China: 2019nCov - Cases, Outbreak News and Information Week 5 (January 26 - February 1, 2020)

[hawkeye]

Pretty sure Hubei residents are being "hunted" within China too.

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.china.org.cn/china/2020-0...t_75653798.htm
Two children infected by novel coronavirus recovering
Xinhua, January 28, 2020

Two children aged two and 10 who were infected by the novel coronavirus are recovering and in stable condition in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The two-year-old girl surnamed Zhong flew to Nanning, the regional capital, on Jan. 21 with her mother from Wuhan, the center of the novel coronavirus epidemic, and developed a fever the next day. She was confirmed to have been infected by the disease at the Hechi City People's Hospital.

After isolated treatment, her fever symptoms disappeared three days ago, and her lungs have no pathological changes...

[theforeigner]

Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Global Cases (by Johns Hopkins CSSE)
As of Jan 27, 2020 8:30 pm EST

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...23467b48e9ecf6

Infected: 4474
Deaths: 107
recovered: 63

[Tea]

Suspected coronavirus case being treated in San Diego County

SAN DIEGO -- One person has been hospitalized with what health officials are investigating as the first suspected case of coronavirus in San Diego County.

The County Health and Human Services Agency sent lab specimens to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sunday. The results are expected back Tuesday morning and will confirm or rule out the rare respiratory illness.

If the case is confirmed, it will be the first in San Diego County.

The patient traveled to China, including Beijing and other areas where infections of the virus have been reported, according to Dr. Wilma Wooten, county public health officer. The patient traveled by train through Wuhan, where the virus originated, but did not get off in the city.

https://fox5sandiego.com/2020/01/27/suspected-coronavirus-case-being-treated-in-san-diego-county/

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There are 100,000 infected people? How to prevent "contact transmission"? National Health Commission response

Published: 2020-01-28 14:35:34 | Source: BEIJING, micro-channel public number | Author: Zhang Nepal, etc.




The increasing number of confirmed cases and the continuous support of medical teams in Wuhan have caused the new pneumonia epidemic to affect the heart of the country.
As of 24:00 on January 27th, the National Health and Health Commission had received a total of 4,515 confirmed cases, 30 of which were 976 cases of severe cases, 106 cases of deaths, and 60 cases of discharged patients. There are 6973 suspected cases.
There are 100,000 infected people? How to prevent "contact transmission"? On the morning of the 28th, the National Health and Health Commission held a press conference and responded one by one.

Press conference by the National Health and Health Commission

How to support the epidemic prevention in Hubei?
——At present, 4,130 people from 30 medical teams have arrived in Hubei
Jiao Yahui, deputy director of the State Administration of Health and Medical Care Administration:
On January 24, the first batch of medical teams sent from Shanghai and Guangdong rushed to Wuhan. So far, 30 medical teams with a total of 4,130 people have arrived in Hubei to start work. The composition of the medical team is respiratory, infected, severe, doctors, nurses, local, military, western and Chinese medicine. It can be said that the composition of the medical team covers almost all the resources of the country and strength.
Today, about 1,800 people from 13 medical teams will be able to reach Wuhan. As of this evening, nearly 6,000 medical teams from all over the country will support the epidemic prevention work in Hubei.
About 100,000 confirmed cases were transmitted online?
——Explicit rumors from experts: I have not heard that the data is updated in real time every day
Li Xingwang, Chief Expert of Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Research Center of Beijing Ditan Hospital:
As far as our current report data is concerned, for the first time, I have heard the data of 100,000 patients you said. At present, our data is updated in real time every day, and it is truthfully announced to the whole country and the world. The problem of infectivity during the incubation period, we still lack more knowledge about new coronavirus pneumonia, and further research is needed. However, in terms of the general rules of respiratory infectious diseases, the incubation period is at the end, that is, patients have a certain infectivity when they are quickly onset. In the early stage, according to the general laws of infectious diseases, they should not be contagious.

