Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #7

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TOKYO -- The Japanese island of Hokkaido is declaring a state of emergency over the rapid spread of the new virus there.

The governor says the emergency will continue until mid-March.

He is urging all residents to stay home this weekend, which he says is a critical time to keep the situation from worsening.

The number of cases in Hokkaido has risen rapidly in recent days to 63.

Schools throughout Japan are closing until the end of March.

Japan's Hokkaido declares state of emergency over virus

 

[Henry2326]

Too little.....too late

Parts of Iran affected by the novel coronavirus have cancelled Friday prayers, a decision made only in exceptional circumstances Iran cancels Friday prayers in areas affected by the coronavirus

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[Henry2326]

Very very concerning...........

Global Times, published by the ruling Communist Party of China's official People's Daily newspaper, said on Friday two coronavirus patients in Jiangsu province who had been initially discharged were re-hospitalised after testing positive again.

It was unclear why these patients tested positive again and authorities did not clarify if they were counted as new infection cases.

Philip Tierno Jr., Professor of Microbiology and Pathology at NYU School of Medicine, told Reuters on Thursday the coronavirus could remain dormant with minimal symptoms and then reactivate.

Song Tie, vice-director of the local disease control centre in southeast China's Guangdong province, told a press briefing on Wednesday that as many as 14% of discharged patients in the province have tested positive again and had been taken back into hospital for observation.

New coronavirus cases in mainland China fall to lowest since January

Reuters) - Recovered coronavirus patients who were discharged from hospitalization but later tested positive again have been found not to be infectious, an official at China's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Friday.

Guo Yanhong, a hospital administration official at the NHC, told reporters at a daily press conference that there is a need to deepen the understanding of the novel virus and improve health tracking and management of recovered coronavirus patients.

Recovered coronavirus patients found not to be infectious - official

 

[Henry2326]

Ha.....Uber solution.....pic at link

This very crafty Beijing taxi driver constructed a protective "bubble" around himself amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus. Coronavirus has 'pandemic potential,' WHO warns as US ramps up testing ABC News on Twitter

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Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga has been placed under a 14-day quarantine after a one-day visit to China. Mongolian President in quarantine after visit to China

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Symptoms.......includes runny nose.....

The novel coronavirus has symptoms that include a runny nose, cough, sore throat, possibly a headache and maybe a fever, which can last for a couple of days What are the symptoms of coronavirus? CNN International on Twitter
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[Henry2326]

First coronavirus case reported in sub-Saharan Africa, in Nigeria
South Korea confirms 256 new cases, bringing total above 2,000
WHO granted sanctions exemptions to send medical equipment to North Korea
Follow live coronavirus updates here: Coronavirus: Markets fall as Covid-19 spreads around the world - BBC News

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[Henry2326]

UPDATE: Tokyo Disney Resort and Universal Studios Japan will be closed for at least 2 weeks to prevent the spread of coronavirus - NHK

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Coronavirus updates:
- 12 new cases in Hokkaido, Japan
- 2 new cases in Kuwait
- 1 new case in Greece Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

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NOW: Japan reports a new death due to coronavirus in Wakayama Prefecture; the fifth in the country, plus 4 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

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Coronavirus updates:
- 2 new cases in Croatia
- 2 new cases in France
- 2 new cases in Malaysia
- 2 new cases in Taiwan Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

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BREAKING: South Korea confirms 315 new coronavirus cases, or 571 today; total of 2,337 cases Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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NEW: Another Diamond Princess cruise ship passenger, a 70-year-old woman, dies after being infected with coronavirus, raising ship's death toll to 5 - NHK Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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NEW: Switzerland bans all events with more than 1,000 people to prevent the spread of coronavirus
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BREAKING: New Zealand confirms its first case of coronavirus Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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BREAKING: Belarus confirms its first case of coronavirus; in a student from Iran Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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NEW: Mexico's Health Ministry says a man has tested positive for coronavirus in an initial test, but they're waiting for results from a 2nd test. If confirmed, it would be Mexico's 1st case and the 2nd in Latin America
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NOW: France confirms 1 new case of coronavirus, the first one in Nice; total of 41 cases Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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[Henry2326]

I interpret that as "we don't know"......and we are questioning the 14 day thought.....me too, me too.....


