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Coronavirus: Asian nations face second wave of imported cases
BBC ^ | 3-19-20

Posted on 03/19/2020 3:07:28 PM PDT by nuconvert

South Korea, China and Singapore are among the Asian countries facing a second coronavirus wave, fuelled by people importing it from outside.

China, where the virus first emerged, confirmed it had no new domestic cases on Wednesday for the first time since the outbreak began, a major milestone. But it reported 34 new cases among people who recently returned to China.

Singapore also reported 47 new cases, of which 33 were imported - 30 of them returned Singapore residents.

South Korea saw a jump in new cases on Thursday with 152, though it is not clear how many were imported.

A new cluster there is centred on a nursing home in Daegu, where 74 patients have tested positive.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19
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1 posted on 03/19/2020 3:07:28 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

From the White House (e-mail, excerpt):


As America faces an unprecedented global threat from the Coronavirus, President Trump made another important announcement at today’s White House briefing.

“Today I want to share with you exciting progress that the FDA is making with the private sector as we slash red tape like nobody has ever done it before,” he said. “I’ve directed the FDA to eliminate outdated rules and bureaucracy so this work can proceed rapidly, quickly—and, I mean, fast. And we have to remove every barrier.”


2 posted on 03/19/2020 3:09:57 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: nuconvert

> China, where the virus first emerged, confirmed it had no new domestic cases on Wednesday <

Not even one new case in the entire country. Wow. The ChiComs are amazing. Amazing liars.


3 posted on 03/19/2020 3:10:08 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: nuconvert

About those imported cases, I would be fine with those Asian countries simply stopping those visitors from getting in. And we can do the same over here.


4 posted on 03/19/2020 3:11:58 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Leaning Right

They aren’t even trying any more.


5 posted on 03/19/2020 3:12:07 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: nuconvert

more reason to close our borders NOW

end all immigration and refugees NOW


6 posted on 03/19/2020 3:13:17 PM PDT by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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To: nuconvert

Chinese garment factory workers returning from Italy?


7 posted on 03/19/2020 3:14:58 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: familyop

Well, it sounds like maybe we really need to pay attention & keep people from coming here until the virus is really gone.


8 posted on 03/19/2020 3:15:05 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: nuconvert

I am sure all these imports who tested positive are under quarantine until they have gotten over it.


9 posted on 03/19/2020 3:21:17 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: nuconvert
OMIGOD!!! LOOK AT THE NUMBERS! Here's your sign.


PUSH HARDER!! Wham-Bam Wuhan Scam!



10 posted on 03/19/2020 3:21:43 PM PDT by SanchoP (DC is the deep state.)
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To: nuconvert

Meanwhile there’s a fully loaded 787 going from Xinhua to Vancouver, where they will NOT be screened for anything, as we speak.


11 posted on 03/19/2020 3:22:35 PM PDT by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: nuconvert

I posted a study/workshop on pandemics earlier today that was done before this outbreak

It talked about how it comes in waves.

The deadliest wave might be expected in about 6 months after the first, IIRC


12 posted on 03/19/2020 3:28:42 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: nuconvert

This was what I’ve been waiting for. To see how they do after the quarantine was lifted. It may not all be imported cases. But, those within the country that are now showing symptoms.


13 posted on 03/19/2020 3:29:02 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: nuconvert

What goes around comes around


14 posted on 03/19/2020 3:38:13 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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To: nuconvert

Boomerang effect


15 posted on 03/19/2020 3:39:06 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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To: nuconvert

I noticed that Singapore’s numbers popped yesterday and wondered whether a lot of that was people scrambling through airports and airplanes the last few weeks to get home.

I am in Colombia. 2/3 of the cases here were Colombians returning from Europe.


16 posted on 03/19/2020 3:40:23 PM PDT by AC86UT89
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To: nuconvert

Thats how Pandemics roll....


17 posted on 03/19/2020 3:42:50 PM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Kozak

marked on the chart where the cases drop suddenly:

“Drop after return to original definition of diagnosis”

what does that mean?

not how BBC, at the conclusion, almost eliminates China:

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the vast majority - 80% - have occurred in Europe and the Western Pacific region, which includes much of Asia.

finally - taking China at its word...is that all there is to covid-19? the equivalent of about 20,000 infections in US and a few thousand deaths? really!

please explain why the West has committed economic suicide en masse?


18 posted on 03/19/2020 3:56:19 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: MAGAthon

should have said “and the equivalent in the US of less than a thousand deaths”.


19 posted on 03/19/2020 4:07:03 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: nuconvert

Recycling it like a sump pump recycles water that won’t drain away from the house. Or something like that.


20 posted on 03/19/2020 4:13:00 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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