Data map: Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University admitted to patients with new pneumonia. Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhou Qunfeng

Why are so few discharged patients diagnosed?
——There are strict discharge standards, and the number of discharges will continue to increase in the future.
Li Xingwang, Chief Expert of Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Research Center of Beijing Ditan Hospital:
The current outbreak of epidemic cases has increased significantly. It should be the most recent period. Patients are hospitalized for treatment and recovery. At present, patients with mild illness will gradually recover in about a week. Patients with severe illness may take 2 weeks or more. Our discharge standards are set in this way. The clinical symptoms of the patients are basically relieved, the temperature is normal, and then two negative nucleic acid tests are performed before they are discharged. We must ensure that these patients are not infectious when discharged. This has caused the phenomenon that can be seen at present, and as time goes by, the discharge data of patients may gradually increase.
What are the new symptoms of a recently diagnosed patient?
——Some patients have no pneumonia, only mild fever and occasional dry cough
Li Xingwang, Chief Expert of Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Research Center of Beijing Ditan Hospital:
At present, early patients have seen more clinical manifestations mainly with fever, fatigue, and dry cough, and some severe patients may have dyspnea or even respiratory failure, and the original underlying disease will be aggravated. With the recent increase in mild cases, some patients do not show pneumonia, only mild fever or occasional dry cough, which are also some of the new features we have seen so far.

Data map: Wuhan Lei Shenshan Hospital construction site. Photo by Zheng Ziyan of China News Agency

Wuhan suspected case can not be hospitalized?
——Difficulty of seeing a doctor and hospitalization has been greatly relieved
Jiao Yahui, deputy director of the State Administration of Health and Medical Care Administration:
Wuhan is now urgently working on the construction of two hospitals, one called Vulcan Mountain Hospital and the other called Lei Shenshan Hospital. Together, the two hospitals are planned to have 2000-2300 beds. Vulcan Hill Hospital is expected to be completed on February 2 and will be fully taken over by the military. The Thunder Mountain Hospital is scheduled to be completed on February 5. Wuhan City urgently requisitioned the new campus of Tongji Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, including the East Hospital District of Wuhan University People's Hospital. Together with 14 hospitals, it was also able to vacate about 6,000 beds. There are more than 10,000 beds, and these more than 10,000 beds can treat the current suspected and confirmed cases, including those with fever and waiting for investigation.
Nearly 6,000 medical staff members were dispatched across the country. Even after these beds were opened, they could be put into medical treatment of patients.
The working group in front of us has to go to the hospital's fever clinic and designated hospitals every day to check the progress. From the current situation, the problems of difficulty in seeing a doctor and hospitalization have been greatly alleviated.
What to do to prevent and control the shortage of supplies?
——Protective clothing still has certain difficulties, and it is intensifying its dispatch
Operation and Coordination Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
At present is the Spring Festival holiday period, the contradiction between supply and demand of prevention and control materials is more prominent. During this period, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has taken the following four measures:
The first is to mobilize the national industrial information system to overcome difficulties, especially production enterprises, to do everything possible to resume production.
The second is to establish a dispatch system for key prevention and control materials and a corresponding information platform.
The third is to make good use of the advantages of the national reserve system for prevention and control of materials, and to ensure the reserves for the purchase of prevention and control of materials.
The fourth is to do everything possible to meet the needs of Wuhan's prevention and control materials. From the current point of view, there are still some difficulties in protective clothing, and we are stepping up dispatch to meet the needs of Wuhan as much as possible.

Data map: Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University admitted to patients with new pneumonia. Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhou Qunfeng

