Coronavirus Global Health Emergency, 2019-nCoV #2

[Medstudies]

Coronavirus live updates: cruise ship cases rise to 61 as China mourns whistleblower doctor – latest news


21:45 EST
“We reported yesterday that clinical trials had begun in China for the drug Remdesivir on coronavirus patients. State media says the first person to receive treatment was a 68-year-old man with serious symptoms in Wuhan’s Jinyintan hospital. More than 750 patients will take part in the trial.


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Second Chinese city, Xiaogan, records more than 2,000 coronavirus cases
The Chinese city of Xiaogan, around 70km north-west of Wuhan in Hubei province, has become only the second city in China (after Wuhan) to record more than 2,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.”
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[Trino]

If the virus becomes a pandemic, it’s going to cause a hit to the global economy. Will this happen in the US? Transportation, travel, hotels, cruises have already taken a hit.

 

[mickey2942]

If the virus becomes a pandemic, it’s going to cause a hit to the global economy. Will this happen in the US? Transportation, travel, hotels, cruises have already taken a hit.

Macao: Coronavirus turns China's gambling mecca into a ghost town - CNN

It already has, Macau is a ghost town, and there are suspected cases of Coronavirus in Las Vegas, from actors in the Circque de Soleil, they are currently on self quarantine at their homes. A plane from South Korea was denied landing rights at Mccarran airport today, they routed it back to the air to LAX in California.

February 5 coronavirus news - CNN

Clark County patient tested for Coronavirus released from hospital, put in isolation at home

 

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Coronavirus live updates: cruise ship cases rise to 61 as China mourns whistleblower doctor – latest news


21:45 EST
“We reported yesterday that clinical trials had begun in China for the drug Remdesivir on coronavirus patients. State media says the first person to receive treatment was a 68-year-old man with serious symptoms in Wuhan’s Jinyintan hospital. More than 750 patients will take part in the trial.


Updated at 21:45 EST
21:35 EST
Second Chinese city, Xiaogan, records more than 2,000 coronavirus cases
The Chinese city of Xiaogan, around 70km north-west of Wuhan in Hubei province, has become only the second city in China (after Wuhan) to record more than 2,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.”
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Much respect for your new avatar.

 

[Henry2326]

Coronavirus live updates: cruise ship cases rise to 61 as China mourns whistleblower doctor – latest news


21:45 EST
“We reported yesterday that clinical trials had begun in China for the drug Remdesivir on coronavirus patients. State media says the first person to receive treatment was a 68-year-old man with serious symptoms in Wuhan’s Jinyintan hospital. More than 750 patients will take part in the trial.


Updated at 21:45 EST
21:35 EST
Second Chinese city, Xiaogan, records more than 2,000 coronavirus cases
The Chinese city of Xiaogan, around 70km north-west of Wuhan in Hubei province, has become only the second city in China (after Wuhan) to record more than 2,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.”
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Same here for your avatar.....such a brave man!

 

[dotr]

Same here for your avatar.....such a brave man!

Agree, respect!
They should superimpose Dr Li Wenliang's image onto surgical masks as a reminder, imo.
ETA
Japan finds 41 more cases on ship as virus alarm doctor dies
''The World Health Organization tweeted: “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr Li Wenliang. We all need to celebrate work that he did” on the virus.

Within a half-hour of announcing earlier Friday that Li was in critical condition, the hospital received nearly 500,000 comments on its social media post, many of them from people hoping Li would pull through. One wrote: “We are not going to bed. We are here waiting for a miracle.”

Li was among a number of medical professionals in Wuhan who tried to warn colleagues and others when the government did not, The New York Times reported earlier this week. It said that after the mystery illness had stricken seven patients at a hospital, Li said of them in an online chat group Dec. 30: “Quarantined in the emergency department.”

Another participant in the chat responded by wondering, “Is SARS coming again?” - a reference to the 2002-03 viral outbreak that killed hundreds, the newspaper said.

Wuhan health officials summoned Li in the middle of the night to demand he explain why he shared the information, and police later forced him to sign a statement admitting to “illegal behaviour,” the Times said.

“If the officials had disclosed information about the epidemic earlier,” Li said in an interview in the Times via text messages, “I think it would have been a lot better. There should be more openness and transparency.”

 

[gregjrichards]

If the virus becomes a pandemic, it’s going to cause a hit to the global economy. Will this happen in the US? Transportation, travel, hotels, cruises have already taken a hit.

Yes it definitely will hit the global economy. Companies like Apple could take a big stock hit if they can’t manufacture iPhones in the long term in China and they have major supply problems. That’s the problem with relying on one country so much for manufacturing.

There was a shocking report on the Scottish News that many Chinese restaurants are having many bookings cancelled and the Chinese Supermarkets in Scotland are suffering major losses in trade. It is crazy people are thinking right I can’t go places with Chinese workers who live in Scotland because I might catch the coronavirus.

 

[gregjrichards]

Same here for your avatar.....such a brave man!

Dr. Wenliang was very brave indeed. The health care workers must be terrified and working in a horrendous situation. Having so many people seriously ill or dying every day with more and more people becoming infected must be incredibly emotionally draining.

I really felt for the nurse who was on video extremely distressed in the hospital. The Drs and nurses aren’t even allowed to go to the bathroom during a shift because you can’t remove the suit and put it back on and they are having to wear adult incontinence products. It must be an absolute living nightmare for everyone affected.

Thank you to all of you for your news updates and posts on this devastating and horrendous outbreak.

 

[JerseyGirl]

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