Wuhan Virus

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Coronavirus: Tracking the global outbreak

Key maps and charts explaining how the respiratory virus has spread around the world and how it is being dealt with.

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Coronavirus: Death toll rises to 82 as China extends holiday

The new year holiday has been extended by three days, in an attempt to contain the outbreak.

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Coronavirus fears hit global shares and oil price

Worries over the virus' spread hit financial markets, with stocks from Wall Street to Tokyo down.

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Chinese diasporas stockpile surgical masks, fret over infection

Chinese overseas are concerned for their own health and that of their families back home.

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Coronavirus: Could it damage the global economy?

Inevitably, it will have economic consequences. But how severe and how far will they spread?

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5 million people left Wuhan before China quarantined the city to contain the coronavirus outbreak

The Lunar New Year, during which Chinese citizens return to their hometowns, likely played a role in the mass exodus.

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A new report indicates that the deadly Chinese coronavirus may not actually have originated at a wet market in Wuhan

Scientists found that 13 out of 41 cases were linked to the market and that the first reported case of the virus was also not linked to the market.

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China goes into emergency mode as number of confirmed Wuhan coronavirus cases reaches 2,700 | CNN

The death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus now stands at 80, with almost 2,800 cases confirmed across China, as the country initiates emergency procedures to try and rein in the pathogen's global spread.

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Coronavirus: British nationals returning from Wuhan to be quarantined for two weeks

Britain will put people airlifted from China into quarantine amid concerns that around 1,500 people who arrived in the UK since the new year have not undergone checks.

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Coronavirus: China death toll passes 100 as Beijing records its first fatality

The new strain of coronavirus spreading across China claimed its first victim in Beijing, officials said on Tuesday, as the death toll jumped to 106 and the number of new infections recorded in one day almost doubled.

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[Foo Fighter]

Another terrible event in the world. I wonder if this is something we should be dealing with collectively rather than individual nations. Could we do that?

 

[Grey Havoc]

Alas, the age for that has long past, if it ever truly existed in the first place.

EDIT: In other news;

Coronavirus: Hong Kong to slash border travel as virus spreads

It wants to drastically reduce visits from mainland China, where the death toll has reached 106.

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Coronavirus: Britons in China want more support from UK

UK citizens criticise the government response as No 10 says it is finalising plans for their return.

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Danish newspaper's virus cartoon angers China

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[Archibald]

First ill people in France: Bordeaux, only 10 km from my house. Frack. And he got through the airport where I work, re-frack. Luckily not my airline. Also luckily enough the guy - a 48 year old Franco-Chinese wine seller - took all the necessary steps to limit contagion. Same for the ten people he saw before falling ill. He is presently alive and well, but locked in an hospital room insulated from the rest of the world. Dang. The world is small place nowadays. My cousin is working in China only 500 miles from Wuhan (Xiamen) and one of our contractor employees at work got the bright idea to go on holidays in China for a month, so he is presently in the very eye of the storm.
I guess we are all doomed, just like in that freakkin gloomy movie intro. Haunting.

I vastly prefered Homer Simpson own take, incidentally. Twice.

 

[Arjen]

Danish newspaper's virus cartoon angers China

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The offending cartoon.

 

[sferrin]

They do seem to have more than their share of outbreaks.

 

[Grey Havoc]

The World Health Organisation, and in particular it's Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, are coming under increasing fire for not declaring 2019-nCoV a PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern).

 

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China vows to beat 'devil' virus as countries rush to evacuate citizens

President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China was sure of defeating a "devil" coronavirus that has killed 106 people, but international alarm was rising as the outbreak spread across the world.

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China agrees to WHO sending experts to study virus

China has agreed that the World Health Organization will send international experts there as soon as possible to increase understanding of a new coronavirus and guide the global response to the outbreak, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday.

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Japan to fly 200 nationals out of virus-stricken Wuhan Jan. 29：The Asahi Shimbun

The Japanese government plans to dispatch its first plane to the city in Hubei province on the evening of Jan. 28 to pick up about 200 Japanese citizens, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said.

