#DailyUpdates
2019-nCoV on 4 Feb:
⁃ The death rate from the Wuhan coronavirus across mainland China stands at 2.1%, according to the Chinese National Health Commission in a press update on Tuesday. In Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, the rate is 3.1%, said Jiao Yahui, the deputy director of the National Health Commissions State Health Administration.
⁃ Of the 425 confirmed deaths across mainland China, 80% of the victims were over the age of 60, and 75% of victims had some form of underlying disease, Jiao added. Two-thirds of the confirmed deaths are male.
⁃ China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has signaled a more assertive strategy for dealing with the coronavirus epidemic after days of seeming to retreat from center stage.
⁃ China’s Health Commission reported on Tuesday that there were 632 recoveries and more than 420 deaths nationwide.
⁃ Monday's market sell-off in China was the worst in many years and wiped nearly half a trillion dollars off the value of the country's biggest companies. Now the Chinese government has to find ways to stem the panic before the coronavirus epidemic make things even worse.
⁃ Following the lockdown order issued by the Wenzhou government, Hangzhou’s city government has issued a lockdown order in order to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Other smaller cities such as Taizhou, Ningbo, Yiwu, and Yueqing have also followed in Hangzhou’s footsteps and have implemented strict lockdown policies.
Source: CNN, NYtimes, Chinese state media
#WARS #4Feb
2019-nCoV on 4 Feb:
⁃ The death rate from the Wuhan coronavirus across mainland China stands at 2.1%, according to the Chinese National Health Commission in a press update on Tuesday. In Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, the rate is 3.1%, said Jiao Yahui, the deputy director of the National Health Commissions State Health Administration.
⁃ Of the 425 confirmed deaths across mainland China, 80% of the victims were over the age of 60, and 75% of victims had some form of underlying disease, Jiao added. Two-thirds of the confirmed deaths are male.
⁃ China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has signaled a more assertive strategy for dealing with the coronavirus epidemic after days of seeming to retreat from center stage.
⁃ China’s Health Commission reported on Tuesday that there were 632 recoveries and more than 420 deaths nationwide.
⁃ Monday's market sell-off in China was the worst in many years and wiped nearly half a trillion dollars off the value of the country's biggest companies. Now the Chinese government has to find ways to stem the panic before the coronavirus epidemic make things even worse.
⁃ Following the lockdown order issued by the Wenzhou government, Hangzhou’s city government has issued a lockdown order in order to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Other smaller cities such as Taizhou, Ningbo, Yiwu, and Yueqing have also followed in Hangzhou’s footsteps and have implemented strict lockdown policies.
Source: CNN, NYtimes, Chinese state media
#WARS #4Feb
#DailyUpdates #Feb8
2019-nCoV in China Updates (8/2):
⁃ World Health Organization figures show that the virus has affected at least 28 countries, many of them in Asia, and has reached as far as the United States and Australia. The vast majority of the cases and deaths are in mainland China. The total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus has risen to 31481 as of Saturday. The death toll continues to rise as the first foreign national has died due to the virus. A total of 683 deaths have been confirmed. A total of 29 countries have been affected by the virus so far.
⁃ A Japanese man in his 60s suspected of testing positive for the novel coronavirus has died in Wuhan, China, Japan's Foreign Ministry announced. A 60-year-old US citizen in Wuhan has died from the new coronavirus, the US embassy said on Saturday.
⁃ At least three more passengers have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus, according to a statement released by the Japanese Ministry of Health on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases on the ship to 64.
⁃ The World Health Organization's China Representative paid tribute to the whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang, who died earlier this week from the coronavirus.
⁃ Doctors and nurses have arrived at Leishenshan Hospital, the second medical facility built in Wuhan in a matter of days, according to China's state-run CCTV. The first batch of patients is also expected to be admitted today. Construction on Leishenshan Hospital took 12 days, according to CCTV. The 32-ward and 1,500-bed structure will exclusively treat patients infected with the new coronavirus.
⁃ A lawyer (Chen Qiushi) turned citizen journalist reporting from in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, has been forcibly quarantined, friends and relatives said on Friday.
