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No coronavirus case was imported from China, Imran Khan.
No coronavirus case was imported from China, Imran Khan.
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Most Australian coronavirus cases coming from USA: PM Scott Morrison
By Nick Pearson
10:56am Mar 20, 2020
Scott Morrison said most Australian coronavirus cases are connected to the United States. (AAP)
The United States is the country of origin for most of the coronavirus cases in Australia, the prime minister has said.
Speaking on 2GB this morning, Scott Morrison said now was the right time to close the nation's borders.
"We were able to slow the virus' start and spread in Australia through these early periods," Mr Morrison said.
"The country which has actually been responsible for a large amount of these (coronavirus cases) has actually been the United States.
"At the end of the day, that's a function of the number of people who travel between the US and Australia."
Eighty per cent of coronavirus cases in Australia are people who have come in from overseas or have caught the disease directly from them.
A failure to conduct adequate numbers of coronavirus tests meant the United States appeared to have many more infections in recent weeks than had been announced.
Mr Morrison dismissed a suggestion from host Alan Jones that China should be excluded from bidding on devalued assets, because the coronavirus stemmed from that country.
"I don't think there's any suggestion that any country, including China, has done anything deliberately," he said.
"This is a virus. It originated in Wuhan, China, and has gone around the world."
Mr Morrison defended a $715 million support package for the aviation industry not going directly to employees.
"That money is going to keep the aviation industry alive," he said.
"Companies are going to go through incredibly difficult times over the next six months, we're going to help them as much as we can and help them keep jobs wherever we can."
Mr Morrison noted the $715 million package was not a cash handout but a waiver on fees.
Yesterday 20,000 Qantas employees were sent home and asked to use their leave entitlements as the coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll on the industry.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/c...morrison/5b04121e-a597-4aaf-a1a7-04be02f9d376
By Nick Pearson
10:56am Mar 20, 2020
Scott Morrison said most Australian coronavirus cases are connected to the United States. (AAP)
The United States is the country of origin for most of the coronavirus cases in Australia, the prime minister has said.
Speaking on 2GB this morning, Scott Morrison said now was the right time to close the nation's borders.
"We were able to slow the virus' start and spread in Australia through these early periods," Mr Morrison said.
"The country which has actually been responsible for a large amount of these (coronavirus cases) has actually been the United States.
"At the end of the day, that's a function of the number of people who travel between the US and Australia."
Eighty per cent of coronavirus cases in Australia are people who have come in from overseas or have caught the disease directly from them.
A failure to conduct adequate numbers of coronavirus tests meant the United States appeared to have many more infections in recent weeks than had been announced.
Mr Morrison dismissed a suggestion from host Alan Jones that China should be excluded from bidding on devalued assets, because the coronavirus stemmed from that country.
"I don't think there's any suggestion that any country, including China, has done anything deliberately," he said.
"This is a virus. It originated in Wuhan, China, and has gone around the world."
Mr Morrison defended a $715 million support package for the aviation industry not going directly to employees.
"That money is going to keep the aviation industry alive," he said.
"Companies are going to go through incredibly difficult times over the next six months, we're going to help them as much as we can and help them keep jobs wherever we can."
Mr Morrison noted the $715 million package was not a cash handout but a waiver on fees.
Yesterday 20,000 Qantas employees were sent home and asked to use their leave entitlements as the coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll on the industry.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/c...morrison/5b04121e-a597-4aaf-a1a7-04be02f9d376
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No, it was re-exported from third countries.
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I was about to post this myself. This vindicates Khan's initial decision to leave Pakistani students in safe hands in Wuhan. Of course, we must not count chickens here, but amidst the poor decisions Khan has made recently, this one was completely correct and stands vindicated.
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As US set to become epicentre of COVID-19, Canada must react to new reality
By Andrew Lodge | Opinion
Opinion pieces draw conclusions based on the interpretation of facts and data.
" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none; transition: color 0.15s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.15s ease-in-out 0s; color: rgb(59, 165, 209);">Opinion | March 23rd 2020
#106 of 128 articles from the Special Report:Coronavirus in Canada
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Cases of novel coronavirus infection in the United States are soaring—and the pace continues to accelerate. Canada is set to follow suit.
