Body count data

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/20 6:39:54

10:04 am Feb 20

114 new deaths, 394 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection were reported in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 74,576 with 2,118 deaths as of 24:00 Feb 19.

06:33 am Feb 20

Hubei Province reported 349 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 19, with 108 new deaths and 1,209 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 62,031, with 10,337 recovered and 2,029 dead.

01:52 am Feb 20

A foreign national who was recently announced to be Egypt's first case with novel coronavirus has tested negative for the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Egypt's Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

00:26 am Feb 20

Iran reported two confirmed cases of COVID19 infection on Wednesday, the first two in the country.

11:56 pm Feb 19

It is highly likely that the COVID19 will co-exist with human beings for a long term, like the flu: expert in respiratory.

11:54 pm Feb 19

Chinese experts stressed the importance for Japan to control the COVID19 infection as soon as possible given the scheduled visit of Chinese President XiJinping to Japan in spring and the 2020 Olympic Games scheduled for July.

11:45 pm Feb 19

As of Tue, Chinese police have busted some 25 mln counterfeit masks of poor quality, arresting 1,084 suspects in 459 cases concerning medical equipment and fake drugs amid national battle against #COVID19: Ministry of Public Security data.

11:07 pm Feb 19

1,963.58 tons of disinfectants have been dropped into the drainage system and 26 sewage plants across Wuhan, treating wastewater and sludge round the clock to prevent pathogens entering the drainage system.

8:02 pm Feb 19

COVID19 Residents from Hubei asked to recite official notices if found walking on the roads. Residents who lack protection consciousness and don't listen to orders pose dangers to others and put grassroots workers in a dilemma

7:36 pm Feb 19

Brennan urged that all the countries and regions should remain highly cautious and cooperate, as the situation against the coronavirus is changing all the time.

7:35 pm Feb 19

The epidemic has not reached an inflection point yet, Rick Brennan, director of Emergency Operations, WHO, said, commenting on provinces outside Central China's Hubei showing consecutive declines in new infection cases for 15 days.

6:26 pm Feb 19

79 new infection cases with COVID19 were confirmed on the DiamondPrincess cruise ship. So far, a total of 621 people on the cruise ship have been diagnosed with coronavirus: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan.

5:52 pm Feb 19

Private cars in Wuhan, the epicenter of #COVID19, are banned from driving through the city, as a further enhanced measure to curb the spread of the virus.

5:29 pm Feb 19

DiamondPrincess in Yokohama Port, Japan, releases 500 passengers who have no symptoms of COVID19 infection. Japanese government sent shuttle buses to carry these passengers to the nearest transportation point.

5:12 pm Feb 19

SouthKorea appointed Kang Seung-seok as the new Consul General in Wuhan. Kang will depart for Wuhan Wednesday night, aboard a cargo plane carrying relief materials, including medical gloves to aid the city, reported Yonhap News COVID19

4:26 pm Feb 19

Currently, 22 heavy infrastructure projects have been already implemented under the #BRI in Pakistan, and none of these are suspended due to the #COVID19 outbreak: Insider told the Global Times Wednesday

4:08 pm Feb 19

COVID19. According to statistics released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance, the trade balance ran a deficit for three consecutive months: ANN

3:46 pm Feb 19

China has decided to revoke the press cards of three journalists of the Wall Street Journal WSJ in Beijing from Wed over an article with a "racist headline," which slandered China's efforts in fighting the coronavirus outbreak：Chinese FM

3:35 pm Feb 19

Except for Wuhan, other Hubei cities witnessed a marked progress in containing COVID19, as prevention & control measures kicked in. Excluding Wuhan, new cases of recovery exceeded new infections for 4 days in row: National Health Commission

3:27 pm Feb 19

Chinese netizens call on South Korean people to be strong and watch out for outbreak as 15 more COVID19 infection cases were reported in the country, taking the total number to 46. S Korea is one of the countries that donated medical gear to aid China.

2:43 pm Feb 19

2 new cases of COVID19 were confirmed in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The two male patients, in their 70s and 80s, were hospitalized at the same room at the Sagamihara Chuo Hospital where the first death of an infected woman happened in Japan: ANN

1:57 pm Feb 19

COVID19 can transmit through aerosol if the virus existed in an enclosed environment with a high concentration of aerosol for too long: China’s top health body

1:25 pm Feb 19

China's national health commission adds chloroquine phosphate and arbidol as proposed antiviral drugs to treat COVID19, including plasma therapy for patients in critical & severe conditions in its latest version of the treatment plan.

1:05 pm Feb 19

Chinese CDC's latest research detects that there were over 100 COVID19 infections + 15 deaths before December 31, 2019, based on a retrospective investigation of 44,672 confirmed patients.

11:40 am Feb 19

Enhanced preparedness for treating COVID19 patients: #Wuhan will turn 16 universities to quarantine sites to offer 15,000 rooms as a backup, as the city enters the decisive stage of fighting the epidemic

11:12 am Feb 19

Is epidemic inflection point coming? For the first time, the number of discharged COVID19 patients, 1,824, surpassed the confirmed new cases, 1,749, on Tuesday in China.

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/21 9:18:54

9:17 am Feb 21

889 new coronavirus infections, 118 new deaths were reported on Feb 20 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 75,465, with 2,236 deaths.

7:14 am Feb 21

Hubei Province reported 411 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 20, with 115 new deaths and 1,451 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 62,442, with 11,788 recovered and 2,144 dead.

9:14 pm Feb 2

China's domestic tourism revenue is expected to drop by 69 percent in the first quarter due to the coronavirus epidemic; full-year revenue is set to fall about 21 percent to 1.18 trillion yuan ($168.03 billion): China Tourism Academy.

7:53 pm Feb 20

The China-ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting on the coronavirus adopted a joint statement, as foreign ministers of ASEAN countries all highly appreciate China's firm measures to fight the novel coronavirus epidemic, and its highly responsible and transparent manner.

7:23 pm Feb 20

Hubei's previous command system for combating COVID-19 cannot be called "war-time mode," and cannot efficiently lead the battle, said a member of the central government steering group, noting that the system needed improvement, rectification and efficiency.

7:12 pm Feb 20

Iran confirmed that its first two patients died hours after they were confirmed with novel coronavirus infection on Wednesday. These are the first deaths reported in the Middle East: Local media.

7:09 pm Feb 20

Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on the phone with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday. During the conversation, President Xi appreciated South Korea's compassion at the critical moment when Chinese people are fighting COVID19.

6:46 pm Feb 20

Tourism industry in Lijiang of SW China's Yunnan Province resumed operation since Thur as no confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 found in the city in the past 18 days, local authority announced.

6:42 pm Feb 20

Hubei province, epicenter of novel coronavirus pneumonia COVID-19, asked local enterprises to resume work no earlier than midnight March 10 and local schools to postpone.

