What really happened... (Not by Gary Larsen)
If that’s the worst we have to deal with....I’m ok.
And the band plays on.
What really happened... (Not by Gary Larsen)
There are hundreds of USED (only once or twice) wedding dresses in every shop we visited last year shopping for a wedding dress for my daughter. There is no shortage!
police officers walking fine and one just collapses.
https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1229610419356151808
I went down to Kim Hung and got me some of that red colored hanging duck
and now I’m coughing up a storm and running a fever and wishing
I were in Nebraska.
Is that normal?
14,352 are recovered.
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
180 Americans are released after a 14 day quarantine:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3817546/posts
My nephew, his Chinese national wife and their baby are presently on home quarantine at their home in Houston.
She went home to visit family, a couple hours away from Hon Kong. She got out of there before travel from China was closed.
So far, so good.
Japan prepares for widespread coronavirus outbreak
14 hours ago
Mitsuko Nishikawa
NHK World Correspondent
As cases of the coronavirus emerge around the country, Japanese health officials are finding it increasingly difficult to identify the routes of infection. The government has announced it is stepping up screening efforts and will have the capacity to test 3,800 people a day starting on Tuesday.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/880/
All the data coming out of China is suspect. They are not allowing the CDC to enter the country. They are resisting an independent evaluation.
Also food shortages are being reported not just in Wusan but in other urban centers including Hong Kong. Suggests that they are having difficulty processing, packaging and getting food to market. If Apple cannot get components, imagine what is happening to the rest of the Chinese economy. Russia has denied entry to Chinese citizens. A good indicator will be the number if international flights in and out of China. Until they reach or approach year ago numbers, its a good indication that the situation remains very bad.
Still do not have confirmed data on the susceptibility of Caucasians and Africans to this virus.Many Caucasians and Africans live and work in Wusan. Are they becoming infected and dying at the same rate of the endemic Chinese? The answer will help determine if the world is dealing with a pandemic or an epidemic
IMHO its a pandemic most affecting Asiatics. Between Dec 15 to Jan 15 there was a huge number of people travelling from China, many from the epicenter, to the US. Inevitably many were infected, some became ill with a flu like illness and due to the lack of diagnostic kits were not properly diagnosed. However there has been no widespread reported transmission to the endemic American population even where Asiatics are concentrated such as Flushing and Manhattan, New York, LA , San Francisco and college complexes.
I’m more worried about canned goods running out. How much of the materials used in the cans is fabricated in China?
As of 8:53 pm EST, there were 2009 deaths and 14,530 recoveries. That’s a 12.1% death rate among all resolved cases.
Now LT, you know better than that. The supply chain disruption to the JIT economy has only barely begun. Wait for the 2d and 3d order effects - I need a widget from PRC to make the thingagummy to assemble the whatchamacallit....
Outside of China confirmed cases now over 1000...U.S. confirmed cases now 29+.
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https://www.globaltimes.cn//content/1177737.shtml
08:01 Feb 19
136 new deaths 1,749 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection were reported in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 74,185 with 2,004 deaths as of 24:00 Feb 18.
06:27 Feb 19
Hubei Province reported 1,693 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 18, with 132 new deaths and 1,266 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 61,682, with 9,128 recovered and 1,921 dead.
00:28 am Feb 19
Japanese Prime Minister ShinzoAbe becomes a hot topic on Chinese social media as a reporter of kyodo english was quarantined for contacting COVID19 patient. Netizens are discussing whether Abe would be quarantined as well.
00:24 am Feb 19
Central govt’s work group to guide epidemic prevention and control work in Wuhan visited Liu Zhiming’s family members on Tuesday, sending condolences to the family. Liu, director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital and an expert in neurosurgery, died Tuesday morning.
11:52 pm Feb 18
Zhao Kezhi, Minister of Public Security on Tuesday stressed upholding national and social stability whilst battling against COVID-19; and banned over unduly and violent law enforcement during the process.
11:15 pm Feb 18
Patrolling volunteers for epidemic control in a Hubei county are criticized for slapping a local resident and destroying their mahjong table after failing to persuade the family members to stop gathering. Local officials later visited the family twice for apology.
