Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #10

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To add:

The government in Wuhan, China confirmed on 31 December that dozens of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause were being treated in that city. Pneumonia can be caused by viruses (e.g. influenza virus) and bacteria (e.g. Streptococcus pneumonia).

I'm having trouble editing my post. Here is the link to the above statement.
A new coronavirus causing respiratory disease in China

 

[SAMS]

A comment on this tweet said "At least someone has a plan"....I tend to agree....
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BREAKING: Facing an emerging crisis, officials in the Seattle area are going to open isolation centers for coronavirus.
@kcexec says his office is close to purchasing a motel for isolation. Also planning to repurpose modular homes.
Three More Coronavirus Deaths in Washington State, Site of Nursing Facility Outbreak

Mike Baker on Twitter

This!!!!!!!!!!*^^^

 

[Henry2326]

French official says country now has 191 confirmed cases of #coronavirus Reuters on Twitter
Reuters on Twitter

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Need help please. Canada presser is about to start but I'm in the middle of transcribing washington presser. can someone look and post?

 

[Luckyzmom]

@kodi check out leaving shoes/ boots off when in the house. Shoe covers don't cost too much please check that out as well. Make your home less likely to be contaminated ! If there's not a good place for shoes outside the door, a covered tote will do just have to get everyone used to removing them before entering. And extra hand washing !! Hope all is well for you and family wherever you are.
Best to you all.

 

[Henry2326]

King County, WA health officer: "The risk for all of us of becoming infected will be increasing, and although most of the cases will be mild or moderate, the infection can cause serious illness and there's a potential for many people to become ill at the same time"
BNO Newsroom on Twitter

 

[zecats]

BREAKING: Washington state reports 4 new cases and 3 new deaths in King County Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
BNO Newsroom on Twitter

Thanks for posting this. Backs up my post.

 

[JerseyGirl]

5 coronavirus deaths confirmed in Washington state

There have been five deaths the novel coronavirus in Seattle and King County, according to Jeffrey Duchin, a public health official with the county.

Coronavirus news and live updates: Global death toll tops 3,000 - CNN

 

[mickey2942]

You couldn't pay me to go on a cruise ship right now.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

Washington state says coronavirus death toll rises to 6

Health officials in Washington state announced three additional deaths among coronavirus patients on Monday, bring the total number of fatalities to six. Two of the patients were considered "new" cases of COVID-19, while a third death involved a patient who was previously confirmed to have the virus.

In a press conference, King County health officials announced four new cases, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients in the state to 14, including the five deaths that occurred in the county. Eight of the cases were linked to Life Care Center of Kirkland, which is currently experiencing an outbreak. An additional death occurred in Snohomish County.

 

[Henry2326]

- At this time, we are not recommending widespread school closures or cancellation of activities at schools. If there is a positive case at a school, we will be working provide guidance.
Public Health - Seattle & King County on Twitter

Will these public health measure be adequate to slow spread in Seattle?
Worth reading the whole thread.
Countries with outbreaks that have closed schools for some duration: Hong Kong, Japan, China.
COVID19 on Twitter

 

[Henry2326]

BREAKING: France confirms 61 new cases of coronavirus and 1 new death, raising total to 191 cases and 3 deaths Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
BNO Newsroom on Twitter

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Great, son called. He's got the flu and is at work. DH is a physician and instructed him to go right home. I haven't heard any reports regarding coronavirus in the city where he lives, but there's an airport and university in the area. This has become a little more personal.

 

[Henry2326]

“Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy warned that Australia can no longer keep new coronavirus cases out of the country.
“It is no longer possible to absolutely prevent new cases coming in, given the increasing changes in epidemiology around the country,” Warning for Italy, South Korea travellers

Dr Kevin Purcell on Twitter

 

[Chelly]

I found this article to be pretty interesting, an overview from the start of the outbreak.

"temperatures were warmer than usual in early December in Wuhan, an inland port city with a population larger than New York. By mid-month, it had cooled to the 9 to 10 degrees Celsius typical of the mild early winters in the city that sits on a bend in the Yangtze, Asia’s longest river. Its metropolitan district spreads out on both banks of the waterway to cover an area five times the size of London.

the first cases started to trickle into Wuhan’s major hospitals in mid-December. The patients typically had dry, raking coughs, high fevers and laboured breathing – symptoms that could mean a bad bout of winter flu.

But something else showed up in X-ray images constructed into computed tomography scans of their lungs. Medically, they were described as “ground-glass opacities”, or areas filled with fluid or partially collapsed, a telling sign of pneumonia.

Lung infection was evident in one of the early patients moved to Tongji Hospital, one of Wuhan’s leading medical centres, for treatment. He was transferred on Christmas Day with “widespread patches of shadows” on his lungs, a Tongji doctor says. “Even after antibiotics, he showed no sign of improvement.”

That patient was among many with combinations of fever, coughs and lung shadows who started to “flood in” to Tongji in the last week of December, says the doctor, who asked to remain anonymous because of his hospital’s restrictions on speaking to the media.

Discussing the cases with colleagues, he says they wondered whether Sars was back.

Patients with Sars-like symptoms were also being admitted to Wuhan Union Hospital."

Coronavirus: How Disease X, the epidemic-in-waiting, erupted in China

@seekingjustice** This entire article from the South China Morning Post is amazing. Thank you for posting the link here

 

[whitelilac]

Washington state says coronavirus death toll rises to 6

Health officials in Washington state announced three additional deaths among coronavirus patients on Monday, bring the total number of fatalities to six. Two of the patients were considered "new" cases of COVID-19, while a third death involved a patient who was previously confirmed to have the virus.

In a press conference, King County health officials announced four new cases, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients in the state to 14, including the five deaths that occurred in the county. Eight of the cases were linked to Life Care Center of Kirkland, which is currently experiencing an outbreak. An additional death occurred in Snohomish County.

omg some of the comments in this article are horrible

 

[Henry2326]

These are the new cases:

• A male in his 50s, hospitalized at Highline Hospital. No known exposures.
• A male in his 70s, a resident of LifeCare, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. The man had underlying health conditions, and died 3/1/20
• A female in her 70s, a resident of LifeCare, hospitalized at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. The woman had underlying health conditions, and died 3/1/20
• A female in her 80s, a resident of LifeCare, was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth
• In addition, a woman in her 80s, who was already reported as in critical condition at Evergreen, has died. She died on 3/1/20
Public Health - Seattle & King County on Twitter

 

[Inthedetails]

We talked early on about how the high smoking rate in China contributed to the death rate there from the virus. Does that still hold true?

Interesting! Could that help explain the higher numbers in Italy too - that's another smoking culture.

Maybe?

jmo

 

[Herat]

A comment on this tweet said "At least someone has a plan"....I tend to agree....
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BREAKING: Facing an emerging crisis, officials in the Seattle area are going to open isolation centers for coronavirus.
@kcexec says his office is close to purchasing a motel for isolation. Also planning to repurpose modular homes.
Three More Coronavirus Deaths in Washington State, Site of Nursing Facility Outbreak

Mike Baker on Twitter

My instant first thought:'

A crummy old unused motel in rainy Seattle that hasn't been heated in 10 years = MOLD

 

[gitana1]

Mr. Stew is an administrator for the division of a major insurer/provider of skilled nursing facilities, including family home care, rehabilitation centers and long term nursing homes in King County, Washington.

Life Care in Kirkland was not one of "his".

He is hitting the ground running this morning. I will share any non HIPPA related interesting information today on this thread for those that are interested.

Yes ma’am! Please do.