Notices tagged with covid19
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2020 17:04:35 UTC ![Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]](https://n5.federati.net/avatar/2-48-20200207173346.png)
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U.S. health officials are preparing for the COVID-19 coronavirus, which has killed at least 2,249 people and sickened more than 76,700 worldwide, to become a pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
"We're not seeing community spread here in the United States, yet, but it's very possible, even likely, that it may eventually happen," Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters on a conference call. "Our goal continues to be slowing the introduction of the virus into the U.S. This buys us more time to prepare communities for more cases and possibly sustained spread."
Messonnier said the CDC is working with state and local health departments "to ready our public health workforce to respond to local cases and the possibility this outbreak could become a pandemic." The CDC is collaborating with supply chain partners, hospitals, pharmacies and manufacturers to understand what medical supplies are needed, she said.
"This will help CDC understand when we may need to take more aggressive measures to ensure that health-care workers on the front lines have access to the supplies that they need," she said. "We are reviewing all of our pandemic materials and adapting them to COVID-19."
Messonnier pointed to China, where schools and businesses have been shuttered for weeks to contain the outbreak there, saying the U.S. may eventually need to do the same.
"The day may come where we may need to implement such measures in this country," she said.
The CDC is changing the way it categorizes confirmed cases in the U.S. to separate out people who've been repatriated to the country with the virus from China and from a cruise ship that was quarantined off the coast of Japan, she said. As of Friday morning, the CDC had confirmed 13 infections that were transmitted on U.S. soil and 21 cases that were brought into the country, she said.
The U.S. evacuated 329 Americans this week from the Diamond Princess ship, which was quarantined in the port of Yokohama, Japan, after an outbreak emerged onboard earlier this month. Despite the quarantine, which kept passengers confined to their cabins, the virus infected more than 600 passengers and crew, including some Americans who are being treated in Japan, Messonnier said.
"There are several Americans with COVID-19 who are hospitalized in Japan and who are seriously ill," she said.
Of the 329 Americans brought back from Japan, Messonnier said 18 of them tested positive for COVID-19. She said it's possible that some of those patients did not test positive before boarding the evacuation flights in Japan but that they were "already incubating the disease."
Earlier in the day, World Health Organization officials said they were concerned with the virus outbreak in Iran, where local health officials have confirmed 18 new cases and 4 deaths in just two days.
While a majority of cases are in China, the CDC has been working with the health-care sector to prepare for the virus to "take a foothold in the U.S.," Messonnier told reporters Feb. 12.
https://nu.federati.net/url/263970 [cnbc]
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2020 16:09:51 UTC
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First known person-to-person spread of #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV in #Italy.
https://nu.federati.net/url/263888 [ansa.it -- EN]
https://nu.federati.net/url/263889 [ansa.it -- IT]
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2020 02:23:58 UTC
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9:12 am: South Korea says another 31 new cases found
South Korea's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed another 31 new cases, bringing the total number of people infected to 82.
One case was identified in the capital of Seoul, the rest were in the city of Daegu and the Gyengbuk province, KCDC said. — Joanna Tan
7:58 am: Hubei reports an additional 108 deaths bringing total fatalities in province to 2,029
Hubei's health authorities reported there were 108 additional fatalities on Feb. 19, bringing the total number of people who died in the province to 2,029.
The Hubei Provincial Health Committee reported there were 349 new cases on Feb. 19 — down from 1,693 newly confirmed cases the day before. The commission stated that 349 was the final tally after deducting 279 cases from 10 Hubei cities. According to Reuters, the number of new cases reported daily is a net figure including such deductions. That means the number of new cases on Wednesday stood at 628, when the deductions were removed.
The virus — believed to have first emerged from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province — has killed more than 2,000 people so far. Less than 10 people outside the mainland have died from the virus. — Joanna Tan
2:41 pm: CDC issues travel guidelines for Hong Kong after second coronavirus-related death
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines on Wednesday for American travelers to Hong Kong after the city reported its second death from the new coronavirus. Travelers to Hong Kong should avoid contact with sick people, the CDC said, and regularly wash their hands. It is the CDC's lowest-level travel warning, but it is the first coronavirus-related travel notice issued by the U.S. government for a territory beyond mainland China. — Feuer
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/coronavirus-latest-updates-hubei-china-deaths.html [cnbc]
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2020 20:01:38 UTC
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@moonman Says here 60 and up, existing illness are big factors in the #COVID-19 death rate. -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2020 19:25:48 UTC
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7:15 pm: German investor confidence falls sharply amid coronavirus fears
German investor confidence has sharply deteriorated amid intensifying fears that China's coronavirus outbreak will significantly hamper world trade, according to a new survey.
The ZEW Research Institute said Tuesday that its monthly survey showed economic sentiment fell to 8.7 in February, down from 26.7 in January. Analysts had anticipated a reading of 21.5 this month.
