out of control..overnight updates
-South Korea confirms 171 new cases of coronavirus for a total of 505 in one day,
-Japan confirms 18 new cases of coronavirus and 1 new death;
- Iran confirms 104 new cases and 4 new deaths; total of 245 cases and 26 deaths
-2 new cases confirmed in England, UK; one of them came back from Italy and the other from Tenerife, Spain
- New case in Valencia, Spain was confirmed in a soccer fan who traveled to Milan for a champions league game on February 19; about 2,500 fans from Valencia traveled to northern Italy that day - El
- Baghdad reports first case of coronavirus
-Estonia reports first case of coronavirus
-Geneva, Switzerland confirms its first case; 2nd in the country
-Israel confirms 1 new case of coronavirus; an Israeli citizen who recently came back from Italy
=pain confirms 2 new coronavirus cases in Madrid; preliminary information indicates both cases don’t have travel history
= Greece confirms 2 new coronavirus cases, first one in Athens
Steve Lookner
@lookner
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Wow — Japan’s Prime Minister is requesting that all elementary schools, junior high & high schools nationwide close starting next Monday until spring break
Italy confirms 75 new cases of coronavirus and 2 new deaths; total of 528 cases and 14 deaths
My son goes to one of the big universities here in AZ. He said yesterday he saw three Chinese students getting dropped off from a car with their luggage.
Scott Gottlieb, MD
@ScottGottliebMD
Implementing patient specific surveillance for #covid19 as part of our tracking of influenza like illness is going to be a key step for enabling early detection and mitigation of outbreaks.