infected and more than 5,300 have died. in over 120 countries Confined, Italy has exceeded 1000 dead. In France, 3661 cases are recorded and 79 deaths but the epidemic « is only at its beginning ». President Macron said. Since the announcements and measures are succeeding since the French President Macron addressed the nation in a primetime, TV, speech from the Elysee Palace, on Saturday, March14 at 2pm. Meanwhile, the mayoral elections are to be held tomorrow Sunday all across France. The Interior Minister, Christophe Castaner, said the French are worried, and this is legitimate » he also added. The Louvre Museum, as well as the Eiffel Tower and the Chateau de Versailles are closed until further notice. Traffic is slowing in France, bag that on Monday, public transport serving reedits extant gives the presidential measure to close iceless, and universities, following the "greatest health crisis in the country, of the century" as said President Macron.[Updated on Friday March 14 at 3:30 pm].

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THE FAA SUSPENDS THE 80/20 RULE UNTIL MAY 31 DUE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK

IATA CALLS FOR FOLLOWING THIS DECISION

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washongton DC, 03/14/2020, 15:51 Time

USPA NEWS - In response to the worsening coronavirus pandemic, the FAA has suspended the 80/20 rule that has been forcing airlines to operate « ghost flights » as a means for maintaining their airport slots. The 80/20 rule states airlines must use each of their airport slots 80% of the time or risk losing them to competitors. To help soften the blow of the plummeting travel demand, the FAA has decided to suspend this requirement until May 31 for all coronavirus-affected US and foreign airlines. Due to the economic and environmental impacts of these “ghost flights,” the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) is calling for other regulators to follow the FAA’s actions. Source : FlyerTalk

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