"The feared negative effects of the Coronavirus epidemic in China on world trade have been causing a considerable decline of the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany," ZEW President Achim Wambach said in a statement.
"Expectations regarding the development of the export-intensive sectors of the economy have dropped particularly sharply." — Meredith.
3:32 pm: Chinese study suggests people ages 60 and older are most at risk
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention released a study on Monday that looked in depth at the coronavirus epidemic on the mainland that has infected more than 72,000 and killed over 1,800.
The report examined 72,314 unique patient records, including 44,672 confirmed cases as of Feb. 11.
It found around 81% of the confirmed cases were said to be mild, 13.8% were severe and 4.7% were critical while information on the rest was missing.
It also suggested that people ages 60 and above were most at risk, based off the reported case fatality rate — calculated by dividing the total number of deaths by the total number of cases. Of the cases examined, about 14.8% of people 80 and older died.
The overall case fatality rate in the study was 2.3%. The study also noted that nearly half (49%) of the people who were in critical condition have died.
1:53 pm: Director of hospital in Wuhan dies from virus
The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission confirmed Liu Zhiming, the director of Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan, died Tuesday morning.
According to an online report from state news broadcaster CCTV, medical staff sent from Beijing Xiehe Hospital said Liu died of the new coronavirus at 10:30 a.m. after an all-out rescue effort failed.
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission later said Liu died at 10:54 a.m. and that he was 51 years old.
Nearly two weeks ago, doctor Li Wenliang, who was initially reprimanded by local authorities for his early warnings about the virus, also died from the new coronavirus. — Cheng
Underlying, existing illnesses such as cardiovascular disease increased the chance of fatality, the report found.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/coronavirus-covid-19-latest-updates-china-death.html [cnbc]
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N-5-O-body (n5admin@n5.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2020 00:37:51 UTC 
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11:35 a.m. Coronavirus trends outside China seem promising, but every scenario is still on the table, WHO leader says
The latest data provided by China shows a decline in new cases of coronavirus infections, but "every scenario is still on the table" in terms of the epidemic's evolution, the World Health Organization says.
Dr. Mike Ryan, head of the organization's emergencies program, noted a positive trend in the virus' existence outside of China. "The real issue is whether we are seeing efficient community transmission outside of China and at the present time we are not observing that," he said. —Reuters
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/17/coronavirus-live-updates.html
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2020 19:10:54 UTC
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Disease modelers and #COVID-19 https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/14/disease-modelers-see-future-of-covid-19/ [statnews com]
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2020 07:14:18 UTC
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11:11 am: China sends more than 25,000 medical workers to Hubei
China has dispatched more than 25,000 health workers to help Hubei as of Feb. 14, as the central Chinese province seeks to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, state-owned Xinhua reported, citing a senior official at the National Health Commission.
"The total number of medical workers has far exceeded that for rescue in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and we did it at a much faster speed," Wang Hesheng, deputy head of the commission, reportedly said. He was referring to a magnitude 8 earthquake in May 2008 that hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, that killed an estimated 70,000 to 80,000 people.
Wang said that of the 25,633 medical workers sent to Hubei, about 20,000 are now working in Wuhan city — where the virus is thought to have first emerged. The official said that number does not include medical staff sent by the military, according to Xinhua. -- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/16/coronavirus-latest-updates-china-death-toll-rises.html [cnbc]
Twenty-five thousand more medical workers flowing into the center of the #COVID-19 / #2019-nCoV / Wuhan #coronavirus outbreak ... I'm really hoping they get a handle on this soon. -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2020 20:57:11 UTC
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10:30 am: WHO calls on global leaders to 'stop stigma and hate' surrounding virus
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged global leaders on Saturday to stop stigma and hate amid the virus outbreak. His comments follow reports that people of Asian descent have faced discrimination amid fears of the virus.
"It's easy to blame, it's easy to politicize, it's harder to tackle a problem together and find solutions together," Ghebreyesus said during an address at the Munich Security Conference. "We will all learn lessons from this outbreak, but now is not the time for reclamations or politicization."
5:00 am: First coronavirus death confirmed in Europe
An 80-year-old Chinese tourist died of the virus in France, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Saturday. The man was from the Chinese province of Hubei, the center of the outbreak, and arrived in France on Jan. 16. He was hospitalized since Jan. 25.
The man's daughter also has the virus and was also hospitalized in Paris, but will be discharged soon, the health minister said.
