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Mississippi doctor uses garden hose, lamp timer and electronic valve to create makeshift ventilators


JACKSON, Miss. — As states across the country beg for ventilators to help patients suffering with respiratory issues from COVID-19, the University of Mississippi Medical Center is building its own makeshift ventilators with supplies found at a hardware store.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/07/coronavirus-ventilators-mississippi-medical-center-charles-robertson/2966719001/

Passengers to be evacuated from Antarctic cruise ship after almost 60% test positive for coronavirus


Australian and New Zealand passengers will be evacuated from a stricken Antarctic cruise ship Thursday, after almost 60% of those on board tested positive for the coronavirus

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/07/americas/greg-mortimer-cruise-ship-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html


Trump slams ‘China-centric’ WHO, says agency ‘called every shot wrong’ in coronavirus pandemic


President Trump slammed the World Health Organization (WHO) for its “China-centric” views Tuesday, adding that the global health agency’s projections and pronouncements about the coronavirus pandemic has been routinely wrong.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-slams-world-health-organization-china-coronavirus

Facing a crisis that rivals Pearl Harbor, world’s superpower pleads for coronavirus aid


As U.S. health care workers scrounged for life-saving medical equipment last week to protect frontline staff against coronavirus, President Donald Trump made a jarring claim: the U.S. would soon have an over-supply of ventilators – enough to distribute across the globe to other needy countries.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/04/07/coronavirus-world-power-pleads-aid-death-toll/5113538002/