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[THREAD] China Coronavirus Outbreak
A deadly virus is spreading from Asia, affecting hundreds of people and resulting in dozens of deaths, in what may become a gloabal health epidemic. This thread contains news about the outbreak.
#Coronavirus #WuhanOutbreak #ChinaVirus #WarWatch

On Dec 30, 2019, Chinese authorities confirmed cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A team of national experts was sent to carry out detection tests. Patients at a local seafood market were put in quarantine.
#Coronavirus #WuhanOutbreak #ChinaVirus

Liu Youning, a professor of epidemiology and respiratory medicine, told the Global Times that the #coronavirus found in #Wuhan appears to be far less serious than the virus that caused the severe acute respiratory syndrome (#SARS) or the Middle East respiratory syndrome (#MERS).

#Japan confirmed the first case of the #coronavirus on Jan 15, 2020. A man living in #Kanagawa was diagnosed with #Pneumonia after returning from a trip to #Wuhan.
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Two Chinese visitors from #Wuhan city were put in isolation by #Vietnam’s Ministry of Health for the new #coronavirus after landing at #Danang International Airport. The ministry sent a team and held an emergency meeting Jan 15, 2020.
#WuhanOutbreak
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#UnitedStates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (#CDC) confirmed its first case of the #coronavirus on Jan 21, 2020. The patient, who is not being named, is in isolation at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, #Washington.
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#SouthKorea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (#KCDC) reported its first confirmed case of the coronavirus on Jan 21, 2020, that had broken out in #Wuhan, #China.
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Over 800 confirmed cases of #coronavirus (2019-#nCoV) in China according to @WHO.
Additional cases:
4 in Thailand.
2 in Vietnam.
1 in Japan.
1 in South Korea.
1 in Seattle, Washington.
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The #coronavirus is 80% similar to #SARS with the highest similarity of 88% with related genome sequences collected from a domestic bat in Feb 2017. #NGDC has released the 2019-#nCoV (novel coronavirus) database, according to Beijing Institute of Genomics.
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Protect yourself and others from the novel coronavirus by following these simple guidelines from the World Health Organization (@WHO)
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@WHO Important Info about the #Coronavirus
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@WHO Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline of confirmed cases of coronavirus in China and other countries. bnonews.com/index.php/2020…

There are currently 900 confirmed cases of the novel #coronavirus (2019-#nCoV) worldwide, including 26 deaths.
#WuhanOutbreak #ChinaCoronaVirus

@WHO The @WHO has stopped short of declaring the latest contagious #virus a global emergency despite China attempting to #quarantine more than 30 million people. Armored vehicles are being deployed in #Hubei. #WuhanCoronavirus #ChinaVirus #WuhanOutbreak #nCoV

@WHO At least 22 cases of #Wuhan #coronavirus have now been confirmed outside of mainland China:

• Thailand: 5
• Singapore: 3
• Taiwan: 3
• Japan: 2
• Hong Kong: 2
• South Korea: 2
• Macao: 2
• Vietnam: 2
• United States: 1

#WuhanVirus #nCoV #ChinaVirus #WarWatch

@WHO The CDC confirmed that a 2nd US patient has the #nCoV #coronavirus: the 1st is in #Seattle, the 2nd is a woman in her 60s in #Chicago who had traveled to #Wuhan. 63 people from 22 states are under investigation for the virus. #China has quarantined 48 million people in 14 cities.

@WHO The Chinese city of #Wuhan is rapidly building a new 1,000-bed hospital to treat victims of a new #coronavirus (2019-#nCoV). The virus has killed 25 people and infected over 800 in China. @WHO declared it an emergency. (Reuters) reut.rs/2TSaQM1

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1220756900389715968

The #Shanghai Municipal Health Commission has confirmed that a 56-year-old female patient infected with the deadly #coronavirus has, for the first time since the outbreak, been #cured and discharged from hospital. Source: bjd.com.cn/a/202001/24/WS…

@WHO Threats of disease to global health are evolving.
We need to:
• Restore leadership
• Sustained funding
• Preparedness challenges
• Rapid access to resources
• Establish Crises Response Corps
• Improve Logistics
• Confront technology challenges

@WHO President Trump thanks President Xi of China today for his efforts at containing the outbreak of the novel #coronavirus that has left over 26 people dead and infected over 900 patients. #wuhanvirus #nCoV2019 #WuhanOutbreak

