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🚨BREAKING🚨

@WHO Chief @DrTedros declares the deadly new #CoronavirusOutbreak an EMERGENCY: “I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern over the global outbreak of #2019nCoV."

@thespybrief #coronavirus #2019_nCov
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"Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems, and which are ill-prepared to deal with it."~WHO chief

A case of #2019nCoV was confirmed in #India, among numerous other countries.🤨

In less than a week, 98 #2019nCoV cases have been confirmed in 18 countries outside #China, including 8 cases of *human-to-human* transmission in 4 countries, including in the US (Illinois).

This is just the beginning of the #CoronavirusOutbreak, unfortunately.
Unfortunately, given the ease of global travel, confirmed ability of #2019nCoV to spread human-to-human—reportedly even by asymptomatic people—plus that there are NO specific treatments or #vaccine, expect cases of #coronaviruschina to accelerate over the coming days/weeks.
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Dr. Dena Grayson
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⚠️#Wuhan #coronavirus likely to become a #pandemic, per many top infectious disease experts.

Dr. Anthony Fauci: “It’s very, very transmissible, and it almost certainly is going to be a pandemic."

Experts can't yet predict how many will die.

#2019nCoV
nytimes.com/2020/02/02/hea…
In the last 3 weeks, the number of confirmed #2019nCoV cases has soared from ~50 in #China to 14,000 in 23 countries + 300 deaths.

The real number is much higher. Epidemiological models estimate that the real number of cases of #Wuhan #coronavirus is *100,000 or even more*.😳
The spread of #2019nCoV (≥14,000 new cases in ~3 weeks) is much faster than when SARS and MERS emerged.

SARS was vanquished in 2003 after spreading for 9 months with only 8,098 confirmed cases. MERS has been circulating since 2012, with only ~2,500 known cases.

#coronavirus
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Dr. Dena Grayson
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Excellent overview of the #Wuhan #coronavirus. Some key points:

👉🏼More total cases of #2019nCoV than SARS
👉🏼Rate of new cases is accelerating
👉🏼Spreads more easily & is more deadly than seasonal flu
👉🏼Unlike #influenza, NO treatments or #vaccine

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Although seasonal #influenza causes far more deaths than the new #coronavirus has (thus far), #2019nCoV appears to spread more readily from person-to-person + appears to be more deadly (higher mortality rate in those infected) = VERY bad.

@thespybrief
A major challenge is that the ability of #2019nCoV to spread (R0) and the mortality rate (% infected who die) are not confirmed, because it’s highly likely that there are FAR MORE cases of #coronavirus than reported.

Some don’t see a doctor, lack of testing, poor reporting...
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Dr. Dena Grayson
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🚨BREAKING: @CDCgov confirms the first case of #coronavirus transmitted human-to-human in the U.S.

Given the rapid spread of #2019nCov in #China, this should surprise no one. Expect cases to continue rising, including OUTSIDE #China.

@thespybrief
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“With experts saying a #vaccine is still a long way off, more international cases of the illness appeared. Australia, Vietnam and South Korea all announced new #coronavirus infections, while #India and the Philippines had their first ones.”

INDIA.😳
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While @WHO meets for a 3rd time in a week to debate declaring a global health emergency, #China says deaths reached 171 with >8,100 confirmed cases of #2019_nCov — an increase of *more than 1,900* from the previous day.

Expect cases to accelerate, unfortunately.

#coronavirus
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LIVE: Press conference on the Emergency Committee meeting on #2019nCoV pscp.tv/w/cQMn-DI2MTAy…
"Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed the emergence of a previously unknown pathogen, which has escalated into an unprecedented outbreak, and which has been met by an unprecedented response"-@DrTedros #2019nCoV
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Oommen C. Kurian
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Its important to be alert but not scared.

India has 13966000 episodes of seasonal influenza linked lower respiratory tract infections & about 26000 deaths A YEAR.

The new virus is less deadly than say H1N1 & harms mostly the very young, v old, & v weak.
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Can pets at home spread the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV)?

At present, there's no evidence that companion animals/pets such as dogs or cats can be infected with the new virus. #coronavirusindia
Does the new coronavirus affect older people, or are younger people also susceptible?

People of all ages can be infected. Older people, & people with pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill
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Juliette Kayyem
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NEW PAPER. As #CoronavirusOutbreak spreads, China responds, and @WHO determines that it will not invoke emergency tools, pleased to publish @Nonstopdoc and our team at Security and Global Health Project's new research. Welcome to wonkworld and follow along. @Kennedy_School 1/
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#BREAKING China halts flights and trains out of virus outbreak city: state media
#BREAKING WHO extends emergency talks over China virus
#BREAKING WHO says Chinese measures 'minimising' risk of virus spreading internationally
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A State Of Panic Hits The Globe As Cases Of China’s New Mystery Virus Rise Exponentially

There is so much that we still don’t know about this disease, but what we do know is that there were 48 confirmed cases on January 17th and now there are 440…

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JAPANESE SHOPKEEPER HANGS SIGN IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS PANIC: “NO CHINESE ALLOWED”

“I do not want to spread the virus.”

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#BREAKING: Jaish Chief Maulana Masood Azhar releases new audio statement from Pakistan (spoken by Saifullah his spokesperson) as per JeM recorded on March 4th at 9pm PST. Speaks about his ‘torture’ in Indian jails. Hits out at India on propaganda after Pulwama terror attack.
Maulana Masood Azhar says, Pakistan taking steps under pressure of international community. Some sense of humour: Says: ‘Aalmi Biradari’in India eating Samosas and in Pakistan having tea amidst this international pressure. Masood clearly feels betrayed but mocks Indian forces.
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