⁃ The Chinese government has issued new regulations to severely punish people who disrupt the epidemic control work. Those who violate the rules will be subject to speedy arrests and sentences, and even the death penalty.
- Shenzhen is lockdown.
⁃ China has still not invited US health experts to help with the fight against the Wuhan virus even though the US made the offer more than a month ago, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Friday.
⁃ Royal Caribbean Cruises bans boarding from China, Hong Kong and Macau In response to the new pneumonia epidemic, Royal Caribbean Cruises announced that all passengers with Chinese, Hong Kong and Macau passports were barred from boarding and people who had contacted people from, visiting or passing through these three places on the cruise People cannot board the ship.
- United Airline will suspend all flights to and from Hong Kong between 8 and 20 February.
Source: CNN, RTHK
#Coronavirus #Outbreak
2019-nCoV in China Updates (8/2):
⁃ World Health Organization figures show that the virus has affected at least 28 countries, many of them in Asia, and has reached as far as the United States and Australia. The vast majority of the cases and deaths are in mainland China. The total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus has risen to 31481 as of Saturday. The death toll continues to rise as the first foreign national has died due to the virus. A total of 683 deaths have been confirmed. A total of 29 countries have been affected by the virus so far.
⁃ A Japanese man in his 60s suspected of testing positive for the novel coronavirus has died in Wuhan, China, Japan's Foreign Ministry announced. A 60-year-old US citizen in Wuhan has died from the new coronavirus, the US embassy said on Saturday.
⁃ At least three more passengers have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus, according to a statement released by the Japanese Ministry of Health on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases on the ship to 64.
⁃ The World Health Organization's China Representative paid tribute to the whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang, who died earlier this week from the coronavirus.
⁃ Doctors and nurses have arrived at Leishenshan Hospital, the second medical facility built in Wuhan in a matter of days, according to China's state-run CCTV. The first batch of patients is also expected to be admitted today. Construction on Leishenshan Hospital took 12 days, according to CCTV. The 32-ward and 1,500-bed structure will exclusively treat patients infected with the new coronavirus.
⁃ A lawyer (Chen Qiushi) turned citizen journalist reporting from in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, has been forcibly quarantined, friends and relatives said on Friday.
⁃ The Chinese government has issued new regulations to severely punish people who disrupt the epidemic control work. Those who violate the rules will be subject to speedy arrests and sentences, and even the death penalty.
- Shenzhen is lockdown.
⁃ China has still not invited US health experts to help with the fight against the Wuhan virus even though the US made the offer more than a month ago, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Friday.
⁃ Royal Caribbean Cruises bans boarding from China, Hong Kong and Macau In response to the new pneumonia epidemic, Royal Caribbean Cruises announced that all passengers with Chinese, Hong Kong and Macau passports were barred from boarding and people who had contacted people from, visiting or passing through these three places on the cruise People cannot board the ship.
- United Airline will suspend all flights to and from Hong Kong between 8 and 20 February.
Source: CNN, RTHK
#Coronavirus #Outbreak
#DailyUpdates #Feb9
2019-nCoV Updates (9/2):
⁃ The death toll from the novel coronavirus has reached a record high. The number of infected in mainland China is 37,198 with over 2,000 new infections confirmed in mainland China overnight.
⁃ As of today, 813 people have died from the virus, exceeding the number of people killed by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003
⁃ A study published Friday in the medical journal JAMA found that 41% of the first 138 patients diagnosed at one hospital in Wuhan, China, were presumed to be infected in that hospital. Nearly half of the initial infections in this hospital appear to have been spread within the hospital itself — nosocomial transmission.
⁃ Hong Kong health officials announced today that there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus found on board the World Dream cruise ship, which had been under quarantine in Hong Kong for days, and the passengers are free to leave.
⁃ In the single-biggest outbreak outside of mainland China, 70 cases have now been confirmed on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Yokohama. In a message to the more than 400 US citizens who are on board the ship, the US embassy in Tokyo sent around a missive that they were carefully monitoring the situation.
⁃ Three new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Singapore on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Singapore to 43, according to a statement released by Singapore’s Health Ministry.