6:40 pm Feb 20

A South Korean naval sailor in his 20s on the southern island of Jeju was diagnosed Thursday with the novel coronavirus, in the first confirmed case among service personnel in the country, Yonhap News reported citing government officials.

6:12 pm Feb 20

191 migrant workers from the poverty-stricken Huize county of SW China's Yunnan Province, escorted by 14 local government staff, returned to Shaoxing in E China's Zhejiang on Thur to resume work amid the NCP outbreak. Labor export is important for the county to alleviate poverty

5:50 pm Feb 20

A cluster of 36 people in Beijing's Fuxing Hospital were tested positive for COVID-19 infection, the local authority announced Thur. Eight among them are medical staff members, 9 are cleaning or nursing workers, and 19 are either patients or their family members.

5:45 pm Feb 20

3 patients at the Peking University People's Hospital in Beijing were confirmed with COVID-19 infection. A total of 164 people, including medical staff, who had close contacts with them, have been put under close medical observation: authorities

5:00 pm Feb 20

UPDATE: Until 5 pm Thur, Japan has confirmed 711 cases of COVID19 infections, including 621 cases from Diamond Princess: NHK

4:45 pm Feb 20

As of Wednesday, 29 foreigners were confirmed COVID19 infection in China, two died.

4:39 pm Feb 20

South Korea reported its first death amid coronavirus outbreak on Thursday, the total infections in the country hit 104: reports

4:32 pm Feb 20

3 patients at the Peking University People's Hospital in Beijing were confirmed with COVID19 infection. A total of 164 people, including medical staff, who had close contacts with them, have been put under close medical observation: authorities

12:50 pm Feb 20

The first infected case of COVID19 was confirmed in Fukuoka, Japan on Thursday morning. The patient is in his 60s and had no recent overseas travel history. The city is investigating his case: ANN

11:02 am Feb 20

A 7-month-old COVID19 infant has been cured and discharged from a hospital in Shanghai on Thu. The baby girl is believed the youngest patient who was infected with the coronavirus in the city.

10:59 am Feb 20

Two coronavirus patients from Diamond Princess cruise ship died, NHK reported.

10:23 am Feb 20

South Korea reported 31 new cases of COVID19 on Thu, taking the total number of infections to 82, with most new cases centered on the southeastern city of Daegu, Yonhap News reports. This week's surge has raised fears that the virus may have been fast spreading locally.

 

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Update: China's Hubei revises up coronavirus cases number
Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-21 15:15:36|Editor: huaxia

Shoes of medical workers are arranged orderly at Guanggu area of Wuhan-based Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)

Hubei reports 631 new confirmed cases after the revision.

WUHAN, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Hubei Province, center of the novel coronavirus outbreak, reported 631 new confirmed cases and 115 new deaths Thursday, according to the provincial health commission Friday.

The commission revised up the number of confirmed cases by 220.

The commission said on Thursday night, it received written reporting of 271 confirmed cases from the province's prison system that is not connected to the infectious diseases online reporting system.

After further check and verification, it found 51 cases have been counted in the earlier figure and the rest 220 cases were not counted. The prison system also had 10 suspected cases.

After the revision, the total confirmed cases in the hard-hit province had reached 62,662. Wuhan, the provincial capital, recorded a total of 45,346 confirmed cases.

The province also saw 1,451 patients discharged from hospital after recovery on Thursday, bringing the total number of discharged patients in the province to 11,788.

Among the 42,056 hospitalized patients, 8,979 were still in severe condition and another 2,018 in critical condition.

 

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/22 0:53:54

8:40 am Feb 22

397 new coronavirus infections, 109 new deaths were reported on Feb 21 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 76,288, with 2,345 deaths.

Hubei Province reported 366 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 21, with 106 new deaths and 1,767 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 63,454, with 13,557 recovered and 2,250 dead.

11:50 pm Feb 21

The WHO-led team of international experts in China will travel to coronavirus epicenter city of Wuhan on Saturday and investigate the outbreak, WHO announced on Friday.

8:50 pm Feb 21

Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, plans to build another 19 makeshift hospitals to receive more infected patients, local authorities said Friday.

7:36 pm Feb 21

Israel confirms first case of coronavirus, after one of the passengers on virus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess returned to the country on Thursday:Jerusalem Post

5:52 pm Feb 21

A coronavirus patient from Chengdu who had been cured and discharged from hospital, was found nucleic-acid positive on the 10th day after returning home, the health commission in Sichuan Province said Fri.

1:53 pm Feb 21

Director of Wuhan Women's Prison was removed from position for failing to fulfill the duties amid the outbreak of COVID-19 after 230 infection cases were found in the prison: Hubei Daily

12:58 pm Feb 21

COVID-19 epicenter Hubei Province corrected its Thursday new infection data from 411 to 631, adding new infections in prisons which was 220 as reported by Thursday, local health commission said on Friday noon.

12:54 pm Feb 21

The US military in South Korea has raised its danger level and urgently blocked all bases and facilities in Daegu due to the COVID-19 spread. A large-scale cluster of infections was found in Daegu, with 78 confirmed cases reported in a local church: media reports

12:40 pm Feb 21

All 18 confirmed #COVID19 cases in #Qinghai Province have been discharged from hospital as of Friday morning.

11:36 am Feb 21

As of Thursday, there were more than 100 recovered patients who donated blood plasma for #COVID19, helping treating 240 patients in critical and severe conditions: vice minister of science and technology

11:23 am Feb 21

China is following five technological development routes for #vaccines for #COVID19, and some parts of the process have entered the phase of animal tests.

10:48 am Feb 21

The #Japanese city of Yokohama announced on Thursday evening that a new case of #COVID19 had been confirmed in the city, bringing its total confirmed cases to 2: media reports

10:45 am Feb 21

Outside #Hubei, numbers of new infections rebounded after 16-day consecutive drop. On Thursday, Shandong reported 202 new cases including 200 in Rencheng prison. Zhejiang reported 28 with 27 from Shilifeng prison. New cases in these two provinces accounted for 89% of the total.

10:29 am Feb 21

A COVID-19 vaccine is expected to enter clinical trials as soon as late April: Ministry of Science and Technology

10:11 am Feb 21

Epicenter Wuhan sees daily new recoveries surpass new infections. Xianning and Shennongjia in Central China’s Hubei have zero new infections, and more places reported new infection numbers below 10, Friday’s newly unveiled data showed.

10:05 am Feb 21

Two officials were removed from their posts in a Zhejiang prison that has reported 27 confirmed COVID-19 cases. 28 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in East China’s Zhejiang Province on Thursday, including 27 in Shilifeng Prison, bringing the province’s total cases to 1,203. The total confirmed #COVID19 cases in Shilifeng Prison have reached 34.

