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Swarms of desert\u00a0locusts<\/a>\u00a0are plaguing several countries worldwide, including China, Jordan, Pakistan, Kenya and Sudan.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n From USA Today:<\/p>\n Dr. Nancy Messonnier,\u00a0director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters Friday that U.S. health officials are preparing for the coronavirus to become a pandemic.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re not seeing community spread here in the United States, yet, but it\u2019s very possible, even likely, that it may eventually happen,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cOur goal continues to be slowing the introduction of the virus into the U.S. This buys us more time to prepare communities for more cases and possibly sustained spread.\u201d<\/p>\n [For Full Story<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>]<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [Locusts, Bahrain]:<\/em><\/p>\nEast Africa is being hit particularly hard by the swarms, with the United Nations warning of an unprecedented threat to food security in the region, according to Bloomberg. The outbreak is being caused by an increased number of cyclones and could become worse if weather trends continue.\u00a0The swarms have reached Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, South Sudan and Tanzania, among other countries.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n[For Full Story<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>]<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/02\/21\/USAT\/5e159c97-75b0-4d26-b82d-c3207674a211-AFP_AFP_1P67GP.JPG?width=660&height=443&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp\")
Health experts sounded the alarm\u00a0Friday over the worldwide threat of the coronavirus, with officials\u00a0warning of its\u00a0“likely” community spread in the United States\u00a0and the World Health Organization\u00a0cautioning that “the window of opportunity is narrowing” for containing the outbreak worldwide.<\/p>\n