Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak

[lcloo]

Today's Update at 10:10 AM Beijing time.

Today, the first batch of patients have been moved to the new 1,000 beds Houshenshan hospital which was built dedicated to treatment of Coronavirus, manned by 1,400 PLA military medical experts and personnel.

The medical chief Zhong Nanshan 钟南山 said the infections is expected to rise and reach its peak in 10 days to two weeks time. Meanwhile more people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.

Difference between "suspected cases" and "confirmed cases" is that a patient with fever is "suspected case", and will be reclassified as "confirmed case" after a lab test confirming he has the Coronavirus in his body. The fastest time to get a lab test result is 3 hours and could be longer due to large number of patients.

Wuhan city has a population of 19 million (19,000,000), out of which 5,142 people were infected thus far, and with 265 deaths.

The last paragraph in this CNN news article is well written. "We fear the unknown and we crave for information....... so we begin to panic"

 

[Indos]

Indonesia to stop flights to and from China amid coronavirus epidemic

Medical officers, who prepare evacuated Indonesian nationals from Wuhan, China's center of the coronavirus epidemic, before transferring them to the Natuna Islands military base to be quarantined, are seen at Hang Nadim Airport in Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia, February 2, 2020 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/via REUTERS

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will temporarily stop flights to and from mainland China starting Wednesday and bar visitors who have been in China for 14 days from entering or transiting in the Southeast Asian country, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Sunday.

The government will stop a policy to give free visa to Chinese nationals and also stop issuing visas on arrival for those who live in mainland China, she said, asking Indonesians not to travel to China amid the coronavirus epidemic.

 

[RescueRanger]

Pakistan resume flights from China:

New e-tag for people under home quarantine displayed by gov'ts chief information officer Victor Lam:

Meanwhile Saudi Arabia suspends all flights to Guangzhou:

سعودی ایئر لائن نے چین کے شہر گوانگ کےلئے پروازیں معطل کردیں
Feb 03, 2020 | 12:21
شیئر کریں:

سعودی ایئرلائن نے چین کے شہر گوانگ کے لیے اپنی پروازیں معطل کرنے کا اعلان کردیا ہے۔سعودی ذرائع ابلاغ کے مطابق سعودی ایئر لائن کے رابطہ سینٹر نے کہا ہے کہ وہ تمام مسافر جن کے پاس گوانگ کی ٹکٹیں ہیں وہ انہیں واپس کرکے رقم واپس وصول کرسکتے ہیں۔ سعودی ایئرلان نے کہا ہے کہ ’گوانگ کے لیے تا ہدایت ثانی تمام پروازیں معطل کردی گئیں ہیں۔ دوسری جانب سعودی ایئرلائن کے ذریعہ ووہان میں پھنسے سعودی طلبہ کا انخلا ہوا ہے۔

https://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/03-Feb-2020/1115587

 

[Crystal-Clear]

india got its 3rd corona virus patient.

 

[RescueRanger]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1224194493655568385

China East Airlines suspends direct flights to the US:

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Wuhan Coronavirus Looks Increasingly Like a Pandemic, Experts Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/health/coronavirus-pandemic-china.html
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China says Wuhan coronavirus victims who die should be quickly cremated without funerals as death toll rises
https://www.businessinsider.com/chi...-victims-as-death-toll-rises-2020-2?r=US&IR=T
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Kerala now confirms third case of coronavirus, patient had returned from China's Wuhan
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...-third-case-of-coronavirus-1642789-2020-02-03
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Hong Kong:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1224260546700005376

CHINA:
Due to shortage of available face masks, each family is restricted to purchasing 4 masks per person maximum. Also price of commercially available masks have trippeld in the last 24 hours.

Source: Weibo

MEXICO:
The official epidemiological report of a confirmed 2019–nCoV case who has been traveling around in Mexico. Apparently, the case has been confirmed in Los Angeles. It is very interesting how the patient route could be followed by his Uber path.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1223788081695862784

USA:
American Evacuated from Wuhan Ordered Into Quarantine After Trying to Leave California Military Base

https://time.com/5775077/americans-evacuated-wuhan-coronavirus-quarantine/

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/coronavirus-latest-updates-china-hubei.html

Coronavirus live updates: China says its death toll hits 425 as total cases rise to 20,438

 

[striver44]

Ps: this is just an official number. The real death toll probably higher.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/china-falsifying-coronavirus-death-toll.amp?__twitter_impression=true

 

[Kai Liu]

Ps: this is just an official number. The real death toll probably higher.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/china-falsifying-coronavirus-death-toll.amp?__twitter_impression=true

This can not prove this virus is more deadly than SARS. Matter of fact, it is the contrary. SARS affects young people and the elderly alike, and a lot of young people died, while this virus mainly cause severe symptoms among the elderly and those with chronic illnesses, and the deaths are mainly among those people. Same case for flu in the US which has resulted in over 6,000 deaths so far, but you can not say flu is more deadly than SARS either.

