SUMMARY:
The virus has spread to 6 more countries since yesterday.
The novel coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 60 countries and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance (the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan).
WHO raises coronavirus threat assessment to its highest level: ‘Wake up. Get ready. This virus may be on its way’ [2/28/20]
United States: In a move to tighten control of coronavirus messaging, government health officials and scientists will now have to coordinate statements with the vice president’s office. [2/27/20]
Second coronavirus case of unknown origin confirmed in California, indicating virus is spreading in the state [2/28/20]
Coronavirus: Infected Solano County patient wasn’t tested for 11 days [2/27/20]
Coronavirus live updates: Patient taken to San Mateo County; almost 100 Solano County health workers exposed [2/28/20]
DETAIL:
WHO raises coronavirus threat assessment to its highest level: ‘Wake up. Get ready. This virus may be on its way’ [2/28/20]
“We are on the highest level of alert or highest level of risk assessment in terms of spread and in terms of impact,” said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO’s health emergencies program. The group isn’t trying to alarm or scare people, he said. “This is a reality check for every government on the planet: Wake up. Get ready. This virus may be on its way and you need to be ready. You have a duty to your citizens, you have a duty to the world to be ready.”
United States: In a move to tighten control of coronavirus messaging, government health officials and scientists will now have to coordinate statements with the vice president’s office. [2/27/20]
Second coronavirus case of unknown origin confirmed in California, indicating virus is spreading in the state [2/28/20]
“A 65-year-old resident of Santa Clara County, Calif., who has no known history of travel to countries hit hard by the outbreak, has tested positive for coronavirus, people familiar with the case said Friday.
There is no known connection between the new patient and anyone else diagnosed with the disease, known as covid-19. On Wednesday, health authorities revealed the nation’s first case of community transmission, a woman in Solano County, about 90 miles away.
That means the virus appears to be spreading among at least two separate populations, according to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the information has not been released publicly.”
Coronavirus: Infected Solano County patient wasn’t tested for 11 days [2/27/20]
“A Solano County woman now critically ill with coronavirus was hospitalized for 11 days before her infection was revealed to healthcare workers, raising the potential of broader community exposure to the dangerous respiratory disease.
Suffering from flu-like symptoms, the patient brought herself to the 50-bed NorthBay VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville on Feb. 15, according to the Washington Post. She was transferred to UC Davis for advanced care four days later, on Feb. 19.”
Coronavirus live updates: Patient taken to San Mateo County; almost 100 Solano County health workers exposed [2/28/20]
“6:05 a.m. Patient who tested positive taken to San Mateo county: CDC officials transferred a person who tested positive for the virus to San Mateo County, health officials said, adding they did not plan to release any more information. It remained unclear where the person was transported from or how they got the virus.”
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