Officials initially attempted to dispatch the plane the morning of Jan. 28, but there was a delay, as more time was required by China to approve the flight's arrival.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a news conference after a Cabinet meeting the same morning, "We're standing by, waiting for China's 'OK,' to send the plane."

He said that the government is considering transporting relief supplies, such as masks and protective clothing, in the plane.

The government classified the coronavirus as a "designated infectious disease"--Japan's fifth such designation--at the meeting, effective Feb. 7. MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) was given the same designation in 2014.

About 650 people are seeking to return to Japan, according to Motegi. The first plane will depart from Wuhan on the morning of Jan. 29 and arrive by noon. A second flight is expected in the following days.

During a meeting of junior coalition partner Komeito on Jan. 28, a foreign ministry official added: "Two flights may not be enough. We're not excluding the possibility of using a government plane."

One doctor, two nurses and a quarantine officer will be on board the plane, the health ministry revealed the same day. As there will be a quarantine process in place, if a doctor determines that an individual has a high fever, they may be prevented from boarding.

https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006318813

The health ministry announced on Jan. 28 that a man who never visited Wuhan in China has been confirmed with the pneumonia-like illness believed caused by a new type of coronavirus.

Wuhan in Hubei province has been in lock down mode after thousands of local residents were diagnosed with the new illness.

But according to the health ministry announcement, the two latest confirmations of the illness include a bus driver in Nara Prefecture in his 60s who has never visited Wuhan. However, the bus driver did operate a tour bus in Tokyo on Jan. 12 that included tourists from Wuhan.

He developed symptoms including the chills, a cough and joint pain from Jan. 14. He went to a medical institution in Nara Prefecture on Jan. 17, but no irregularities were discovered at that time.

However, on Jan. 22 his symptoms worsened so he again visited the medical institution on Jan. 25. He was confirmed to have pneumonia symptoms and was hospitalized at another Nara Prefecture medical institution. The bus driver said he wore a face mask while visiting the various institutions.

The other confirmed case was for a man in his 40s who resides in Wuhan. He came to Japan on Jan. 20, but did not show any signs of having the pneumonia-like illness. But he visited a medical institution in Aichi Prefecture on Jan. 26 after his condition worsened from Jan. 22. He has been hospitalized since Jan. 28 after being diagnosed with pneumonia symptoms.

Health ministry officials who interviewed the man were told he did not visit the seafood market in Wuhan that has been linked to many patients coming down with the new illness. He also told the officials he wore a face mask while outdoors.

The latest confirmations bring the total number of cases in Japan to six.

The government was planning to dispatch a charter flight to Wuhan later on Jan. 28 to repatriate Japanese nationals living in that eastern Chinese city.

 

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DEF CON China Conference Put on Hold Due To Coronavirus Outbreak - Slashdot

The organizers of the DEF CON cyber-security conference have announced today that they are putting this year's China edition "on hold" due to the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. From a report: "China has announced a six-month hold on events like ours as part of the effort to...

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[Rickshaw]

Australia's Mathildas, the female soccer team were to play their qualifying games for the Olympics in Wuhan. That was moved to Nanjing. Now it has been moved to Australia. Older Mathildas apparently went to Soccer Australia and demanded that the team not be allowed to travel to China.

 

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Coronavirus: British Airways suspends all flights to mainland China as outbreak spreads

British Airways has suspended all direct flights to China after the Government urged Britons not to travel to the country in response to coronavirus.

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Coronavirus: Foreign Office urges Britons not to travel to China as country struggles to contain outbreak

The Foreign Office tonight urged Britons not to travel to China as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

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[litzj]

S.Korea Government will send B747-400 and A330-300 to get out their own people

 

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Tears, fear and panic grip China as coronavirus spreads

 

[sferrin]

S.Korea Government will send B747-400 and A330-300 to get out their own people

That's a damn sight better than what the US did. It seems they planned on sending ONE 767 flight for an estimated 1000 Americans.