10:00 am Feb 21

Xie Weijun, Shandong Provincial Justice Department Party chief, was removed from his position for failing to fulfill his duties in COVID-19 prevention and control work in a local prison in Rencheng.

9:47 am Feb 21

South Korea reported 52 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, a sharp daily increase, bringing its total infections to 156 after the country reportedly confirmed a ‘super-spreader’ incident that sent over 1000 into quarantine: reports

9:40 am Feb 21

South Korean authorities confirmed they have identified a novel coronavirus super-spreader, who caused at least 39 to become infected and 1,001 to be quarantined at home.

 

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2020-02-19: Epidemic Mitigation Time Forecast (Covid-19)
2020-02-19
Time trends and model predictions of confirmed cases across the country

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2020-02-19: Epidemic Mitigation Time Forecast (Covid-19) - Covid-19: Epidemic Reports

2020-02-22: Epidemic Mitigation Time Forecast (Covid-19) - Covid-19: Epidemic Reports
2020-02-22

Time trends and model predictions of confirmed cases across the country

https://twitter.com/x/status/1231014304796643330

 

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/22 19:35:54

10:00 am Feb 23

648 new coronavirus infections, 97 new deaths were reported on Feb 22 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 76,936, with 2,442 deaths.

7:20 am Feb 23

Hubei Province reported 630 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 22, with 96 new deaths and 1,742 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 64,084 with 15,299 recovered and 2,346 dead.

7:25 pm Feb 22

After COVID19 patients are discharged from hospitals, they will undergo another 14-day mandatory quarantine at a designated location under medical observation, said Wuhan authority on Saturday.

7:24 pm Feb 22

China asks all its companies to stop using biometric identification systems amid the coronavirus outbreak. The systems use fingerprints to verify who is clocking in and clocking out of work, and may increase the risk of virus transmission. COVID19

6:40 pm Feb 22

East China's Zhejiang Province achieved a breakthrough in the novel coronavirus vaccine on Sat. Antibodies have been tested in the first batch of lab rats: Zhejiang Science and Technology Department

6:39 pm Feb 22

A new study by Chinese researchers indicates that the novelcoronavirus may start human-to-human transmissions in late November from places other than Huanan seafood market.

6:13 pm Feb 22

Iran has reported one more death as a result of coronavirus infection ( COVID19 ), bringing the country's total number of deaths to five and infections to 28.

5:56 pm Feb 22

Dangdang, a Chinese e-commerce company selling books, was summoned by Beijing authorities after an employee was confirmed with coronavirus infection on Thursday, following work resumption. 66 related people are now under quarantine.

5:49 pm Feb 22

Italy has reported its second death as a result of complications from new coronavirus, Italian news agency ANSA said on Saturday. The new wave of cases in Italy's northern regions has triggered closures of shops, offices and community centers.

5:35 pm Feb 22

Samsung Electronics says it has shut its mobile device factory in Gumi, SouthKorea, as one coronavirus case was confirmed in its facility: Reuters

4:49 pm Feb 22

5 inter-provincial transit stations have been built around Wuhan. Goods transported from other places can be delivered, avoiding direct contact with Wuhan personnel so that freight drivers do not need to be quarantined, said Cao Guangjing, vice governor of Hubei. COVID19

4:49 pm Feb 22

No foreign nationals or residents from Hong Kong or Macau in Shanghai are infected with coronavirus. The city has set up meetings with foreign consulates and issued 450 notices in five foreign languages to inform foreigners about COVID19: Shanghai govt.

4:40 pm Feb 22

Stocks of daily necessities are sufficient and the supply chain is smooth. A non-contact mechanism is promoted across communities and coverage of those who cannot make online purchases (elderly, physically impaired groups) is underlined in grassroots work in Hubei amid COVID19.

4:26 pm Feb 22

Medical supplies including N95 masks and protective suits in Hubei are still deficient due to increasing numbers of patients and medical personnel. Some 38,000 medics have arrived in Hubei to join the battle against COVID19.

04:22 pm Feb 22

Breaking: SouthKorea reports 87 more cases of the novel coronavirus. The country's total has soared to 433.

4:10 pm Feb 22

5 billion yuan ($711million) worth of medical supplies have been imported to China, via e-commerce platforms, including 1.37 billion masks and 15.53 million protective suits: Ministry of Commerce

3:50 pm Feb 22

The shocking 27-day incubation case reported Friday happened in Shennongjia, a county in Hubei that was the first place in the province to report zero infections amid the COVID19 outbreak.

3:47 pm Feb 22

7 cruise ships, instead of the five previously reported by GT, were expropriated by Wuhan. In the coming days, 6 more cruise ships will arrive in Wuhan to provide rooms for medical staff who have traveled to support the city as it fights the epidemic. COVID19

3:40 pm Feb 22

Over 66% of China's delivery services has resumed operations. China Post, SF Express and JD Logistics have achieved 100% work resumption amid the COVID19: Ministry of Transportation.

3:07 pm Feb 22

The work resumption rate of IC, biomedicine and other pillar industries in Shanghai now exceeds 80%. Over 90% of key service industries resumed work: official.

3:04 pm Feb 22

Almost 4,500 medical staff, from 14 provinces and municipalities, have been dispatched to cities in Hubei since Thursday to reinforce the treatment of COVID19 patients.

3:01 pm Feb 22

More foreign-invested companies in Shanghai have resumed operations amid the #coronavirus outbreak: 90% from service industries 70% from manufacturing industries 90% of fortune 500 companies 93% of multinational corporate headquarters 87% of foreign-invested R&D centers

2:49 pm Feb 22

China's economic growth could slow to 5.3%-5.9% in 2020 due to the COVID19 epidemic, predicted former Chinese central bank adviser, Li Daokui. He is currently a faculty at the Tsinghua University. Li has downgraded the forecast from a previous 6.1%.

2:45 pm Feb 22

34 frontline workers at Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan were quickly admitted to the CPC after a review of their performances. They swore an oath to the Party flag on Fri, saying they were "ready to sacrifice for the people" in the fight against COVID19.

2:33 pm Feb 22

The World TableTennis Championships set to take place in Busan next month have been thrown into doubt since two more confirmed coronavirus cases were reported in the city. A decision on whether the tournament can go ahead will be made after a Saturday meeting. COVID19

2:25 pm Feb 22

SouthKorea is set to discharge one more fully recovered coronavirus patient from hospital, Yonhap News reports. So far, the country has discharged 17 fully recovered novel coronavirus patients from hospitals.

2:01 pm Feb 22

After a shocking 27-day incubation period, a 70-year-old man in Hubei began to develop a fever and tested positive for COVID19 on Feb 21. The generally accepted maximum incubation period is 14 days.

