He: "It's passing from humans to humans."
She: "Ping Null and Void."
Posted on 01/15/2020 6:29:25 PM PST by dynachrome
Japan has confirmed its first case of a new coronavirus from China, the health ministry said Thursday.
A Chinese national who has traveled to Wuhan, eastern China, tested positive in Japan, the ministry said. The man in his 30s man lives in Kanagawa Prefecture. He returned from Wuhan on Jan. 6 and was hospitalized on Jan. 10. He has already recovered and was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, the ministry said.
A ministry official said there are no other confirmed cases in Japan.
The pneumonia-like virus has infected dozens of people in Wuhan, with preliminary evidence suggesting the outbreak was associated with exposure at a seafood market.
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Ping.
I am following this story with some concern.
It's spreading.
Thanks. I knew you would notice this and ping Nully.
Just a co-inky-dink that WHO warned about it spreading yesterday.
Wondering what specifically concerns you about this particular story/virus...
Many cold viruses are coronaviruses. So, if I had to guess, I would say that it transmits fairly easily.
Dang it. How come there’s never a jackdanielsvirus or patrontequilavirus?
I thought you had to eat a bat to get this ...
“Wonder how easy it is to contract? The guy flew back to Japan I assume.”
Earlier this week, I posted about people getting this virus and getting on planes and flying the virus to new areas around the world.
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
If its only inflected dozens in China probably not too bad.
This one is spreading fast.
Just yesterday I was talking to my wife about this . Kyushu , where we live , attracts many Chinese tourists as well as “ workers “ , and I was saying that we must be extra careful now re: hand washing , gargling , etc...
Well, crap.
Does this mean I can’t keep trying recipes with the seafood from the local Asian market here in Denver?
Japan has confirmed its first case of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus
from (Wuhan) China, the health ministry said Thursday.
A Chinese national in his 30s who lives in Kanagawa Prefecture tested positive for the virus, the ministry said.
He returned from Wuhan on Jan. 6 and was hospitalized on Jan. 10,
but has already recovered and was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday
“The chances are slim that the infection will spread (in Japan),” a health ministry official said.
Coronaviruses usually cause common-cold symptoms, infecting the nose, sinuses
or upper throat, and are spread through sneezing, coughing or direct contact.
The man developed a fever on Jan. 3 while in Wuhan.
He is now at home recuperating, the ministry said.
His fever is gone but he has a slight cough.
The man passed the quarantine test at the airport upon his return because he had taken some medicine.
It sounded like a type of pneumonia that transmitted like colds do.
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