Deadly Wuhan Coronavirus

pepe

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I read its also contagious during that two week period showing no signs the carrier has it, very disturbing...

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I already have a tickle in my throat.

Hugely concerning for the old and those with existing conditions. I had swine flu when it was here in the UK and came down with the symptoms within fifteen minutes. Medicine was readily available and it cleared up within a week but what I really wanted to be able to say was that I phoned the doctor and told him I had swine flu but all I got was crackling.
 

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A plane evacuating 201 Americans from the Chinese city at the center of the virus outbreak arrived Wednesday in Southern California after everyone aboard passed a health screening test in Anchorage, where the aircraft had stopped to refuel.

The jet landed shortly after 8 a.m. at March Air Reserve Base about 60 miles (96 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. Federal and local public health officials scheduled a media briefing for later in the morning.

All the passengers already underwent two health screenings in China and were screened twice more in Anchorage by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One passenger received medical attention for a minor injury that happened before boarding the airplane in China, Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska’s chief medical officer, told reporters after the plane left.

The U.S. government-chartered the plane to fly out diplomats from the U.S. Consulate in Wuhan, where the latest coronavirus outbreak started, and other Americans. The plane landed Tuesday night in Anchorage. The Americans will undergo additional health screenings in California and will be temporarily housed as they finish the repatriation process, officials said. Officials have not said how long that housing period will last.

“For many of us directly involved in this, it’s become a moving and uplifting experience. The whole plane erupted into cheers when the crew welcomed them back to the United States,” Zink said.

“This is the best possible outcome,” state health commissioner Adam Crum said in a statement. “We wish these passengers the best of luck as they complete their journeys home and I am deeply grateful to everyone who came together to assist us in helping with this repatriation effort.”

State officials had said the plane could carry up to 240 passengers, and Zink said they were prepared for that number. “At the end of the day, 201 passengers loaded and 201 passengers left Alaska,” she said.

The flight crew remained on the upper level of the plane, entirely isolated from the )passengers for the entirety of the flight and did not get off the plane in China, putting them at low risk, she said.

The plane is now scheduled to land at March Air Reserve Base in California’s Riverside County, instead of the original plan to go to Ontario International Airport in neighboring San Bernardino County.

Curt Hagman, an Ontario airport commissioner, said the Centers for Disease Control announced the diversion.

“We were prepared but the State Department decided to switch the flight” to the airbase, Hagman said.

Officials at the Ontario airport 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Los Angeles had been readying facilities to receive and screen the repatriates and temporarily house them for up to two weeks — if the CDC determined that is necessary, said David Wert, spokesman for the county of San Bernardino.

Ontario International Airport was designated about a decade ago by the U.S. government to receive repatriated Americans in case of an emergency overseas, but it would have been the first time the facility was used for the purpose, Wert said.

Wuhan is the epicenter of a new virus that has sickened thousands and killed more than 100 people. China has cut off access to Wuhan and 16 other cities in Hubei province to prevent people from leaving and spreading the virus further. In addition to the United States, countries including Japan and South Korea have also planned evacuations. Symptoms of the virus include fever, cough, and in more severe cases shortness of breath or pneumonia.

The Americans aboard the white cargo plane with red and gold stripes left Wuhan before dawn Wednesday, China time. They arrived in Anchorage at the mostly desolate North Terminal just after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, local time. The jetway was extended from the end of the terminal, but it also had no windows. Passengers were not visible.

The passengers were isolated in the airport’s international terminal, which lies mostly dormant in the winter months. The terminal is not connected to the larger and heavily used domestic flights terminal, and each has separate ventilation systems, said Jim Szczesniak, manager of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

“In the wintertime, we have the ability and the luxury of not having any passenger traffic over there, so it’s a perfect area for us to handle this kind of flight,” he said.
 