Why Americans Trapped in Wuhan Are Angry at the U.S. Government

As the deadly coronavirus continues to spread, they feel abandoned by their own.

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"Still, priority on Wednesday’s flight was given to staff at the local U.S. consulate and their families. The few remaining seats were available at inflated costs of $1,000, say Americans living in Wuhan, prompting anger among those who felt abandoned by their government.

“For the average person, that plane ticket really wasn’t available,” says George Goodwin, a biology teacher from Reno, Nev., who worked for the U.S. Center for Disease Control before moving to China. “Many people were very frustrated as the announcement [of the flight] made it seem this is going to be the savior of all Americans in Wuhan. Except it really isn’t because most of us can’t go.”"

 

[Grey Havoc]

Ouch.

In other news:

Coronavirus: Starbucks closes 2,000 Chinese branches

The coffee giant is shutting half of its stores in the country and warns of the outbreak's financial impact.

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Coronavirus: Australia plans island quarantine as foreigners leave Wuhan

Hundreds of foreigners fly out of Wuhan, as Australia announces a Christmas Island quarantine plan.

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January 29, 2020 coronavirus news

More than 130 people are dead in China as the coronavirus spreads across the globe. Follow here for the latest updates.

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White House tells airlines it may suspend all China-US flights amid coronavirus outbreak

The White House is considering imposing travel restrictions on China amid an escalating death toll from the new coronavirus, sources said Tuesday.

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Bad timing: New virus poses threat to fragile world economy

This should be peak season for a 12-room hotel near the train station in the Chinese industrial hub of Wuhan.

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[kitnut617]

That map is a little misleading, at a quick glance it would suggest the whole of USA and Canada are infected. But News reports here in Canada have said two people in Toronto have been confirmed as infected. Not sure how many in the USA are though.

 

[GeorgeA]

Not sure how many in the USA are though.

5 confirmed, 92 evals pending.

International Locations with Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

Cases of COVID-19 have been reported in multiple locations around the world, including the United States. Global case numbers are reported by the World Health Organization.

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[TomcatViP]

Something a little bit lighter to relieve some of the pressure:

In the United States, Google Trends calculated that 57% of the people that searched one of those terms searched for “beer virus,” and the remaining 43% searched for “corona beer virus.”

The coronavirus has nothing to do with Corona beer. But, some people seem to think so.

The search terms 'corona beer' and 'corona beer virus' have surged on Google in the recent week as the outbreak continues to spread and claim lives.

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Hong Kong stock market takes a tumble on reopen

Coronavirus fears see the Hang Seng Index drop 3% after re-opening following the Chinese New Year break

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Coronavirus: Whole world 'must take action', warns WHO

The World Health Organization will hold a further emergency meeting on the coronavirus on Thursday.

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Coronavirus: Death toll rises as virus spreads to every Chinese region

The death toll now stands at 170, with more than 7,700 cases confirmed in China.

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Coronavirus Wuhan diary: Living alone in a city gone quiet

Loneliness, emptiness, and hyper-hygiene - one woman describes life in a city gone quiet.

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Coronavirus: Flight taking Britons out of Wuhan is delayed

Downing Street says it is working with China to get UK citizens out of the coronavirus-hit city.

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Coronavirus vaccine: Scientists race to develop prevention

US researchers are already working on a vaccine against the new virus that has emerged in China.

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Unprecedented speed

At Inovio's lab in San Diego, scientists are using a relatively new type of DNA technology to develop a potential vaccine. "INO-4800 " - as it's currently called - with plans for it to enter human trials by the early summer.

Kate Broderick, senior vice-president of research and development at Inovio, said: "Once China had provided the DNA sequence of this virus, we were able to put it through our lab's computer technology and design a vaccine within three hours.

"Our DNA medicine vaccines are novel in that they use DNA sequences from the virus to target specific parts of the pathogen which we believe the body will mount the strongest response to.

"We then use the patient's own cells to become a factory for the vaccine, strengthening the body's own natural response mechanisms."

