'Super spreader' doctor causes Russian region 50% bigger than Britain to go into lockdown after returning from Europe without isolating and 21 people became infected at his hospital
By Will Stewart for MailOnline
10:44 BST 31 Mar 2020 , updated 10:48 BST 31 Mar 2020
The government ordered all Komi citizens to self-isolate - the same status for those in the capital city Moscow, the country's worst hotspot. Two dozen regions are also under self-quarantine rules.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8171081/Super-spreader-doctor-causes-Russian-region-50-bigger-Britain-lockdown.html
A COVID-19 patient attempted to escape a coronavirus ward at Tiberias’s Poriya Hospital by jumping out of a third-floor window on Tuesday.
According to reports, the patient, an unidentified 34-year old male, was in mild condition prior to his jump, which resulted in serious injuries that will require surgery. He was initially admitted to the hospital following a period of quarantine and had spoken to social workers several times, Channel 12 reported.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/coronavirus-patient-jumps-out-of-hospital-window/
NY congresswoman presumed to have COVID-19, attended Friday House session
Nydia Velázquez, whose district includes the Jewish community on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, announces illness on Twitter, says she is self-isolating
By AGENCIES and TOI STAFF
Today, 9:29 am
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-congresswoman-presumed-to-have-covid-19-attended-friday-house-session/
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MARCH 31, 2020 / 11:58 AM / UPDATED 18 MINUTES AGO
Ex-Syrian vice president Khaddam dies in France-source close to him
PARIS (Reuters) - Abdul-Halim Khaddam, a former Syrian vice president who became a prominent opponent of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule after fleeing to Paris in 2005, died on Tuesday in France, Salah Ayach, a Syrian exile who was close to him, said. He was 88.
Khaddam died at 5 a.m. (0300 GMT) of a heart attack, Ayach said. Khaddam had served for 30 years in the Syrian state under the late President Hafez al-Assad and his son, Bashar, who became president in 2000.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-khaddam/ex-syrian-vice-president-khaddam-dies-in-france-source-close-to-him-idUSKBN21I1A6