Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Emergency #5

[Herat]

Moscow will use facial recognition cameras to make sure 2,500 people in coronavirus quaratine do not leave their homes

Moscow will use facial recognition cameras to keep 2,500 people in coronavirus quaratine | Daily Mail Online

I think China is already doing that with 2.5 million people.

But I wonder how well that facial recognition works when masks are worn covering the nose and mouth.

 

[scandinavian girl]

latest vlog from the Abels son, he have no idea where they are.

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[Medstudies]

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Chinese Government : Employees who refuse to go back work “will be severely punished.” Also : “If you get infected with #coronavirus it will not be a work related injury.”

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[Medstudies]

Moscow will use facial recognition cameras to make sure 2,500 people in coronavirus quaratine do not leave their homes

Moscow will use facial recognition cameras to keep 2,500 people in coronavirus quaratine | Daily Mail Online

Interesting:
China’s facial-recognition giant says it can crack masked faces during the coronavirus

“Meanwhile, for building access control, its software can identify people even while they’re wearing masks with a “high accuracy,” said the release, as well as flag people who aren’t wearing the protective coverings and require them to wear a mask to gain access to a building.“

Tech is getting more amazing. And scary by the day

 

[galiuro1]

Articles have said that the Tennessee doctor who was a passenger on the ship was in touch with a US senator who is also a doctor. IMO they discussed from a medical point of view, how dangerous it was to leave anyone on that ship any longer. I see it more of a medical opinion than an ego that allowed the passengers to continue on the flight home.

Tennessee doctor, wife see coronavirus turn their cruise vacation into a nightmare as wife tests positive

MOO

I tend to agree with this but I think it was a bad decision....would have been better to keep the whole lot of them (ALL passengers, as there is no way I think you can trust than any of them were 'in the clear') away from the mainland US...now our isolation units and medical centers are bam! already getting to overwhelmed. Just hoping they get some good science data out of it...

 

[Tadpole12]

2nd plane carrying Canadians released from coronavirus-ridden cruise ship lands at CFB Trenton

 

[JerseyGirl]

latest vlog from the Abels son, he have no idea where they are.

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Cruise ship coronavirus patients David and Sally Abel post pictures from hospital after being treated

David and Sally Abel share photos from hospital after leaving coronavirus ship | Metro News

In further posts, David said his wife had been given a bed in the same room as him ...

... are hospitalized in Fujisawa, Japan

Coronavirus Diamond Princess cruise: 11 test positive in Nebraska

 

[asyousay]

latest vlog from the Abels son, he have no idea where they are.

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Maybe he should check the papers instead of being on YouTube as they have done interviews on where they are.

MOO

 

[JerseyGirl]

WHO officials say coronavirus outbreak in Iran is 'very worrisome'

The small outbreak in Iran has been linked to a case in Canada and another infection of a 45-year-old woman in Lebanon after those patients traveled to the Middle East nation.

World health officials still have a chance to contain the virus, he said, but it’s getting less likely by the day.

World health officials have said the respiratory disease is capable of spreading through human-to-human contact, droplets carried through sneezing and coughing and germs left on inanimate objects.

Local authorities in China have been using remdesivir, which was tested as a possible treatment during the Ebola outbreak, to fight infections. Some authorities are also using antiviral drug Kaletra, a combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, on a compassionate basis.

 

[scandinavian girl]

Cruise ship coronavirus patients David and Sally Abel post pictures from hospital after being treated

David and Sally Abel share photos from hospital after leaving coronavirus ship | Metro News

In further posts, David said his wife had been given a bed in the same room as him ...

... are hospitalized in Fujisawa, Japan

Coronavirus Diamond Princess cruise: 11 test positive in Nebraska

Yes the son showed those pictures yesterday and this morning he was expecting the usual message from mom and he didn´t get it, I am waiting for an update. The time here in sweden is 6pm now

 

[asyousay]

Yes the son showed those pictures yesterday and this morning he was expecting the usual message from mom and he didn´t get it, I am waiting for an update. The time here in sweden is 6pm now

They are sick not on holiday so what does the son expect?

 

[JerseyGirl]

Coronavirus spreads in Chinese prisons, over 500 infected

... more than 500 cases of the novel coronavirus had been confirmed within China’s prisons. A majority of the 271 cases involving prisoners in the Hubei Province occurred at the Wuhan Women’s Prison. Another 200 prisoners tested positive for the virus in Shandong Province, and dozens more were confirmed in Shilifen prisoners in Zhejiang Province.

China’s senior Communist Party officials continued to urge caution and said that they’ve yet to see a turning point in the outbreak. Local authorities also reminded citizens that there would be legal consequences for failing to abide by the outbreak protocols.

“During the epidemic, we found some individuals who were airing their grievances and disappointment by spitting at members of the public, in lifts, on supermarket merchandise and even at medical staff,” Li Jingsheng, director of the Public Security Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, said. “Others have refused to … wear any protective gear in public places, and have abused and beaten [workers carrying out control measures].”