Is there a doctor in Wuhan facing mental breakdown?
——National Health Commission: Psychologists have been arranged
Jiao Yahui, deputy director of the State Administration of Health and Medical Care Administration:
At present, medical staff have a lot of work pressure, not only the intensity of work, but also the psychological pressure. Doctors who wear N95 masks for a long time will feel hypoxia, and they will not be able to go home and stay away from their families, which brings psychological pressure from all aspects.
When we face a new infectious disease and have not fully grasped its laws, we may have some unknown psychological pressure. On the one hand, we have arranged psychologists to conduct counseling, especially training in the prevention and control of hospitals and personal protection. After training, if medical staff have a good understanding and expectations, they will also play a positive role in alleviating psychological pressure. Role.
Local governments are now urgently requisitioning nearby hotels to provide medical staff to rest. In this emergency state, our working and living conditions may be incomparable at peacetime, but from the information we know, their living and working security can be basically satisfied at present.
How to protect from "contact transmission"?
-Rubbing your eyes may cause infection. Wash your hands with a mask.
Li Xingwang, Chief Expert of Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Research Center of Beijing Ditan Hospital:
To prevent this disease, it can be seen from its characteristics that more symptoms are cough, and respiratory infections are spread through close-up droplets. We must wear masks to minimize close contact. At present, the so-called close It is mainly a distance of 1-2 meters or 1.5 meters, which may cause transmission and need to be well protected.
This disease may spread through contact, which means that if your hands are not contaminated with the virus, rubbing your eyes may cause infections, so wearing a mask and washing your hands frequently will also help reduce transmission and reduce the risk of personal infection. of.

Data map: Residents of Hanyang District, Wuhan City wear masks to travel. Photo by Yang Chengchen of China News Agency

How to prevent and treat asymptomatic patients?
-Asymptomatic infection makes prevention and control difficult and complicated
Li Xingwang, Chief Expert of Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Research Center of Beijing Ditan Hospital:
We have observed that there may be asymptomatic infections. Although there are no symptoms, the nucleic acid test is positive. There are also some patients with such symptoms, such as fever is not obvious, occasional dry cough or fatigue, these patients are also found after we actively search and increase the detection ability. Such patients, from the perspective of the law of infectious diseases, also have a certain spreading power, which brings certain difficulties and complexity to our prevention and control work.
Now more asymptomatic infections are found among close contacts. These close contacts are now undergoing medical observation according to current requirements. They may not go to public places for free activities, or more. Isolation at home ensures that we have control over the source of infection.
(Zhang Ni, Tong Feng, Lang Lang, Zhang Xiaoyu)

http://news.china.com.cn/2020-01/28/content_75654176.htm

[Tea]

Wuhan virus: Singapore confirms 2 more new cases, bringing total number infected to 7

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...924?cid=TWTcna

[Tea]

STUDENT FROM China with coronavirus-like symptoms admitted to KNH isolation ward, hospital’s Communication Manager Hezekiel Gikambi says.
#Kenya

https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Student-with-coronavirus-symptoms-admitted-KNH/1056-5434606-o5upktz/index.html

[Tea]

Carrie Lam Says China to Stop Individual Travelers to Hong Kong

China expanded travel restrictions as governments, companies and international health organizations rushed to contain a SARS-like coronavirus that has claimed more than 100 lives.

The country will stop individual travelers to Hong Kong while closing some border checkpoints and restricting flights and train services from the mainland to the territory, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday. Other Disruptions to global businesses, travel and the world’s second-largest economy are growing.

more at

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-27/who-chief-heads-to-china-as-efforts-to-contain-virus-accelerate

[Tea]

Russian Regions in Far East Close Border With China Amid Coronavirus Fears: TASS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three regions in Russia's Far East have closed their borders with China until Feb. 7 amid fears over the outbreak of coronavirus in China, the TASS news agency cited the governor of Khabarovsk region as saying on Tuesday.

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https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-01-28/russian-regions-in-far-east-close-border-with-china-amid-coronavirus-fears-tass

[tetano]

Why is the official pneumonia data in Wuhan fake?


The Central News Agency quoted an independent financial commentator's net name "Financial Cold Eye" as saying on the 25th that the number of confirmed diagnoses and deaths officially announced by the Chinese Communist Party is disproportionate to the 11 million population of Wuhan.

The review quoted Hu Dianbo, a physician at Hubei Aerospace Hospital who publicly revealed the number of infected people, saying that the total number of fevers was 100,000. This number echoed the assessment of a doctor and overseas scholars at Xiehe Hospital.

Anonymous experts analyzed that Wuhan pneumonia was diagnosed in three stages. First, it needs to be tested positive by the local hospital. Second, it needs the conclusion of the clinical diagnosis of the expert group. Finally, it must send a sample to the Central Disease Control Center in Beijing. It is positive after the second test. For a diagnosis to be considered, this process takes 3 to 5 days under optimal conditions.