1:51 pm Feb 22

Venezuela stands in solidarity with the Chinese people, and the fight against coronavirus is in favor of humanity, Venezuelan Minister for Culture, Ernesto Villegas said Thursday in Caracas, Xinhua reports COVID19

1:29 pm Feb 22

48,000 subsidiary companies of Chinese central SOEs, accounting for 86.4% of total, have resumed production amid the COVID19 epidemic. 20,000 are outward operation companies, accounting for 88.4% of that category: SASAC

12:31 pm Feb 22

Top epidemiologist ZhongNanshan's team detected traces of novel coronavirus in a patient's urine, shedding light on the transmission and prevention of the epidemic. COVID19

12:02 pm Feb 22

20 provinces and regions across China, reported zero confirmed new cases of COVID19 on Feb 21, with Tibet topping the list of consecutive zero case days. The autonomous region hasn't reported any confirmed or suspected new case for the 23rd consecutive day.

12:00 pm Feb 22

China does not currently have the basis for long-term inflation or deflation, although the COVID19 outbreak and other factors may disrupt commodity prices at a later stage: Liu Guoqiang, deputy governor of China's central bank.

11:10 am Feb 22

Death toll from novel coronavirus rises to 4 in Iran

11:00 am Feb 22

The number of confirmed COVID19 cases in prisons across #Hubei has risen to 272 as of Saturday.

10:21 am Feb 22

South Korea reports 142 more cases of novel coronavirus on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 346, with 2 deaths, according to Yonhap News.

10:20 am Feb 22

Coronavirus cases in the US rose to at least 34 on Friday, including 21 cases among repatriated individuals, as well as 13 US cases.

9:57 am Feb 22

Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers have postponed volunteer training due to the coronavirus outbreak but reiterated that there are no plans to cancel the Games

9:45 am Feb 22

As of Saturday, more than 20,000 COVID-19 patients in China have been discharged from hospitals after recovery. February 21 is the 10th consecutive day that saw the discharge of over thousand patients, with 2393 cases.

9:11 am Feb 22

3 new confirmed COVID-19 cases are reported in Beijing as of Saturday, making the total infection number in the capital 399.

 

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2020-02-22: Epidemic Mitigation Time Forecast (Covid-19) - Covid-19: Epidemic Reports
2020-02-22

Time trends and model predictions of confirmed cases across the country

https://twitter.com/x/status/1231014304796643330

China has already won the battle according to the red dotted line, with total cases flat lining at just below 80,000 and no new cases from today onward.

A bit odd that the observed total of confirmed and suspected cases was above that line yesterday, but no model is perfect.

The trajectory of the green and yellow lines indicate that sometime around March 11th there will be no current active cases of COVID-19 in China. Adding in up to three weeks for its long incubation period, sometime in late March or early April China will be clear of COVID-19, by which time all quarantine and travel restrictions would have been lifted.

 

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/24 11:20:06

11:19 am Feb 24

Priority is given to children of COVID-19 medical staff in the recruitment process for more than 3,000 jobs in China's top 500 enterprises, following an initiative put forward by the Business Federation of Hubei Province.

11:16 am Feb 24

Expanding employment will be given priority in China’s economic development amid COVID-19 outbreak. While policies are being implemented to support small- and micro-firms, innovation will be encouraged to increase jobs: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security

11:12 am Feb 24

The draft law on imposing a blanket ban on illegal wildlife trade was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation Mon.

10: 50 am Feb 24

Hubei Province reported 398 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 23, with 149 new deaths and 1,439 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 64,287 with 16,738 recovered and 2,495 dead.

409 new coronavirus infections, 150 new deaths were reported on Feb 23 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 77,150, with 2,592 deaths.

10:47 am Feb 24

China’s face masks production capacity reached 110.3%, and a total of 570 million face masks were produced during the past 20 days: Cong Liang, an official with National Development and Reform Commission

10:45 am Feb 24

Business resumption rate in E China's Zhejiang Province reached 90%, while in other key provinces like Jiangsu & Guangdong it is over 70%, as China’s large-scale enterprises ramp up efforts to resume operations: National Development & Reform Commission

10:34 am Feb 24

The local government of Huangshi in Hubei Province made public the phone numbers of 110 cadres on Sunday in a bid to elevate public supervision and information transparency amid the COVID-19 epidemic.

10:24 am Feb 24

The General Administration of Customs will accelerate negotiations on market access for food and agricultural products to ensure a steady supply and stable prices in China amid COVID-19.

10:18 am Feb 24

China-WHO joint expert group visited Wuhan Tongji Hospital, a Fang Cang makeshift hospital, and provincial CDC to learn more about COVID-19 prevention and control work: National Health Commission

10:01 am Feb 24

The Tibet Autonomous Region has not reported any new confirmed or suspected COVID-19 case for 25 consecutive days. There are zero confirmed cases in Tibet at present.

9:58 am Feb 24

Guizhou Province on Monday adjusted its COVID-19 emergency response level from a first-level public health emergency to third-level.

9:53 am Feb 24

China's General Administration of Customs vowed to enhance joint efforts with various departments to crack down on wild animal trafficking. The novel coronavirus, based on current research, originated from bats and was transferred to humans.

9:50 am Feb 24

S. China's Guangdong Province has adjusted its emergency response level for the prevention and control of COVID-19 from a first-level to second-level. Five other provinces have recently lowered their levels.

9:47 am Feb 24

Zhumadian in Central China's Henan Province cut the minimum down payment from 30% to 20% on Friday in a move to stabilize its property market amid the coronavirus outbreak. It is the first Chinese city to do so.

9:25 am Feb 24

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan urges Hubei Province and Wuhan government to enforce stricter measures to protect children and the elderly amid COVID-19 control efforts, including green channels.

9:05 am Feb 24

Epidemic center Hubei Province decides to promote four cadres with outstanding performance amid COVID-19, to inspire more officials especially Party members to fight against coronavirus.

8:57 am Feb 24

No cases of COVID-19 infection were reported in #Beijing on Sunday. The city reported 30 new suspected cases while 9 patients were cured and discharged from hospital.

8:30 am Feb 24

"The whole city is behind you." Government of Shanghai sends a letter of consolation to its 1,640 medical staff in Hubei fighting against coronavirus on Monday. Shanghai reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.

5:00 pm Feb 23

By 5:30pm Sunday (UCT+9), Japan reported 773 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 634 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship and four other new infections: NHK

4:58 pm Feb 23

Several civil servants were reprimanded after large crowds of people drank tea gathering at public places on Friday in Guangyuan city of SW China's Sichuan Province. The spread of COVID-19 has not yet been subdued, raising fears of continuous infection.

