Coronavirus In Us
coronavirus in us, The dating app Tinder has surprised users in recent days with a new coronavirus alert in the app. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) According to Business Insider, the notification arrives when users swipe through potential matches while using the popular app’s famous “browse” function. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Some social media commenters have praised Tinder for the public health alert, while one jokester poked fun at the situation, likening dating during the ongoing outbreak to the novel Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel García Márquez.
coronavirus in us - Critics, meanwhile, were more skeptical of the pitch. One user argued that Tinder already makes me feel depressed and that the unexpected coronavirus update was anxiety-inducing. On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Tinder told Fox News that app administrators hoped to remind Tinder members of general precautions to take when meeting new people amid the ongoing outbreak, per WHO suggestions. CLICK HERE FOR FOX NEWS' CONTINUING CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE As of Wednesday morning, over 90,000 people worldwide have been sickened by the viral disease, while the death toll has risen to 3,100 in at least 70 countries.
coronavirus in us, Dr. Marc Lipsitch, infectious disease epidemiologist at Harvard University, predicts that the coronavirus will ultimately not be containable. An Amazon employee in Seattle, Wash., has contracted the novel coronavirus — the first employee among its U.S. workforce to fall ill will COVID-19, the company said. We're supporting the affected employee who is in quarantine, an Amazon spokesperson told Fox News. The e-commerce giant on Tuesday told employees in an email about the employee, who works at Amazon’s South Lake Union office complex in Seattle, where the company’s headquarters are located, Bloomberg reported. The employee left work on Feb. 25 “due to an illness” that the company said it was later informed was the coronavirus. All other employees who came into contact with the sick worker have since been notified.
coronavirus in us - CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINES MORE THAN 2 DOZEN WASHINGTON STATE FIREFIGHTERS It was not immediately clear how the employee contracted the virus. The news comes after at least two Amazon employees in Italy – which has seen a surge of coronavirus cases in recent weeks – were confirmed to have the virus as well, according to the outlet. In response to the case, the company said “it will limit non-essential travel within the U.S. and cancel warehouse tours,” per Bloomberg, which added some job interviews are now being conducted virtually “rather than face-to-face.”
coronavirus in us - ARE PACKAGES FROM CORONAVIRUS-HIT CHINA SAFE TO HANDLE? All of the coronavirus-related fatalities in the U.S. — nine as of this writing — have occurred in Washington State; Seattle is home to the country’s first and largest outbreak of the novel virus. More specifically, according to the state's department of health, eight of the deaths have occurred in King County, where 21 of the cases are confirmed, while one of the fatalities occurred in Snohomish County, where six others have fallen ill.