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Russia CLOSES its eastern border as killer coronavirus spreads to EVERY region of China: Death toll jumps to 170 and almost 8,000 people have caught the deadly SARS-like infection worldwide


The drastic measure was announced on Thursday after every corner of China was confirmed to have cases of the highly contagious disease. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said the drastic measure was necessary because the country 'had to do everything it could to protect its people'. He also revealed Russia will stop issuing Chinese citizens electronic visas, which can be used to cross into parts of the country. Russia does not have any confirmed cases of the new virus but the government has set up a task force to prevent its possible spread. Chinese officials have now confirmed more than 7,900 cases, while more than 100 have been recorded outside of nation.


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Published on Jan 30, 2020
The World Health Organization said the fast-spreading coronavirus that's infected more than 8,200 across the world is a global health emergency — a rare designation that helps the international agency mobilize financial and political support to contain the outbreak. CNBC's Meg Tirrell reports
 

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Chinese dog owners rush to buy face masks for their pooches amid coronavirus outbreak as experts warn pets could also get infected by the deadly disease

Chinese pet owners are flocking to buy face masks for their dogs amid the coronavirus outbreak to prevent their pooches from catching the deadly disease which has killed 170 people, MailOnline can reveal. One Beijing-based online seller says he is now selling 10 times the number of special masks for dogs every day than before.

The news comes after China's top expert for infectious diseases warned that pets might also be infected by the novel coronavirus, which has so far spread to 21 countries and regions and sickened more than 7,900 people. The World Health Organization, however, claims that it has not seen any evidence of the virus being passed onto cats or dogs.

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CDC confirms first human-to-human transmission of coronavirus in the U.S.

As cases of the novel coronavirus known as 2019-nCoV continue to increase — topping 7,700 globally on Thursday — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a sixth case in the U.S. Unlike the five previous cases — which were contracted abroad — officials say this infection was spread through person-to-person contact on U.S. soil.

Nancy Messonnier, MD, director of the CDC’s national center for immunization and respiratory diseases, said Thursday in a press call that the case centers on a married couple in Chicago. The woman, described as being in her 60s, tested positive for coronavirus after returning from a trip to Wuhan, China in mid-January. As she was being treated in the hospital, her husband, who had been in close contact with her physically, tested positive for the virus as well.

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Published on Jan 29, 2020
The death toll of the coronavirus has risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in Tibet, the virus has now spread to every region in mainland China.

Chinese health authorities have said there were 7,711 confirmed cases in the country as of 29 January.

Infections have also spread to at least 16 other countries.

The World Health Organization (WHO) will meet on Thursday to discuss whether the virus constitutes a global health emergency.

"In the last few days the progress of the virus, especially in some countries, especially human-to-human transmission, worries us," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, pointing to Germany, Vietnam and Japan.

"Although the numbers outside China are still relatively small, they hold the potential for a much larger outbreak."
 

nivek

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Very wise move, should have done this days ago or a week ago but nevertheless the virus is everywhere now restricting travel isn't enough...We need to restrict road travel between effected areas in our own countries and road travel between countries like between Canada and the US...We have to take an aggressive approach, in my opinion, to stop this virus which could become more lethal is allowed to spread and mutate further...

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US DENIES entry to any foreign national who has visited China over the past two weeks, while United joins Delta and American Airlines in suspending ALL flights to China due to coronavirus


American and Delta airlines (right) responded to the coronavirus outbreak by announcing both US carriers are suspending all of their flights to China, where officials complained the US was 'inappropriate' in upgrading to a 'no-travel' advisory for all Americans considering going there. American said it was suspending all flights to China through March 27. Delta, meanwhile, said its ban would start on Wednesday, lasting until April 30. Until the ban starts, Delta says it will continue to operate flights to ensure customers looking to exit China 'have options to do so.' So far, the flu-like illness has stricken almost 10,000 people globally, and has been blamed for the deaths of more than 200 people in China. Sweden and Russia on Friday became the latest countries to report the virus, following a reported case in Germany.

