Corona Virus Updates Part 4

As Singapore reaches 112 cases....

SINGAPORE: Visitors from Singapore to Thailand will not have to quarantine themselves amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the Tourism Authority of Thailand confirmed on Wednesday (Mar 4).

originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
Anyone thinking the U.S is immune to this virus is about to get rude shock it seems.

You say that as if there are people on this thread that think the US is immune to this virus.

France is now at 257 cases, 45 more today as of 15h30 GMT+1

www.20minutes.fr...

edit : And just after that, they announce 26 more cases in the east of France, not sure if they were included in the 45 from above.

China offers funds to domestic and foreign airlines to combat coronavirus effects it is in spanish, sorry.

China on Wednesday offered cash support to domestic and foreign airlines to encourage them to restore services and stop suspending flights during the coronavirus outbreak.

Cirium data indicate that the number of flights to, from and within China canceled or withdrawn from the usual schedule was 347,414 between January 24 and February 27.

For each available seat per kilometer, Beijing will grant 0.0176 yuan (US $ 0.0025) for routes that are shared by several companies and 0.0528 yuan for routes that are only operated by one company, said the Civil Aviation Administration from China in a statement on its website.

For example, British Airways, which has canceled all its flights to mainland China, would receive a subsidy of about 50,000 yuan for each flight from London to Beijing if it sold all seats, according to Reuters calculations.

50,000 yuans are about USD$7,177

I think this is still madness. China should come clean with the data before doing this.

originally posted by: SpartanStoic
Apple just canceled their big developer conference scheduled for May. Links at your fav search engine.

Cisco already canceled DevNet Create and I won't be surprised if they cancel CLUS.
Aruba canceled Atmosphere.

Big Tech is feeling this already.

And here we go...

New York family of four all test positive for coronavirus as state cases climb.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed that a family of four and their neighbor have all tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the number of cases in the state to at least six.

The father is at New York Presbyterian Hospital and in critical condition, the NYC Health Department said Tuesday.

The family lives in Westchester County; the father works at the Manhattan law firm Lewis and Garbuz, P.C., the health department said Tuesday. Both of his children attend school in the city. His son attends Yeshiva University while his daughter goes to SAR Academy and High School in the Bronx.

www.cnbc.com...

Family affair - 4 of the 6 cases in New York all 1 family

- A lawyer from Westchester County
- The lawyer's wife
- His son, a 20-year-old Yeshiva student
- His 14-year-old daughter
- A neighbor who drove him to the hospital

a reply to: GlobalGold

so then they need to test all the families contacts and the neighbors. this is gonna be a total fluster cluck of craziness.

also, some dude got caught having sold 200,000 masks on Amazon, where he had changed the use by date.
They were 6 years out of date.
He was caught brokering another 100,000 mask deal.

www.20minutes.fr...

Maybe they should have publicly shamed him, it might save a court date.
Then again we've progressed a bit in the last 100 years (a bit).
(He was set free (on bail I suppose) while they investigate further)

originally posted by: malektaus
a reply to: GlobalGold

so then they need to test all the families contacts and the neighbors. this is gonna be a total fluster cluck of craziness.

Well, the neighbor did drive him to hospital, so there was close contact there

Warning! Wear a mask before driving neighbors to hospital!

originally posted by: fleabit
Imo the government have seriously bungled this, so far. Of course the CDC was missing key players going into this,

Sorry, you are conflating fact with fiction.

Yes, the CDC/medical leadership has totally bungled this.

But it has nothing to do with them 'missing key players', becasue they weren't. That is a fake news lie.

Looks like the American public are going to have to look out for themselves for this crisis.

Yep... SNAFU.

BBC is reporting the Switzerland is "Unlikely to avoid Deaths"

Many young people have contracted the disease from Northern Italy.
They are worried about the old folk mostly.

www.bbc.com...

originally posted by: Agit8dChop

GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - About 3.4% of confirmed cases of COVID-19 have died, far above seasonal flu’s fatality rate of under 1%, but the novel coronavirus can be contained, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com...:+Trending+Content&utm_me dium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

maybe now we can stop with the garbage ''its just the flu'' or ''the flu is deadlier''

No, we can't, because that number is garbage. Remember, garbage in, garbage out.

www.dailymail.co.uk...

