Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #7

[scandinavian girl]

30-årig svensk man vårdas för coronaviruset | SvD

Second case in Gothenburg, Sweden a 30 year old man.

The Gothenburg patient is the second confirmed case of the Coronavirus in Sweden. The man has been in northern Italy and became ill three days after arriving in Sweden.

 

[Henry2326]

Brazil, Greece, Norway and Georgia detected their first case and Germany confirmed an additional 7 today

Looks like its running amuck in Europe.......

 

[Henry2326]

Coronavirus updates:
- 7 new cases in Bahrain
- 1 new case in Spain's Canary Islands
Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

BNO Newsroom on Twitter

 

[Herat]

I guess we shouldn't assume that brains go along with royalty.....just saying.....
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The Queen’s granddaughter Zara Phillips and her husband, former England rugby player Mike Tindall, will not be self-isolating despite returning from a skiing trip in northern Italy, where a coronavirus outbreak has been spreading.

Phillips and Tindall have come back from a trip to Bormio, a town in the Lombardy region of the Alps in northern Italy.

The couple’s management said the pair were following government guidelines and medical advice, although they currently did not have any symptoms of the infection and so would not be going into self-isolation.

Zara Phillips will not self-isolate after Italy trip | Zara Phillips | The Guardian

OMG - How could the Tindalls be So Stupid?

Please get Her Majesty The Queen way away from these two idiots. She needs a little break in Balmoral for 2 weeks, I think.

And certainly Prince Phillip and Prince Charles & Camilla too

They NEED to self-isolate.

 

[margarita25]

LIVE NOW / Azar:

ETA: Yawn, will wait for the highlights via transcript/press

 

[Reachingfornettles]

OK, so why did WE not have this information?

325 People in Michigan Being Monitored Over Coronavirus: Health Officials
Here in Michigan only heard about this 2 days ago. MSM =censorship=spread

 

[KALI]

I had not even thought about this! Other large cities better get on-board asap. Can you hear me Los Angeles?

NYPD gives cops thousands of face masks in preparation for coronavirus

The department is handing out “thousands upon thousands of gloves, masks and wipes” to city cops to prepare them for an outbreak should it hit Big Apple streets, officials announced Wednesday.

“We put out disinfectant to each and every command. As of now there’s nothing in New York City. But we’ve sat down with counter-terrorism, our doctors, and [discussed] what the threat may be,” the NYPD’s Chief of Department Terence Monahan told reporters during a briefing Wednesday.

“So we’re prepared, our men and women are prepared if and when it hits the city. The equipment’s already been out. We have a lot more in store.”

Monahan said the supplies have been distributed to all of the NYPD’s commands, including officers in patrol, housing and transit units.

 

[Henry2326]

Do we have a location of the newest Coronavirus case and the background?

Nothing yet.....watching for it

 

[SAMS]

325 People in Michigan Being Monitored Over Coronavirus: Health Officials
Here in Michigan only heard about this 2 days ago. MSM =censorship=spread

Wtf. I’m following.

 

[margarita25]

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the mission briefing on COVID-19 - 26 February 2020

26 February 2020

Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends,

First of all, good morning and welcome to our weekly mission briefing on COVID-19. I’m glad that we’re maintaining these regular briefings.

A lot has changed since we briefed you last Wednesday, which illustrates the rapidly evolving nature of this epidemic.

As of 6am Geneva time this morning, China has reported 78,190 cases to WHO, including 2718 deaths.

Yesterday, only 10 new cases were reported in China outside of Hubei province.

But this is no time for complacency. This is a time for continued vigilance.

On Monday, the WHO-China joint mission concluded its visit and delivered its report.

As you also know, the team has traveled to several different provinces, including Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak.

The team has made a range of findings about the transmissibility of the virus, the severity of disease and the impact of the measures taken.

They found that the epidemic peaked and plateaued between the 23rd of January and the 2nd of February, and has been declining steadily since then.