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pepe

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Very wise move, should have done this days ago or a week ago but nevertheless the virus is everywhere now restricting travel isn't enough...We need to restrict road travel between effected areas in our own countries and road travel between countries like between Canada and the US...We have to take an aggressive approach, in my opinion, to stop this virus which could become more lethal is allowed to spread and mutate further...

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US DENIES entry to any foreign national who has visited China over the past two weeks, while United joins Delta and American Airlines in suspending ALL flights to China due to coronavirus


American and Delta airlines (right) responded to the coronavirus outbreak by announcing both US carriers are suspending all of their flights to China, where officials complained the US was 'inappropriate' in upgrading to a 'no-travel' advisory for all Americans considering going there. American said it was suspending all flights to China through March 27. Delta, meanwhile, said its ban would start on Wednesday, lasting until April 30. Until the ban starts, Delta says it will continue to operate flights to ensure customers looking to exit China 'have options to do so.' So far, the flu-like illness has stricken almost 10,000 people globally, and has been blamed for the deaths of more than 200 people in China. Sweden and Russia on Friday became the latest countries to report the virus, following a reported case in Germany.

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That'll be straight from the top I presume.

It's that sort of decision making I envy you guys so much of. It's here in the UK now,m with a couple from the same family, one is showing signs and the other isn't but all who came home will serve two weeks quarantine.

I think I heard the Aussies ( hello August, I'm sure you have a read here ) have created a synthetic version and now can work on the vaccine.

Well done.
 

nivek

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That'll be straight from the top I presume.

I presume the same, an awesome decision that really needed to be made, but some (like our previous President) would have left all the windows and doors wide open...I think more needs to be done, hope I'm wrong...

It's that sort of decision making I envy you guys so much of. It's here in the UK now,m with a couple from the same family, one is showing signs and the other isn't but all who came home will serve two weeks quarantine.

I think the more it spreads to new people it increases the chances of the virus mutating and not only becoming resistant to drugs but can mutate into a deadlier form...Countries should start isolating themselves from each other and maintain strict travel controls until this virus is controlled or wiped out...We may be witnessing a cycle of emerging pandemics, Sars, Mers, for example, now this coronavirus, with likely a multitude of factors facilitating these outbreaks and human activity playing a large role in it...

I think I heard the Aussies ( hello August, I'm sure you have a read here ) have created a synthetic version and now can work on the vaccine.

Well done.

Interesting, hope it works and is effective...

Hey August...q46

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nivek

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EIGHTH case of coronavirus in the US is confirmed in Boston as new study projects 75,000 people could be infected in Wuhan where 259 have died and the Pentagon prepares 1,000 quarantine beds


A Boston man in his 20s is the eighth confirmed case of coronavirus in the United States - and the first in Massachusetts. According to officials in the commonwealth, the man, a resident of The Hub, recently traveled to Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus first emerged. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Boston Public Health Commission were notified by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the positive test results late Friday evening.

After returning to Massachusetts, the man sought treatment, according to health officials. Since his return, he has been placed in isolation and his symptoms are being closely monitored. 'Our priority is not only to protect and inform the residents of Boston but also to help this man continue to recover. We are pleased that he is doing well,' Boston Public Health Commission Executive Director Rita Nieves said. Elsewhere in the US, three confirmed cases have been reported in California and one each in Washington State and Arizona. There have been two cases reported in Illinois - the second case being the first time that the disease has been transmitted from person to person in the US.


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Fear in the Age of Coronavirus: Chinese No Longer Welcome

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In South Korea, signs have begun popping up on restaurant windows saying, “no Chinese allowed.” A Korean casino catering to foreign visitors said it’s no longer accepting groups of tourists from China. More than half a million people signed a petition, submitted to the government, calling for a ban on visitors from the nearby country of 1.4 billion.

