China - Original COVID-19 coronavirus news thread: weeks 1 - 4 (December 30, 2019 - January 25, 2020)

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Ministry of Finance allocates 1 billion yuan to subsidize Hubei's new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic prevention and control

Beijing News Express According to the website of the Ministry of Finance, recently, pneumonia epidemics of new coronavirus infection have occurred in Wuhan and other places in Hubei Province, and the situation of prevention and control is severe. In order to implement the spirit of General Secretary Jinping ’s important directive on the epidemic of new-type coronavirus infection and support the fight against epidemic prevention and control, on January 23, in accordance with the deployment of the State Council, the Ministry of Finance urgently allocated Hubei Province's new-type coronavirus-infected 1 billion yuan in control subsidies to support Hubei Province in carrying out epidemic prevention and control related work.


Editor Jia Congcong


Source: Ministry of Finance

http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2020/01/23/678665.html

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The second case of pneumonia confirmed by new coronavirus confirmed in our province
Release time: 2020-01-23 Source: This website　
　　On January 23, the second case of pneumonia in a new coronavirus infection was confirmed in our province.

　　Patient Chen, male, 80 years old, from Nanpi County, Cangzhou City. He had lived in Wuhan for more than 2 months. After returning to Nanpi County, he developed chest tightness and dyspnea. He was admitted to the hospital for isolation and treatment, accompanied by hypertension, chronic bronchitis, and lung qi. Swelling and other basic diseases, the rescue died on January 22 and died. On January 23, the provincial and municipal expert groups confirmed the confirmed cases based on a comprehensive assessment of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test results and medical record data. As of 17:00 on January 22, all 76 close contacts have taken isolated medical observation measures. There are no abnormalities such as fever.




Hebei Provincial Health Committee

January 23, 2020
http://www.hebwst.gov.cn/index.do?id...content&cid=14

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China coronavirus: Lockdown measures rise across Hubei province

19 minutes ago
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Also in Hubei province:

Huanggang. The city east of Wuhan announced a suspension of bus and rail systems and encouraged people not to leave the city. Cafes, cinemas, theatres and exhibitions are being shut
Ezhou, just south of Huanggang, has shut its train stations
Xiantao has cancelled gatherings, suspended transport and set up temperature detection stations,
Chibi and Lichuan are suspending transport, AFP reports
The capital, Beijing, announced it had cancelled all major Chinese New Year celebrations.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51217455

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Second confirmed case of new type of coronavirus pneumonia confirmed in Hebei, dead after rescue
Beijing News Express According to the Hebei Provincial Health and Health Committee's report, on January 23, Hebei was diagnosed with the second case of pneumonitis infected with a new coronavirus.



Patient Chen, male, 80 years old, from Nanpi County, Cangzhou City. He had lived in Wuhan for more than 2 months. After returning to Nanpi County, he developed chest tightness and dyspnea. He was admitted to the hospital for isolation and treatment, accompanied by hypertension, chronic bronchitis, and lung qi. Swelling and other basic diseases, the rescue died on January 22 and died. On January 23, the provincial and municipal expert groups confirmed the confirmed cases based on a comprehensive assessment of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test results and medical record data. As of 17:00 on January 22, all 76 close contacts have taken isolated medical observation measures. There are no abnormalities such as fever.



Editor Jia Congcong

http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2020/01/24/678676.html

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Four people in Scotland being tested for deadly coronavirus after showing symptoms following China visit

Three of the suspected cases were in Edinburgh, while the other is believed to be in Glasgow.

All four patients recently returned form Wuhan, the source of the outbreak.

It is not yet known which hospitals are treating them, though Prof Juergen Haas, head of infection medicine at Edinburgh University, said it was "very likely" that cases would be confirmed in the UK.

"In any European countries there is a danger that these cases occur," he said.

https://www.irishpost.com/news/four-people-scotland-tested-deadly-coronavirus-showing-symptoms-following-china-visit-177829

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ECDC: Pneumonia cases associated with novel coronavirus, China


Chinese authorities have identified a cluster of novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV infections in Wuhan City, China. Cases with travel history to Wuhan have been detected in other areas of China, such as Beijing and Guangdong. Thailand, Japan, South Korea and the United States have also reported cases. Further global spread is likely.

