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Seattle XFL stadium worker tests positive for coronavirus.

A part-time employee at CenturyLink Field who worked at the February 22 game between the XFL’s Seattle Dragons and Dallas Renegades has tested positive for coronavirus, according health officials for King County in Washington.

Seattle’s professional sports organizations -- Dragons, First & Goal/Seahawks, Mariners, and Sounders FC -- will continue with scheduled events for now, but the teams are in touch with local health officials and their respective leagues on a regular basis.

The games must continue, at any cost!

55 year-old female Iranian MP dies from coronavirus.

Fatemeh Rahbar, a newly elected member of the Iranian Parliament, has died from coronavirus on Friday, according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency.

Rahbar was a representative for the residents of Tehran. After her health worsened, she had to be connected to an oxygen machine, according to Tasnim.

Number of confirmed cases in Belgium more than doubles in one day, from 50 to 109. Number of confirmed cases in Germany rises to 534.

The number of coronavirus cases in Belgium has more than doubled in the last 24 hours, according to a government statement released on Friday.

The confirmed cases in the country have risen from 50 to 109.

In neighboring Germany, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has risen to 534, according to the German Center for Disease Control Robert-Koch-Institute.

https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-n...hnk/index.html

60 staff at Cork University Hospital in Ireland ordered to self-isolate. No details yet.

Global stock markets have lost a total of $9 trillion so far.

About $9 trillion has been wiped off global stocks in nine days, Bank of America said in a research note after US markets closed deep in the red again on Thursday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/coro...a-pacific.html