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A Chinese woman visiting the Japanese city of Ito -- on a peninsula south of Tokyo -- said that a server at a restaurant shouted “Chinese! Out!” at her, according to a recording shared on a Weibo account. The recording, which included a subsequent phone call to the unnamed eatery, was shared by a reporter from Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV. A woman who answered the phone at the restaurant said it was refusing customers from China and Southeast Asia because the owner was worried about the coronavirus, according to the recording. “If our owner contracts the virus and dies, whose responsibility is it then?” she said.

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Signs of insensitivity aren’t limited to Asia. French regional newspaper Courrier Picard sparked outrage with its headline “Yellow Alert” on a front-page story about the coronavirus. The paper apologized to readers who took to Twitter to condemn the allusion to “Yellow Peril,” a xenophobic term referring to the peoples of East Asia that dates to the 19th century.

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In Denmark, the Chinese Embassy called on the country’s Jyllands-Posten newspaper to apologize for an editorial cartoon that depicts China’s flag with virus symbols instead of stars on a red background. “We feel angry and we feel sad because it’s a kind of insult to our people and to our flag,” John Liu, Secretary General at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Denmark, said in a television interview.

The paper declined to apologize, citing Denmark’s tradition of freedom of speech.

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Those of Chinese descent, but not from China, have also been met with harsh reactions. In Sri Lanka, a group of tourists from Singapore -- a Southeast Asian country where the majority of people are of Chinese descent -- were barred from climbing local attraction Ella Rock because of their appearance, according to Tucker Chang, 66, one of the tourists. No one in the group had a history of recent travel to China.

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Asians have taken to social media to register their hurt and outrage. Over the past two days, the hashtag #jenesuispasunvirus -- “I am not a virus” in French -- trended on Twitter as thousands of ethnically Asian internet users spoke out against the surge in discrimination.

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The real number of coronavirus cases is more than 75,000, according to a scientific model that says the outbreak will double in size every 6.4 days

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Wuhan China January 26 coronavirus medics help man

  • A new study suggests that official figures for the scale of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak have been far too low.
  • The study, published in the prestigious Lancet journal, projected that as of January 25, there were 75,815 people infected in Wuhan. At the time the official figure was 761.
  • The study also projected that the epidemic will double in size every 6.4 days.
  • It dismissed a lockdown in Wuhan as "negligible," since the virus had already spread by the time it was implemented.
The true number of people infected with the deadly Wuhan coronavirus is more than 75,000, according to a scientific model, which claims the official number for those infected is far too low. Academics at the University of Hong Kong published a paper on Friday in The Lancet, a prestigious medical journal, estimating the rate at which the virus is spreading.

It used official data on the number of infections to calculate what it said was the true extent of the disease — almost 100 times the official figures. Underpinning the analysis is the idea that the number of international cases is disproportionately high given the number of people who travel from Wuhan to other countries.


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An aerial view shows residential and commercial buildings of Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 27, 2020, amid a deadly virus outbreak which began in the city


The academics used the international figures to reverse-engineer a total for the number of cases among greater Wuhan's population of around 19 million. They said that, as of January 25, they estimated that the number of cases was 75,815.

According to CNN, the official total on January 25 for the whole of Hubei province, which includes greater Wuhan, was 761, barely 1% of the total projected by the scientists.

The paper is not the first to suggest that the official figures do not adequately capture the scope of the outbreak. A paper from Imperial College London published on January 17 suggested that the figures were too low by a factor of 35. As part of their model, the Hong Kong academics predicted that the scale of the virus would double every 6.4 days. By that logic, the number of people in greater Wuhan with the virus as of this Friday (January 31) would be 151,630.

The official number of cases on January 31 was less than 10,000. The number increased to around 12,000 as of February 1 local time. The authors of the study said they had taken into account the effect of the dramatic lockdown imposed on Wuhan and surrounding cities last week. However, they said that its overall effectiveness would be "negligible" given that a critical mass of cases had already been observed in several other cities.

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