Contact tracing activities and applied hygiene and environmental sanitation activities in Wuhan are ongoing.

The 2019-nCoV identified in China is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans. Outbreaks of novel virus infections among people are always of public health concern, especially when there’s little knowledge about the characteristics of the virus, how it spreads between people, how severe are the resulting infections and how to treat them.

Human-to-human transmission has been confirmed but more information is needed to evaluate the full extent of this mode of transmission. The source of infection is unknown and could still be active. Therefore, the likelihood of infection for travellers visiting Wuhan having close contact with symptomatic individuals is considered moderate. Consequently, the likelihood of importation of cases of 2019-nCoV to the EU/EEA is also considered to be moderate. Adherence to appropriate infection prevention and control practices, in particular in healthcare settings in EU/EEA countries with direct links to Wuhan, make the likelihood that a case reported in the EU would result in secondary cases within the EU/EEA low.

All flights from Wuhan have been cancelled. The Chinese New Year celebrations at the end of January will increase travel volume to/from China and within China, hence increasing the likelihood of arrival of cases in the EU.

The outbreak investigations are on-going and as this is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation, ECDC will provide updated information as it becomes available
Risk assessment: Outbreak of acute respiratory syndrome associated with a novel coronavirus, Wuhan, China; first update ( https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/public...el-coronavirus)

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/novel-coronavirus-china

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National Health Commission confirmed first case of pneumonia in Jiangsu province
January 23, 2020 21:35:56 Source: Xinhua News Agency


Xinhua News Agency, Nanjing, January 23 (Reporter Qiu Bingqing) The Jiangsu Province Health Committee issued a news on the evening of the 22nd that the National Health and Health Commission confirmed a confirmed case of pneumonia in a new type of coronavirus infection in Suzhou.

The patient is a 37-year-old male. He currently lives in the Suzhou Industrial Park. He returned from Wuhan on January 10 to a fever clinic, and was transferred to a designated medical institution for isolation and treatment on the same day. The specimens of this case were collected and tested positive by the Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention of New Coronavirus Nucleic Acid, and checked by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. On January 22, the expert group confirmed that the case was the first confirmed case of pneumonia in a novel coronavirus infection in Jiangsu. At present, the patient's vital signs are relatively stable, and his temperature has returned to normal.

As of January 22, 28 close contacts of the case have been followed up and medical observations have been conducted. At present, there are no symptoms of acute respiratory infections, and 13 people have been released from medical observations. (Finish)

http://www.js.xinhuanet.com/2020-01/23/c_1125498389.htm

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Coronavirus fears in Scotland as two in hospital after China trip

Two travellers to Scotland from China are being treated in hospital amid fears over the spread of deadly coronavirus.

The patients were taken into isolation after reporting flu-like symptoms after entering the UK.

It is believed that the travellers came to Scotland from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the latest outbreak erupted, in the past week.

Initial tests have not been able to rule out coronavirus but senior doctors believed the timing of the flights and symptoms gave grounds to be optimistic that they were suffering from common flu.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/coronavirus-fears-scotland-two-hospital-21343666

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2 Vietnamese patients suspected of having corona virus: There was a female student returning from Wuhan




One of two patients suspected of coronary virus infection is a student who has just come back from Wuhan, China.

On the morning of January 23, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam came to inspect the work against the new acute pneumonia epidemic at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Kim Chung Campus, Dong Anh, Hanoi).

According to the hospital's report, there are 2 patients suspected of corona virus infection, L.T.T (20 years old) is a student studying abroad in Wuhan and T.V.H (55 years old) is trading at the market at Lang Son border gate.

According to this hospital's report, on January 22, L.T.T patient was admitted to the hospital and was diagnosed with CRNN fever (excluding Coronavirus infection).

