HONG KONG
Comment: HK had cases long before the US. But they closed their border immediately, shut down large gatherings and schools.
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) announced that as of 8pm today (March 9), the CHP is investigating an additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, taking the number of cases to 116 in Hong Kong so far (comprising 115 confirmed cases and one probable case).
The case involves a 44-year-old man (the 116th case) who is the driver of the 56-year-old male patient of the 106th case confirmed on March 6. The patient has good past health and normally lives at his employer’s home at Block A, Po Shan Mansion on 14 -16 Po Shan Road, Mid-levels. He moved to 341 Des Voeux Road West, Kennedy Town on his own on March 5 and was sent to the quarantine centre as a close contact on the following day. He developed a cough since March 7 and has had a fever since yesterday (March 8). His respiratory specimen tested positive for the COVID-19 virus today. He is now under treatment at Ruttonjee Hospital and is in a stable condition. The patient had no recent travel history.
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202003/09/P2020030900642.htm
GERMANY
BERLIN, March 9 (Reuters) - Germany on Monday reported 210 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, the Robert Koch Institute said.
The number of cases rose to 1,112, up from 902 reported on Sunday. The largest number of the cases, 484, were in the western region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state. (Reporting by Riham Alkousaa Editing by Paul Carrel)
https://news.trust.org/item/20200309073332-qn91r/