Coronavirus: Italy says 99% of people who died had other illnesses

Italian health authorities are looking into medical records to understand why the country’s death rate is so high

The average age of those who died is 79.5 and over three quarters of them had high blood pressure while about a third had diabetes

More than 99 per cent of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority.

After deaths from the virus reached more than 2,500, with a 150 per cent increase in the past week, health authorities have been combing through data to provide clues to help combat the spread of the disease.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s government is evaluating whether to extend a nationwide lockdown beyond the beginning of April, daily La Stampa reported on Wednesday. Italy has more than 31,500 confirmed cases of the illness

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3075851/coronavirus-italy-says-99-people-who-died-had-other-illnesses

Accusations of Sexual Abuse Against UN Staff Doubled in Past Year

UN civilian staff have often been accused of abusing their positions and power during missions in troubled parts of the world. Now, allegations of sexual abuse against UN staff members is on the rise.

Breitbart reports:

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in the report to the UN General Assembly that while the number of alleged victims and perpetrators decreased last year, the number of allegations increased to 80 from the 56 reported in 2018.

More than half of the 2019 allegations — 41 — were related to the UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic, while 15 involved the mission in Congo, the report said. The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur, the UN force in Lebanon, and the former peacekeeping missions in Liberia and Haiti accounted for three-fourths of the remaining 24 cases, it said.

https://thewashingtonpundit.com/2020/03/18/accusations-of-sexual-abuse-against-un-staff-doubled-in-past-year/

Ireland: Antifa collaborators in student governments and youth movements exposed

Conservative student journalists in Ireland are publishing the results of a long-term undercover operation they conducted, which has revealed that there are many Antifa collaborators who currently hold positions in student governments and youth movements across the country.

The journalists, who write for The Burkean, refer to their work as the “Irish Antifa Project,” and describe it as “an undercover investigation into the tacit and sometimes overt support for antifascist harassment among elements of the Irish media and political class.” They are publishing their findings in a series of articles on The Burkean website.

The Irish Antifa Project created a Twitter account for a fake group called “Irish Students Against Fascism” and spent months holding and recording conversations with prominent officials in various student and youth groups to get them to admit to their sympathies and cooperation with Antifa. Posing as Antifa themselves, they typically offered to carry out illegal acts against people on the Right on their target’s behalf while protecting his or her anonymity.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/03/ireland-antifa-collaborators-in-student-governments-and-youth-movements-exposed/

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Denmark and Norway close borders for everyone but ‘asylum seekers

The Nordic countries – some more than others – have started to put measures in place to combat coronavirus.

While Sweden, Finland, and Iceland still have open borders, Denmark and Norway have closed their borders – except for the so-called ‘asylum seekers’ – despite the fact that many of them have come from coronavirus infested areas in northern Italy, Danish daily newspaper Berlingske reports.

“Denmark cannot just close the borders for asylum seekers. We are bound to the Dublin Convention and it means that we must accept and grant access to Denmark for asylum seekers and then subsequently assess which country is responsible for processing the asylum application under the Dublin Regulation,” Louise Holck, Deputy Director at the Department of Human Rights told reporters from Berlingske.

According to Louise Holck, that assessment is not about maintaining the relationship with Germany in particular, from where many of the asylum seekers come from when traveling to Denmark.

Mattias Tesfaye, Denmark’s Minister of Immigration, says that police will drive the ‘asylum seekers to the Sandholm migrant camp.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/03/denmark-and-norway-close-borders-for-everyone-but-asylum-seekers/

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Space Force SHOCK: New US army declares first ‘offensive’ weapon 'ready' for war

SPACE FORCE, the new extraterrestrial arm of the US Army, has announced their first new offensive weapon system is "ready".

The cutting-edge space tech has reportedly achieved initial operating capability (IOC) and is ready to be used in space combat.

CCS B10.2 represents the end of the traditional way of development

SMC Special Programs director Stephen Purdy

Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Special Programs directorate tested the system over the past year.

And following successful tests, the weapon was given to the Fourth Space Control Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base.

Since January, the Air National Guard members, including some civilian employees of L3Harris, worked with active-duty counterparts at SMC and the 721st Operations Group to test and deliver the warfare system.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1255973/space-force-news-us-army-offensive-weapon-counter-communications-system

Belgium: Middle Eastern immigrant people smugglers who put 19 migrants on a rickety boat to cross the Channel arrested

Federal police in Belgium have arrested two migrant men from Iraq and Iran for human trafficking.

The pair of Middle Eastern migrants were arrested by the federal police in West Flanders for attempting to smuggle 19 migrants on a rickety boat across the English Channel to the United Kingdom at the end up last December, the Dutch-language Belgian news outlet Het Laatste Nieuws reports.

Luckily, the group of migrant castaways were rescued by Dutch fisherman near the coast of Dunkirk, France. The smugglers had sent the migrants off to sea in the Belgian coastal city of Nieuwpoort.

Belgian’s federal judicial police, along with the smuggling team, investigated the incident and eventually gather evidence which lead them to an Iranian who provided boats for transit migrants.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/03/belgium-middle-eastern-immigrant-people-smugglers-who-put-19-migrants-on-a-rickety-boat-to-cross-the-channel-arrested/

First vaccine trial for Covid-19 has begun – WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the first vaccine trial for the Covid-19 virus has begun as the world continues to battle the growing pandemic.

In a media briefing on Wednesday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the trial had commended “just 60 days after the genetic sequence of the coronavirus was shared.”

Tedros paid tribute to the “incredible achievement” of researchers around the world “who have come together to systemically evaluate experimental therapeutics.”

"WHO continues to call on all countries to implement a comprehensive approach, with the aim of slowing down #COVID19 transmission and flattening the curve. This approach is saving lives and buying time for the development of vaccines and treatments"-@DrTedros#coronavirus

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) March 18, 2020

https://www.rt.com/news/483437-coronavirus-vaccine-trials-start-who/