4:35 pm Feb 23

Shanghai Stock Exchange launches online listing ceremony amid virus attack; Wuhan-based snack brand Bestore will be the first to debut through an online ceremony on Monday coronavirus

4:30 pm Feb 23

South Korea reported 46 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday bringing the total number to 602: South Korea's CDC

4:05 pm Feb 23

Negative impacts from the novel #coronavirus on China's coal output has been basically eliminated. Coal production capacity in operation was 3.17 billion tons by Saturday, with the resumption rate at 76.5%: China's National Energy Administration COVID-19

3:41 pm Feb 23

South Korea raises the COVID-19 alert to the highest level after at least four deaths were reported in the country due to the virus.

3:16 pm Feb 23

Shanghai just launched a pilot project to include qualified online health-care providers into the city's medical insurance scheme. Patients will obtain the same reimbursement as their peers seeking offline hospital treatment, amid coronavirus outbreak: official

3:03 pm Feb 23

R.I.P Xia Sisi, a 29-year-old doctor from gastroenterology department at Wuhan Caidian district People's Hospital, died of COVID-19 on Sunday.

2:48 pm Feb 23

Shanghai employees unable to pay home loans on time due to the coronavirus will not be counted as loan defaults from Feb to Jun: officials from Shanghai Housing Provident Fund

2:03 pm Feb 23

The likelihood of Israeli citizens being infected with the COVID-19 has "risen significantly," said Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov on Sat, after 9 S.Koreans tested positive for coronavirus after a visit to Israel.

1:47 pm Feb 23

Italy implemented city-wide lockdown measures in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto amid growing fears of COVID-19 spreading: reports

1:33 pm Feb 23

Former deputy MD of IMF Zhu Min: Shrinking consumption may shave off 3-4 percentage points of China's Q1 GDP growth due to COVID-19. Online retail consumption is expected to drop 17% y-o-y, catering services 60% between Jan & Feb. Consumption will rebound, but effort is needed.

1:25 pm Feb 23

Wartime management measures were implemented by SW China's Sichuan and NE China's Heilongjiang provinces in prisons and drug rehabs amid the COVID-19 outbreak on Sun. Several prisons in Zhejiang, Shandong and Hubei provinces had suffer from epidemic outbreaks.

11:08 am Feb 23

COVID-19 updates: 21 regions outside Hubei reported zero new cases as of Sunday while all provinces and municipalities outside Hubei have 18 new infections in total, official data showed.

11:06 am Feb 23

The amount of recovered cases exceeded 1,000 for 11 consecutive days nationally since February 12, Also recoveries surpassed 2,000 for three days in a row: official data

10:53 am Feb 23

Apple supplier Foxconn's factory in Zhengzhou said it would award 7000 yuan to back-to-work staff and give bonuses in stages to workers who clock in for up to 55 days. Foxconn rolled out incentives to encourage workers to return to their posts amid the COVID19: media reports

10:50 am Feb 23

Wu Lei, former deputy Party chief of Shandong Provincial Justice Department, is now appointed head of the provincial prison management bureau, after the former head was sacked following clusters of infection occurring in local prisons with over 200 confirmed cases.

10:38 am Feb 23

The onslaught of coronavirus has inflicted trillions of yuan in losses on the Chinese economy. China needs to spend 200b yuan ($28.47b) to 300b yuan to improve its public health system: Huang Qifan, influential economic policymaker & former Chongqing mayor

 

[patero]

The 409 new cases today in China are 409 more than the model posted earlier predicted. Although the official numbers in China appear to be decreasing, I don't think the model was realistic as indicated by the fact there are any new cases. And that assumes that the official numbers are accurate, there are factors probably obscuring accurate data (intentional or not, depends on what any of us want to believe).

A simpler way to get a handle on the situation in China is to judge the government by its actions, not its words. If the numbers are accurate, then by early April we will see all quarantine measures lifted and life return to normal in China. Prematurely declaring victory while the virus is still spreading however would be disastrous.

 

[JSCh]

Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/24 20:35:06

8:43 am Feb 25

508 new coronavirus infections, 61 new deaths were reported on Feb 24 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 77,658, with 2,663 deaths.

Hubei Province reported 499 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 24, with 68 new deaths and 2,116 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 64,786 with 18,854 recovered and 2,563 dead.

8:34 pm Feb 24

The WHO's conclusion: China is restoring economic and social order while continuing epidemic control. In some major cities, restrictions should be lifted progressively: WHO-China Joint Mission

8:32 pm Feb 24

Changes Bruce Aylward from WHO-China Joint Mission sees:
1 Wuhan hospitals see growing space to treat patients
2 A clinic Aylward visited, for example, saw patients with fever dropping from its peak of 46,000 to 13,000
3 Overall numbers of infections in China are dropping

8:31 pm Feb 24

More than 90 percent of the 3,387 medics who contracted COVID-19 in China came from Hubei Province

8:24 pm Feb 24

The possibility for recovered patients to be re-infected with the COVID-19 is very slim: Zhong Nanshan, top Chinese epidemiologist

8:08 pm Feb 24

There are now 3,000 medical staff infected with COVID-19 nationwide. Most of medical staff infections are in Wuhan due to lack of understanding of COVID-19 and lack of protective supplies in the beginning: Liang

COVID-19 infection of different severity, according to WHO
80% -- milder
about 13% -- severe
about 6% -- critical

7:56 pm Feb 24

A major finding on the coronavirus itself: coronavirus has not significantly mutated. The animal host has not been confirmed, a bat or a pangolin could be the host: Liang Wannian, Chinese expert of WHO-China Mission on COVID-19

1-5% of close contacts with coronavirus patients were later confirmed to be infected as survey showed: WHO-China Mission on COVID-19 study

5:41 pm Feb 24

On Monday, Japan confirmed 844 cases of COVID-19, including 691 from Diamond Princess cruise ship. Two other staff members of Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare who dealt with the cruise ship issue, are among the confirmed new infections: NHK

5:10 pm Feb 24

Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued an advisory on Monday, asking Chinese tourists not to travel to the US for safety reasons. The ministry cited the US' unfair treatment to Chinese tourists, due to its overreaction to the epidemic and the US domestic security situation.

5:07 pm Feb 24

China's top political advisory body the CPPCC suggests postponing its annual session scheduled to start on March 3, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

4:32 pm Feb 24

China's top legislature approves postponement of annual legislative session, thorough ban on illegal wildlife trade

4:25 pmFeb 24

Pudong New Area of Shanghai will reduce over 1bn yuan in rent for enterprise tenants amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The policy will cover about 8,000 enterprises. Some centrally administered SOEs, private & #foreign firms said they would cut rents to help SMEs: Shanghai official

4:01 pm Feb 24

Afghanistan confirms the first case of coronavirus: agencies

3:54 pm Feb 24

North Korea has quarantined nearly 380 foreigners across the country, and the Pyongyang Marathon scheduled in April is canceled amid the COVID-19 outbreak, although no case of infection has been reported in North Korea as of yet: reports

3:51 pm Feb 24

Wuhan retracts lockdown exemption announcement, saying it was released before final approval of the epidemic control command office

3:04 pm Feb 24

S.Korea postpones the start of K-league football season over virus outbreak: KFA

2:58 pm Feb 24

By February 13, 12 new projects worth of 20 billion yuan were signed online at Lingang New Area of Shanghai amid COVID-19 outbreak, Shanghai official said Mon. More 5G, 3rd generation semiconductor and AI projects are under negotiation.

