China's chief medical advisor DENIES the coronavirus originates in Wuhan as he blasts the claim as 'irresponsible'
By Billie Thomson For Mailonline
15:51 GMT 19 Mar 2020 , updated 15:55 GMT 19 Mar 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8130933/Chinas-leading-medical-advisor-denies-coronavirus-originates-Wuhan.html
Boston's Carney Hospital becomes the first 'dedicated care center' in the U.S. to treat only coronavirus patients
By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline
15:41 GMT 19 Mar 2020 , updated 15:59 GMT 19 Mar 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8131295/Boston-hospital-dedicated-care-center-treat-coronavirus-patients.html
Prince Albert of Monaco tests positive
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8131395/Weddings-cut-just-FIVE-people-coronavirus-outbreak-Church-England-confirms.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/saving/article-8131335/Double-whammy-savers-base-rate-cut-0-1.html
Israel’s largest bank pays $870 million to settle US tax evasion probe
Bank Hapoalim accused of helping US clients evade payments; competitors Bank Leumi and Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank charged in similar cases in recent years
By LUKE TRESS
Today, 5:06 pm
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-largest-bank-pays-870-million-to-settle-us-tax-evasion-probe/
United Hatzalah of Israel Founder Hospitalized with Coronavirus in Miami
By David Israel - 23 Adar 5780 – March 19, 2020
Founder of United Hatzalah of Israel and President of the US-based organization Friends of United Hatzalah Eli Beer has contracted pneumonia following a coronavirus infection while visiting the US. He is hospitalized with pneumonia and acute respiratory failure at University Hospital in Miami, Florida. He apparently contracted the virus during Purim services in a Miami synagogue.
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/florida/united-hatzalah-of-israel-founder-hospitalized-with-coronavirus-in-miami/2020/03/19/
New York City health officials are alarmed at the fast pace of the spread of the coronavirus in the close-knit Hasidic communities of Brooklyn, as more than 240 Hasidic Jews have tested positive this week in Borough Park and Williamsburg.
According to Asisa Urgent Care, which serves the Hasidic communities of both neighborhoods, these positive results came from a total of 481 tests, with as many as 99% of them from the Orthodox Jewish community. A spokesperson for the agency said “the numbers are only getting higher.”
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/ny/officials-alarmed-at-spike-of-coronavirus-in-brooklyns-hasidic-communities/2020/03/19/
San Francisco public corruption probe snares 2nd official
By JANIE HAR Associated Press
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A widening public corruption probe ensnared a second high-ranking San Francisco official Tuesday when the mayor announced she had placed the director of the building inspections department on leave following an investigation by the city attorney's office.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera's office released a memo Tuesday showing that building inspections director Tom Hui accepted free dinners from people with development business pending before his department. Hui also turned to one of those people for help seeking city employment for his son and the son's then-girlfriend.
https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/us_world_news/san-francisco-public-corruption-probe-snares-nd-official/article_e5ce8c41-9622-55d4-a475-12c6e3c696a1.html
PA says it may become stricter, after some broke quarantine then tested positive
Government spokesman says moves could ‘go much further than what you are imagining’; Hamas run-Health Ministry says Gaza still free of infection but some 3,500 are in isolation
By ADAM RASGON
Today, 6:30 pm
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-says-it-may-become-stricter-after-some-broke-quarantine-then-tested-positive/