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  1. BBC Update. Add a few more to the DOA count. 

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    Beijing and Hong Kong have cancelled some major festivities to prevent large crowds gathering together.

    Wuhan and other cities in Hubei have seen far more draconian measures, with curbs on public transport.

    On Friday, Chinese authorities said the death toll had risen to 25, with 830 confirmed cases.

    Of the confirmed cases, 177 were in a serious condition and 34 have been "cured and discharged", the National Health Commission said. There are also 1,072 suspected cases, it added.

    Almost all of the deaths have been in Hubei. It was the low number of confirmed cases overseas - currently 13 - that was one of the reasons the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday declined to designate the virus an "international emergency". 

    "It may yet become one," said the WHO's director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51230011

  2. 1 minute ago, gecko said:

    I probably have it....or will get it.  I've been flying constantly since first of the year.  The number of sick MF'ers out there sneezing and coughing all over the airplanes is ridiculous.  Here's an idea.....if you're f'ing sick, why don't you stay home.....

    Nah man, as long as you take the antidote you will be fine. 

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    I flew throughout the Middle East during the SARS and MERS events. Drank plenty of booze and I lived. 

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  3. and now China cooties is in Collie land. 

    Health officials in Brazos County said they are investigating a possible case of coronavirus.

    The patient is someone who recently traveled to the Bryan-College Station area from Wuhan, China.

  4. 5 minutes ago, CHEF DIESEL said:

    Possible case in Houston area:

    https://www.fox26houston.com/news/brazos-county-investigating-suspected-coronavirus-case-in-patient-who-traveled-from-china

    "patient met the criteria for coronavirus testing and is being kept isolated at home".

    Yeah this worked so well for Dallas with the guy who had Ebola. He went out shopping at Northpark and coughed all over everyone eating at Maggianos and painted/sprayed a stall brown in the Men's restroom 4 feet high coming out of both ends.

    Love this line. Ummmm I would hope so...

     

    If there is a confirmed case, we will promptly announce it.

  5. CNN reporting same numbers. So 6K in 1 city is pretty serious health risk. 

    Wuhan Airport (IATA: WUH, ICAO: ZHHH), also known as Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, is a large airport in China. It is an international airport and serves the area of Hubei, China. Wuhan Airport has non-stop passenger flights scheduled to 109 destinations in 20 countries.

    At present, there are 77 domestic flights from Wuhan.

    https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-wuhan-wuh

  6. 1ee2e7d2fb4ae70c7227b8c181dad0b768670a71

     

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    China banned trains and planes from leaving a major city at the centre of a virus outbreak on Thursday, seeking to seal off its 11 million people to contain the contagious disease that has claimed 17 lives, infected hundreds and spread to other countries.

    Authorities in Wuhan, a major transport hub, also suspended public buses and subways, and said residents should not leave "without a special reason".

    More than 570 people have been infected with the virus across China -- with most cases found in Wuhan, where a seafood market that illegally sold wild animals has been identified as the epicentre of the outbreak.

    The coronavirus has caused alarm because of its similarity to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003. 

    Like SARS, it can be passed among people through the respiratory tract. 

    The first case of the new virus was confirmed on December 31, and it has since been detected in Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States.

    67a3baab33dee5501da9e0be4e520a710e50cbb0.jpgAFP / STRIn Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, authorities cancelled large public events, and called on visitors to stay away

    The World Health Organization on Wednesday delayed a decision on whether to declare a global health emergency -- a rare instrument used only for the worst outbreaks.

    The emergency committee will meet again on Thursday, after its chair, Didier Houssin, said the experts were split over declaring a public health emergency.

    WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he needed "more information" but he also praised China's "very, very strong measures" to contain the outbreak.

    "By having a strong action not only will they control the outbreak in their country but they will also minimise the chances of this outbreak spreading internationally," Tedros said when asked about Wuhan's transport shutdown.

    - 'Sealed off' -

    With hundreds of millions of people travelling across China this week for the Lunar New Year holiday, the National Health Commission announced on Wednesday measures to curb the disease nationwide -- including sterilisation and ventilation at airports and bus stations, as well as inside planes and trains.

    00011fa2935ef7e544cd84c4ef11150a57644807.jpgAFP / Gal ROMA2019 Novel Coronavirus

    Wuhan's special anti-virus command centre said the quarantine measures, which came into effect at 0200 GMT, were meant to "effectively cut off the virus spread, resolutely curb the outbreak and guarantee the people's health and safety," according to state media.

    A long line of cars headed out of the city on Thursday, with officials checking the temperatures of some drivers, according to images from Chinese media outlet The Paper.

    Police wearing masks patrolled Wuhan's Hankou train station before the suspension came into effect.

    While departures were banned, trains and planes were still heading into the city.

    Wang Biao, 28, who works in the advertising industry, was heading to Wuhan to transfer there to another train to Jingzhou, another city in Hubei province.

    "My family did ask if I would consider not coming home for the Lunar New Year, but I had already bought tickets," Wang, who was wearing a mask, gloves and a hat as protection, told AFP on the train.

    The city's tourism and culture department cancelled all group tours until February 8, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

    The city had already warned people to avoid entering or leaving Wuhan. Large public events for the Lunar New Year holiday, which starts Friday, were cancelled.