10:41 pm Feb 18
Wang Shiwen, head of local health commission in Ezhou, a city in Central China’s Hubei, which is being under city lockdown due to COVID19, was proposed to be removed from the position: Hubei Daily.
10:26 pm Feb 18
323 people suffering from severe mental disorder have been infected with #COVID19 in 17 provinces of China, with 43 suspected cases. The patients are mainly located in epicenter Wuhan and other cities in #Hubei Province, including Xiaogan and Huanggang.
10:24 pm Feb 18
Exclusive: It’s highly likely that there had been 104 patients infected with COVID19 in epicenter #Wuhan and Central #China’s #Hubei Province as of December 31, 2019: Chinese CDC research paper.
09:36 pm Feb 18
Production of favipiravir, first antiviral drug approved by Chinese authorities to treat Covid19, is well in progress. The drug is expected to hit the market later in February with the first batch estimated to reach 100,000 pills: reports.
09:34 pm Feb 18
Hubei has ample grain reserves that can feed the whole province, the epicenter of COVID19, for a whole year. The national reserves are enough for half a year of consumption. Grain donations from other provinces also meet local people’s diversified demands: official.
09:29 pm Feb 18
The impact of the COVID19 epidemic on China’s economy is temporary. With its efforts, China can still achieve its established economic and social development goals this year, Xi said during the phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron.
09:25 pm Feb 18
Chinese President Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, expressing appreciation for the support of France to China amid the COVID19 outbreak.
08:34 pm Feb 18
A State Council meeting on Tuesday decided on reduction of social security costs for employers in a phased manner and postponing payment of housing funds by employers as part of broad-based efforts to stabilize businesses and steady the jobs market.
07:42 pm Feb 18
Beijing’s first recovered patient from COVID19 donated her blood for plasma extraction to cure other patients.
07:11 pm Feb 18
Xi stressed that the British side has sent materials to support China to fight the COVID19 outbreak, which showcases the friendship between the two countries and peoples.
07:10 pm Feb 18
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on the phone with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday, during which Xi thanked Queen Elizabeth II and Johnson for the condolences offered by them to China in fighting the COVID19.
06:46 pm Feb 18
10 Japanese journalists from Kyodo News, including one correspondent for the Prime Minister’s Office, quarantined at home since Monday. The driver of the bus they rode on was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Sunday
06:11 pm Feb 18
88 new infected cases with COVID19 at the DiamondPrincess cruise ship were confirmed on Wednesday. 65 of them have no symptoms. A total of 542 infected people have been confirmed contracting coronavirus on the ship: Yomiuri Shimbun.
05:20 pm Feb 18
Human-to-human transmission has not yet been curbed in Wuhan. Two issues need to be dealt with at the current stage: to separate normal persons from patients; and separate COVID19 patients from flu patients: # respiratory expert ZhongNanshan
04:12 pm Feb 18
3 new infected cases with COVID19 were confirmed in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday. One of them is a teenager whose father is an infected male surgeon working at the #SaiseikaiAridaHospital. There are total 10 infected people in the hospital: Yomiuri Shimbun
02:56 pm Feb 18
Clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 patients have begun at Wuhan University People’s Hospital on small-scale. So far, 20 patients saw their symptoms ease significantly after the use of hydroxychloroquine: reports
02:08 pm Feb 18
Japanese authorities said they have concluded collecting samples of the 3,711 people quarantined in the DiamondPrincess cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan. People who test negative are likely to be allowed to deboard on Wednesday.
09:51 am Feb 18
The number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases outside Hubei Province has fallen to double digits after two weeks of decline.
07:59 am Feb 18
98 new deaths 1,886 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection were reported in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 72,436 with 1,868 deaths as of 24:00 Feb 17.
06:49 am Feb 18
Hubei Province reported 1,807 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 17, with 93 new deaths and 1,223 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 59,989, with 7,862 recovered and 1,789 dead.
00:35 am Feb 18
Epicenter Wuhan plans to build another 10 Fang Cang makeshift hospitals, offering about 11,465 beds for milder patients infected with COVID-19.