'We are aggressively evaluating how long this virus can survive and be infectious,' CDC director Robert Redfield said during a House of Representatives hearing on the U.S. government response to the fast-spreading coronavirus U.S. CDC aggressively evaluating whether coronavirus survives on surfaces: agency chief Reuters on Twitter

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Coronavirus cases have now been reported in every continent except Antarctica If you're just joining us, here's the latest on the coronavirus

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BREAKING: Wales reports first case of coronavirus Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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NEW: Amsterdam reports first case of coronavirus, second case in the Netherlands Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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BREAKING: Iran reports 143 new cases of coronavirus and 8 new deaths, raising total to 388 cases and 34 deaths Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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Northern California city struggles with coronavirus mystery

VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California community are at the epicenter of what officials are calling a turning point in the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus, as investigators try to retrace the steps of a hospitalized patient they believe to be the first in the U.S. to be infected without traveling internationally or being in close contact with anyone who had it.

The community of about 100,000 is between San Francisco and Sacramento in Solano County, in the agricultural Central Valley near California’s famous wine region. It is about 10 miles from Travis Air Force Base. Public health officials said they can find no connection between the infected woman and passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship who were evacuated to the base from where the ship was docked in Japan.
Solano County Public Health Officer Dr. Bela Matyas said public health officials have identified dozens of people — but less than 100 — who had close contact with the woman. Those people are quarantined in their homes. A few have shown symptoms and are in isolation, Matyas said.

Northern California city struggles with coronavirus mystery

 

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The Wuhan doctor on the frontline of the virus

"Patients were pouring into hospitals like a tide - we didn't have enough beds available for everyone," one doctor, who is on the frontline in Wuhan, tells the BBC's John Sudworth

"I should warn the rest of the world that you guys should take care"
Dr Xie Jiang has been fighting the coronavirus in Hubei province, China where the outbreak began

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[Henry2326]

I'm not sure I've even heard of this country.....

BREAKING: Azerbaijan reports first case of coronavirus Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline
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[What if...]

I don’t understand either Gitana. Dr. Anderson seems to be contradicting Shanghai officials who said the virus transmission routes are airborne (aerosol) as well as direct and contact (see BBM parts in the following quote). If it’s not airborne, masks would not be necessary. Quoting:

The spread of this is, is really, really surprising,” said Dr. Danielle Anderson, who has isolated the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 infection at her lab in Singapore.

“We’ve seen outbreaks in the past, and we think we know what we’re doing,” she said in an interview with NBC News. “And so, for me it’s a really, really big surprise, why it is spreading so quickly. So, it seems that it’s extremely contagious, and it’s not airborne, but it is contagious.”

On February 8, China Daily reported a Shanghai official said the novel coronavirus’s “confirmed transmission routes” included “direct transmission, contact transmission and aerosol transmission.”

“Aerosol transmission refers to the mixing of the virus with droplets in the air to form aerosols, which causes infection after inhalation, according to medical experts,” said Zeng Qun, deputy head of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau.
Shanghai officials reveal novel coronavirus transmission modes - Chinadaily.com.cn

(I’m not even sure Brietbart, the source of the Dr. Anderson opinion is considered MSM anyway. I didn’t notice the source before posting.)

IF (and it’s a big IF for me) If this virus isn’t airborne, then that raises a whole slew of questions for me!

Extremely rapid spreading contagions have always been airborne in nature to my knowledge. If not airborne, then I would really like to hear the explanation for what occurred on the Diamond Princess!!
I highly doubt that all of those people touched the same object, or sneezed/coughed on one another through their cabin walls!!!

Yep - I need confirmation, or an explanation....

All moo....