Posted on 01/30/2020 4:20:42 PM PST by Enlightened1
SHANGHAI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Health authorities in Hubei, the Chinese province at the centre of the coronavirus epidemic, said on Friday that deaths from the disease had risen to 204, a sharp increase that underscores concerns about the virus from global health officials.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said late Thursday that it was declaring the outbreak a global emergency, as cases spread to at least 18 countries.
The latest Hubei figures take the total death toll for China to at least 212. China's National Health Commission is expected to release new national figures later on Friday.
There have been a further 1,220 cases detected in Hubei by end of Jan. 30, taking the total for the province alone to close to 6,000, Hubei's health commission said.
Nearly 100 cases have emerged in other countries, spurring cuts to travel, outbreaks of anti-China sentiment in some places, and a surge in demand for protective face masks.
In Hubei some 60 million people are living under virtual lockdown as China seeks to contain the epidemic.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, praised China's response in a news conference in Geneva on Thursday evening but said the WHO was concerned about the virus spreading to countries that did not have the resources to deal with it.
"The main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in China but because of what is happening in other countries. Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems," he said.
The WHO move will trigger tighter containment and information-sharing guidelines to all countries, but may disappoint Beijing, which had expressed confidence it can beat the "devil" virus.
China's U.N. ambassador, Zhang Jun, said Beijing was assessing the declaration.
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Government propaganda dirt! Government propaganda alert!
“I’ve seen just how politicized that bunch is when it comes to our obesity/diabetes epidemic”
It’s not just ours; it’s worldwide. That’s the main thing that makes me suspect that the obesity epidemic is biological warfare, either released or accidentally escaped.
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212 deaths isn’t an emergency. This is virulent but overblown.
I think the story here (apart from the interesting and somewhat concerning epidemiology) is the fate of China.
Yes many people have posted that already.
In my opinion this is a naturally-evolved virus, virology tech isn't as good as most posters here imagine.
“It’s not just ours; it’s worldwide. That’s the main thing that makes me suspect that the obesity epidemic is biological warfare, either released or accidentally escaped.”
Definitely worldwide. Bummer for other countries, though, they don’t have enough insight into just how corrupt our medical field is to understand that anything coming out of our government should be taken with a grain of salt (with salt being another scandal). So they blindly follow us, trusting that our recommendations are based on research - LOL.
As to obesity being chemical warfare, I don’t think that was the case at the beginning. At this point, it is the case - it’s basically no different than smoking at least in recent decades, where everyone knows the truth, but they’re making so much money off it, and everyone they know is doing the same - then no one wants to point out the elephant in the living room. For that matter, same with the Housing Bubble that started to blow up 15 years ago.
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