The American COVID-19 trajectory, with a two week lag, is remarkably similar to that of Italy’s, although the American infection rate now appears to be increasing further still.
Thus far Canada’s curve also mirrors the Italian experience.
Unfortunately, this was all freakishly predictable weeks ago. These warnings were not heeded in the US, nor in several other countries who are now paying the price.
For Canada, it remains to be seen whether our measures were enacted early enough. Likely the curve will be flattened somewhat, but by how much remains an open-ended question.
As we continue along this ordeal we would do well to change course where we can. However, as officials attempt to point out, due to the lag, efforts taken today will only have an effect two weeks from now. Infectious outbreaks—and measures taken to combat them--can only be evaluated in retrospect, through the proverbial rear view mirror.
Unsurprisingly, given its glib disownment of all things rational and scientific, the US government—with a paleolithic reprobate at its helm—has utterly bungled the response and its people will now pay the price for its slothful inactivity over the past two months.
The price will be a brutal one.
The problem with the COVID-19 pandemic is not so much the death and illness the virus causes directly, though this is clearly tragic and impactful to all those affected—either directly through infection, or indirectly through the illness of someone we know and care for.
But the real impact from a system and societal point of view unfolds as the health care response to infected cases siphons massive amounts of resources from other areas of an already strapped apparatus. At some point the system’s capacity becomes overwhelmed and very difficult decisions will need to be made.
Just look at Italy. Who gets a ventilator and who doesn’t? Real dilemmas about, for instance, whether or not to proceed with lifesaving cancer surgery or to redeploy scarce resources. Decisions literally about life and death.
We in Canada are fortunate enough, however, that we can still take some mitigating measures. We are very close to the tipping point, but perhaps not quite past it. We have had the immense good fortune of being one of the last industrialized countries to be affected by the virus and so have had the time to prepare.
Over the next week, the US will almost certainly become the new global epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will have more cases than Italy in a couple of days and will soon pass the number in China.
A massive tsunami is on our doorstep.
The border to our south must be sealed. At present, the border is closed to “non-essential” travel. But the list of “essential” reasons for travel remains broad, and seems overly weighted towards maintaining the patency of trade channels for the purposes of commerce, among other things.
Clearly there are essential goods that need to flow in each direction. But we should take a hard look at just what “essential” means in this context. Stringent measures should not be seen as permanent—this crisis won’t last forever—but for the time being, we need to be ruthless with trade policy in order to save lives.
Nevertheless, we know that COVID-19 has arrived and so the strategy must also incorporate this reality.
Given the lack of treatment, beyond oxygen and mechanical ventilation for the sickest of patients—as of yet there is no proven treatment and no vaccine—public health authorities are left with the rudimentary strategies of social distancing and quarantining when appropriate. Keep people apart as much as possible.
To a large degree, this now seems to be taking place and Canadians should be applauded for this. None of this is easy, and has come as a jolting shock for many.
These are transformative times and there is much that will need to be reckoned when the storm begins to ease.
In the meanwhile, there will undoubtedly be hard times for many. But perhaps this is also an opportunity to see each other through a different lens. To appreciate, and maybe even to nurture, our common humanity.
We are in this together.
By Andrew Lodge | Opinion
Opinion pieces draw conclusions based on the interpretation of facts and data.
" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none; transition: color 0.15s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.15s ease-in-out 0s; color: rgb(59, 165, 209);">Opinion | March 23rd 2020
#106 of 128 articles from the Special Report:Coronavirus in Canada
Creative Commons photograph
Cases of novel coronavirus infection in the United States are soaring—and the pace continues to accelerate. Canada is set to follow suit.
The American COVID-19 trajectory, with a two week lag, is remarkably similar to that of Italy’s, although the American infection rate now appears to be increasing further still.
- On Saturday, for the first time, the US had more new cases than any other nation, including Italy. It will likely surpass all countries in terms of total cases in the near future.
Thus far Canada’s curve also mirrors the Italian experience.