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1220818115354923009

@WHO 1,975 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV), including 324 in critical conditions, had been reported in #China by the end of Saturday, according to Chinese health authorities. #CoronaOutbreak #WuhanVirus #nCoV2019 xhne.ws/iht9c

@WHO #Canada confirmed its 1st case of #coronavirus in Toronto. The patient—a man in his 50s who had travelled to #Wuhan, China—was found at #Toronto's #Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. cbc.ca/news/canada/to… #WuhanCoronavirus #CoronaOutbreak #nCoV2019

Spread of the #CoronavirusOutbreak is exacerbated by the surge in travel during the Lunar New Year celebrations. worldpop.org/events/china

Map, data and timeline tracking the spread of the new #coronavirus found here: bnonews.com/index.php/2020…

#WuhanVirus #nCoV2019 #LunarNewYear

Genomic epidemiology of novel #coronavirus (#nCoV) including all 28 genomes sampled between Dec 2019 and Jan 2020 nextstrain.org/ncov #WuhanCoronovirus #nCoV2019

@WHO The #WuhanVirus has left 56 dead and over 2,000 infected

International cases:
• Australia 4
• Thailand 7
• Singapore 4
• Malaysia 3
• France 3
• South Korea 2
• Japan 2
• Vietnam 2
• United States 2
• Taiwan 1
• Nepal 1
• Canada 1

#Coronavirus #nCoV2019

Working with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), The University of Queensland is using its molecular clamp technology to respond to the #WuhanCoronavirus. The team hopes to develop a vaccine over the next six months. uq.edu.au/news/article/2… #nCoV2019

@WHO The OC Health Care Agency’s (HCA) Communicable Disease Control Division received confirmation from the CDC this evening that an #OrangeCounty, #California case has tested positive for the novel #coronavirus, making this the 3rd confirmed case in the US.

https://twitter.com/ochealth/status/1221328989060358144

5 million residents left #Wuhan before lockdown, mayor revealed Sunday. #China Premier to head high-level group fighting #coronavirus #epidemic. 56 people dead, 2,000 others #infected, while health officials said virus’s ability to spread getting stronger. scmp.com/news/china/soc…

@WHO The head of the World Health Organization (#WHO) says he is going to #China to assist with response efforts to the deadly #coronavirus

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1221479565043912705

@WHO #LosAngeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed the first case of #coronavirus (2019-#nCoV) in Los Angeles County. The infected person presented themselves for care and is currently receiving medical treatment. publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/publi… @lapublichealth #CoronaOutbreak

#China is testing an HIV drug as treatment for new #coronavirus Chinese health authorities requested the drug to help with the government’s efforts to address the crisis, according to Adelle Infante, a spokeswoman for North Chicago, Illinois-based #AbbVie. reut.rs/2RS4pGb

@WHO @lapublichealth China confirms 769 new #coronavirus cases in one day. A second case was suspected in #Canada, where the wife of a man in #Toronto was also diagnosed. There are currently 2,898 confirmed cases worldwide, including 81 fatalities, as of January 27th, 2020. #CoronavirusOutbreak

@WHO @lapublichealth #China may have to import protective gear to contain the spread of the #coronavirus, as 40% of medical production capacity dropped due to the Lunar New Year holidays, the Industry and IT Vice-Minister Wang Jiangping said on Sunday.
#nCoV2019 #CoronavirusOutbreak #LunarNewYear

@WHO @lapublichealth The new form of #coronavirus was first identified as the cause of death of a 61-year-old man in #Wuhan, #China on Jan. 10. However, testing kits for the disease were not distributed to some of Wuhan’s hospitals until about Jan. 20!! #CoronavirusOutbreak reuters.com/article/us-chi…

@WHO @lapublichealth A 33-year-old man from the district of #Starnberg in #Bavaria was diagnosed with novel #coronavirus is the first confirmed case in Germany, said a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health in Munich late Monday evening. #CoronavirusGermany #WuhanVirus #nCoV2019

@WHO @lapublichealth A fourth case of the new #coronavirus confirmed in #France, announces the Director General of Health. He is an elderly person in intensive care in #Paris in a severe condition.
#CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronavirusFrance #nCoV2019
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@WHO @lapublichealth A man in his 40s who regularly travels to #China for business was in #Wuhan is presumed to have contracted the #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by B.C. Health authorities. This marks the third case reported in #Canada. #CoronavirusOutbreak #nCoV2019

@WHO @lapublichealth A North Korean newspaper described the fight against the #coronavirus as a matter of "national survival" today, emphasizing how serious #Pyongyang takes prevention of the #outbreak.

