1 week agoMedical expert at Wuhan University Hospital said there are five possibilities that can cause a nucleic acid test result for coronavirus turn out to be false negative. 1. There are limitation to take nucleic acid sample
The total number of confirmed nCoV2019 cases in Hong Kong has increased to 36, of which one quarter came from the latest, and largest by far, family cluster infection. The grandma of that family is also the oldest patient the city has had
Taiwan scrambles jets as Chinese air force flies round island
KCNA: "Achievements were also made such as developing the technology for rapidly and accurately examining the virus infectionThe active efforts exerted by the CPC and the government of China for the life, safety and health of the people will certainly bear fruits."
KCNA: "The novel coronavirus infection that broke out recently in China is sweeping across the world, threatening human life. The party and government of China are all out to check the spread of the infectious pneumonia by the virus and damage by it."
#2019nCoV: While transmission outside China is still limited, it could accelerate, @DrTedros said Saturday, urging countries to prepare
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 160km ENE of Arzak, China
1 week agoHongKong added another two cases of coronavirus today. The two patients are a 58-year-old man and a 42-year-old man
Hangzhou, a Chinese city with a population of 10 million, said it would temporarily ban the sale of flu and cough medicine at pharmacies, in an effort to compel people who might be sick to see a doctor
First non-Chinese citizens with suspected coronavirus die in Wuhan
7 new cases of the Novel coronavirus in Thailand, the total is at 32. Among the new case are 4 Chinese (1 tourist, 3 family members of a former case) and 3 Thais (1 contact with a former case, 1 Thai flying in from Wuhan, 1 contact with tourist). 10 discharged
U.S. CDC says *five* people at Travis AFB north of San Francisco who arrived on two evacuation flights from Wuhan, China are "symptomatic" of coronavirus - but have not been officially diagnosed. There are 234 people quarantined at that base. @CBSNews is on site
1 week agoFirst morning since 14 days of mandatory quarantine came in force at HK port of Shenzhen Bay. It's been two hours since the checkpoint opens at 6.30am and under 10 people have arrived in HK. This is immigration officials going to work
1 week agoThe total number of confirmed cases in China has risen to 34546, adding more than 3399. The number of suspected cases is at 27657, adding 4214 more cases. The death toll is at 722, adding 86. The number of recovered is at 2050
Hubei province reports 2841 new virus cases (up from 2447 yesterday), 81 new deaths (up from 69 yesterday), and 1985 new cases in Wuhan (up from 1501 yesterday)
Both State Dept. chartered planes that evacuated 300 Americans from China are currently holding in Vancouver, Canada and Travis Air Force Base in California due to two "persons of interest," one on each plane, who show symptoms of coronavirus: U.S. officials close to CDC say
Wuhan will add 5,400 new beds for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms as five schools will be transformed into designated medical centers, Hu Yabo, executive vice-mayor of Wuhan, says at a press conference
Turkish health minister says Turkey stopped imports of all livestock and animal fats from China
1 week agoThe Taiwan government sent a coronavirus national alert, reminding people that if they had been to certain areas between 6 am and 5:30 pm on January 31 and if they had felt feverish or had respiratory symptoms, they should take a precautionary health management until Feb 14
Reuters: Senior WHO official says the "unnecessary profiling" of individuals outside of China based on ethnicity is utterly unacceptable and needs to stop
1 week agoHong Kong's commemoration activities for Dr LiWenliang in China, who died after being reprimanded by police for his early warnings on the Coronavirus
[email protected]: ..he will be successful, especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone. Great discipline is taking place in China, as President Xi strongly leads what will be a very successful operation. We are working closely with China to help
[email protected]: Just had a long and very good conversation by phone with President Xi of China. He is strong, sharp and powerfully focused on leading the counterattack on the Coronavirus. He feels they are doing very well, even building hospitals in a matter of only days. Nothing is easy, but
Hong Kong says people coming from mainland China will be quarantined for 14 days; those who violate it face up to 6 months in prison or a fine - RTHK
More than 6,000 HK medical workers voted to put a halt to their strike after five days due to the escalating WuhanCoronovirus outbreak, says @appledaily_hk. They had been protesting for a complete border seal & better equipment support
Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung confirmed one more confirmed nCoV2019 infection in Hong Kong, bringing the total to 25
1 week agoImage of a grocery store in Belcher's, a luxury development in Hong Kong - stockpiling
Chinese copper traders declare force majeure over coronavirus
1 week agoHong Kong 2nd top official, Matthew Cheung, invites retired govt officials to volunteer to help fight the increasing WuhanCoronavirus epidemic in Hong Kong. So far about two dozens of infection cases have been confirmed. Several have been infected locally. One has died
1 week agoA National Health Commission spokesperson expressed condolence over Dr LiWenliang's death at Friday's press conference
