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Swedish Armed Forces offers Coronavirus support with field hospital

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File photo of a Swedish Armed Forces field hospital

Lyssna: Swedish Armed Forces offers Coronavirus support with field hospital

Sweden’s Armed Forces will build a field hospital in Uppsala in an effort to support the country’s healthcare with the battle against Coronavrius.

The field hospital will provide extra intensive care space for COVID-19 patients should they be necessary. The armed forces already provides Sweden’s Public Health Agency with support in dealing with the pandemic in the form of staff and materials.

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Wildcats Begin as UAW Officials Agree to Work with Auto Companies to Keep Plants Running

Last night and this morning workers pulled wildcat work stoppages at Fiat-Chrysler’s Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) in Michigan, after learning that two co-workers had been quarantined with the coronavirus.

The second shift normally ends at 3:00 a.m., but the company ended up closing the plant at 10:30 p.m. Morning shift workers came into the plant but stood by and refused to work. Management gave up after three hours and sent them home.

Coronavirus drive-through testing station to open in New York

Thanks Gov!

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Station is 30 miles from the site of one of the country’s biggest coronavirus clusters in Westchester county

Around a hundred healthcare workers, supported by uniformed members of the National Guard, were preparing to open a significant new coronavirus testing station Wednesday near Bear Mountain, New York, 30 miles from the site of one of the country’s biggest coronavirus clusters in Westchester county.

The Anthony Wayne Recreation Area, a large parking lot for suburban commuters on the Palisades Parkway, has converted over two days into a medical installation as part of the state’s drive to expand testing Covid-19 capabilities using public and private labs.

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Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU document says

typical – real and unreal mixed together to exploit distrust of leaders and experts. All right-wingers now using same tactics

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Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, according to a European Union document seen by Reuters.

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