They have found that there has been no significant change in the genetic makeup of the virus.

The team also estimate that the measures taken in China have averted a significant number of cases.

The report contains a wealth of other information, highlights questions for which we still don’t have answers, and includes 22 recommendations.

But the key message that should give all countries hope, courage and confidence is that this virus can be contained.

Indeed, there are many countries that have done exactly that. 14 countries that have had cases have not reported a case for more than a week, and even more importantly, 9 countries have not reported a case for more than two weeks: Belgium, Cambodia, Finland, India, Nepal, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka and Sweden.

But that doesn’t mean that cases may not come back to these countries. But the cases that made it before have been contained.

Outside China, there are now 2,790 cases in 37 countries, and 44 deaths.

Yesterday, the number of new cases reported outside China exceeded the number of new cases in China for the first time.

The sudden increases of cases in Italy, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Korea are deeply concerning.

There are now cases linked to Iran in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait and Oman.

There are now cases linked to Italy in Algeria, Austria, Croatia, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.

Yesterday a joint team between WHO and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control arrived in Rome to review the public health measures that have been put in place and provide technical support.

A WHO team will travel to Iran this weekend to provide support.

The increase in cases outside China has prompted some media and politicians to push for a pandemic to be declared. We should not be too eager to declare a pandemic without a careful and clear-minded analysis of the facts.

WHO has already declared a public health emergency of international concern – our highest level of alarm.

Using the word pandemic carelessly has no tangible benefit, but it does have significant risk in terms of amplifying unnecessary and unjustified fear and stigma, and paralyzing systems.

It may also signal that we can no longer contain the virus, which is not true. We are in a fight that can be won if we do the right things.

Of course, we will not hesitate to use the word pandemic if it is an accurate description of the situation.

We are monitoring the evolution of the epidemic around the clock, 24/7 and are engaging experts internally and externally on this issue.

For the moment, we are not witnessing sustained and intensive community transmission of this virus, and we are not witnessing large-scale severe disease or death.

China has fewer than 80,000 cases in a population of 1.4 billion people. In the rest of the world, there are 2,790 cases, in a population of 6.3 billion.

Do not mistake me: I am not downplaying the seriousness of the situation, or the potential for this to become a pandemic, because it has that potential.

Every scenario is still on the table.

On the contrary, we are saying that this virus has pandemic potential and WHO is providing the tools for every country to prepare accordingly.

The primary objective of all countries with cases must be to contain the virus. As I told you, I read the list of 9 countries who have not reported cases for two weeks. We should do the same: try to contain.

At the same time, all countries, whether they have cases or not, must prepare for a potential pandemic.

Every country needs to be ready to detect cases early, to isolate patients, trace contacts, provide quality clinical care, prevent hospital outbreaks, and prevent community transmission.

There are three priorities:

First, all countries must prioritize protecting health workers.

Second, we must engage communities to protect people who are most at risk of severe disease, particularly the elderly and people with underlying health conditions.

And third, we must protect countries that are the most vulnerable, by doing our utmost to contain epidemics in countries with the capacity to do it.

To support countries, WHO has published operational planning guidelines to support country preparedness and response.

These guidelines provide a step-by-step guide, with concrete actions according to eight areas – or pillars:

Country-level coordination, planning and monitoring;

Risk communication and community engagement;

Surveillance, rapid response teams and case investigation;

Points of entry;

National laboratories;

Infection prevention and control;

Case management;

And operational support and logistics.

The guidelines also include key performance indicators, and the estimated resources needed to prepare for and respond to a cluster of up to 100 cases.

To supplement these operational guidelines, we have also published technical guidance in many of these areas, which are available on our website.

On Saturday I briefed a meeting of health ministers from African Union countries. There are now 41 countries with laboratory capacity for testing for COVID-19, using lab kits sent by WHO. We are working on sending supplies to the other AU countries. There was only one country that was able to test – now 41, but we should make sure that all countries have that capacity.

