Corona Virus Updates Part 4

Corona Virus Updates - Part 4
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3



As of Feb 28, 2020 there are 83,368 confirmed cases worldwide & 2858 fatalities
On Feb 14, 2020 there were 64,170 confirmed cases worldwide & 1486 fatalities
On Feb 4, 2020 there were 20,626 confirmed cases worldwide & 426 fatalities
On Jan 24, 2020 there were 869 confirmed cases worldwide & 26 fatalities

There has been a dramatic increase in infections outside of China with South Korea, Italy, Iran and the broader European/Middle Eastern regions experiencing a spike in infections.

Countries that have experienced their first infection in the past week:
Feb 28 Netherlands, Lithuania, Nigeria, New Zealand, Belarus
Feb 27 Northern Ireland, Estonia, Denmark
Feb 26 Romania, Norway, Georgia, Pakistan, Greece, Brazil
Feb 25 Algeria, Switzerland, Croatia, Austria
Feb 24 Oman, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Bahrain

Italy Link Link Link Link
- Infected: 655 Dead:17
- Italy quarantines Lombary & Vento regions. This is around 50000 people
- Schools, Uni's, Cinemas & public events have been cancelled in the North.
- Pope Francis cancelled Mass in Rome days after falling ill with flu like symptoms.
- Italian Cruise ship Meraviglia with 4000 ppl on board headed for Mexico after being denied at 2 ports
- Some Italian Soccer Matches are being closed to the public with games taking place with 0 fans
- Rugby competition 6 nations is in doubt as Ireland Vs Italy was cancelled.

Tourism is a significant part of Italy and one of the most visited places in the world. Italy’s foreign minister has said misinformation is damaging the country as he tries to calm fear



Iran Link Link Link
Iran has experienced a significant increase in infections and fatalities, some of the infections are being found in government officials. Iran is now considered one of three major hotspots. Majority of cases appearing in the middle east are being traced back to Iran. Iran has decided against quarantine and put travel restrictions in place domestically.
- Iran has the highest number of deaths from the corona-virus outside China (infected: 245 Dead:26)
- UAE suspends passenger ferry services with Iran
- Turkey and Pakistan close borders with Iran
- Qatar orders evacuation of its citizens and Kuwait's from Iran
- Iran's deputy health minister Harirchi, has tested positive after appearing on TV with a fever and flu like symptoms
- Iran believes the virus has been present in Iran for 3-4 weeks and has spread throughout the country.
- Dr's in Iran believe many deaths have already gone unaccounted as they have no proper testing kits.
- Iran is running a large disinfection campaign on public transport systems
- Iran cancels Friday prayers over Corona-virus

Iranian medical staff have criticized the Iranian government for their slow response. Reports that ministers were entering hospitals and visiting with no protective equipment and/or face masks. The virus has taken a hold in the country and Iran seems unable to properly contain it.


Middle East Link Link Link Link Link
Multiple countries in the middle east have experienced a sharp increase in infections. The bulk of these are all traced to Iran

- Bahraini government orders schools shut for 2 weeks
- Kuwait has closed educational facilities & the army has suspended study
- Kuwait Oil Company has suspended all domestic and foreign official missions
- Kuwait suspends flights with Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Italy & Iran
- Iraq has closed all border crossings with neighboring Iran and suspended all flights
- Kirkuk suspends public schools, uni's & colleges until further notice
- Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended visa's for religious pilgrims and for people from infected nations

It seems face-masks are going to become as common as sunglasses


South Korea Link Link
Ironically, a doomsday cult in Seoul ''Shincheonji Church of Jesus'' appears to be the epicenter of the outbreak in SK. It has more than 1,000 churches & 240,000 members worldwide. Over half of the countries total infections are linked to the church. Authorities are still trying to locate 100's of members of the church who are not responding to contact. Church goers were told not to wear masks while praying as it was disrespectful.

- South Korea experienced a record increase 24hrs ago - 505 confirmed new cases.
- Infected: 2022 Dead: 13
- Most of the country’s new infections stemmed are from Daegu
- President Moon Jae-in said the country faced "a grave turning point"
- Seoul's Culture minister has asked religious groups to suspend services
- Hyundai suspends plant in South Korea after worker tests positive for corona-virus
- South Korea is still allowing foreign nationals to fly in from China
- South Korean doctor has claimed North Korea reached out in private requesting gowns, gloves and hazmat suits


Donald Trump held a press conference on Thursday naming Vice President Mike Pence to be in charge of the Corona Virus response. Many commented that Trump did not look confident, was reading from a script and kept referring to the Corona Virus as ''similar to the flu''

Japan has confirmed a recovered patient became reinfected. At the same time, China ordered all recovered patients to return to quarantine. Link Link

Officials in Osaka confirmed that a woman who works as a tour bus guide had tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time, further heightening concerns about the spread of the infection in the country.