It's the first death that's been confirmed in Europe and the fourth from the virus outside of mainland China. France has 11 confirmed cases of the virus. -- https://nu.federati.net/url/263053 [cnbc]
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2020 03:47:40 UTC
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5:40 pm: How hospitals are preparing in the US
Officials from both the CDC and WHO told reporters that they were concerned about the number of health workers who become ill as coronavirus spread. Currently, no health workers in the U.S. have contracted the virus. Dr. Bernard Camins, medical director for infection prevention at Mount Sinai hospital, joins "Closing Bell" to talk about how medical facilities are preparing for coronavirus in the U.S. —Cheddar Berk
https://nu.federati.net/url/262963
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2020 02:37:58 UTC
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https://take.iteasy.club/objects/8ef5e0b6-e256-4a72-98a7-c459654970c2
@dude@take.iteasy.club@take.iteasy.club found this link: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.12.20022418v1
Suspicion that: along with kidney damage already noticed, #COVID-19 ( #2019-nCoV ) Wuhan #coronavirus infection may affect male organs such as testicles. (AFAIK, they did not perform corresponding research about female organs such as ovaries, so don't take this as an indication that only male fertility may be damaged.) #SARS-CoV-2 -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2020 19:54:50 UTC
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7:30 pm: China's XI says country must fix loopholes exposed during coronavirus outbreak
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the ruling Communist Party to repair loopholes and weaknesses exposed during the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reported on Friday, citing state television.
His reported comments come shortly after China's National Health Commission reported an additional 121 deaths nationwide, with 5,090 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
The flu-like virus was found to have killed a total of 1,380 people in mainland China as of Thursday evening after the health commission said it had removed 108 deaths from the total figure due to a double-count in Hubei province — the epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak.
It is the second day in a row that the province's data changes have caused significant changes to a nationwide figure, fueling doubts many have about their accuracy. (See 1:15 p.m. update).
The White House does "not have high confidence in the information coming out of China," a senior U.S. administration official told CNBC on Thursday.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/coronavirus-latest-updates-chinas-hubei.html [cnbc]
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2020 21:00:35 UTC
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11:35 am: WHO officials scramble to measure size of coronavirus epidemic: 'How big is the iceberg?'
World health officials are scrambling to determine just how widespread the new coronavirus is as Chinese authorities reported a surge in new cases overnight after changing how it counts confirmed infections. "How big is the iceberg?" Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's emergencies program, said at a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Geneva. "We do know, and we all accept, that there is transmission occurring at some level in communities," he said. "We've all seen those clusters, we've all seen those super spreading events. The question is how much is happening outside what we see?" — Lovelace
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/13/coronavirus-latest-updates.html
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2020 20:57:16 UTC
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10:25 am: CDC confirms 15th US case in evacuee under quarantine at Texas military base
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a 15th case in the U.S., a recent evacuee from Wuhan who was quarantined at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. The U.S. evacuated roughly 800 Americans from Wuhan, more than 600 of which remain under quarantine at military facilities across the nation. Two other evacuees at a Marine Corps base near San Diego, California also have COVID-19, the CDC said Wednesday. "There will likely be additional cases in the coming days and weeks, including among other people recently returned from Wuhan," the CDC said. — Feuer
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/13/coronavirus-latest-updates.html [cnbc]
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2020 20:29:29 UTC
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12:29 pm: IMF chief says coronavirus 'clearly more impactful' on global growth than SARS
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told CNBC's Sara Eisen on Wednesday the new coronavirus that started in China is "clearly more impactful" on the world economy than the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. "China was different [then], the world was different," said Georgieva, in an interview with Ivanka Trump from a State Department event on economic empowerment for women. During the SARS outbreak, China was only 8% of the global economy, Georgieva pointed out. "Today, China manufactures 28%, with possible impact through value chains on other countries." — Belvedere
From CNBC's daily summary https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/13/coronavirus-latest-updates-china-hubei.html [cnbc]
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2020 02:38:00 UTC
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Over 15,000 new confirmed cases of #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #coronavirus infection within the past 24 hours.
I haven't seen an explanation yet. My first guess would be that they recently received a new supply of test kits, and are now testing people who are not as sick. If so, the alarming 2% fatality rate should start falling soon. -
N-5-O-body (n5admin@n5.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2020 19:15:19 UTC
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#Wuhan funeral home employee: We're burning hundreds of bodies each day. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3875039
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2020 03:55:37 UTC
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https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/labs-scramble-spot-hidden-coronavirus-infections [sciencemag org]
Trying to cast a wider diagnostic net for #COVID-19 ( #2019-nCoV ) infections. Belief is that many, many mild cases are not being diagnosed, leading to the 2% fatality rate statistic. It is thought that once they get a better look at the number of infections, the fatality rate will be far lower than 2%. -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2020 01:52:22 UTC
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https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-has-a-name-the-deadly-disease-is-covid-19/ [wired]
#2019-nCoV is now #COVID-19 caused by #SARS-CoV2 -
Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) SE HK (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2020 23:51:33 UTC 
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#2019ncov #COVID19
> According to WHO, Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV is now officially called COVID-19.
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> “We had to find a name that did not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which is also pronounceable and related to the disease,” the WHO chief said. “It also gives us a standard format to use for any future coronavirus outbreak.”
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