The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 89 countries (5 more than yesterday) and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan). The day is reset after midnight GMT+0
As of March 06, 2020 at 02:25 GMT, there have been 226 confirmed cases (67 individuals /42% increase since yesterday) and 12 deaths due to coronavirus COVID-19 in the United States.
Coronavirus is a pandemic in all but name as the infection goes global
"WILL the coronavirus outbreak become a pandemic? It is increasingly looking like it won’t – but only in name."
WHO urges nations to pull "out all the stops" in coronavirus fight: "This is not a drill"
"This is not a drill. This is not the time to give up. This is not a time for excuses. This is a time for pulling out all the stops," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday."
TWO strains of the killer coronavirus are spreading around the world – and 70% of infected patients have caught the more aggressive and contagious type, study claims
The coronavirus has mutated into at least two separate strains since the outbreak began in December, according to Chinese scientists.
The Official Coronavirus Numbers Are Wrong, and Everyone Knows It
"We know, irrefutably, one thing about the coronavirus in the United States: The number of cases reported in every chart and table is far too low.
The data are untrustworthy because the processes we used to get them were flawed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s testing procedures missed the bulk of the cases. They focused exclusively on travelers, rather than testing more broadly, because that seemed like the best way to catch cases entering the country...The reality gap between American numbers and American cases is wide. Regular citizens and decision makers cannot rely on only the numbers to make decisions."
Cruise ship with apparent coronavirus outbreak is held offshore near San Francisco
This article hits close to home. My parents know two people who are on this ship now.
"A cruise ship with a suspected coronavirus outbreak is being held off the coast of California, where federal officials will screen people on board for the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. Two people who were on a previous cruise on the ship tested positive for the virus, and one has died."
Coronavirus outbreak: U.S. Senate Homeland Security committee hearing on COVID-19 containment
Senator Johnson uses the "P" word in the first minute of the video.
As of March 06, 2020 at 02:25 GMT, there have been 226 confirmed cases (67 individuals /42% increase since yesterday) and 12 deaths due to coronavirus COVID-19 in the United States.
Coronavirus is a pandemic in all but name as the infection goes global
"WILL the coronavirus outbreak become a pandemic? It is increasingly looking like it won’t – but only in name."
WHO urges nations to pull "out all the stops" in coronavirus fight: "This is not a drill"
"This is not a drill. This is not the time to give up. This is not a time for excuses. This is a time for pulling out all the stops," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday."
TWO strains of the killer coronavirus are spreading around the world – and 70% of infected patients have caught the more aggressive and contagious type, study claims
The coronavirus has mutated into at least two separate strains since the outbreak began in December, according to Chinese scientists.
Researchers
say there are now two types of the same coronavirus infecting people –
and most people seem to have caught the most aggressive form of it...
Now an older, milder strain seems to be becoming more common.
The Official Coronavirus Numbers Are Wrong, and Everyone Knows It
"We know, irrefutably, one thing about the coronavirus in the United States: The number of cases reported in every chart and table is far too low.
The data are untrustworthy because the processes we used to get them were flawed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s testing procedures missed the bulk of the cases. They focused exclusively on travelers, rather than testing more broadly, because that seemed like the best way to catch cases entering the country...The reality gap between American numbers and American cases is wide. Regular citizens and decision makers cannot rely on only the numbers to make decisions."
Cruise ship with apparent coronavirus outbreak is held offshore near San Francisco
This article hits close to home. My parents know two people who are on this ship now.
"A cruise ship with a suspected coronavirus outbreak is being held off the coast of California, where federal officials will screen people on board for the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. Two people who were on a previous cruise on the ship tested positive for the virus, and one has died."
Coronavirus outbreak: U.S. Senate Homeland Security committee hearing on COVID-19 containment
Senator Johnson uses the "P" word in the first minute of the video.
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