⁃ A group of 34 Brazilian nationals arrived in Brazil’s western state of Goias on Sunday after being transported on military planes from Wuhan, China, according to Brazil’s Health Regulatory Agency ANVISA.
⁃ 20 German citizens and their family members landed in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday after being repatriated from Wuhan, China, via the United Kingdom, the German Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
⁃ A fourth case of the Wuhan coronavirus has been confirmed in the United Kingdom, the country's chief medical adviser said in a statement on Sunday.
⁃ The doctor who tried to raise the alarm about the coronavirus in Wuhan, Li Wenliang, will be "remembered as a hero," China's Ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said Sunday, as Chinese authorities face fierce criticism on social media for their treatment of Li.
⁃ Spain’s National Center for Microbiology has confirmed the country’s second case of Wuhan coronavirus. The person is one of four who had been in contact with an infected French national.
⁃ Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, delivered a “message of sympathy from the Queen” to President Xi Jinping and the Chinese people over the coronavirus outbreak
⁃ 5 new cases were confirmed in France, they are all British citizens. France rose the travel alert to China.
- Ships arriving from China won’t be able to dock in Queensland for 14 days from their departure in a move designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus
⁃ WHO expert team would be heading to China earliest on 10th Feb
Source : CNN, Now News, The Australian
#Coronavirus #WARS
2019-nCoV Updates (9/2):
⁃ The death toll from the novel coronavirus has reached a record high. The number of infected in mainland China is 37,198 with over 2,000 new infections confirmed in mainland China overnight.
⁃ As of today, 813 people have died from the virus, exceeding the number of people killed by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003
⁃ A study published Friday in the medical journal JAMA found that 41% of the first 138 patients diagnosed at one hospital in Wuhan, China, were presumed to be infected in that hospital. Nearly half of the initial infections in this hospital appear to have been spread within the hospital itself — nosocomial transmission.
⁃ Hong Kong health officials announced today that there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus found on board the World Dream cruise ship, which had been under quarantine in Hong Kong for days, and the passengers are free to leave.
⁃ In the single-biggest outbreak outside of mainland China, 70 cases have now been confirmed on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Yokohama. In a message to the more than 400 US citizens who are on board the ship, the US embassy in Tokyo sent around a missive that they were carefully monitoring the situation.
⁃ Three new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Singapore on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Singapore to 43, according to a statement released by Singapore’s Health Ministry.
⁃ A group of 34 Brazilian nationals arrived in Brazil’s western state of Goias on Sunday after being transported on military planes from Wuhan, China, according to Brazil’s Health Regulatory Agency ANVISA.
⁃ 20 German citizens and their family members landed in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday after being repatriated from Wuhan, China, via the United Kingdom, the German Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
⁃ A fourth case of the Wuhan coronavirus has been confirmed in the United Kingdom, the country's chief medical adviser said in a statement on Sunday.
⁃ The doctor who tried to raise the alarm about the coronavirus in Wuhan, Li Wenliang, will be "remembered as a hero," China's Ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said Sunday, as Chinese authorities face fierce criticism on social media for their treatment of Li.
⁃ Spain’s National Center for Microbiology has confirmed the country’s second case of Wuhan coronavirus. The person is one of four who had been in contact with an infected French national.
⁃ Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, delivered a “message of sympathy from the Queen” to President Xi Jinping and the Chinese people over the coronavirus outbreak
⁃ 5 new cases were confirmed in France, they are all British citizens. France rose the travel alert to China.
- Ships arriving from China won’t be able to dock in Queensland for 14 days from their departure in a move designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus
⁃ WHO expert team would be heading to China earliest on 10th Feb
Source : CNN, Now News, The Australian
#Coronavirus #WARS
#DailyUpdates #Feb11
2019-nCoV Updates (11/2):
⁃ As the coronavirus continues to spread across the world, the number of confirmed cases of the virus in now standing at 43,139. The number of deaths have now exceeded that of the 2003 SARS outbreak at 1018, with 1016 deaths at China.
⁃ A total of 108 people in mainland China died from the Wuhan coronavirus on Monday, according to the country's National Health Commission (NHC), marking the first time the single-day death toll has crossed into triple digits.