 

[JerseyGirl]

Wuhan to conduct virus tests in all state-run senior homes

Wuhan has begun testing individuals at local social welfare institutions. The investigation is a response to a Chinese citizens’ complaints on social media that 11 elderly people died from fever and respiratory failure since the quarantine for the new coronavirus began on Jan. 21. Wuhan’s Civil Affairs Bureau reported that at a welfare institute for more than 600 elderly people, there were 12 cases – one worker and 11 among the elderly, including one death. Data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has found the sick and elderly most at risk.

Coronavirus live updates: WHO officials say Iran outbreak 'worrisome,' Lebanon confirms first case

 

[What if...]

I disagree strongly with this comment.

It is clear that healthcare workers can become infected taking care of COVID-19 patients, and can even die. (We don't yet have any information that they would have been considered to have the high-risk conditions of advanced age or other medical conditions that lower immunity)

But there is no information that a "large proportion of infected people were infected AT THE HOSPITAL"

For that to happen, a large proportion of uninfected, asymptomatic people who were free of the virus would have to be taken into the hospital and that is certainly not going on. That would be the antithesis of quarantine.

Your statement is hyperbole.

I will redact that portion of my statement with this post as I can no longer edit the original. I’ll also add that after reading my post again, I should have worded it differently. I didn’t mean that the majority of the 70,000 confirmed infected were infected at the hospital. I’m not even sure the majority were confirmed in a hospital setting.

I should have stated that it’s my opinion that several people were infected at the hospital. I would consider that a logical assumption based on what we know of the virus. We know the hospitals were overwhelmed with patients that were waiting for hours in crowded waiting areas, we now know the virus is airborne, we know it’s highly contagious, and we know 1,700 members of the medical staff have been infected, etc,..

My point of the statement was that after witnessing the progression of the virus on the Diamond Princess, and knowing that the virus is airborne in nature, and can possibly be transmitted through plumbing, etc,... IMO, it’s not a good idea to divide a single facility for care of both the infected and non infected.

Specialized containment rooms that have been built for that specific purpose are different, but I just don’t think retrofitting an existing hospital for segregated viral containment is a good idea at this point.

ALL MOO....

 

[Henry2326]

The U.S. CDC will provide an update on coronavirus at 12:15 p.m. ET

It's a telebriefing for reporters. Members of the public can listen in by calling 888-795-0855 and using passcode 3896719 Coronavirus Disease 2019

Transcript also available afterwards in the following link
Coronavirus Disease 2019

 

[MJPeony]

Is this our “missing” CV patient from the plane? I think they are in San Francisco hospital....
SF Hospital Treating Case of Novel Coronavirus

Forgive me, my brain has gotten overwhelmed as to all of the specific individuals on the different cruise ships and otherwise at this point!

 

[gregjrichards]

Eleven of the 13 'high risk' Diamond Princess cruise ship evacuees in Nebraska test positive for coronavirus, while another 16 others quarantined in California come down with symptoms

Eleven of the 13 'high risk' American cruise ship evacuees test positive for coronavirus | Daily Mail Online

Many thanks to all of you for your news updates and posts.

 

[Medstudies]

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Eleven of the 13 'high risk' Diamond Princess cruise ship evacuees in Nebraska test positive for coronavirus, while another 16 others quarantined in California come down with symptoms

Eleven of the 13 'high risk' American cruise ship evacuees test positive for coronavirus | Daily Mail Online

Many thanks to all of you for your news updates and posts.

BBM You too.

and I just saw this:
Italy Has Its First Local Transmission of COVID-19 as 3 People Test Positive

Three individuals have tested positive for coronavirus in Italy, officials from the Northern Lombardy region said on Friday, raising the total number of cases in the country to six. The individuals had not traveled to China, marking the first instance of local transmission in Italy.

“We have introduced a compulsory quarantine for all those who have been in contact with the patients who tested positive,” Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told reporters.

One of the individuals, a 38-year-old man, is believed to have become infected after meeting regularly with someone who had recently been to China, the Lombardy Chief Giulio Gallera confirmed. His wife subsequently tested positive as did someone who came into contact with the man while engaging in recreational activities.

 

[JerseyGirl]

I'd be curious to know if any Canadian passengers were tested during the flight and found to have the virus, as was with the US and Australia flights:

UPDATE 1-Flight carrying Canadian coronavirus evacuees from cruise ship in Japan lands - minister

A Canadian government-chartered flight carrying 129 Canadians ...

The cruise ... originally had roughly 3,700 passengers, 256 of which were Canadian.

47 Canadians tested positive for the coronavirus and were not permitted to board the flight. Canada said individuals who tested positive before the flight would remain in Japan for medical care.

256 Canadians on the ship
129 flown home
47 tested positive and have to stay in Japan

So where are the other 77 passengers?

 

[Henry2326]

Eleven of the 13 'high risk' Diamond Princess cruise ship evacuees in Nebraska test positive for coronavirus, while another 16 others quarantined in California come down with symptoms

Eleven of the 13 'high risk' American cruise ship evacuees test positive for coronavirus | Daily Mail Online

Many thanks to all of you for your news updates and posts.

CDC just spoke to this. Ill provide transcript later. They expect more to test positive because they are judged as high risk. CDC believes they were asymtomatic on the plane but premature until they receive test results from Japan. Passengers are still in incubation stage.