2:35 pm Feb 24

The first case of COVID-19 is reported in Bahrain, the state news agency said on Monday, citing the health ministry. The patient is a Bahraini national who traveled back from Iran.

2:33 pm Feb 24

Kuwait reports 3 cases of novel coronavirus among people who have traveled to Iran, according to state news agency Kuna

2:17 pm Feb 24

China's Ministry of Commerce has called on other WTO members to remove "unnecessary restrictive measures" that were imposed on China, as a significant majority of Chinese provinces and cities have made marked progress in containing COVID-19.

2:05 pm Feb 24

Wuhan city, the widely-believed source of the novel coronavirus epidemic or COVID-19, made a decision Monday to allow city residents not infected with the virus to exit for urgent operations in other cities.

12:24 pm Feb 24

6 Hubei cities, including Huanggang & Jingzhou, reported zero confirmed new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The cases of COVID-19 in prisons were also included in the city-level report.

12:08 pm Feb 24

Wuhan has eased lockdown by allowing stranded personnel to leave the city, if not under medical observation or quarantine. Wuhan dwellers and vehicles from outside the city could return after following necessary procedures.

12:00 pm Feb 24

24 provincial-level regions across China report zero new cases of COVID-19 infection on Monday.

 

[JSCh]

Battle against the epidemic being won, says Nobel prizewinner
By ANDREW MOODY | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-02-25 07:29

Blue Sky Rescue team members disinfect a community in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, Feb 22, 2020. [Photo by Wang Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]

China is winning the war against the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, according to Nobel prizewinner Michael Levitt.

He believes the rate of progression of the virus, as measured by the number of new deaths each day, has peaked.

His latest analysis, which uses data up to Sunday, predicts that the final death toll from the virus in Hubei province will be 3,050, with 200 deaths in the rest of China.

"Contrary to the prevailing world hysteria, the epidemic is almost all over in China," he said.

Since the start of this month, Levitt, a professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine in the United States, has been carrying out a daily analysis of figures on the outbreak released by China and the World Health Organization.

"We are getting a better idea of what is actually happening, either mathematically or at least numberswise. The numbers seem to make more and more sense," he said.

"I was very surprised by the level of alarm in the world, because the death rate outside Hubei province was something like 0.2 percent, so I thought I should try to calm people by doing my own analysis of the data," he said.

"I started by just sending it off to friends, and then somebody translated it into Chinese without me knowing and I was suddenly inundated by emails. Now, I do a daily update," Levitt said.

This has brought him considerable worldwide attention, including appearances on State broadcaster China Global Television Network.

Nobel chemistry laureate Michael Levitt addresses the traditional Nobel gala banquet at the Stockholm City Hall in this Dec 10, 2013 file photo. [Photo/Agencies]

Levitt, who won the Nobel prize for chemistry in 2013 with Martin Karplus and Arieh Warshel for work on developing models for complex chemical systems, stressed that he is not a viral specialist, but a molecular biologist making extensive use of computer modeling.

"I'm not an epidemiologist, but a structural biologist. My work is essentially in computing, and anyone in the area of epidemiology could say, 'Oh well, what does he know?' " he said.

Speaking from his home in California, Levitt said he believes that numbers are important in terms of assessing progression of the virus.

"We haven't even got big data. We are working with small data, but we can still see a lot," he said. "What I am identifying is the mathematics of spread and mathematics of exponential growth.

"We're assuming that the whole thing obeys very simple mathematical rules, such as sigmoid growth (where growth is like an S-shaped curve－slow at the start, then exponential before leveling off). It doesn't need to follow the rules, but it has behaved well so far. I believe the numbers are capturing some underlying trend."

His latest analysis predicts there will be a total of 65,000 cases in Hubei and 15,000 in the rest of China.

Levitt said the figures show that the death rate in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, is higher than in the rest of Hubei and other cities in China.

He believes this could be linked to the difference in the molecular structure of the virus that infected people at a wet market in Wuhan and that passed on in subsequent human-to-human transmission.

"A virus made in an animal will have the same protein and nucleic acid as a virus made in a human, but viruses also have polysaccharides－a sugar-liquid coating," he said "The virus you get from a humanoid is, in effect, sugar-coated, whereas a virus caught from the original host would not be. This might be why one is more lethal than the other."

Levitt, who was born in South Africa, had a long association with Francis Crick, the co-discover of DNA－or deoxyribonucleic acid－when he was at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom and then at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, California, in the 1970s.

"I worked for Francis Crick very early in my career, but then when he moved to the Salk Institute, by pure chance I ended up working with him again. He was also a close family friend. He was amazing," he said.

Crick, 88, died in July, 2004.

Levitt has been spending about two months a year in China. He met his second wife, Shoshan, an Israeli, in China and they married in Shanghai in March last year. She is a curator of Chinese art and teaches Hebrew at Peking University, while Levitt is an adviser at a number of universities.

"I became much more interested in China, and seeing the country through the eyes of somebody who has lived there made it very different," he said.

"I know so many people in China－newspaper people, artists, politicians, chefs. It is a much 'flatter' society, than, say, Britain or the United States."

He also knows people in Wuhan, which is one of the reasons he wanted to become involved in analyzing data from the outbreak.

Levitt said he is appalled by the xenophobia some Chinese are experiencing and by travel restrictions imposed by countries such as Australia and the US, contrary to World Health Organization advice.

"It's crazy. Travel bans don't help at all. I think all this punishment just leads to under-reporting, and it's not a good idea."

He said the epidemic is receiving far more attention than the H1N1 outbreak that began in the US in 2009.

It is important to get the risks from the current outbreak in proportion, he added.

"The death rate if you contract the virus is 2 percent. I am 73 years old now, and I have a similar risk of dying every year. That's life," he said.

"People are getting regular flu all the time. I think that in the US we have 80,000 deaths a year from it, and I'm sure that in China it's at least five times that－probably more, since people tend to smoke more there."

While Levitt agrees that people need to take measures to prevent infection, these have to be followed through if they are going to work.

"There is no point in washing your hands if you then pick up your phone. You need to use alcohol wipes for your phone as well," he said.

He added that if there are any lessons to be learned about the current outbreak, it is the vulnerability of an increasingly global society to pandemics, particularly with increasing antibiotic resistance among certain bacteria.

"It is particularly worrying because the financial models of big pharmaceutical companies in the Western world mean they are no longer interested in drugs that you take for only 10 days, such as antibiotics," he said.

