Dr Anthony Fauci, the government's foremost infection disease expert, says the United States could experience more than 100,000 deaths and millions of infections from the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci offered his prognosis in an interview with CNN's State of the Union on Sunday morning, as the federal government weighs rolling back guidelines on social distancing. 'I would say between 100,000 and 200,000 cases,' he said, correcting himself to say he meant deaths. 'We're going to have millions of cases.' But he added 'I don't want to be held to that' because the pandemic is 'such a moving target'. The bleak projection comes as the US leads the world in coronavirus infections, with 123,778 reported to date.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expressed similar concern for new hotspots. Dr John Brooks, head of the CDC's Epidemiology Research Team, said that the US is still 'in the acceleration phase' of the pandemic and that all corners of the country are at risk. 'There is no geographic part of the United States that is spared from this,' he said. Some experts have said that outbreaks in other parts of the country could be even more devastating than the ones seen in New York City because they are less prepared.

Scientists around the world are tracking at least eight strains of coronavirus around the world, using genetic detective work to show how the virus spreads. Researchers say the virus appears to mutate very slowly, with only tiny differences between the different strains, and that none of the strains of the virus is more deadly than another. They also say it does not appear the strains will grow more lethal as they evolve. 'The virus mutates so slowly that the virus strains are fundamentally very similar to each other,' Charles Chiu, a professor of medicine and infectious disease at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, told USA Today.

Retired nurse Donna holds an American flag as she waves toward the USNS Mercy Navy hospital ship after it arrived in the Port of Los Angeles on Friday

As of Monday morning, there were 142,000 cases of coronavirus in the US and 2,500 people had died.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's leading expert on coronavirus, said he believes keeping people in isolation for the duration of April should stunt the spread of coronavirus but that there will be 'mini outbreaks' in cities across America. Fauci appeared on Good Morning America on Monday morning a day after President Trump announced he was extending the government's 15 day guidelines on staying indoors to 30 days. Fauci said there were 'intensive discussions' that led up to the decision and that neither he nor any other experts believed 15 days would ever be long enough to stop the virus from spreading.

Air pollution in India has plummeted to its lowest levels amid the coronavirus lockdown, in stark contrast to record high levels last year. The Air Quality Index (AQI) indicated levels below 50, or 'good', prompting calls for authorities to ensure pollution levels stay down in future. More than 90 cities in India recorded minimal levels of air pollution during the same period. India has a national population of some 1.3 billion people. It has recorded 1,071 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 disease, and 29 deaths, as of today.

Police officers saluted the body of 48 year old NYPD Detective Cedric Dixon as a white van hauled him away from North Central Bronx Hospital where he passed away. The rain poured as a brigade of police vehicles followed that van. Dixon is one of three members the #NYPD family has lost to coronavirus in a little over 48 hours, according to Police Commissioner Dermot Shea who spoke at a news conference. “We are hurting, we are crying and we continue to fight,” he said. “We simply have no other choice.” Detective Dixon had 23 years on the force, according to Commissioner Shea who said he was currently assigned to the 32nd Precinct Detective squad in Harlem. Commissioner Shea said Detective Dixon was the person who would do anything to help you, according to his co-workers. “He’s going to be so sorely missed.” #RIP

#CommunityOutbreak #WuhanPneumonia #HongKongPolice
Third Police Officer Infected with Coronavirus; Public Hospitals Under Pressure

A 31-year-old Police Tactical Unit (PTU) officer has been infected with the coronavirus. The male officer is stationed at the Kowloon West Regional Headquarters.

As confirmed cases are rising, the Hospital Authority has warned of the pressure on public hospitals especially on isolation beds in Hong Kong.

According to Ming Pao, there are only around 700 beds for adult patients in low pressure ward. As of March 28, over 70% of these beds have been consumed in Hong Kong's public hospital.

Source: RTHK #Mar29

(WARNING: 21+) The Nye County Sheriff’s Office released body camera footage from a March 25 incident in Pahrump in which a suspect shot a detective in Pahrump and was killed by another detective. The footage shows Matthew Moore, 19, firing a Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun over his mother’s shoulder and hitting Detective Bryan Cooper. Moore fires three more times and is standing over Cooper appearing to try to fire a fifth time when Detective Logan Gibbs fired at least 13 times from his Glock 9mm and hit Moore about 12 times. #shooting

The sheriff’s office received a call on March 25 about a stabbing in Pahrump. Detectives investigated and determined Moore tried to rob a person of a belt and cut that person’s neck.

About 10:40 p.m. Cooper and Gibbs went to Moore’s home. Cooper approached the front door and Gibbs was along the side of the home.
Moore’s mother answered the door, excused herself to go tend to dogs and then returned. Moore walked up behind his mother and fired a shotgun over his mother’s shoulder, hitting Cooper in the protective vest

Moore fired other shots and Cooper’s protective vest stopped rounds. Cooper was on his back on the ground when Moore walked up to him and “prepared to execute Detective Cooper,” Wehrly said. That’s when Gibbs fired from the side of the home and killed Moore.

Cooper is in stable condition in the hospital, Wehrly said. Moore’s mother cooperated with investigators, the sheriff said.

Had Moore survived he would have faced charges that included attempted murder and attempted murder of a police officer, Wehrly said.

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