10 new cases of novel coronavirus confirmed in Beijing
Ten new cases of novel coronavirus were confirmed in Beijing on Saturday, according to local health authorities. This brings the number of confirmed cases to 51 in the Chinese capital.
Beijing's Municipal Health Commission said in a statement on Sunday that three of the patients are medical staff, two of which had a travel history to Wuhan. The third contracted the disease after sitting with one of the infected doctors during a meeting. (Cover: AP Photo)
https://www.cgtn.com/special/Battling-the-novel-coronavirus-What-we-know-so-far-.html
From that same source,
09:50, 26-Jan-2020
Tianjin has announced that it will suspend all inter-provincial shuttle buses starting January 27 amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, local authorities said.
08:23, 26-Jan-2020
40 cases of novel coronavirus confirmed in Shanghai
As of Saturday midnight, seven new cases of novel coronavirus were confirmed in Shanghai, which brings the number of confirmed cases to 40, according to local health commission.
The commission said in a statement that one male patient aged 88 died, and the other one is in critical condition.
One person discharged from the hospital, the statement added.
1:27, 26-Jan-2020
Beijing announces 20 designated hospitals to treat coronavirus patients
Beijing Municipal Health Commission on Sunday announced 20 designated hospitals to treat coronavirus patients
These 20 hospitals are in charge of the medical treatment for patients infected in the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus.
Beijing Ditan Hospital and Beijing Youan Hospital, which were the major hospitals treating SARS patients in 2003, are among the 20 hospitals.
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if this is so trivial, why is Beijing designating 20 hospitals to deal with this?
How far are they from Wuhan?
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Also, according to this heat map from Johns Hopkins University:
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
Now 2000 cases confirmed, 56 fatalities (~2.5% fatality rate)
Beijing now has *50* cases...
Horse is out of the barn.
Get ready to (literally) shelter in place.
This is a major league story no question. Some statistics point to huge numbers in less than a month,it all remains to be seen. Plus, info from China is subject to verification from better sources,us. Especially, when they say 50 and it’s really 500.It all has to be verified.