The work in these labs is being funded by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Cepi), which is made up of and funded by governments and philanthropic organisations from around the world.

It was created in the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to provide funding to accelerate the development of vaccines for new diseases.

Dr Melanie Saville, director of vaccine research and development at Cepi, said: "The mission is to make sure that outbreaks are no longer a threat to humanity and to develop vaccines for emerging infectious diseases."

'Molecular clamp'

Cepi is also funding two other programmes that are developing a vaccine for this new coronavirus.

The University of Queensland is working on a "molecular clamp" vaccine, which it says "enables targeted and rapid vaccine production against multiple viral pathogens."

Moderna Inc in Massachusetts has also joined forces with the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to accelerate its research.

The WHO is co-ordinating this global quest for a new vaccine. It says it is following the progress of a number of research facilities, including the three supported by Cepi.

Although efforts to come up with a vaccine for this new coronavirus have been accelerated, research is still at an early stage at all the facilities in the race to find a new vaccine. Clinical trials take time and are best carried out within an outbreak setting.

There are no guarantees any of the designs so far will be safe and effective enough to be used in the outbreak in China.

 

[sferrin]

3 hrs to design a vaccine and 6 months before they can start trials? What's wrong with this picture?

 

[Grey Havoc]

Indeed.

In another bit of news:

66 Britons among the 7,000 passengers and crew trapped on cruise ship in Italy over coronavirus fears

A woman from Macau is reportedly suffering from a fever and breathing difficulties

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'I'm in an apocalypse:' American student trapped in coronavirus-hit Chinese city

For almost a week, 21-year-old American-born college student Nicholas Schneider has been trying and failing to find a way out of Wuhan, China, the quarantined city at the heart of a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak.

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WHO declares global emergency as China virus death toll reaches 170

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it was declaring the coronavirus outbreak that has killed 170 people in China a global emergency, as cases spread to at least 18 countries.

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South Korean officials face eggs, invective as quarantine plane takes off

Angry South Koreans volleyed eggs and expletives on Thursday at a minister and officials trying to defuse their ire over plans to quarantine hundreds of citizens set to be flown home from the epicentre of a new virus epidemic in China.

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Australia defends coronavirus quarantine plans | Reuters Video

The Australian government has defended its plans to quarantine Australian evacuees from coronavirus epicentre Wuhan, at its controversial offshore detention center at Christmas Island. Libby Hogan reports

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Russia's first McDonald's scraps 30th anniversary giveaway due to coronavirus fears

Russia's first McDonald's restaurant has scrapped a plan to sell Big Mac burgers for virtually nothing to mark its 30th anniversary over fears it would attract huge crowds, which authorities have advised against due to coronavirus fears.

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World markets tumble as fears over virus outbreak spread

Shares have fallen sharply in Europe and Asia as concern over the impact of the virus outbreak in China deepens.

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The Latest: Rival Koreas close liaison office over outbreak

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China: 10 a.m. The rival Koreas have agreed to suspend operations at their liaison office in North Korea until the new virus outbreak comes under control.

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Coronavirus Is Declared a Global Health Emergency as Threat Rises Outside China

The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak in China a global public health emergency and the State Department told Americans not to travel there.

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Coronavirus spreads for first time in U.S., CDC says

The spouse of a patient diagnosed in Chicago has tested positive for the new coronavirus.

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Satellite images show Wuhan's empty streets

Satellite images show Wuhan's empty streets

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Coronavirus: French Asians hit back at racism with 'I'm not a virus'

The coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan prompts French Asians to complain of a backlash against them.

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Fear in the age of coronavirus: Chinese no longer welcome

LONDON (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong suspends travel from China. Schools in Europe uninvite exchange students. Restaurants in South Korea turn away Chinese customers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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WHO Declares Global Health Emergency as Wuhan Coronavirus Continues To Spread - Slashdot

The World Health Organization on Thursday declared an international public health emergency over the deadly new coronavirus that has hit China hard. From a report: The announcement comes as nearly a hundred cases have been spotted in countries outside of China, including the first case of...

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