Atlanta airport closes two domestic terminal checkpoints due to “declining demand”
From CNN’s Tina Burnside and Amanda Watts
Hartsfield Jackson International Airport has temporarily closed the north and south domestic terminal checkpoints due to “declining demand,” according to airport spokesperson, Elise Durham.
Passengers at the world’s busiest airport are being directed to the Main checkpoint until further notice.
Brooklyn will stop prosecuting “low-level offenses that don’t jeopardize public safety”
From CNN’s Erica Orden
The Brooklyn, New York, district attorney’s office says it will stop prosecuting “low-level offenses that don’t jeopardize public safety.”
Brooklyn district attorney Eric Gonzalez also says he is asking public defenders to tell the office about clients in pre-trial detention who are vulnerable to infection “and who we should consider releasing during this crisis.”
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Statement from Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez regarding the #coronavirus (#COVID19).
Europe experiencing “critical shortages” of medical supplies, WHO official says
From CNN Health’s Jacqueline Howard
The European region is facing some “critical shortages” in medical supplies, Dr. Hans Henri Kluge, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Europe, said during a media briefing.
“WHO is monitoring the potential risk of a disruption to medicine supplies, focusing on essential medicines critical for primary health care and emergencies, including antibiotics, painkillers, treatments for diabetes, hypertension, HIV, tuberculosis,” Kluge said.
“WHO delivers laboratory equipment, medical devices and personal protective equipment to countries in need. We are aware of some critical shortages and working hand-in-hand with partners like the European Commission and WHO globally and the private industry to tackle this,” Kluge said. “Resources are critical to sustain our effort so that no one is left behind nor at the sidelines.”
Europe has “more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from China,” Tedros said on Friday. “More cases are now being reported every day than were reported in China at the height of its epidemic.”
New York City mayor says he’s “absolutely considering” a shelter in place order
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is “absolutely considering” ordering the city’s residents to shelter in place during the coronavirus pandemic.
“Right now we have taken a series of steps to reduce the number of people who are circulating around,” he said. “But we’re going to look at all other options, and it could get to that for sure.”
New York City has already closed schools, ordered restaurants to offer takeout and delivery only and encouraged workers to telecommute if they can.
Nearly seven million people living in a wide swath of Northern California, including Silicon Valley, have been ordered to shelter in place. The order went into effect at midnight Monday.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio says he is “absolutely considering” a shelter in place order for New York City residents just like the one instituted in California’s Bay Area on Monday.https://cnn.it/3beohvt
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