Commentary analysis shows that the above regulations seem very rigorous. "The purpose is to collect the diagnosis and diagnosis right into Beijing." This means that the number of confirmed diagnoses is completely determined by the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to reports, only after being recognized by the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Communist Party of China will patients be included in the confirmed diagnosis list and receive isolation and free treatment. If the CDC does not approve it, the patient may be a suspected patient until death, and all medical expenses will be borne by themselves.

The comment said that the result was an underestimation of the epidemic data, resulting in a large number of suspected patients who could not be quarantined and treated in time. They ran around the hospitals every day and became a mobile source of infection . The more suspected patients, the more the diagnosis process will be drawn. long.
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The picture shows the staff of Wuhan Pharmacy wearing protective clothing and masks to serve customers on January 25. (HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP via Getty Images)
Beijing Time: 2020-01-28 04:06

Harvard epidemiologists have disclosed that the pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan is a plague of the thermonuclear force and the most toxic virus in history. (AFP via Getty Images)Ma Xiaowei, director of the National Health Committee of the Communist Party of China, acknowledged on the 26th that the virus's transmission capacity seems to have increased, and the epidemic situation has entered a "serious" period, admitting that the epidemic situation is spreading rapidly, bringing challenges and pressure to the authorities' efforts to control the epidemic situation.
Some British and American experts predict that the number of people infected with pneumonia virus will exceed 250,000 in Wuhan alone before February 4th, and that the virus will occur in mega-cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
The expert consultant of the World Health Organization and a public health expert at Harvard University in the United States said that the severity of the virus outbreak is "thermo- nuclear level plague", and we are facing the most toxic virus in history.
He tweeted, "I have never actually seen such a strong coefficient in my career. I am not exaggerating ...".
He said: "We predict that the epidemic will expand again on February 4, when 19,529 people will be infected, and outbreaks will occur in other cities in China, and the introduction of other countries will become more frequent.

http://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2020-01-28/1403406.html

[Tea]

Germany confirms 1st case of new virus from China

Jan. 27, 2020 at 10:39 p.m. PST

BERLIN — Authorities in Germany have confirmed the country’s first case of the new virus that emerged in central China.

The Health Ministry in the southern state of Bavaria said late Monday that the man from Starnberg, south of Munich, is “in a clinically good condition.”

Officials said the man is being medically monitored and isolated. Persons who were in close contact with the man are being informed about possible symptoms and hygiene measures.


The ministry said it considers the risk to the general population in Bavaria to be “low.”




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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/germany-confirms-1st-case-of-new-virus-from-china/2020/01/28/e6187e12-4198-11ea-99c7-1dfd4241a2fe_story.html

[Tea]

Coronavirus confusion as six Chinese deported from Samoa

Six Chinese nationals who landed in Samoa on Sunday were immediately deported back to Fiji where they remain in quarantine.

The six were deported for not meeting new quarantine procedures designed to prevent the lethal coronavirus from reaching Samoan shores, the Ministry of Health (M.O.H.) has said.

New mandatory border control policies require incoming passengers to spend at least 14 days in a country free of the virus.

The passengers, from Fujian Province, landed in Apia on Fiji Airways flight FJ255 from Nadi and were detained and screened for illness before being deported to Fiji on the next available flight, JF254, which was delayed by several hours to accommodate them.

The Ministry has refused to disclose whether the six passengers cleared health screening, citing patient confidentiality, but they were placed in quarantine upon arrival in Fiji.


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https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/56941

[tetano]

8 new cases of pneumonia confirmed by new coronavirus infection in Shandong

2020-01-28 China News Network

Langzhong Xinwang, January 28. According to the official Weibo news of the Shandong Provincial Health and Health Committee, Shandong Province reported 8 new confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by new coronavirus on January 28, 2020.



Among them: 2 cases in Qingdao City (Shibei District), 3 cases in Zaozhuang City (Shizhong District), 2 cases in Yantai City (1 case each in Laishan District and Zhiyu District), and 1 case in Heze City (Juye County). There are currently 47 suspected cases, including 19 in Qingdao, 5 in Weihai, Dezhou, Binzhou, and Heze, 2 in Weifang, Tai'an, and Liaocheng, and 1 in Zaozhuang and Linyi.

