Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #10

[Henry2326]

BREAKING: Portugal reports first 2 cases of coronavirus Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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[Henry2326]

The current coronavirus could survive up to nine days outside the human body if it proves as resilient as previous strains, according to researchers studying past outbreaks.

Cold, low-humidity environments are ideal for the disease, an analysis of 22 former coronavirus surveys by the Journal of Hospital Infection found. Past strains included Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

Some surfaces are better for the virus than others.

“On copper and steel it’s pretty typical, it’s pretty much about two hours,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said Thursday. “But I will say on other surfaces — cardboard or plastic — it’s longer, and so we are looking at this.

Coronavirus could survive up to 9 days outside the body, study says

 

[Henry2326]

BREAKING: Iran reports 523 new cases of coronavirus and 11 new deaths, raising total to 1,501 cases and 66 dead Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

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[Henry2326]

How bizarre....they are the US epicenter....speed is important....

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Public Health- Seattle and King County
At this time, we are not recommending school closures or cancellation of activities at schools. This is a rapidly evolving situation, and we will be certain to update you should our recommendations change. #coronavirus

Public Health - Seattle & King County on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

NEW: Rome reports first case of coronavirus Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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[Henry2326]

Coronavirus updates:
- South Korea: 123 new cases
- Kuwait: 10 new cases
- India: 2 new cases, including the first case in New Delhi
Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

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India- travel history from Italy....see attached

 

[Henry2326]

Scoop: Data we have obtained show that in one Chinese prov, asymptomatic #COVID19 cases exceed 1 in 6 individuals tested positive, but are kept out of published "confirmed cases," suggesting scale of epidemic larger than acknowledged. With @michaelmina_lab
China’s Decision to Leave Asymptomatic Patients off Coronavirus Infection Tally Sparks Debate - Caixin Global
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[Henry2326]

BREAKING: Iran reports 523 new cases of coronavirus and 11 new deaths, raising total to 1,501 cases and 66 dead Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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[Henry2326]

Possible epicenter for Africa????


#Algeria confirms 2 new cases of #COVID19, 2 female individuals tested positive evening of 1 March. @who experts are on-ground supporting health authorities in the response & on-going surveillance. Algeria has 3 confirmed cases in total – the first case was reported 6 days ago. WHO African Region on Twitter
WHO African Region on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

NEW: Public Health England says widespread transmission of coronavirus in the UK is "highly likely" - PA
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[Henry2326]

Look what it took to do it....and US isn't closing schools in WA....wow

Hubei, epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak, reports sharp drop in new cases Wuhan closes makeshift hospital as new coronavirus cases in China drop sharply Reuters UK on Twitter
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[Henry2326]

Masked and gloved: Paramedics dressed in protective gear stood guard at dedicated polling stations where Israelis under quarantine from the coronavirus voted in Monday’s election https://t.co/gQnq4tAoHi Reuters on Twitter
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[Henry2326]

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the central bank will take necessary steps to stabilize markets jolted by the coronavirus outbreak, bolstering speculation about coordinated global policy action.

Kuroda's comments, made in an emergency statement just days after a similar move by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, were welcomed by markets as a signal the world's biggest central banks were mustering a coordinated response to the crisis.

Also, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday that G7 major economies will take "concerted action" to limit damage from the epidemic, with the group's finance ministers to discuss the best approach by phone this week.

BOJ reassurance on coronavirus bolsters speculation of global policy action

 

[Hatfield]

25,000.00 employees laid off in a single swoop with unpaid leave? Cathaway headquarters are in Hong Kong.
Anticipate other airlines to layoff employees soon.
Including American headquartered airlines.
Amongst thousands of other businesses. You know, trickle down economics is a real thing right?
No flights, no airport gift stores, no baggage claim employees, no food kiosks, no taxi's, and on and on.
I'm seriously thinking that if this keeps getting worse, I'm going to hire delivery drivers and go BIG on food delivery.
If people want to stay home, or, feel they should, great meals delivered will be the thing.
I could go on social media showing my employees all in hazmat suits.
Just SORT of kidding about hazmat suits.
But, dead serious about everything else. Sheesh.

ikwym

JMO
In a lot of ways this is becoming worse than I feared. Especially the reactions and actions of all the countries including US. Things are getting out of hand and the impacts are becoming noticeable on many fronts.

 

[FrostOwl]

Actually, the Spanish flu may be one of the worst pandemics in modern time, but the 1 per cent death rate is nothing compared to the Black plague that reached Europe in 1348, which killed about 50 per cent of the European population in four years. Second plague pandemic - Wikipedia

Fortunately, we have far better access to healthcare, medication, food, and improvement in sanitation/hygiene/living conditions than the 14th century.

What I tried to say in my post was that to call the Spanish flu one of the worst pandemics in human history is not entirely true. Yes, it killed a lot of people, but only 1 per cent of the population of the day, while the Black death maybe not killed as many persons at the time, but when you look at the percentage of the population of the time it killed about 50 per cent of the population in Europe, having a much larger impact on human history than the Spanish flu (as well as the CoViD-19 will have today seen to the entire population of the world). That doesn't mean that each individual death is not a tragedy, but it won't be such a huge impact as the Black death was in its day (and all the other pandemics that have swiped over the earth before).

 

[Henry2326]

#CoronavirusAustralia: The first human-human transmission in #Australia. Two people infected from human-to-human transmission in NSW. ⁦@BNODesk⁩ Coronavirus outbreak: Two people infected from human-to-human transmission in NSW
Lime Rick Freedom West on Twitter

Coronavirus outbreak: Two people infected from human-to-human transmission in NSW

 

[Henry2326]

EU Crisis Management Commissioner on coronavirus: "While we should not give in to panic, the situation is likely to still get worse so we need to be prepared and time is of essence"
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[Henry2326]

THIS.....

The virus outbreak in northern Italy is pushing the public health system to the limit there, especially in the region of Lombardy where 10% of doctors and nurses can't work because they tested positive for COVID-19. t.co / TwitterrdmOrEotur

AP Europe on Twitter

Italy's health system at limit in virus-struck Lombardy

 

[Henry2326]

LIVE now Press conference on the EU response to #COVID19 from our Emergency Response Coordination Centre with President @vonderleyen and Commissioners @JanezLenarcic, @SKyriakidesEU, @AdinaValean, @YlvaJohansson & @PaoloGentiloni. #CoronaVirusUpdate
European Commission @EU_Commission

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[dixiegirl1035]

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European CDC update on coronavirus in the EU and the UK. Risk of "widespread sustained transmission" is now "moderate to high."