Unfortunately, this was all freakishly predictable weeks ago. These warnings were not heeded in the US, nor in several other countries who are now paying the price.
For Canada, it remains to be seen whether our measures were enacted early enough. Likely the curve will be flattened somewhat, but by how much remains an open-ended question.
As we continue along this ordeal we would do well to change course where we can. However, as officials attempt to point out, due to the lag, efforts taken today will only have an effect two weeks from now. Infectious outbreaks—and measures taken to combat them--can only be evaluated in retrospect, through the proverbial rear view mirror.
Unsurprisingly, given its glib disownment of all things rational and scientific, the US government—with a paleolithic reprobate at its helm—has utterly bungled the response and its people will now pay the price for its slothful inactivity over the past two months.
The price will be a brutal one.
The problem with the COVID-19 pandemic is not so much the death and illness the virus causes directly, though this is clearly tragic and impactful to all those affected—either directly through infection, or indirectly through the illness of someone we know and care for.
But the real impact from a system and societal point of view unfolds as the health care response to infected cases siphons massive amounts of resources from other areas of an already strapped apparatus. At some point the system’s capacity becomes overwhelmed and very difficult decisions will need to be made.
Just look at Italy. Who gets a ventilator and who doesn’t? Real dilemmas about, for instance, whether or not to proceed with lifesaving cancer surgery or to redeploy scarce resources. Decisions literally about life and death.
We in Canada are fortunate enough, however, that we can still take some mitigating measures. We are very close to the tipping point, but perhaps not quite past it. We have had the immense good fortune of being one of the last industrialized countries to be affected by the virus and so have had the time to prepare.
Over the next week, the US will almost certainly become the new global epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will have more cases than Italy in a couple of days and will soon pass the number in China.
A massive tsunami is on our doorstep.
The border to our south must be sealed. At present, the border is closed to “non-essential” travel. But the list of “essential” reasons for travel remains broad, and seems overly weighted towards maintaining the patency of trade channels for the purposes of commerce, among other things.
Clearly there are essential goods that need to flow in each direction. But we should take a hard look at just what “essential” means in this context. Stringent measures should not be seen as permanent—this crisis won’t last forever—but for the time being, we need to be ruthless with trade policy in order to save lives.
Nevertheless, we know that COVID-19 has arrived and so the strategy must also incorporate this reality.
Given the lack of treatment, beyond oxygen and mechanical ventilation for the sickest of patients—as of yet there is no proven treatment and no vaccine—public health authorities are left with the rudimentary strategies of social distancing and quarantining when appropriate. Keep people apart as much as possible.
To a large degree, this now seems to be taking place and Canadians should be applauded for this. None of this is easy, and has come as a jolting shock for many.
These are transformative times and there is much that will need to be reckoned when the storm begins to ease.
In the meanwhile, there will undoubtedly be hard times for many. But perhaps this is also an opportunity to see each other through a different lens. To appreciate, and maybe even to nurture, our common humanity.
We are in this together.
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corona came to pakistan from china via iran .
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what exactly mean't by "home grown cases"? does it mean to say the disease was already there in pakistan? lol
The disease went from China(chinese virus) --------> Iran --------------> Pakistan
By the way how did you understand what he said?
The disease went from China(chinese virus) --------> Iran --------------> Pakistan
By the way how did you understand what he said?
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Learn to draw straight lines drunkard poet ghalib
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what exactly mean't by "home grown cases"? does it mean to say the disease was already there in pakistan? lol
The disease went from China(chinese virus) --------> Iran --------------> Pakistan
By the way how did you understand what he said?
all carriers carried it from china , china did not stop complete lockout on in and out from china .
corona came to pakistan in angled line .
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Patient Zero in Pakistan has travel history to Iran not China.
Are you part of RSS Trolls against China?
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Oh really !!!!!.Better you go for your corona test asap.A friendly advice.
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corona started in china , chinese or iranis carried it to iran .careless iranis did not know how to control it .
i appreciate china's rise as nation , but sometimes they overdo in some matters ,
RSS the pen di siri . i am secular indian patriot muslim rajput .
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