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Peace researchers warn of intensifying international conflicts
1:48 am: The director of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute, Sipri, Dan Smith, hopes that international conflicts will escalate into the crown crisis. “This is particularly true in Iraq and Syria,” said media group peace researcher Funke. In Iraq, for example, there are already signs of strengthening the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization. “The fronts could harden in Yemen. In Afghanistan, the radical Islamic Taliban is expected to regain strength in the wake of the crown crisis.”
However, the peace researcher is also threatening new tensions in the Horn of Africa and in parts of West Africa such as Nigeria or Mali. “People don’t get the support they need, so some will join violent militias that promise help, like access to food,” Smith told the newspapers.
But there are also non-state actors that have reduced their actions. Various groups, for example in Yemen or the Philippines, have also heeded the call of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, for a world ceasefire to combat the crown. “However, other groups have used the crisis for their own benefit.”
Trump may want to reduce contact with Pence
00:59: United States President Donald Trump may want to reduce his contacts with Vice President Mike Pence in the crown crisis. He will speak to Pence about limiting his contacts, Trump said. He could speak to his assistant on the phone. In the event of a Trump or Pence infection, the White House would still be able to act.
Last week it emerged that the vice president’s spokeswoman, Katie Miller, had tested positive for the coronavirus. Pence himself was negative for the pathogen, as Trump said. However, the vice president “comes into contact with many people,” he said.
A Pence spokesman said Sunday that the vice president had not quarantined. Trump’s comments the next day, however, suggested that Pence could be isolated at home. He had not seen Pence since the “quarantine period,” Trump said.
Measuring fever at US airports. USA: 1700 hours of meaningless work according to a CDC study
12:30 am: Passenger temperature measurements at the start of the coronavirus pandemic were not effective, according to the US health agency CDC. Humans could transmit the virus without experiencing symptoms such as a rise in body temperature, the agency said. This arises from a study by the CDC.
On February 3, the United States began measuring the temperature of passengers arriving from China and asking about possible symptoms. The step was later expanded to include entries from Iran. Since most of the first cases of Corona occurred in the United States on the west coast, CDC experts focused on California in their study. Of the 12,000 passengers who checked in there between February 3 and March 17, only three later appeared in the state among the approximately 26,000 Covid-19 patients registered in April.
According to the report, this suggests that the nearly 1,700 hours worked by temperature controls made no sense. In the case of a respiratory illness, which could spread before symptoms start and without the onset of symptoms, temperature measurements at airports can be of “limited use,” the CDC said.
Tesla begins production in California against instructions from authorities
00:10: Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to get the main plant in California up and running immediately, despite violating crown restrictions by authorities. Musk tweeted that he would be on the production line himself. “If someone is arrested, I will ask that it be just me.”
Alameda County, where Tesla’s Fremont plant is located, continues to have restrictions on exiting. Tesla had filed a lawsuit against him over the weekend, and Musk had threatened to move the California automaker’s headquarters to Texas or Nevada, for example.
Musk had downplayed the coronavirus threat since the pandemic began, calling Alameda County’s restrictions on going out last week “fascist.” By far the majority of Tesla vehicles are being built in Fremont, while production at the new second plant in China is just beginning.
Mask requirement in the White House, except the president and his vice
00:01: After the discovery of two corona infections in US government officials. In the USA, wearing face masks in the White House has been mandatory. This was announced by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. The mask requirement applies to all public areas of the government headquarters, but not to offices, as reported by various US media, citing internal instructions.
The move is intended to help prevent further spread of the new coronavirus in the White House. However, Trump said that he himself would not wear a mask. Trump said he was not getting so close to anyone that this was necessary. Vice President Mike Pence is also said not to wear a mask.
At the end of last week, two infections had been known at the White House. Among others, Vice President Pence’s spokeswoman Katie Miller was affected. Trump has been lobbying for days to loosen restrictions across the country so that the economy can recover.
