Govt downplays reports of Chinese tourist who tested positive for coronavirus after Bali sojourn
Jakarta / Fri, February 14, 2020 / 07:30 am
The Health Ministry has played down the news that a Chinese tourist who traveled from Wuhan to Bali last month tested positive for the novel coronavirus a few days after he left the resort island.
The Health Ministry’s disease control and environmental health directorate general secretary, Achmad Yurianto, said on Thursday that the patient could have been infected in Shanghai after he returned from Bali and reiterated that Bali had yet to detect any positive coronavirus cases. Therefore, Bali’s condition was “insufficient to infect people”.
Authorities in Huainan city in Anhui province, China, reported via Weibo on Feb. 5 the travel history of a Chinese national identified as Jin who had tested positive for the new coronavirus. The patient flew to Denpasar, Bali, on Jan. 22 on a Lion Air flight from Wuhan (JT2618) and left on a Garuda Indonesia flight from Denpasar to Shanghai (GA858) on Jan. 28. Chinese authorities advised passengers who had been on either flight to quarantine themselves and check for fever...
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First we had evacuation center dance off and another one and another one
then we had doctor and the little toddlers dance off
and now, ladies and gentlemen, lassies and laddies, we have a trend:
Next up, the Diamond Princess galley crew dance off:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QTlgN6g0eg&feature=emb_logo
God Bless Them, Every One
world graphic of corona virus infection
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corona virus like disease found in seafood market early January, kept quiet
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real time updates coprona virus
https://www.globaltimes.cn//content/1177737.shtml
7:49 pm Feb 16
6 new infected cases with COVID2019 were confirmed Sunday in Japan, including 5 men in their 30s-60s in Tokyo and 1 man in his 60s in Aichi Prefecture: Yomiuri Shimbun
7:09 pm Feb 16
97-year-old! The eldest patient infected with the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) in Nanjing was cured! The man has no recent history of traveling to Wuhan but had close contact with a patient diagnosed with the NCP. He was in poor health when he was admitted to hospital.
7:08 pm Feb 16
10 cities in Central China’s Hubei Province suspended selling medicines for fever and cough amid the COVID-19 outbreak, urging people who have such symptoms to go to hospital as soon as possible.
7:02 pm Feb 16
The island of Taiwan reported its first death from COVID-19 infection on Sunday: a 61-year-old man who also suffered from diabetes and hepatitis B died from the coronavirus: media reports
6:10 pm Feb 16
The real inflection point [of the COVID19 outbreak] has come. Over the past 5 days, the number of fever cases has dropped. It is like a downward slope. It’s not coming back, I’m confident: head of Leishenshan Hospital specializing in treating COVID19 patients in Wuhan said to media
6:08 pm Feb 16
4 new infected cases with COVID2019 were confirmed in Tokyo on Sunday, among whom two are close contacts of the taxi driver who was confirmed with the infection on Thursday: All-Nippon News Network
5:52 pm Feb 16
Companies in the epicenter of Hubei Province are not allowed to resume production unless being approved by epidemic prevention and control authorities: Hubei government
5:50 pm Feb 16
The government of Huanggang, one of the hardest-hit cities in the epidemic-stricken Hubei Province, awarded 500 yuan to people who proactively report and seek medical help after finding themselves with fever and cough symptoms.
5:17 pm Feb 16
Traffic control measures are strengthened across Hubei, epicenter of the COVID-19. All motor vehicles are forbidden to drive on road except for special vehicles such as vehicles for epidemic prevention, public transport vehicles and vehicles transporting daily necessities.
4:49 pm Feb 16
Yokohama, Japan announced on Sat that a man from the city’s fire department who rescued infected patients from the Diamond Princess cruise ship has been infected with NCP, raising concerns in the city as the man was wearing a protective suit: Yomiuri Shimbun
3:41 pm Feb 16
The proportion of critical #COVID19 patients to all confirmed cases in Wuhan, Hubei Province and the rest of China have all dropped
-The ratio peaked at 32.4% on Jan 28 and fell to 21.6% in Wuhan on Sat
-It dropped from 15.9% on Jan 27 to 7.2% in other places outside Hubei on Sat
2:46 pm Feb 16
Frontline doctors in Wuhan denied online rumors about the viral impact being significantly weakened during the third and fourth-generation of infections and claimed that such statements are irresponsible
12:56 pm Feb 16
No new cases of COVID19 reported in Hainan, Qinghai, Ningxia and Tibet in China. Meanwhile, Tibet has been reporting no new infection case for 17 straight days since the region’s only patient was discharged from hospital on Feb 12.
11:43 am Feb 16
A small number of patients at Leishenshan Hospital in the epidemic center Wuhan are likely to be discharged next week, said the hospital director on Sun. 500 beds are in operation in the hospital and the remaining 1,000 beds are expected to be available within two to three days
11:23 am Feb 16
The Security Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government said on Sat that it will arrange free chartered planes for the Hong Kong residents who have been quarantined on the “Diamond Princess” in Yokohama, Japan, and fly them back to Hong Kong as soon as they are allowed to be let off. All will be arranged to stay in a quarantine center for 14 days after returning to HK. According to the information provided by the cruise company, there are about 330 Hong Kong residents on board.