The authorities in Wuhan on Saturday introduced 14 days’ mandatory quarantine for recovered coronavirus patients, after some discharged patients again tested positive.

Global Stock markets have continued a major down turn with the Dow Jones suffering its largest one day drop since the global banking crisis of 2008. Many are saying this is due to other factors (DNC debates, recession fears) but CoronaVirus anxiety appears to be hitting all countries.


Oil and other commodities have also dropped significantly as China's demand for resources to fuel its manufacturing base have ground to a halt.


Australia Link
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared Australia on a Pandemic Footing and activates emergency response as the spread continues internationally.

The Prime Minister has also announced Australia is activating an emergency plan to deal with the outbreak of the coronavirus.

"We believe the risk of global pandemic is very much upon us and as a result, as a government, we need to take the steps necessary to prepare for such a pandemic," he said.

World Health Organisation (WHO) Link
In a strange development, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared it no longer uses the term 'pandemic' and therefore will not classify Corona Virus as a Pandemic. However they have continued to use the word Pandemic in press conferences.

GENEVA: The World Health Organization no longer uses the classification pandemic, but the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak remains an international emergency that is likely to spread further, a spokesman said on Monday (Feb 24).

China For some good news (if you believe the press) China is stating that daily infections and deaths are dropping. People are very suspicious of numbers. China allowed Wuhan residents to leave the city then quickly reversed the decision.


In an usual statement, the CDC has not denied Corona Virus can be transmitted via flatulence and that pants would stop that transmission route. Link

In a lengthy and seemingly humorous yet serious article on its WeChat account, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Tongzhou district in Beijing clarified that farts, normally, do not constitute another transmission route of COVID-19, unless someone takes a good and rather close sniff of gas from a pant-less patient.

New Zealand has confirmed its first case of Corona virus with a patient travelling via Iran/Bali Link

She said the person was in their sixties, and was a citizen of New Zealand who had recently travelled from Iran via Bali.
They were in an improving condition in isolation in Auckland hospital after arriving on Thursday night.

France has experienced a dramatic increase in 24hrs with expectations the numbers are going to jump quickly Link

The coronavirus continues to progress and France is no longer immune to the rising counts. The number of people infected in France has increased to 38 confirmed cases, against 18 the day before, announced Thursday February 27 in the evening the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran.

United States officials have begun investigating how a person in California became infected with no travel to China or history of interacting with sick people. Fears that human to human transmission is occuring the US Link

California officials revealed only minimal details Thursday about what is believed to be the first case of community transmission of coronavirus in the U.S., meaning the patient was probably infected by someone in the general population. "We know that there were a number of days that she was in her community and that she then did begin accessing care," state Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly told reporters.

Peak Prosperity put out daily updates on the virus - they're a great channel to subscribe to - here's the latest update 6hrs ago:

I’m hoping this thread doesn’t have as many sequels as the Fast and the Furious, thank you for hosting all of this information Chop !

👍👌

United States Deaths: 0

originally posted by: Stupidsecrets
United States Deaths: 0

'MURICA!

Worker protest in China for no pay due to virus...

Jennifer Zeng Twitter

Hyundai just shut another plant in South Korea after 1 worker diagnosed with virus. (Bias - own and love my Hyundai) I reached out to an acquaintance who might be able to tell me more.

a reply to: Stupidsecrets

That we know of

a reply to: Agit8dChop

Thanks Chops.

And 8 weeks on to the day, from the initial infectee from China, Australia has developed ZERO additional cases as a result.

They must have used the pretend virus for us.

originally posted by: clay2 baraka

originally posted by: Stupidsecrets
United States Deaths: 0

'MURICA!

has anyone had any updates to Cambodia and the south american infections?

The campodia case had the PM initially infected from a cruise ship..............

Any other updates.............?

Mexico may have first case of virus.

New Zealand confirms first case.

BNO

a reply to: SpartanStoic

Welcome to the shet storm nz,.
My son was due for an operation next week at the same hospital....won't be going now...ugh.

originally posted by: myselfaswell
a reply to: Agit8dChop

Thanks Chops.

