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Santa Clara County has declared a local emergency due to the coronavirus outbreak, a procedural move that allows the county to leverage state funds and mutual aid resources if more cases of the virus are confirmed locally. County public health officials say the risk to the general public is still low, and the declaration approved by the Board of Supervisors Monday afternoon does not change that. “The declaration and proclamation do not signify any increase in risk to the residents of Santa Clara County. These actions empower the County to more effectively respond to the outbreak, seek and utilize mutual...

Pangolins carry a 99% identical coronavirus, report Chinese scientists GUANGZHOU, China––Will the Wuhan coronavirus, newly linked to pangolins, save one of the world’s most endangered animals? Headlines over the weekend of February 8-9, 2020 amplified global panic that the number of confirmed Wuhan coronavirus deaths had soared beyond the 2003 toll from severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS], and within another day topped 1,000. But word came almost simultaneously from the South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou, capital city of Guangdong province, that researchers Shen Yongyi and Xiao Lihua may have positively identified the source of the mysterious coronavirus, known to...

The 195 Americans who were evacuated from Wuhan, China, in late January have now been released from the first mandatory quarantine the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ordered in more than 50 years. The group, which faced numerous health screenings both in China and during their trip and quarantine, has now been "medically cleared," health officials said Tuesday, clearing the way for them to leave the March Air Reserve Base in Southern California. "Our guests at March Air Reserve Base are happy to see an official end today to their 14-day quarantine and are looking forward to returning...

High sulphur dioxide levels at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak could be a sign of mass cremations, it has been claimed. Satellite maps in recent days have shown alarming levels of SO2 around Wuhan, the Chinese city where the outbreak began. In addition, there were high sulphur dioxide levels in the city of Chongqing which is also under quarantine. Scientists say that sulphur dioxide is produced when bodies are cremated, and also when medical waste is incinerated. But social media users who investigated the maps have suggested that dead bodies could be being burned on the outskirts of the...

The death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed 1,000 on Monday as governments around the world work to contain the outbreak. Officials announced Monday that 1,016 people in mainland China have died from the coronavirus and that 42,638 people had contracted the infection, The New York Times reported. The statistics indicate a rapid surge in the number of confirmed cases and deaths stemming from it. China's National Health Commission reported on Sunday 40,171 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 908 deaths. The Hubei province, the epicenter of the virus, announced 103 deaths in the past day from the deadly disease,...

San Diego received its first confirmed case of coronavirus Monday, an official familiar with the situation confirmed to 10News. According to the source, the individual was aboard the first flight from Wuhan, China to Miramar last Wednesday. The official says the individual is an adult. It’s unclear whether the patient is a man or a woman. The individual was taken to the UC San Diego Medical Center for treatment. The first flight from China landed at Miramar last Wednesday. A second plane arrived at the base later in the week. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all...

There are currently 42,729 confirmed cases worldwide, including 1013 fatalities.

Briton tests positive in Spain as fourth case is confirmed in UK Pressure on health chiefs over British virus 'super spreader' Coronavirus consequences 'may be comparable' to flu pandemics Analysis: super spreaders could disrupt efforts to contain outbreak Coronavirus: a quick guide to the outbreak sweeping the world < Four more people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the UK this morning, including two health care workers. The new cases take the total number of infections in England to eight. It comes as the Telegraph has learned that a quarantined British patient threatening to abscond from coronavirus facilities...

LONDON -- A middle-aged businessman from England who vacationed in the Alps has illustrated how the ease of international travel is complicating global efforts to track and contain the new coronavirus that emerged in China. From the Singapore hotel where he is believed to have picked up the virus during a conference, to a ski resort in the French Alps and a pub in his hometown of Hove on the southern coast of England, as well as the flights he took on his way back to Britain, the man came in contact with dozens of other people, potentially infecting them...

BEIJING - People across China trickled back work on Monday after an extended Lunar New Year holiday as the government eased restrictions imposed to counter the coronavirus, but the World Health Organization (WHO) said the number of cases outside China could be just “the tip of the iceberg”. The death toll from the epidemic rose to 908, all but two in mainland China, on Sunday as 97 more fatalities were recorded - the largest number in a single day since the virus was detected in the city of Wuhan in December. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been...

SEOUL - North Korea’s not saying a word about deaths or illnesses from the coronavirus, but the disease reportedly has spread across the border from China and is taking a toll in a country with a dismal health care system and scant resources for fighting off the deadly bug. One sure sign of the regime’s fears is that it failed to stage a parade in central Pyongyang on Saturday, the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the country’s armed forces. Last year, Kim Jong Un himself presided over the procession that displayed the North’s latest missiles and other fearsome hardware...

Coronavirus 2019-nCoV Global Cases from Johns Hopkins

There are currently 40,221 confirmed cases worldwide, including 904fatalities.

Experts have blamed a form of systemic inflammatory response syndrome called "cytokine storm" for killing some novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)-infected patients who were not very sick in the early stage of infection but eventually died of multiple organ failure, according to Chinese media reports. The epidemic, which started mid-December in Wuhan, in China's Hubei Province, had claimed more than 800 lives in China as of Feb. 8, including Li Wenliang (李文亮), a 34-year-old ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital who tried to issue the first warning about the deadly coronavirus outbreak late last year but was silenced by the Chinese authorities. While...

The virus: 86 people died in a single day in China on Friday. The coronavirus death toll has risen to at least 805, and the vast majority have died in mainland China. Globally, the virus has infected more 34,400 people across 28 countries and territories. Foreign fatalities: A 60-year-old US national died in Wuhan on Thursday, the US Embassy in Beijing said Saturday, marking the first confirmed death of a foreigner. Japan also reported its first death of suspected coronavirus in Wuhan on Saturday. Doctor's death: The death of a doctor widely regarded as a hero in China for blowing...

Russia's state TV Channel One has broadcast conspiracy theories blaming U.S. President Donald Trump or "international corporations" for the coronavirus. The report was broadcast on the main evening news show watched by millions on February 5.

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NEW JERSEY — Four remained in a hospital on Saturday after two dozen people who arrived in New Jersey this week were tested for the coronavirus, officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had ordered the four individuals to be evaluated at a New Jersey hospital to make sure that they do not have the coronavirus, the state Department of Health told Patch on Saturday. The other 23 passengers from a cruise ship that arrived on Friday were cleared. Test results are pending at the CDC in Atlanta, the DOH said.

Americans have no reason to panic over the coronavirus, Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel said Saturday. "People are walking down the street with masks about a virus that literally only has infected 12 people" in the United States, he said. Siegel, appearing on "Fox & Friends: Weekend," said Chinese misinformation and secrecy has made the virus harder to control, but the United States has done a great job in helping to control the spread and treat infected people. While the risk of infection in America right now is "very, very, very, low," he said China's failure to stem...

Princeton University has ordered some students, faculty and staff who recently traveled to China to self-isolate as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread worldwide. Fewer than 20 students — including undergraduate and graduate students — were in self-quarantine as of Monday evening, said Michael Hotchkiss, deputy university spokesperson. They must confine themselves for 14 days following their last visit to mainland China, according to a statement issued by the university. The mandate requires that they remain indoors and not attend classes or jobs on campus. As many as 108 Princeton students were ordered to self-quarantine as of Sunday, but that...