quote [ They were ready to roll whenever disaster struck California: three 200-bed mobile hospitals that could be deployed to the scene of a crisis on flatbed trucks and provide advanced medical care to the injured and sick within 72 hours. ]

quote [ The history of handwashing involves far more than a change in personal habits over time, but a shift in the understanding of the state?s role in public health. ]

quote [ You should perceive your entire family to function as a single individual unit; if one person puts themselves at risk, everyone in the unit is at risk. [?] If your son visits his girlfriend, and you later sneak over for coffee with a neighbor, your neighbor is now connected to the infected office worker that your son?s girlfriend?s mother shook hands with. [?] This is not a joke or a hypothetical. ]

quote [ Doctor groups are recommending testing and isolation for people who lose their ability to smell and taste, even if they have no other symptoms. ]

quote [ The country?s experience shows that steps to isolate the coronavirus and limit people?s movement need to be put in place early, with absolute clarity, then strictly enforced. ]

quote [ In short; a flight ban similar to the one in the US would not have changed a thing. Unless we would have grounded rich tourists and done it early enough. ]

quote [ With an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 coronavirus cases now present in the UK, the government has eschewed social distancing measures such as closing schools and banning large sporting events. Instead, it has opted for behavioural ?nudges?: wash your hands, don?t touch your face, don?t shake hands with others, stay at home if you feel ill, and self-isolate if you have a continuous cough. ]

quote [ Chancellor Angela Merkel foresees two-thirds of Germans being infected. The U.S., with more than 1,000 cases and business disruptions, weighs possible responses.

?All countries can still change the course of this pandemic,? said the W.H.O.?s leader, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding, ?We need each other.? ]

quote [ Italy Locks Down Much of the Country?s North Over the Coronavirus
The restrictions affect Milan and the regions that serve as Italy?s economic engine, and are the most sweeping measures outside China. ]