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Anonymous ID: 908e25 Oct. 2, 2020, 6:08 p.m. No.10894262   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4329 >>4365

https://www.9news.com.au/world/murder-hornets-search-for-asian-giant-hornet-nest-in-washington-state-usa-news/6414e142-2ed5-470b-bb5b-e25ac790e31f

 

Agricultural officials in Washington state said they are trying to find and destroy a nest of Asian giant hornets — also known as murder hornets — amid concerns they could kill honey bees crucial for pollinating raspberry and blueberry crops.

Evidence of six of the hornets were found over the last week near the town of Blaine in Whatcom County, the Washington state Department of Agriculture told reporters.

The number of hornets found — nearly double the previous number discovered in the state — would indicate a nest has been established in the area, the agency said. One of the hornets was trapped alive, a first for the agency, spokeswoman Karla Salp said.

"We believe we are dealing with a nest,'' said Sven-Erik Spichiger, a department entomologist.

"We hope to locate the nest in a couple of weeks and eradicate it."

Anonymous ID: 908e25 Oct. 2, 2020, 6:54 p.m. No.10894956   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-reporters-self-isolating-after-three-test-positive-covid-1536141?piano_t=1

 

Aday after Republican President Donald Trump announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, three journalists who work at the White House have also tested positive. In response, news outlets have begun testing and isolating journalists who may have been exposed.

 

One of the journalists was at the White House as recently as last Saturday and had traveled on Air Force One to Pennsylvania since then.

 

According to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, memos issued Friday by the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) revealed that three unnamed journalists had contracted coronavirus.

 

One of the individuals began experiencing symptoms last Wednesday, and another began experiencing symptoms on Thursday. In response, the WHCA alerted its members to also get tested, especially since members of the White House press corps often work indoors and in close proximity to one another.

 

"Given these positive cases, the president's diagnosis and positive cases among other members of the White House staff, a number of White House journalists are self-isolating pending diagnostic testing," the WHCA told its members in a Friday night email, according to the Post-Gazette.

 

Spokespeople from The Washington Post, CBS and NBC told the Post-Gazette that they will conduct contact tracing, testing and quarantining for their White House correspondents to reduce the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak among their journalist teams.