Norway quarantines 1,300 soldiers in military base after coronavirus confirmed

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Norway quarantines 1,300 soldiers in military base after coronavirus confirmed
By: Bloomberg - Gulf News - 03-06-20
Re: https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/no....1583500278783

Norway raised the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country to 86 from 56.

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The Norwegian military quarantined 1,300 personnel on a base in the northern part of the country after a case of coronavirus was confirmed among them.

No one will be allowed in or out of the Skjold base in the Troms region after one person tested positive for the virus on Thursday, the Norwegian Armed Forces said in a statement. The infected person doesn't have serious symptoms.

The 1,300 soldiers and officers who have been isolated will probably be barred from participating in the Norwegian-led Cold Response exercise this month with troops from other NATO countries including the U.S., local news agency NTB reported on Friday, citing a spokesman.

Norway on Thursday raised the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country to 86 from 56 earlier. Two of those were in the Troms and Finnmark region, according to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. None of the infected people in Norway have been seriously ill or admitted to hospital.

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UK victims lose 800,000 pounds in coronavirus scams
There have been 21 reports of fraud since February 10, many involving scams over masks
By: Reuters & Gulf News - 03-06-20

London: Victims in the United Kingdom have lost more than 800,000 pounds (Dh3.8m) to coronavirus-linked scams since last month, with criminals tricking fearful people who wanted to buy protective masks, police said on Friday.

The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) said there had been 21 reports of fraud since February 10, many of which involved scams over masks, with one victim paying 15,000 pounds for masks that never arrived.

Britain has so far registered 163 cases of the coronavirus known as Covid-19, which has killed more than 3,300 people globally since it started in China. On Thursday, health officials reported the first death of a patient in Britain who had tested positive for the virus.

Demand for face masks has surged in North America, India, China and Europe since the outbreak of the virus, with Washington considering invoking special powers to boost the production of masks and other protective gear.

Britain’s competition watchdog warned retailers about price hiking on highly sought-after goods during the outbreak as the price of disinfectants and hand sanitisers online soared to as much as 40 times normal rates.

The police said criminals had developed tactics to exploit people trying to protect themselves from coronavirus.

Scammers had sent coronavirus-themed phishing emails which purported to be from research organisations linked to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organisation (WHO), the police said.

They warned that the number of frauds was expected to rise as the virus spreads.

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Personal note: I would now call this a WORLD PANDEMIC ISSUE. Plus it spreading so fast I doubt the end results will be good. Let's hope the Pope's Prayer's get heard quickly and we can all get some normality back into out lives.

Hence be prepared - evidently the world wasn't really ready for another pandemic!

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