    3c280fdbc82381377f415e690fb821143fa643c8.jpgAFP / NICOLAS ASFOURIChina has classified the outbreak in the same category as the SARS epidemic

    Authorities in Wuhan also made it mandatory to wear a mask in public places, according to state media.

    "Those who disregard the warning will be punished according to relevant laws and regulations," the city government warned, according to Xinhua.

    The hashtag "Wuhan is sealed off" was trending on China's Twitter-like Weibo, with nearly 460 million views.

    - Unknowns -

    Animals are suspected to be the primary source of the outbreak, with Chinese health officials saying that the virus originated from the market where wild animals were illegally sold.

    But the WHO has confirmed that the virus can be passed between people, at least those in close contact, and Chinese health officials said it could mutate and spread further.

    "There are many unknowns to address in this event including clinical severity and the true extent and nature of disease transmission," said Michael Ryan, head of the WHO's health emergencies programme.

    e81bf56f9fb2478363f12b466b21e15b8a89acf2.jpgAFP / NICOLAS ASFOURIChina's health commission announced measures to contain the disease, including sterilisation and ventilation at airports

    Countries have intensified efforts to stop the spread of the pathogen -- known by its technical name 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

    Passengers are facing screening measures at five US airports and a host of transport hubs across Asia.

    European airports from London to Moscow have also stepped up checks and Nigeria, which has many citizens working in China, said it would start checks at entry points.

    - China 'commendable' -

    Chinese authorities on Thursday reported dozens of new infections, bringing the confirmed total to 571. About 5,000 people remain under medical observation.

    WHO chief Tedros said there was "stability" for the moment.

    "We don't see any significant variation but at the same time we also believe that we have to be cautious," he said.

    Tedros also praised China's openness about the outbreak as "commendable".

    93878e46ca094fbca7bbf4d5e50acdb40ac785df.jpgAFP / WANG ZhaoA Beijing pharmacy sign reads 'masks will be on sale at 2pm' as some stores start to sell out

    But a senior US State Department official said Washington was "still concerned" about transparency in the Chinese government.

    During the SARS epidemic, the Chinese government took months to report the disease and initially denied WHO experts access to southern Guangdong province, where it originated.

     

  7. Just now, Updawg said:
    12 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:
    The panic is real. So all the kids will live, but does this mean the olds in DC are screwed? I love the logic. 
     
    21 students from Chinese province at center of virus outbreak in Fairfax County for school, cultural exchange
     

    FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - Twenty-one students and five chaperones from the province at the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China arrived in the D.C. region two days ago to take part in a school exchange program with Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church, Virginia. 

    Fairfax County Public Schools has confirmed with FOX 5 that the students will no longer take part in classes at the school, which were supposed to begin Wednesday, and they will not stay with host families in the area "out of an abundance of caution." Instead, the students will stay at hotels until January 29 and visit tourist and cultural sites. 

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    Can't we just sacrifice the host families and make them stay there instead of killing everything

    I am fine with that. 

  8. The panic is real. So all the kids will live, but does this mean the olds in DC are screwed? I love the logic. 

     

    21 students from Chinese province at center of virus outbreak in Fairfax County for school, cultural exchange

     

    FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - Twenty-one students and five chaperones from the province at the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China arrived in the D.C. region two days ago to take part in a school exchange program with Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church, Virginia. 

    Fairfax County Public Schools has confirmed with FOX 5 that the students will no longer take part in classes at the school, which were supposed to begin Wednesday, and they will not stay with host families in the area "out of an abundance of caution." Instead, the students will stay at hotels until January 29 and visit tourist and cultural sites. 

  9. Creating chaos for travelers. Spiked overnight from 9 confirmed deaths to 17. Wuhan ain't a rocking. Did not see a post on this but would love to know what the group think is on this one. Reports today stated experts think people were eating bats. We need to learn to stop eating bats. 

    From BBC. 

    Wuhan, a Chinese city of nearly nine million people, is to temporarily shut public transport as it tries to halt the outbreak of a new strain of virus.

    Those living in the city have been advised not to leave, in a week when millions of Chinese are travelling for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.

    The respiratory illness has spread to other parts of China, with some cases in other countries including the US.

    There are more than 500 confirmed cases and 17 people have died.

    Known for now as 2019-nCoV, the virus is understood to be a new strain of coronavirus not previously identified in humans. The Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus that killed nearly 800 people globally in the early 2000s was also a coronavirus, as is the common cold.

    All the fatalities so far have been in Hubei, the province around Wuhan.

    Meanwhile, after a day of discussions in Geneva, the World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency committee has announced it will not yet declare a "global emergency" over the new virus. 

    Director general Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said more information was needed about the spread of the infection. The committee of health experts will meet again on Thursday.

    A global emergency is the highest level of alarm the WHO can sound and has previously been used in response to swine flu, Zika virus and Ebola.

    What measures have been announced?

    Chinese officials said that from Thursday, all flights and passenger train services out of Wuhan would be stopped.

    Bus, subway and ferry services would also shut down from 1000 local time.

    A special command centre in Wuhan set up to contain the virus said the move was meant to "resolutely contain the momentum of the epidemic spreading".

     

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51215348

     

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