⁃ The Wuhan coronavirus poses a “very grave threat for the rest of the world,” the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday at the start of a two-day meeting in Geneva on the outbreak.
⁃ The MS Westerdam, which has more than 2,000 people on board, has now been denied entry by at least four different ports over fears of the Wuhan coronavirus.
⁃ The Chinese table tennis team has flown to a Qatar training base to avoid returning home in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
⁃ Experts fear that factories across the globe could ground to a halt if many of the plants across China remain closed this coming week.
⁃ South Korea is sending a third plane to Wuhan to pick up its citizens. It's also adding Hong Kong and Macao to its "virus contaminated zone" starting from tomorrow.
⁃ Taiwan is to join South Korea in banning the entry of Hong Kong and Macao citizens. The ROC ministry of foreign affairs have announced the ban will come into affect on the 12 Feb.
⁃ Taiwan raises travel alerts for Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and Thailand
Source: CNN, John Hopkins University
2019-nCoV Updates (11/2):
⁃ As the coronavirus continues to spread across the world, the number of confirmed cases of the virus in now standing at 43,139. The number of deaths have now exceeded that of the 2003 SARS outbreak at 1018, with 1016 deaths at China.
⁃ A total of 108 people in mainland China died from the Wuhan coronavirus on Monday, according to the country's National Health Commission (NHC), marking the first time the single-day death toll has crossed into triple digits.
⁃ The Wuhan coronavirus poses a “very grave threat for the rest of the world,” the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday at the start of a two-day meeting in Geneva on the outbreak.
⁃ The MS Westerdam, which has more than 2,000 people on board, has now been denied entry by at least four different ports over fears of the Wuhan coronavirus.
⁃ The Chinese table tennis team has flown to a Qatar training base to avoid returning home in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
⁃ Experts fear that factories across the globe could ground to a halt if many of the plants across China remain closed this coming week.
⁃ South Korea is sending a third plane to Wuhan to pick up its citizens. It's also adding Hong Kong and Macao to its "virus contaminated zone" starting from tomorrow.
⁃ Taiwan is to join South Korea in banning the entry of Hong Kong and Macao citizens. The ROC ministry of foreign affairs have announced the ban will come into affect on the 12 Feb.
⁃ Taiwan raises travel alerts for Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and Thailand
Source: CNN, John Hopkins University
#DailyUpdates #Feb18 #COVID19
COVID-19 Updates (18/2):
- The total number of infected is now standing at 73437 where the numbers of deaths are now at 1874, of which 72439 confirmed cases and 1869 deaths are from mainland China.
- The Chinese Journal of Epidemiology released a report which mentioned 3019 medical staff were infected and the death rate was estimated at 2.3%.
- The JiangXi province government announced resumption of work. Workers are not required to submit health condition documents. Workers who haven’t been to Hubei are not required to be quarantined.
- Additional 88 confirmed cases are found on cruise ship Diamond Princess, giving the total of 542.
- 2 new cases are confirmed in Hong Kong, one of them is a Filipino domestic worker who worked for another 62 years-old confirmed individual.
- The first group of representatives of HKSAR government looks forward to evacuate residents starting from tomorrow.
- 2 planes for South Korean President have arrived Japan, preparing to evacuate South Koreans onboard Diamond Princess.
- Japanese authority is planning to let passengers onboard Diamond Princess who show negative results to COVID-19 viruses to disembark tomorrow.
- Japan is experimenting AIDS drugs to treat coronavirus-infected patients.
- The Filipino Ministry of Foreign Affairs withdrew the prohibition to its residents who are heading to Hong Kong or Macau to work as domestic workers.
- The WHO warned not to be over optimistic even though the number of increasing cases everyday kept declining.
Source: Now News, worldmeters.info, Health Commission of Jiangxi Province, China News
COVID-19 Updates (18/2):
- The total number of infected is now standing at 73437 where the numbers of deaths are now at 1874, of which 72439 confirmed cases and 1869 deaths are from mainland China.
- The Chinese Journal of Epidemiology released a report which mentioned 3019 medical staff were infected and the death rate was estimated at 2.3%.
