Posted on 03/03/2020 1:31:12 PM PST by Vermont Lt
Continuation of the thread.
No 8 here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3821104/posts?q=1&;page=1004#1004
Do you have a link, I would be interested?
UK
HSBC today evacuated part of its UK headquarters after a worker tested positive for coronavirus in the first known case at the heart of London’s financial district.
Staff who came into contact with the analyst were told to work from home as the company’s research department underwent an urgent deep clean.
The office is in the centre of Canary Wharf, a major financial centre that hosts many investment banks, including Citi, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Barclays.
N. Korea
Evacuation flight canceled for foreign diplomats in North Korea
From CNN’s Will Ripley in Tokyo
Dozens of foreign diplomats who had been quarantined in Pyongyang, North Korea over coronavirus fears have been told their planned evacuation flight on Friday is canceled, a source inside the country told CNN’s Will Ripley.
The source agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity, given the extreme sensitivity of the current situation.
The source says Friday’s flight “was canceled by the Russians for unknown reasons.”
It’s unclear if — or when — a new flight will happen
https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-05-20-intl-hnk/index.html
China
COVID-19: Fears of coronavirus RELAPSES after man, 36, dies from disease in China five days after being given all clear
By Laurence Dollimore (Digital Editor) -
5 Mar, 2020 @ 13:420
A 36-YEAR-OLD man has died from coronavirus five days after being given the all clear by doctors in China.
According to the South China Morning Post, Li Liang was admitted to hospital on February 12 before being released two weeks later.
But two days later he began suffering symptoms again and was sent back to the health centre on March 2 and died the same day from respiratory failure.
The death certificate issued by the Wuhan health commission lists COVID-19 as the direct cause of death, reported the South China Morning Post
Spending more time on Reddit, playing Battlefield V, 4 more years until “retirement”(I can keep working), looking for a “retirement” house, all that stuff that Boomers do.
You doing anything fun besides Corona?
Are we getting a blackout on new cases here? There must be MANY in Seattle by now?
many are sick in the region they said in the presser(many could be just the flu)..just stay home if you are one of those people they said
NEW YORK
2 More COVID-19 Cases in NY Brings Total to 13: Community Spread Eyed in Possible NJ Case as State Awaits Tests
Published 1 min ago • Updated 1 min ago
Two more people in New York have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the state’s total to 13, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on “Morning Joe” Thursday. The mayor said the cases include a man in his 40s and a woman in her 80s. More details were expected later in the day.
A coworker is from Wuhan. She is thankful she is not trapped in an apartment with two little girls (one teen). Ugh
NEW JERSEY
A New Jersey man has tested positive for coronavirus and is being treated at Hackensack University Medical Center. The case is pending confirmation by the CDC.George McNish | For NJ Advance M
By Anthony G. Attrino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
A 32-year-old man from Fort Lee in Bergen County is the first person in New Jersey to be diagnosed with coronavirus, the borough’s mayor told NJ Advance Media on Thursday.
The unidentified man was being treated for the illness at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he arrived on Tuesday and was placed in isolation, according to Mayor Mark Sokolich.
So, if you are just slightly sick or one of those people who "has to go to work" but can function at pretty high levels of illness (they exist) just go on infecting everyone.
My family was DEAD, DEAD sick with Swine Flu a few years back. I mean, SICK.
I got in the car, drove to get my small business packages out in USPS for the day and then drive to Fry's where I got medicine, ginger ale, etc.
I was careful, BTW, what I touched and stayed away from people. I didn't want to give anyone what I had.
A ton of people, with sh*tty, jobs will attempt to get to work because they need to or fear getting fired.
Bad, bad situation.
https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/chongqing-traffic
The rush hour peaks have been trending back towards m=normal from being nearly flat several weeks ago.
S. KOREA
USFK reports 2 more cases of new coronavirus in Daegu, total now at 6
17:38 March 05, 2020
By Choi Soo-hyang
SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) — Two dependents of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) personnel have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of USFK-related infection cases to six, the military said Thursday.
The fifth patient is a dependent of an active duty service member and the sixth is the spouse of a U.S. Department of Defense civilian employee, both based in the southeastern city of Daegu, according to USFK.
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200305001352325?section=national/defense
Huge Asian community in Fort Lee. Dude is PRObably Korean.
From the same link:
“ In what may be a second case, a patient at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck is under observation and suspected of having the COVID-19, which causes the virus, hospital officials told NJ Advance Media on Thursday.
“A person is under investigation (at the hospital) for coronavirus,” said Jessica Griffin, a spokeswoman for Holy Name”
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ITALY
Italy’s bishops on Thursday ordered that Masses not be held during the week in churches in areas of the north of the country affected by the coronavirus outbreak, a step believed to be unprecedented.
It was believed to be the first time such a draconian step had been taken in Italy, the European country worst hit so far by the coronavirus outbreak. Masses were not even cancelled when the plague struck Milan in the 17th century.
I knew of the Fort Bend (Texas) case brewing through personal contacts, but was hoping it was a false Alarm.
Don’t know if they’ve released details yet (initially, at least, they were holding it back due to ‘privacy’ - LOL), but the case is a guy (I think) that lives in Sugar Land. He went on a tour of the Middle East in January and got sick at some point. I also believe he’s Asian. Also, others are saying there was a group from Rice University on the tour with him.
North Shore School District closing March 5 for two weeks
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