"The big money-making drugs are anti-cancer ones that you can give to somebody to extend their life for, let's say, a year. If somebody has the money, then a year of life is easily worth half a million dollars. I hope countries like China and India have a different model to this and focus on antibiotics and also vaccines for fighting this virus."

 

[JSCh]

Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/25 17:08:06

9:43 am Feb 26

Hubei Province reported 401 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 25, with 52 new deaths and 2,058 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 65,187 with 20,912 recovered and 2,615 dead.

406 new coronavirus infections, 52 new deaths were reported on Feb 26 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 78,064, with 2,715 deaths.

11:39 pm Feb 25

First COVID19 infection in Switzerland reported in Italian-speaking area of canton Ticino.

9:50 pm Feb 25

The Iranian Embassy in China confirmed with GT on Tuesday that news about the resignation of Iran's Health Minister is fake following media reports that the country's deputy health minister had tested positive for coronavirus.

6:18 pm Feb 25

National Medical Products Administration said all vaccines must undergo clinical tests, in response to a Tianjin University announcement claiming they had successfully developed a vaccine for COVID19.

5:06 pm Feb 25

All visitors, foreigners and Chinese, departing from Japan and South Korea will be sent to hotels for a 14-day mandatory quarantine starting from Tue. when they arrive in Weihai of East China's Shandong in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.

4:43 pm Feb 25

Chinese FM confirmed Tue that one of the three WSJ journalists whose press credentials were revoked last week, is in COVID-19 epicenter Wuhan. Therefore, out of humanitarian consideration, the journalist has been allowed to stay until the situation is feasible to leave China.

4:01 pm Feb 25

A total of 21 foreign investment projects, worth over $1.7 billion have been signed in the Pudong New Area, Shanghai on Tue despite the COVID-19 outbreak, involving automotive aftermarket services, medical devices, intelligent manufacturing, asset management, and other areas.

3:45 pm Feb 25

China's top economic planner called on authorities at county levels, outside Hubei & Beijing, to conduct a detailed COVID-19 risk assessment & categorize them in high, medium, low to resume production. They are asked to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach.

3:36 pm Feb 25

Cutting-edge tech to combat COVID-19 virus. 3D-printed protective gear, developed by Beijing University of Chemical Technology, has reportedly been produced to combat the disease, and it is expected to aid in realizing mass production.

3:11 pm Feb 25

South Korea vows to test 200,000 sect members as a wild coronavirus outbreak fear hit the country. The Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the sect, has agreed to provide the authorities with the names of all its members in the country.

2:41 pm Feb 25

East China's Anhui, downgraded its COVID-19 emergency response level from the highest to the second level, becoming the seventh region to lower its emergency level in recent days, indicating visible results from the prevention and control work.

2:33 pm Feb 25

Japanese nationals are advised to return to homeland asap, and to delay their journeys to China, preventing transmission between the two countries, the Japanese Embassy in Beijing told the Global Times Tuesday. Japan has confirmed over 850 infections

2:24 pm Feb 25

HKSAR govt confirms all schools in the city to remain shut until after April 20 amid COVID-19 outbreak: reports

2:19 pm Feb 25

HKSAR govt issues quarantine orders on Tue for HK residents returning from South Korea's Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do in the past 14 days, ordering them to stay in quarantine centers. Residents returning from other regions of S Korea, to undergo 14-day medical surveillance.


12:33 pm Feb 25

Strictest control of personnel outflow continues in COVID-19 epicenter Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, the National Health Commission announced Tuesday.

12:26 pm Feb 25

A 56-year-old woman in SW China's Sichuan Province was confirmed with novel coronavirus infection Monday. She tested negative eight times in nucleic acid diagnosis.

12:05 pm Feb 25

A fourth death, a Japanese passenger of the Diamond Princess who was in his 80s, was confirmed Tuesday. It is not yet known if he was infected with COVID-19: ANN

11:59 am Feb 25

Hubei Provincial Party Committee posthumously honored doctor Liu Zhiming, the first hospital director, who passed away amid COVID-19 battle, as outstanding CPC Party member.

11:45 am Feb 25

World Table Tennis Championships, originally scheduled in Busan, South Korea from March 22-29, have been postponed and rescheduled to June 21-28 amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

11:25 am Feb 25

US drugmaker Gilead applied for 8 patents in China, of which three have been approved as the firm is conducting clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment.
@WHO experts said Mon night Gilead's Remdesivir might be the only effective pharmaceutical measure to combat coronavirus.

10:50 am Feb 25

Starting from Monday, Qingdao has arranged designated vehicles to shuttle all foreign visitors arriving in the city, to their homes, except those requiring quarantine or observation. Designated hotels will be arranged for visitors on short-term trips or business travels

10:37 am Feb 25

Hunchun, a city bordering China and North Korea in northeast China’s Jilin, imposes 14-day mandatory quarantine for all foreign returnees to the city amid COVID-19 outbreak. Designated quarantine zones will be arranged for those without a permanent residence.

10:35 am Feb 25

About 60% of Chinese firms face operational difficulties due to the novel coronavirus. 6% of them face bankruptcy and 20% see a temporary suspension. Just 5% see no obvious impact from COVID-19: survey

10:10 am Feb 25

Chinese stocks sink following global market nosedive! The benchmark Shanghai market was down 1.62% and Shenzhen had fallen 1.99 % at opening, after global markets saw some of the sharpest overnight falls in years, reportedly due to the spreading of coronavirus

10:01 am Feb 25

"He was overwrought for preparing for the election," Consul general of Slovakia in Shanghai refutes reports that claimed Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini is infected with the COVID-19: reports.

9:58 am Feb 25

The local COVID-19 prevention and control authority of Jiang'an District in Wuhan said the rumor that “120 elderly were infected in a nursing home” is untrue. It said in fact 8 people had tested positive and have been sent to hospital for treatment.

9:50 am Feb 25

Tianjin University has successfully developed an oral vaccine to protest against COVID-19. Huang Jinhai, the professor who led the project, has taken four doses without any side effects. The team is now looking for partners to promote clinical trials

9:43 am Feb 25

The National Development and Reform Commission will ensure supplies of daily necessities in Hubei, guarantee daily supplies for 30 days are stored in the province. Another 10,000 tons of pork from China’s National reserves will be sent to Hubei.