As of 12:00 on January 28, Shandong Province has reported a total of 95 confirmed cases of pneumonia due to new coronavirus infection.

Among them: 10 cases in Jinan City (7 cases in Shizhong District, 2 cases in Licheng District, 1 case in Tianqiao District), 15 cases in Qingdao City (5 cases in Huangdao District, 3 cases in Shibei District, 2 cases in Laoshan District, and 1 in Shinan District) Cases, 1 case in Chengyang District, 1 case in Licang District, 1 case in Jiaozhou City, 1 case in Laixi City), 2 cases in Zibo City (Zhangdian District), 5 cases in Zaozhuang City (3 cases in Shizhong District, 2 in Xuecheng District) Example), 10 cases in Yantai City (3 cases in Zhili District, 3 cases in Fushan District, 1 case in Laishan District, 1 case in Haiyang City, 1 case in Laizhou City, 1 case in Laiyang City), 3 cases in Weifang City (2 cases in Lintong County, 1 in Kuiwen District), 5 in Jining City (4 in Rencheng District, 1 in Qufu City), 1 in Tai'an City (Dongping County), 10 in Weihai City (5 in Huancui District, 2 in Wendeng District, Rushan City) 2 cases, 1 case in Rongcheng City), 6 cases in Rizhao City (5 cases in Donggang District, 1 case in Wulian County), 8 cases in Linyi City (4 cases in Hedong District, 3 cases in Lanshan District, and 1 case in Junan County), Dezhou City 8 cases (2 cases in Decheng District, 2 cases in Qingyun County, 2 cases in Leling City, 1 case in Ningjin County, 1 case in Yucheng City), 3 cases in Liaocheng City (2 cases in Dongchangfu District, 1 case in Jing County), There were 4 cases in Binzhou City (2 in Huimin County, 1 in Bincheng District, 1 in Zouping City) and 5 in Heze City (2 in Mudan District, 2 in Juye County, and 1 in Chengwu County).

At present, a total of 2,505 close contacts have been traced, of which 19 have been released from medical observation, and 2486 are still receiving medical observation.

https://4g.dahe.cn/news/20200128584025

[Tea]

North Korea imposes one-month quarantine on foreign visitors from China

North Korean authorities will now require all foreigners visiting the country from China to stay in quarantine for a month, the Russian embassy in Pyongyang said Tuesday, as the country moves to prevent an outbreak of a new strand of the deadly coronavirus.

In a post on its official Facebook account, the Russian embassy reported that the North Korean foreign ministry had informed them that “all foreigners” — including diplomats and NGO staff — who have recently visited China will be “isolated… under medical supervision for one month.”

Foreigners arriving via air, it continued, will be placed under quarantine at Pyongsong’s Jangsusan hotel, some 30 kilometers north of the DPRK capital.

Those crossing the Sino-DPRK border via train will be held at the Amrokgang Hotel in Sinuiju, while those entering through other points of entry will be housed as “international-class hotels closest to the point of entry.”


more at

https://www.nknews.org/2020/01/north-korea-imposes-one-month-quarantine-on-foreign-visitors-from-china/

[Tea]

Hong Kong 'temporarily' shutting it's borders with mainland China.

5:23 a.m. ET, January 28, 2020

Why Hong Kong's border closures are a big deal

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday that the government will "temporarily" close some of its borders with mainland China and travel permits to mainland Chinese tourists will stop being issued.
Here's why that's a big deal.
Legacy of SARS: Memories of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2002 and 2003 run deep in Hong Kong, where 1,750 people were infected and more than 280 died of the disease.
Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, with ideal conditions for diseases to spread -- in tightly packed subway train carriages and people living cheek by jowl in the city's notoriously tiny apartments.
Initial suppression of information about the SARS outbreak after it was discovered in southern China heightened mistrust of the central Chinese government among many in Hong Kong.
So it should therefore come as no surprise that the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan in December raised suspicions -- and fears -- in Hong Kong.

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