#CoronavirusOutbreak #nCoV2019 #NorthKorea #DPRK

@WHO @lapublichealth The #coronavirus is quickly spreading in #China, the number of infected jumps, meanwhile #Europe and #NorthAmerica add more cases.

As of Jan 29th 2020: 6062 confirmed, 9239 suspected cases, 132 deaths, and 103 have recovered.

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A team of scientists in #Australia said on Wednesday they have successfully developed a lab-grown version of the new #coronavirus, the first to be recreated outside of #China, in a #breakthrough that could help quicken the creation of a #vaccine. (Reuters) reut.rs/3aMYQ4J

@WHO @lapublichealth #UAE and #Finland confirm first cases of the #coronavirus today. UAE Health Ministry official says that the four Chinese citizens #infected with #coronavirus in the UAE are tourists from #Wuhan who arrived in the country on January 16. dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

@WHO @lapublichealth As of January 30th, 2020,
• 17 countries are now reporting cases
• 7,814 confirmed cases worldwide
• 12,167 suspected cases
• 170 deaths
• 1,370 in serious condition
• 124 treated and released

#CoronavirusOutbreak #WuhanCoronavirus
#Coronavirus #nCoV2019 #WarWatch

@WHO @lapublichealth How is #Wuhan's neighboring city Huanggang doing during the #coronavirus outbreak?

Follow CGTN's Xu Xinchen as he visits a brand new hospital, converted from an apartment complex for the elderly, to deal with the virus.

#CoronavirusOutbreak #nCoV2019

@WHO @lapublichealth #Delta Airlines will suspend ALL flights to #China from February 6 to April 30 due to the 'ongoing concerns' over #coronavirus. #CoronavirusOutbreak #nCoV2019

@WHO @lapublichealth The @WHO has declared the #coronavirus a public health #emergency. The number of #infected is climbing at an alarming rate.

• 11,948 confirmed
• 17,988 suspected
• 259 dead
• 260 recovered
• 1,795 in serious condition
• 24 countries affected

#CoronavirusOutbreak #nCoV2019

@WHO @lapublichealth The #coronavirus has infected more people than SARS in only weeks of being detected. Infectious disease experts don't yet know how deadly or contagious it is. When compared to (2019-#nCoV), #SARS took longer to gain momentum & #MERS took eight years to infect almost 2,500 people.

@WHO @lapublichealth Health officials have announced the first case of the #coronavirus in #Boston, Massachusetts. A man in his 20s recently traveled to #Wuhan, #China. He sought medical care soon after his return and has been isolated since that time.

#CoronaVirusOutbreak #nCoV2019

@WHO @lapublichealth Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved a request to provide military housing for up to 1,000 people who may need to be quarantined upon arrival in the United States from overseas travel due to concerns about possible infection from #coronavirus.

https://twitter.com/ChiefPentSpox/status/1223694898156711937

@WHO A service robot makes deliveries inside the infected hospitals and apartment blocks of Wuhan, China.

#Automation #AI #WuhanCoronavirus #Coronavirusoutbreak #nCoV2019

@WHO @lapublichealth The @WHO reports 14,642 confirmed cases of #coronavirus, 305 deaths. The 1st confirmed death outside of China was in the Philippines.

• 14,642 confirmed
• 19,544 suspected
• 305 dead
• 387 recovered
• 2,110 in serious condition
• 24 countries affected

#nCoV2019

@WHO @lapublichealth #Bangkok (AFP) - A Chinese woman infected with the new #coronavirus showed a dramatic improvement after she was treated with a cocktail of anti-virals used to treat flu and #HIV, Thailand's health ministry said Sunday.
#CoronavirusOutbreak #nCoV2019
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@WHO @lapublichealth #Wuhan’s 1st specialized hospital, #Huoshenshan, started admitting #coronavirus patients. With 1000 beds, this specialized hospital was built in just 10 days.
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@WHO #VIDEO: Learn everything you need to know about the new #coronavirus from #Wuhan, #China in this short video.
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