- The JiangXi province government announced resumption of work. Workers are not required to submit health condition documents. Workers who haven’t been to Hubei are not required to be quarantined.
- Additional 88 confirmed cases are found on cruise ship Diamond Princess, giving the total of 542.
- 2 new cases are confirmed in Hong Kong, one of them is a Filipino domestic worker who worked for another 62 years-old confirmed individual.
- The first group of representatives of HKSAR government looks forward to evacuate residents starting from tomorrow.
- 2 planes for South Korean President have arrived Japan, preparing to evacuate South Koreans onboard Diamond Princess.
- Japanese authority is planning to let passengers onboard Diamond Princess who show negative results to COVID-19 viruses to disembark tomorrow.
- Japan is experimenting AIDS drugs to treat coronavirus-infected patients.
- The Filipino Ministry of Foreign Affairs withdrew the prohibition to its residents who are heading to Hong Kong or Macau to work as domestic workers.
- The WHO warned not to be over optimistic even though the number of increasing cases everyday kept declining.
Source: Now News, worldmeters.info, Health Commission of Jiangxi Province, China News
#Apr11 At A Glance
#HongKongNews
In Taipo, Man Falls From Building at Midnight, Police: No Suspicion
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19413
Police Stop Investigating the Fujian Triad and Arrest No One After RTHK Reporter Was Attacked
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19415
Police Video-Tape and Demand Female Passenger to Take Dress Off, Victim was Asked to Pay 50-100 thousands for “Pixelation Fee”
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19416
Detainee Suffers From Depression and Police Verbal and Physical Abuse
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19417
#China
Swedish Former Representative to European Parliament: China Should Apologize to the World for Coronavirus
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19425
#Politics
Pro-Beijing lawmaker Regina Ip Demands Political Retribution to Medical Staff Who Went on Strike to Urge the Authorities to Implement Better Anti-epidemic Measures
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19420
#ProtestersStory
Yuen Long Lennon Wall
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19414
#International
Work from home during the Pandemic in South Korea
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19424
Malaysian singer Namewee tells us why the name "Wuhan virus" should be used
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19421
Renaming German cockroaches as it may be discrimination?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19422
#OpinionArticle
Chip Tsao: Darwinism in the Pandemic
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19423
#Environment
The Himalayas are visible in India for the first time in 30 years as pollution levels drop during lockdown
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19426
#DailyUpdates
COVID-19 Updates
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19430
#HongKongNews
In Taipo, Man Falls From Building at Midnight, Police: No Suspicion
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19413
Police Stop Investigating the Fujian Triad and Arrest No One After RTHK Reporter Was Attacked
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19415
Police Video-Tape and Demand Female Passenger to Take Dress Off, Victim was Asked to Pay 50-100 thousands for “Pixelation Fee”
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19416
Detainee Suffers From Depression and Police Verbal and Physical Abuse
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19417
#China
Swedish Former Representative to European Parliament: China Should Apologize to the World for Coronavirus
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19425
#Politics
Pro-Beijing lawmaker Regina Ip Demands Political Retribution to Medical Staff Who Went on Strike to Urge the Authorities to Implement Better Anti-epidemic Measures
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19420
#ProtestersStory
Yuen Long Lennon Wall
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19414
#International
Work from home during the Pandemic in South Korea
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19424
Malaysian singer Namewee tells us why the name "Wuhan virus" should be used
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19421
Renaming German cockroaches as it may be discrimination?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19422
#OpinionArticle
Chip Tsao: Darwinism in the Pandemic
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19423
#Environment
The Himalayas are visible in India for the first time in 30 years as pollution levels drop during lockdown
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19426
#DailyUpdates
COVID-19 Updates
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19430
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Man Falls From Building at Midnight, Police: No Suspicion
In the early morning of April 11, a man fell down from Hing Wo Court in Po Nga Estate in Tai Po. Paramedics arrived to perform resuscitation but the man was certified. Police cordoned the…
Man Falls From Building at Midnight, Police: No Suspicion
In the early morning of April 11, a man fell down from Hing Wo Court in Po Nga Estate in Tai Po. Paramedics arrived to perform resuscitation but the man was certified. Police cordoned the…