10:50 pm Feb 17
S.Korea’s Disease Management Division stated that from Tuesday, the country will integrate novel coronavirus pneumonia COVID-19 into the “Severe Acute Respiratory Infectious Disease Supervision System”. 30 cases confirmed as of 4pm local time on Monday.
10:22 pm Feb 17
Authorities should consider recognizing those who sacrifice their lives for prevention and control work against COVID-19 as martyrs and implement preferential treatment including martyrs’ pensions: Xinhua
10:10 pm Feb 17
The Hong Kong SAR Government announced on Monday that it will send two charter flights to pick up 350 Hong Kong residents stranded on the Princess Diamond cruise ship. They are expected to return to Hong Kong by Thursday.
10:08 pm Feb 17
COVID-19 will peak later in February in South China. Nationwide, the disease is expected to reach its peak in April, according to Zhong Nanshan, a leading expert tackling the epidemic: reports
10:00 pm Feb 17
COVID-19 has been confirmed in 519 people in Japan as of Monday. Meanwhile, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced the symptom criteria for consultation at medical institutions, media reports said.
7:21 pm Feb 17
Good News! A two-month-old COVID-19 patient, the youngest patient in Guangdong, was discharged from hospital in Guangzhou Monday afternoon.
6:43 pm Feb 17
An additional 99 people have tested positive for coronavirus on a cruise ship off the Japan coast, Japanese media said Monday, bringing the total number of positive cases on Diamond Princess to 454.
6:30 pm Feb 17
A research fellow from Wuhan Institute of Virology denied having accused the Institute Director Wang Yanyi of leaking the coronavirus and vowed legal actions on rumormongers.
5:25 pm Feb 17
Progress in fighting COVID-19: Shennongjia, a county in #Hubei, the epicenter of the coronavirus, sees zero infection on Monday, the first one in the province, after the remaining two patients were discharged from the hospital this morning.
5:12 pm Feb 17
CPPCC National Committee convened a meeting in Beijing on Mon, deliberating the postponement of the annual session of top political advisory body.
4:43 pm Feb 17
One more person on board Japanese cruise ship was diagnosed with coronavirus, taking the tally of infection cases to 356, nearly 10 percent of the total on onboard: Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
3:51 pm Feb 17
Chloroquine phosphate, a medicine that has been in the market for many years, has proven effective in treating COVID19 and shows positive clinical effects: China’s Ministry of Science and Technology.
1:09 pm Feb 17
Xinxian county in Henan Province to prolong quarantine period for people traveling to Wuhan or contacting with Wuhan residents from 14 days to 21 days, after discovering 2 unusual COVID19 cases. One of the new cases was diagnosed 34 days after returning from Wuhan, and another 94 days after coming in contact with a Wuhan resident. Both infection sources are unknown.
12:20 pm Feb 17
Taiwan adds two novel coronavirus infection cases with first death
12:11 pm Feb 17
161 people, including four children, of the 331 coronavirus patients in Shanghai have been discharged from hospital after recovery, as of Monday morning, making the city’s current COVID19 cure rate nearly 50%: media
10:58 am Feb 17
Another hard-hit Chinese city in the coronavirus outbreak, Xiaogan in Central China’s Hubei Province, has banned residents from stepping out of their homes and said violators would be detained for a maximum of 10 days.
09:30 am Feb 17
1,200 military medical personnel and supplies arrived in Wuhan on Mon via eight different types of military transport aircraft including domestically developed Y-20.
09:28 am Feb 17
1,425 patients were discharged from hospital on Sunday, making it the fifth consecutive day to see the number of cured patients leaving hospital exceeding 1,000. As of Mon morning, a total of 10,844 cases have been cured and discharged from hospital across China.
08:46 am Feb 17
105 new deaths 2,048 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection were reported in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 70,548 with 1,770 deaths as of 24:00 Feb 16.
06:44 am Feb 17
Hubei Province reported 1,933 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 16, with 100 new deaths and 1,016 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 58,182, with 6,639 recovered and 1,696 dead.
00:51 am Feb 17
Cambodia’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Or Vandine on Sunday requested a re-test of the 83-year-old US passenger who had left the “Westerdam” cruise ship in Cambodia and was tested positive for COVID-19 in Malaysia last week.