I’m also pleased to announce that we have appointed six special envoys on COVID-19, to provide strategic advice and high-level political advocacy and engagement in different parts of the world:

Professor Maha El Rabbat, former Minister of Health of Egypt;

Dr David Nabarro, former special adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Sustainable Development Goals;

Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention;

Dr Mirta Roses, former Director of the WHO Region of the Americas, PAHO;

Dr Shin Young-soo, former Regional Director of the WHO Region of the Western Pacific;

And Professor Samba Sow, Director-General of the Center for Vaccine Development in Mali.

We are also continuing to strengthen our coordination with the UN Crisis Management Team. Yesterday the Strategic Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards met, and this afternoon we will have our weekly call with the informal group of experts we have put together to advise us.

I would like to thank all countries and partners that have contributed to the Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan and the Contingency Fund for Emergencies: Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden the United Kingdom, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Vital Strategies and Resolve to Save Lives.

We also recognize the generous pledge of support from the United States Government to assist China and other affected countries to combat and contain COVID-19.

We are now working to distribute these funds as quickly as possible to the priority countries we have identified.

Most of the contributions made so far are pledges, so rather than waiting for funds to be received, we are using our own internal lending mechanism to accelerate the distribution of money.

We look forward to receiving monies pledged as soon as possible, because we have limited funding.

One of the biggest challenges we face is that too many affected countries are still not sharing data with WHO.

WHO cannot provide appropriate public health guidance without disaggregated data and detailed line lists.

We’re communicating with ministers directly, there is some improvement, and we urge all countries to share this data with WHO immediately.

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Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends,

We are not just fighting to contain a virus and save lives. We are also in a fight to contain the social and economic damage a global pandemic could do.

We are working with the World Bank and the IMF to estimate the potential economic impact of the epidemic and develop a strategy and policy options for mitigation. We’re in constant contact with the heads of the two organizations.

Once again, this is a time for global solidarity – political solidarity, technical solidarity and financial solidarity.

That is the only way to prevent infections and save lives.

Thank you again for joining us.

 

[sloane7777]

So do we have a number of self isolating people in the us? so far I'm guessing around 10,000

 

[asyousay]

It’s alarming how this is now spreading though Europe.


About Zara and her husband not self isolating they are royals and not known for their brains. IMO

 

[Reachingfornettles]

So do we have a number of self isolating people in the us? so far I'm guessing around 10,000

I don't think they'll tell us the truth in each state. only three states can test and if it's up to the health department to test them and keep an eye on them and make sure they're at home how are they testing???

 

[Henry2326]

So do we have a number of self isolating people in the us? so far I'm guessing around 10,000

we released it on this thread about 2 weeks ago.....msnbc article....

 

[Henry2326]

BREAKING: Romania confirms first case of coronavirus Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

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[Henry2326]

This attached map highlights current positions..

 

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[Henry2326]

New York (Reuters) - U.S. stocks lost ground with the S&P falling to session lows in a volatile session on investor jitters on Wednesday over the prospect of coronavirus cases in New York after officials said they were monitoring 83 people who visited China.

While health officials in Nassau County, New York, said they were monitoring people that may have come in contact with the coronavirus, the sell-off appeared to ease a little after Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state has had no confirmed cases so far.

"We need to more information before markets have a further correction or get comfortable things won't escalate further," said Jason Draho, head of Americas asset allocation at UBS Global Wealth Management, New York.

S&P 500 falls for fifth session as virus concerns weigh

 

[SAMS]

1010 WINS on Twitter

So happy to see the city getting prepped.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

So do we have a number of self isolating people in the us? so far I'm guessing around 10,000

My neighbor's daughter is going to a party this weekend and a young girl is going to attend the party (20's) and she has just returned from Milan and Venice 3 days ago.

My friend asked me what I thought. Well, I told her first off shouldn't that girl just be a good person and self isolate vs. going to the party?