RT of Diamond Princess Dream ship update from junia's days long thread.
40 more confirmed COVID-19 - total 174
39 from ship & 1 quarantine official
Abe: will increase testing capacity from 300/day to +1000/day x 2/18.
Quarantine 2/19 minimum
Of 4 men previously infected & admitted to hospital from ship:
3 Japanese+one foreign national in their 60s-70s in severe condition.
2 are treated in ICU and 2 others on mechanical ventilator
Both test negative upon arrival in Japan
Only test positive 10 days later AFTER pneumonia symptoms
Both no visits to seafood market
Both no known contact w/ill
From Senate hearing:
We need a what from DoD input???
Manhattan Project level response!!
ME: From some people that know stuff that we don't know.
Meanwhile WHO (paraphrased):
We don't know diddly squat yet
H/T @turnbolt11
#COVID19
Singapore's largest bank DBS evac'd 300 from its head office on Wed - precautionary measure following a confirmed coronavirus case at the bank
Reuters saw memo
Note also ... @turnbolt11 found 1 w/42 days incubation
14 day quarantines are NOT long enough
We're beyond containment spread at this point IMO
Now we're into disease mitigation level.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK52530…
RU only has 2 confirmed cases and hundreds quarantined while undergoing testing.
#COVID19 well worth a listen for the other nuggets on actual numbers reporting professor Neil Furguson
CDC test kits sent to state labs have "issues".
ALL US testing will go to CDC again.
Also read Kai's thread in tweet below.
@BabeReflex_8 @RadChick4Cast @moneypenny_2020
📢Current lack of efficacy in anti-virals treatment.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
ZhiYong Peng, Zhongnan Hospital
clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04…
#COVID19 All 1455 passengers and 802 crew will undergo "brief health inspection on board". Claim to have no one ill.
theguardian.com/world/2020/feb…
In other words, how many will be Dx'd w/ flu or flu like illnesses vs #COVID19
@remindmetweets in 4 weeks.
#COVID19
#COVID19
Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports:
14,840 new cases, includes clinically Dx'd cases
242 new deaths
45,176 confirmed global
1,115 deaths global
CHI
8,204 serious
4,740 recovered
16,067 suspected
- 60,016 cases global
- New criteria includes clinically Dx'd
- 16,067 suspected
- 1,355 deaths
- 8,070 serious/critical condition
- 5,611 recovered
- Most cases in China
- 25 countries reporting cases
Using new criteria actually had 6,528 new cases on Tuesday, not 1,638
Clinically diagnosed by CT Scan, meaning symptomatic also, but previously categorized as only suspected cases.
Either PCRs were/are not done or inconclusive.
Vietnam has 15 confirmed cases.
"As of February 13, 2020, we will urgently implement the task of isolation and quarantine of the epidemic area in Son Loi commune," said a health ministry statement.
khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-ou…