And 8 weeks on to the day, from the initial infectee from China, Australia has developed ZERO additional cases as a result.

They must have used the pretend virus for us.

WIth the deadly drop bears and venomous kittens.. you dont need the invisible virus added to that.

I did think this was interesting...

Under complementary state government pandemic plans: sports stadia may be sequestered as quarantine sites; police could be ordered to guard critical medical supplies, and governments may order entire suburbs, cities or groups of people to undergo mass vaccinations (once a vaccine is developed).

Under worst-case scenarios being contemplated by state and federal governments, forecasts say a pandemic outbreak could last up to 10 months, and 40% of the country’s workforce could be sidelined by illness or caring for family members.

[url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/27/australia-declares-coronavirus-will-become-a-pandemic-as-it-extends-china-travel-ban]linkydink[/url ]

originally posted by: Stupidsecrets
United States Deaths: 0

How do we know?

They didn't test for it unless you visited China, Wuhan to be exact.

I actually had a coworker send me an outdated youtube video of doctor Drew saying we are all over reacting. Lol. There were less than 10,000 cases at the time and China just completed the super quick hospital, or about to anyways.

This is the kind of American mentality we are dealing with here. People using old outdated info for reasons to downplay the situation. This is one of the ignorant misinformed reasons not to believe anything being told on national media.

Just found a story on the Washington times (credible source?).

It appears dogs at least can get the Coronavirus. In Hong kong authorities have quarantined a dog. Story below: www.google.co.uk...

Interesting spin If it’s true. I remember people talking about pets in China being killed in earlier threads.

originally posted by: myselfaswell
a reply to: Agit8dChop

Thanks Chops.

And 8 weeks on to the day, from the initial infectee from China, Australia has developed ZERO additional cases as a result.

They must have used the pretend virus for us.

Thats good news
Weather plays a factor heat humidity so many variables

a reply to: liejunkie01

Many countries with cases are reporting no deaths. If you want to believe some grand conspiracy for a whole bag of countries then you are free do so. No basis for it but go right ahead.

a reply to: Stupidsecrets

Focusing only on the deaths is shortsighted and narrow minded.

When this begins to take hold, there will be much more problems caused than those who die from the disease.

You might want to look up the concept of the, "knock on effect," in order to see that is far more than just deaths we should be concerned over.

This is a novel virus, which means we have no herd immunity to it, which further means it will spread very rapidly. Especially when we consider the fact that there seems to be a good chance that those who are asymptomatic could become super spreaders causing chains of infection which are difficult if not impossible to contact trace.

The R0 of the disease is somewhere between a little over 2 to as high as 4, according to the scientific literature. This means that each infected person will go on to infect 2 to 4 more.

Super spreaders are in a category entirely different; a super spreader could potentially infect dozens if not hundreds of others.

The symptoms are relatively mild for most, but not all who are affected by this disease. One paper indicated that as many as 24.3% of those infected become severe cases requiring intensive medical treatment. If only one third of the US population contracts this disease, and that percentage carries over, we would have around 26,222,130 severely ill persons.

Keep that number in mind while you think about this:

Total Staffed Beds in All U.S. Hospitals


924,107

Staffed Beds in Community 1 Hospitals


792,417

Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals, 2020

The total number of staffed hospital beds in all of the U.S, is less than one million beds. Now consider the fact that as many as 80% of these are already occupied by all of the things that people are hospitalized for right now, and we have a huge discrepancy between need and availability of care.

But please, tell us how this is not a big deal nor is it something about which we should be concerned.



By the way, kudos to the OP for keeping us informed and giving us a very well presented thread in which to continue tracking this very important topic.

originally posted by: Stupidsecrets
a reply to: liejunkie01

Many countries with cases are reporting no deaths. If you want to believe some grand conspiracy for a whole bag of countries then you are free do so. No basis for it but go right ahead.

Why do you think there are so many deaths in Italy?

originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
has anyone had any updates to Cambodia and the south american infections?

The campodia case had the PM initially infected from a cruise ship..............

Any other updates.............?

At least in Chile only suspected cases that turn out negative after tests. I don't buy it. Wait till March, then things might change. Look at my last post in the part 3 of the thread Post here

Also more than 260 people are being followed because they arrived from countries that have the virus. Do not know if they are in home quarantine or are free to move, they only said that they are in observation and are being called in a daily basis to check their status, and are required to wear a mask.