Through examination, the patient was identified with mild fever (37.5 degrees C), sore throat, dry cough. However, up to the present time, the patient is being treated in the isolation ward and there is no fever and is being followed up by doctors.

https://tintuconline.com.vn/suc-khoe/2-benh-nhan-viet-nam-nghi-nhiem-virus-corona-co-nu-sinh-tro-ve-tu-vu-han-n-425645.html

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Source: http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2020/01/23/678612.html

Translation:2020-01-23 21:21:39 Beijing News

Four new confirmed cases of pneumonia imported with new coronavirus infection in Jiangsu

Beijing News Express According to the WeChat public account of Jiangsu Health and Health Commission, at 08:00 on January 23, 2020, Jiangsu Province reported 4 new confirmed cases of pneumonia with new coronavirus infection. Among them, 2 cases were in Nanjing, 1 in Lianyungang and 1 in Yangzhou, and the first confirmed cases were reported in Nanjing, Lianyungang and Yangzhou. All 4 cases had recent travel history in Wuhan.


As of 18:00 on January 23, Jiangsu Province has reported a total of 5 confirmed cases of pneumonitis with new coronavirus infection and no severe cases.


At present, 73 close contacts have been tracked down in Jiangsu Province, 13 people have been released from medical observation, and 60 people are still receiving medical observation...

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Coronavirus outbreak: doctors use robot to treat first known US patient

American citizen in his 30s was admitted to Washington state hospital on Monday after trip to China


"Doctors have been using a robot to treat the first person known to have been admitted to hospital in the US with a new strain of the coronavirus, as part of an effort to prevent the spread of the disease, which has killed at least 17 people in China and infected hundreds more.

The man in his 30s was admitted to the special pathogens unit in a hospital in Everett, Washington, on Monday. The US citizen had recently returned from a trip to central China and had been diagnosed in Seattle.

Dr George Diaz, the section chief of infectious diseases at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, told the Guardian the patient was in a “satisfactory condition” on Wednesday. He did not give an update on how long the patient would remain in the unit.

Diaz said he had sat outside a window of the patient’s 20ft x 20ft room to operate the robot, which was equipped with a camera, microphone and stethoscope. It is one of many ways the hospital has worked to reduce risk of the virus spreading.

Diaz said the patient was picked up from his home and taken to the hospital by ambulance. He was brought to the isolation unit in an Isopod – a closed gurney – and then allowed to move around inside his room once it was secured.,,"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/22/coronavirus-doctors-use-robot-to-treat-first-known-us-patient

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Source: http://news.china.com.cn/2020-01/23/...t_75644805.htm

Translation:


Wang Guangfa on the condition: "An anti-HIV drug works well for me"
Published: 2020-01-23 20:52:29 | Source: China News | Author: Qing-only

China News Agency, Beijing, January 23 (Reporter Wu Qingcai) Wang Guangfa, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, and member of the expert group on pneumonitis associated with new coronavirus, revealed in an exclusive interview with China News Agency that there is HIV drugs worked for him. He was previously diagnosed with a new coronavirus-infected pneumonia and is currently undergoing isolation treatment.

Wang Guangfa, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, and member of the expert group on pneumonitis associated with new coronavirus. For map

In a 50-minute interview with reporters, Wang Guangfa could not hear the difference from normal people except for occasional cough. During the interview, his attending doctor greeted him outside the door, and Wang Guangfa blurted out: "You are my life-saving benefactor."

Wang Guangfa told reporters that this is because the doctor suggested that he use a drug called "lopinavirlitonavir tablets", which is an antiviral drug for AIDS. This drug is effective in his case, but it is unclear whether it will be effective in other patients and follow-up observations are needed. Earlier, Zhong Nanshan, a well-known respiratory expert in China and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, once said that currently there is no specific medicine for this new type of pneumonia.

Wang Guangfa said that many patients generally need more than one to two weeks to gradually control and improve their condition. It took him only a day to get his temperature down. After three days of normal body temperature, he had to go through two tests. The most optimistic estimate is that he will be discharged from the hospital five days later. (Finish)

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New coronavirus-infected pneumonia has appeared confirmed cases without travel history in Wuhan

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 23 (Reporters Qu Ting and Tian Xiaohang) According to the 'Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumonia of New Coronavirus Infection (Trial Version)' issued by the National Health and Health Commission on the 23rd, the cases collected so far show that none The number of cases of Wuhan South China seafood market exposure is increasing, with clustered cases and confirmed cases without a history of travel in Wuhan, and confirmed cases without clear market exposure history from Wuhan have been found in many overseas countries and regions.

