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Elderly Britons may be told to self-isolate for four months under the government’s “wartime-style” effort to combat the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.

(AP) — French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that France is shutting down all restaurants, cafes, cinemas and non-essential retail shops, starting Sunday, to combat the accelerated spread of the virus in the country.

MADRID (AP) – Spain´s government is set to announce Saturday that it is placing tight restrictions on movements and closing restaurants and other establishments in the nation of 46 million people as part of a two-week state of emergency to fight the sharp rise in coronavirus infections.

President Donald Trump told reporters on Saturday that he took a test for the Chinese coronavirus and that the test is pending evaluation. 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Saturday called for the construction of “emergency housing” as a means to address the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

The online pornography giant Pornhub has offered Italians free access to its premium service during the coronavirus crisis, just as the Catholic Church has cancelled all Masses and limited access to confession and other sacraments.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is expected to announce that the U.S. will broaden its European travel ban, adding the United Kingdom and Ireland to its list.

The editor-in-chief of The Lancet has labelled Boris Johnson’s coronavirus strategy “a grave error” and published an open letter asking for the models informing his policy to be made publicly available, along with a number of other prominent medical figures.

“Woke” Scandinavian airline SAS may not survive without help, according to one analyst as coronavirus fears have led to its stock price crumbling this week.

Nigel Farage has said that the actions of governments across Europe over coronavirus “show the concept of solidarity, so championed by the EU and their globalist friends, now counts for nothing. We are all nationalists now.”

The Swedish Public Health Authority has decided to adopt a new strategy in regard to the coronavirus outbreak, stating it will no longer be updating exact numbers of infections.

(AFP) — Sara Platto’s mother in Italy called her “crazy” for staying in Wuhan even as the virus-hit city was quarantined in January. Now she’s offering advice to people back home on how to cope.

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) is refusing to listen to the advice of the nation’s leading medical experts, continuing his opposition to travel bans in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the United States.

Populist conservative author and columnist Pat Buchanan is noting that if 2020 Democrats like Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders were in charge today, American taxpayers would be forced to provide free healthcare to all illegal aliens and border-crossers amid the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

President Trump’s travel bans on China and Iran have been critically effective in ensuring that Chinese nationals, Iranian nationals, and recent foreign travelers to each of the two countries are not allowed into the interior of the United States in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe confirmed on Friday that a woman had tested positive for Chinese coronavirus in the country, the first to do so since the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, late last year.

Bernie Sanders said, while the nation does not want to postpone elections “willy nilly,” it is “absolutely appropriate” that officials listen to public health experts and make changes to the primaries in accordance with their guidance.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) used the Chinese coronavirus to promote his vision for Medicare for All in the United States, predicting that the crisis will increase public demand for government-run health insurance during a press conference in his home state of Vermont Friday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday that Europe has become the “epicenter” of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, “with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from China.”

Senate Democrats on Thursday obstructed the passage of bipartisan legislation that would save lives amid the novel coronavirus outbreak plaguing the U.S. by increasing access to “vitally-needed respirators,” Republicans said.

The Chinese Communist Party published a farcical “Record of Human Rights Violations in the United States” on Friday — essentially a schoolyard-taunt level response to the U.S. State Department’s annual report on human rights, released on March 11 — that strove to paint China’s critics as “white supremacists” and denounce their very existence as a human rights violation.

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Friday obtained data from the Chinese government that pinpointed the first clear case of the Wuhan coronavirus occuring on November 17, 2019. The Wuhan medical community began suspecting it had an epidemic on its hands in late December, but was suppressed by Communist Party officials who wished to conceal the crisis for as long as possible.

Gen. Robert Abrams said Friday that trends in South Korea “are trending downward and looking good” in terms of the spread of coronavirus.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez tested positive for the novel coronavirus after attending an event alongside Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his staff members, one of whom contracted the virus.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced legislation on Friday that would expand access to mobile coronavirus testing. 

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered Iran’s military on Friday to expand its role in fighting the Chinese coronavirus outbreak in the country “due to the increased likelihood of the coronavirus being a biological attack.”

Authorities in Miami-Dade County announced on Thursday that they are suspending eviction activities — a decision which follows Mayor Carlos Gimenez declaring a state of emergency.

Joe Biden’s campaign is using the public panic over coronavirus to replenish his fundraising coffers.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced on Friday that he is extending his self-quarantine after learning of contact with another individual who tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Some Democrat governors have voiced some modest appreciation for the administration’s efforts, especially with Vice President Mike Pence, but others have aired some criticism of the president’s overall response to the virus.

Saudi Arabia and a number of African states have imposed travel restrictions on Europe — and unlike the Trump administration do not appear to have attracted any accusations of racism for doing so. 

“President Obama made changes that only complicated things further,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Italian authorities warned that people showing signs of coronavirus and who refuse to self-quarantine could face murder charges if they fatally infect another person.

Days after Iranian authorities acknowledged coronavirus outbreak, they began digging burial trenches so large they can be seen from space.

Democrats continue to push “globalist” policies amid a worldwide coronavirus outbreak, noted Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and Scott Perry (R-PA).

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s plan to combat the coronavirus in the United States does not include a single travel ban on any foreign country and revamps welfare-dependent legal immigration to the U.S. that President Trump’s administration has sought to end.