Thirty-four new coronavirus cases were recorded in the UK today in the biggest daily spike recorded on British soil, taking the number of infected patients to 85.  
Health officials refused to reveal exactly whereabouts in the UK the infected patients were diagnosed but said 80 have been in England, three in Scotland, one in Wales and one in Northern Ireland.
Four of the new coronavirus cases – three in England and one in Scotland – caught the deadly infection in the UK, sparking fears the virus is spreading rapidly across the home nations.
The other 31 patients – 29 in England and one in Scotland – were infected abroad, with most thought to have been struck down in Italy, the centre of Europe's escalating coronavirus crisis. 
It comes after England's chief medical officer this morning warned the coronavirus will kill Britons and added an epidemic was 'highly likely' as the outbreak in Britain continues to accelerate.
Professor Chris Whitty's chilling message for Britain's 66million residents came after Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted yesterday people's lives may have to be put on hold for up to three months to fight the deadly viru

UK's total just got bigger!

a reply to: UFO1414

I wonder about the father's age ranges, how long it has been since he contracted the virus to have then become critical in regards to his medical condition, and what his other risk factors may be.

The coronavirus has evolved into two major types, with differing transmission rates and geographical distribution, according to a study published in the National Science Review on Tuesday.

A group of Chinese scientists analysed 103 coronavirus genomes and identified mutations in 149 sites across the strains.

They found that one type, which they called the L type, was more prevalent than the other, the S type, meaning it was more infectious. They also found that the L type had evolved from the S type, and that the L type was far more widespread before January 7 and in Wuhan, ground zero of the outbreak.

www.scmp.com...

originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: UFO1414

I wonder about the father's age ranges, how long it has been since he contracted the virus to have then become critical in regards to his medical condition, and what his other risk factors may be.

N.Y. gov. said this morning the father was 50. Rest are good questions and I wondered same.

Israel is apprently asking people travelling from France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain to enter isolation on arrival in Israel.
Quote attributed to B.Netanyahu

at 15h45 in this thread (ongoing live thread)

www.20minutes.fr...

edit : They have also announced in France that the price of Hydroalcoholic(?) Gel is to have a set price, by the government.
They have a large factory in France, which is quite happy to produce as much as people will buy/need.

Finally, the WHO has apparently put out how to make your own alcohol gel, have to find a link to that.



edit2:
Link to WHO Pdf on how to make Alcohol Hand Gel (older link, not a new one).

www.who.int...



This WHO link to the page that warns of the "Dangers of Alcohol based hand-cleaners" should also be consulted. Fire, etc...
www.who.int...

originally posted by: GlobalGold
India has confirmed 28 cases of the novel coronavirus, the nation's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan announced in a press conference on Wednesday.

Vardhan said that the cases broke down as follows:

17 were identified as an Italian travel group and an Indian driver.
1 case reported on Monday in New Delhi was a person who had traveled to Italy.
6 cases in Agra were linked to the New Delhi case.
1 case reported on Monday involved a 24-year-old in India's southern state of Telangana who had traveled to Dubai.
3 cases reported earlier in Kerala have recovered and been discharged.

Just read this post! Possible lift off in India now and that's gonna spread like wildfire!

originally posted by: GlobalGold

The coronavirus has evolved into two major types, with differing transmission rates and geographical distribution, according to a study published in the National Science Review on Tuesday.

A group of Chinese scientists analysed 103 coronavirus genomes and identified mutations in 149 sites across the strains.

They found that one type, which they called the L type, was more prevalent than the other, the S type, meaning it was more infectious. They also found that the L type had evolved from the S type, and that the L type was far more widespread before January 7 and in Wuhan, ground zero of the outbreak.

www.scmp.com...

Now, to identify the types that are spreading in other nations.