According to this plan, medical personnel at various levels of medical institutions at various levels should immediately conduct isolation and treatment when they find a suspected case that meets the definition of a case, and report to the relevant departments of the medical institution and the disease control center under their jurisdiction. The medical institution will organize the hospital or District (county) expert consultations, if the diagnosis of viral pneumonia caused by common respiratory pathogens cannot be diagnosed, specimens should be collected for pathogen detection in a timely manner. Suspected cases can be ruled out for two consecutive consecutive cases, and the detection of respiratory pathogenic nucleic acid is negative at least one day apart.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-01/23/c_1125498238.htm

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Source: http://society.workercn.cn/32851/202...02252335.shtml

Translation:
Tianjin reports 4 cases of confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia: 3 cases are severe
2020-01-23 20:22:51 China News Network


China News Network, Tianjin, January 23 (Reporter Zhang Daozheng) Wang Jianguo, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Tianjin Municipal Health and Health Committee, said on the 23rd: As of 6:00 on January 23, 4 cases of pneumonia with new coronavirus infection were found in Tianjin, all of which Isolation treatment has been received at designated hospitals. Among the patients, there were 2 males and 2 females, all of whom had travel or work history in Wuhan. There are currently no deaths and critical illnesses, and three are severe. Close contacts are receiving medical observation.

On the same day, the Tianjin Municipal Government Information Office held a press conference to report the epidemic situation in the city. At the meeting, Wang Jianguo introduced that since the pneumonia epidemic of a new coronavirus infection in Wuhan, the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have attached great importance to research and deployment of the city's prevention and control work. A leading group for the prevention and control of pneumonia in a new type of coronavirus infection has been established in Tianjin, with the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government as the main leaders.

At the same time, Tianjin has also established three levels of expert groups. The first is an advisory expert group headed by Zhang Boli, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, to conduct epidemic analysis, policy research, and make recommendations for prevention and control. The second is to set up a city-level epidemic prevention and control and medical treatment expert group; the third is to set up hospital-level expert groups to perform diagnosis and treatment in accordance with national diagnostic and treatment standards to ensure the smooth development of medical treatment.

琦 Wu Qi, leader of the medical treatment and treatment team for pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus infection in Tianjin, said that at present, 4 confirmed patients in Tianjin are receiving treatment in designated hospitals. Of the 4 confirmed patients admitted, 3 were critically ill. One of the critically ill women was 60 years old, had 25 years of diabetes, 20 years of hypertension, 4 years of coronary heart disease, and had fever after traveling to Wuhan; 1 male 58 years old, with 20 years of drinking history, had traveled to Wuhan for business; 1 woman was 68 years old, had a history of hypertension for 7 years, and has lived in Wuhan for a long time. After the relevant treatment measures were given, the four patients' life indicators were stable.

"According to the current data, there is some human-to-human transmission of pneumonitis infected by the new coronavirus." Gu Qing, director of the Tianjin Center for Disease Control and Prevention, advises the public to take measures to protect themselves: one is to maintain hand hygiene; the other is to maintain indoor air Circulation; the third is to develop good eating and drinking habits; the fourth is to wear a mask when going to the hospital for treatment or accompanying care; the fifth is to avoid contact with wild animals as much as possible and avoid contact with farm animals without protection.
Edit: Lu Yun

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4 suspected cases of pneumonitis infected with new coronavirus found in Malaysia




According to CCTV news, on the afternoon of the 23rd local time, the Malaysian Ministry of Health's Crisis Preparedness and Response Center received four reports of suspected new coronavirus infection pneumonia. At present, all four people have been quarantined, and three of them have been negative. The latest quarantined person was admitted to a hospital in Sabah, Eastern Malaysia on January 22, and he is currently in a stable condition. Samples are being sent for examination. The report will be announced shortly.

http://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2020-01-23/1402536.html