CARDINAL NEWS Headlines, News Highlights and Current Events for Saturday, March 14 2020
Companies that supply food brace for labor shortage
The first wave of panic buying and emergency stocking for the coronavirus outbreak began the week of March 8, 2020. Stores were able to replenish from local distribution centers, but future replenishments may be challenging. Stores were hit hardest beginning Thursday March 12 and Friday March 13, 2020.
In cities across the United States hundreds of people waited in lines that circled around stores as customers waited for stores to open, and then formed from checkout lanes to backs of stores with shopping carts filled with goods. Costco, Mariano’s, Krogers, Publix, Meijer, Walmart, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s stores were near empty in many cases, and then replenished the next day. Consumers especially stocked up on paper towels, toilet paper, bottled water, canned tuna, cans of soups, frozen pizzas and more.
Companies controlling the supply chain will be challenged with an eventual shortage of supplies and a shortage of workers to manufacture and deliver groceries to stores. Food producers and supply chain managers say there is usually enough nonperishable food on shelves, in warehouses and on the production line to last several months, but some experts believe there will be disruption for a few months. Others believe there will be only minor disruptions. According to a Washington Post article in the Anchorage Daily News, there is no shortage in food like there is with hand sanitizer.
The big concern is a coronavirus outbreak occurring inside a food manufacturing plant, which would cause the shut down of the plant, and disrupt the supply chain.
Why does the coronavirus pandemic have people stocking up on toilet paper? https://t.co/Bgkn5p8JQi – @TODAYshow
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 15, 2020
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Former Medicare administrator Andy Slavitt warns hospitals will be overrun with coronavirus cases [Google] [Bing]
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Televangelist Jim Bakker sued for selling fake coronavirus cure https://t.co/23QYZ9tprw pic.twitter.com/PI3ILyDJzX
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 15, 2020
US adds United Kingdom and Ireleand to travel ban March 2020 [Google] [Bing]
Apple reopens stores in China after coronavirus outbreak [Google] [Bing]
Apple first retailer to close all stores outside China for coronavirus precaution [Google] [Bing]
Reporter with fever turned away after temperature taken before White House press conference [Google] [Bing]
Department of Defense bans domestic travel for military personnel March 2020 [Google] [Bing]
National guard activated for coronavirus emergency [Google] [Bing]
Army guarding hospitals with coronavirus patients in United Kingdom [Google] [Bing]
First Curfew? Hoboken New Jersey announces coronavirus curfew [Google] [Bing]
Chinese Tycoon Ren Zhiqiang vanishes after criticizing Xi Jinping’s response to coronavirus [Google] [Bing]
Disaster-software company Everbridge is up 38% this year March 2020 [Google] [Bing]
Democrat Andrew Gillum, a former Tallahassee mayor, found highly intoxicated with bags of meth and gay escort in hotel room [Google] [Bing]
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Bill Gates leaves Microsoft board to focus on charity [Google] [Bing]
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95 at Castolon-Big Bend National Park, TX
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(as received by 2 am EDT March 15)
-22 at 13 miles northeast of West Glacier, MT
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Several grocery chains across the US are changing store hours during the coronavirus outbreak. They say the reduced hours will give them more time to clean stores, restock and keep workers healthy.https://t.co/Xo3nS3O1QO
— CNN (@CNN) March 15, 2020
The Pentagon announced that members of the armed services, Defense Department civilian employees and their family members who are living on or serving at military properties can no longer travel domestically starting Monday https://t.co/vXuv7ctkL3
— CNN (@CNN) March 15, 2020
What to know about coronavirus testing, including drive-thru clinics, as COVID-19 spreads in the U.S. https://t.co/Hashk2li9T
— ABC News (@ABC) March 15, 2020
"Flattening the curve": Why we need to cancel everything and stay home to help stop coronavirus https://t.co/lDdMbOZcVt pic.twitter.com/umAuqFIIxS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 15, 2020
Thousands of visitors crammed rides, treats and fun into the final hours Disneyland remained open before closing because of the coronavirus. https://t.co/SIaoQfpN1d
— ABC News (@ABC) March 15, 2020
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