9:55 am Feb 16
Seventy new cases of COVID19 infections were confirmed on the quarantined cruise ship in Japan, bringing the total number of cases to 355: Japanese media.
8:48 am Feb 16
142 new deaths 2,009 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection were reported in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 68,500 with 1,665 deaths as of 24:00 Feb 15.
6:15 am Feb 16
Hubei Province reported 1,843 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia (including 888 clinically diagnosed cases) on Feb 15, with 139 new deaths and 849 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 56,249, with 1,596 dead and 5,623 recovered.
6:50 pm Feb 15
New images of Novel Coronavirus are released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) on Feb 13. Inferring from the photo taken by the microscope, NIAID believes the COVID-19 has many similarities with SARS and MERS.
6:24 pm Feb 15
The first novel coronavirus fatality was confirmed in Europe and outside Asia, as France announced the death of a Chinese tourist.
6:00 pm Feb 15
As of Saturday evening, 67 more passengers on board the Japanese cruise ship, Diamond Princess, were confirmed with COVID19 infection, taking the total infected number to 285 on the ship.
5:28 pm Feb 15
Ministry of Transport announced on Saturday the exemption of highway toll from Monday till the COVID19 epidemic ends.
4:53 pm Feb 15
A team of international and WHO experts are expected to reach China over the weekend to swiftly inform the public about the next steps in the COVID19 response and preparedness activities in China and globally, said National Health Commission on Saturday.
4:26 pm Feb 15
A total of 168 critical cases and 17 minor cases of COVID19 are receiving treatment using Remdesivir, an antivirus drug developed by US drug maker Gilead Sciences , in 11 hospitals in Hubei Province: Ministry of Science and Technology.
3:58 pm Feb 15
Bats are the most likely source of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, said Ministry of Science and Technology. The ministry also is studying if pangolins are the hosts.
3:45 pm Feb 15
Hydroxychloroquine, an antivirus drug used against malaria, potentially useful to fight COVID19, is under clinical trials at 9 medical institutions, according to Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co, the sole manufacturer of the drug with a market share of 76%.
1:15 pm Feb 15
Banknotes quarantine! People’s Bank of China is asking banks and institutions to disinfect banknotes. Those from areas hit by COVID19 will be disinfected by ultraviolet rays or high temperatures and quarantined for more than 14 days before re-circulation.
11:28 am Feb 15
Beijing city is intensifyng virus fight, ordering all Beijing-based work units to ensure “zero infections” as the city faces a challenge of rising arrivals of migrant workers. The capital city enacted a law Friday all people coming to Beijing must be quarantined for 14 days.
10:27 am Feb 15
China has sent 217 medical rescue groups of 25,633 members to Central China’s Hubei Province to combat COVID19, surpassing the number of those to support Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, which killed more than 80,000 people: official
10:21 am Feb 15
Experts from Sinopharm are calling the healed patients from COVID19 to donate their blood so that their blood plasma could be used to help more coronavirus pneumonia suffers. Now up to 100 recovered patients have agreed to donate blood.
8:00 am Feb 15
143 new deaths, 2,641 new confirmed cases were reported on Feb 14 in the Chinese mainland, said China’s National Health Commission. The total infection number soared to 66,492, with 1,523 deaths as of Feb 14.
7:20 am Feb 15
Hubei Province reported 2420 new cases of coronavirus infections (including 1138 clinically diagnosed cases) on Feb 14, with 139 new deaths and 912 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 54406, with 1457 deaths.
6:00 am Feb 15
Egypt reported first COVID-19 infection, the first in Africa.
61 year old Uber Driver in Taiwan dies (he had been to China). First got sick Jan 27, hard time to breathe on Feb 3, and then dies on Feb 15...nearly 3 weeks later. Two of his brothers, both Uber drivers too, are now showing symptoms.
...here we go.
Preprint was posted yesterday, attributed to Botao Xiao, since has vanished without a trace. Popped up right away in Google search until a little while ago, but the search links were dead. Now, it's nowhere - except, of course, the Wayback Machine.
Now, Botao Xiao is a real person, a molecular virologist whose lab was in Wuhan until 2017 when he stepped up to Guangzhou.
I cannot vouch for the authenticity of the paper. It may have been scrubbed because it is a fake. The alternative explanation of the scrubbing, however, is very concerning, so I'm posting it wit this disclaimer.
Believe at your own risk.
The makers of the latest James Bond blockbuster have been forced to postpone a lucrative publicity tour in China as cinemas in the country remain shut in efforts to contain the coronavirus.The closure of 70,000 cinema screens across China is taking a toll on the film business from Shanghai to London.
And‼Eighteen days before the Chinese government admitted the outbreak of #COVID19, a military university warned officer cadets of viral pneumonia 📈
#China is lying!#coronavirus #WHO #CoronavirusOutbreak https://t.co/zBU1UbrhKN— ISCResearch (@ISCResearch) February 16, 2020
Someone already predicted this #coronavirus outbreak .. ‼#COVID19 #WuhanCoronavirus #CoronavirusOutbreak pic.twitter.com/rfskEKPCQB— ISCResearch (@ISCResearch) February 16, 2020