And I notice there is two good trend:
The rate of increasing in suspected cases is getting slower, and the number of people get cured are increasing rapidly. This means we will see a turning point in the coming one or two weeks which will show this epidemic is getting under control.

 

[CHN Bamboo]

Source: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/heal...virus-south-korean-woman-who-visited-thailand

South Korean woman tests positive for coronavirus after Thailand visit

• The 42-year-old woman developed chills and other symptoms from January 25, about a week after she returned from Thailand
• Meanwhile, South Korean doctors say a coronavirus patient has apparently recovered after taking a combination of flu and HIV drugs

South Korea on Tuesday confirmed its 16th case of the coronavirus, a Korean woman who had returned home after a Thailand trip, as doctors reported the apparent recovery of a Korean man with the disease.

The 42-year-old woman flew back to South Korea on January 19 after travelling in the Southeast Asian country, and began developing chills and other symptoms from January 25, the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said in a statement.

The woman is the first foreign tourist reported to have been infected after a visit to Thailand.

Thailand has reported 19 cases of the coronavirus, among the highest number of infections outside China. It confirmed the first case of human-to-human transmission of the virus inside the country on Friday, when a taxi driver tested positive.

The KCDC’s statement did not explicitly rule out a visit to China by the patient. KCDC’s director Jeong Eun-kyeong declined to comment further.

Tanarak Plipat, deputy director-general of the Thai Department of Disease Control, said the woman could have contracted the virus in Thailand.

“It’s possible because the virus is already spreading domestically in Thailand,” Tanarak said.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/chi...ding-four-thais-health-ministry-idUSL4N2A42CP

Thailand confirms six new cases of coronavirus, including four Thais - health ministry

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed six new cases of the new coronavirus on Tuesday, four of them Thai nationals and two Chinese.

The four Thai people included a couple who had visited Japan and two drivers who had picked up Chinese passengers in Thailand, the health ministry said.

The new cases brought the total reported in the country to 25.

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Source: https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2020020401099&g=int

日本で新型肺炎感染か　タイ
2020年02月04日19時00分

【バンコク時事】タイ保健省は４日、新たに確認された新型コロナウイルスによる感染者の中に、日本から帰国したタイ人２人が含まれていると発表した。

同省当局者は「日本で感染した可能性がある」と語った。
(They may have been infected in Japan, the health ministry said.)

 

[tower9]

Source: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/heal...virus-south-korean-woman-who-visited-thailand

South Korean woman tests positive for coronavirus after Thailand visit

• The 42-year-old woman developed chills and other symptoms from January 25, about a week after she returned from Thailand
• Meanwhile, South Korean doctors say a coronavirus patient has apparently recovered after taking a combination of flu and HIV drugs

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/chi...ding-four-thais-health-ministry-idUSL4N2A42CP

Thailand confirms six new cases of coronavirus, including four Thais - health ministry



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Source: https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2020020401099&g=int

Great. Now it's starting to spread elsewhere and in countries that won't be able to quarantine like China has.

 

[HannibalBarca]

Great. Now it's starting to spread elsewhere and in countries that won't be able to quarantine like China has.

Is your Great as "Oh Yeah, Good" or as "F*ck"?

 

[tower9]

Is your Great as "Oh Yeah, Good" or as "F*ck"?

Definitely ****

 

[F-22Raptor]

Death toll near 500 with more than 24,000 cases. It doesn’t seem to be improving at all.

 

[HannibalBarca]

Despite New Hospital and new Quarantine installation and way more Doctors/Nurses... Deaths per day is increasing... Cases per day is increasing etc...
I wonder what are the real numbers...

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/05/coronavirus-latest-updates.html
Coronavirus live updates: Death toll in China hits 490, as confirmed cases cross 24,000

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/pri...er-10-passengers-test-positive-for-virus.html
Princess Cruises quarantines 3,700 for two weeks on ship after 10 passengers test positive for new coronavirus

Princess Cruises said it has placed 3,700 passengers and crew under mandatory quarantine for two weeks after ten passengers aboard a cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan tested positive for the new coronavirus.