 

[JSCh]

Previously on 2020-02-22

2020-02-26: Epidemic Mitigation Time Forecast (Covid-19)
2020-02-26
Time trends and model predictions of confirmed cases across the country

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2020-02-26: Epidemic Mitigation Time Forecast (Covid-19) - Covid-19: Epidemic Reports

 

[ejaz007]

For latest news on CNN

What we're covering here

• The latest: The death toll from the coronavirus is over 2,700 worldwide, with the vast majority in mainland China. There have been more than 80,000 global cases.
• Outside of China: South Korea now has more than 1,140 cases, including a US soldier stationed in the country. Europe's biggest outbreak is in Italy, where more than 320 have been infected, while Iran has reported at least 96 cases and 15 deaths.
• Preparing for a pandemic: World Health Organization officials and US experts say it's still too early to declare the novel coronavirus a pandemic -- but now is the time to prepare.

https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-26-20-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[JSCh]

Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/27 1:18:06

9:17 am Feb 27

433 new coronavirus infections, 29 new deaths were reported on Feb 26 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 78,497, with 2,744 deaths.

Hubei Province reported 409 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 26, with 26 new deaths and 2,288 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 65,596 with 23,200 recovered and 2,641 dead.

1:01 am Feb 27

Hubei authorities launched a thorough investigation on Wednesday night after a COVID-19 patient was reported to have left Hubei and arrived in Beijing amid supposed strict traffic control in Hubei.

Chinese central government sent an investigation team to Wuhan for the issue. The patient was confirmed to be a released prisoner.

11:41 pm Feb 26

Beijing authority Wednesday requires audience to register name, address, phone number and ID number when booking tickets after cinemas resume work.

10:15 pm Feb 26

Brazil confirms first novel coronavirus case. Update 7 a.m. EST Feb. 26: South America has confirmed its first novel coronavirus case, making Antarctica the only continent remaining untouched by the fast-spreading contagion, Reuters reported. The patient is a 61-year-old being treated at a Sao Paulo hospital in Brazil after visiting Italy.

8:52 pm Feb 26

Zhongwei, Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, discovered a confirmed case of COVID-19 infection from overseas, and the city is seeking people who had close contact with the patient. The patient took a flight from Iran on Feb 19, transferred in Moscow on Feb 20, and arrived in Shanghai on Feb 22.

8:48 pm Feb 26

A total of 404 police officers have been confirmed with COVID-19 in #Hubei Province. Among them, four have died.

8:13 pm Feb 26

More new daily COVID-19 cases outside China than inside: WHO

7:55 pm Feb 26

Greece confirms its first coronavirus case. the 38-year-old female has been to Italy recently.

7:34 pm Feb 26

More dormitories in Hubei University will be used by Wuhan COVID-19 Prevention & Control Command, after refurbishment to be quarantine sites for healing patients who will be discharged from local hospitals. They are now required to undergo 14-day isolation.

7:30 pm Feb 26

Top CPC leaders including Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, donated money to support the prevention and control work of the COVID-19 outbreak.

7:14 pm Feb 26

First French citizen died of COVID-19

7:12 pm Feb 26

China can now produce 1.07 million N95 face masks a day, which is 4.7 times the production volume on February 1. From February 1 to 26, some 3 billion N95 masks have been shipped to Hubei Province, the epicenter of the deadly disease.

6:31 pm Feb 26

Suzhou Industrial Park in E China’s Jiangsu refutes a rumor that claimed a foreign national in the park was diagnosed with COVID-19 infection. A local official said that no confirmed new novel coronavirus case was reported in the industrial park for 19 consecutive days.

6:11 pm Feb 26

One coronavirus patient, reportedly the earliest COVID-19 case in Wuhan city, the epicenter, denied that he had been to the infamous Huanan seafood market, where the novel coronavirus is alleged to have originated.

6:10 pm Feb 26

Beijing has discovered a COVID-19 patient arriving from Wuhan. The woman was reportedly just released from prison and diagnosed in Wuhan. The public questions how she managed to leave Wuhan since the city has been locked down for a month.

5:27 pm Feb 26

Several South Korean firms in East China’s Qingdao, a popular destination for South Koreans, said Wed they have started manufacturing, with no impact from the city’s stricter coronavirus prevention policies.

4:58 pm Feb 26

All foreigners who fly in to Beijing must go through a 14-day self-quarantine, according to Beijing municipal authority.

4:36 pm Feb 26

Stranded Chinese group travelers have dropped to less than 100 people by Tuesday, from 250,000 on Jan 24 after China called off group travel services by travel agencies and online travel platforms due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

4:03 pm Feb 26

Some of China's national qualifying contests to decide entries for the Tokyo Olympic Games are expected to be delayed due to COVID-19 outbreak : General Administration of Sport

3:49 pm Feb 26

No confirmed COVID-19 cases reported among expats so far in Shanghai: a Shanghai govt official

3:28 pm Feb 26

A total of $40.1 million in quality assurance deposits have been returned to 671 travel agencies in Shanghai to help them overcome difficulties during the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control period. In all, 1,400 agencies are expected to benefit from the policy.

3:25 pm Feb 26

Yantai, a coastal city in E. China's Shandong where many South Koreans do business and live, said it will carry out nucleic acid test on all entrants from abroad to curb imported cases of infection amid COVID-19 outbreak in more countries.

3:11 pm Feb 26

Beijing financial authorities to require banks to disinfect cash, putting it in a dry place for more than seven days before issuing banknotes again as part of efforts to contain COVID-19 spread.

12:46 pm Feb

As of Wednesday noon, 13 provinces had lowered their emergency response levels for COVID-19 as more positive signs emerged in combating the deadly virus. Outside Hubei, no deaths were reported on Wednesday morning, which was the first time in 23 days.

12:25 pm Feb 26

Tourist attractions across China should adopt a real-name ticket purchasing policy to learn visitors' travel history and contact information amid coronavirus outbreak: culture and tourism authority

11:56 am Feb 26

After 14 % of recovered COVID-19 patients tested positive for the virus in later checkups in Guangdong, concerns raising whether recovered patients can still infect others, local authorities said it needs further testing to determine if they become a source of infection again

11:25 am Feb 26

No new COVID19-related deaths reported outside Hubei, the first time in 23 days

11:15 am Feb 26

South China's Shenzhen bans dogs, snakes, birds and turtles from consumption amid COVID-19. The city issued a blacklist and whitelist of what animals can be consumed on Wednesday. Diners and restaurants violating the rules can be fined 20,000 yuan ($2,800) to 200,000 yuan.

11:10 am Feb 26

To avoid crowding and to prevent COVID-19 infection, authorities in Beijing require supermarkets to set a maximum customer capacity strictly in accordance with the standard that each customer should have a space of no less than 2 square meters.

10:57 am Feb 26

China severe punishes crimes of hoarding and bullying the market, producing medical products of poor quality and highway bullies while carefully confiscating firms’ materials or detaining firm chiefs if law violation was minor to guarantee the resumption of work amid COVID-19

10:25 am Feb 26

49 police officers and auxiliary policemen have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty since the COVID-19 epidemic began: official

10:13 am Feb 26

Brazil is investigating what could be its first case of COVID-19, also the first in South America. In the state of São Paulo, a 61-year-old patient who reportedly returned from a trip to Italy tested positive and now awaits the results of a second test.