Post by papaof2 on Mar 2, 2020 13:44:22 GMT -6
www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3047066/what-do-you-need-know-about-new-coronavirus-china
Latest interactive graphic always at above link. Usually updated several times a day. It was updated as I was writing this.
Home page of South China Morning Post: www.scmp.com
Usually updated several times daily with new Covid-19 info from around the world.
Static graphic updated 2 Mar, 6:53PM Hong Kong time: www.jecarter.us/files/coronavirus-stats-scmp-2Mar1424EST.jpg
Hong Kong is 13 hours ahead of EST.
Since the graphic in the previous message was posted, Iran has has a 65% increase in cases (978 to 1501) and another 12 deaths. I think the health care there is poor and/or the people are arrogant about "I don't need to wash my hands or wear a mask. I won't get sick." because one of the overnight deaths is high in the ruling hierarchy (Adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei):
time.com/5793379/iran-supreme-leader-adviser-coronavirus/
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More news from the West Coast.
www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-02/california-sees-coronavirus-spread-as-death-toll-rises-in-washington
By ALEX WIGGLESWORTH, SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA, COLLEEN SHALBY, RICHARD READ
MARCH 2, 202011:25 AM
The death toll from coronavirus in the United States rose to five as Washington state officials announced three new deaths.
In Washington state, the second person to die was a man described as being in his 70s and suffering from preexisting health problems. He died at EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland, a suburb of Seattle, state health officials said. Four additional cases were confirmed in King County — all in elderly patients — bringing the total number of cases there to 10.
[In California] two healthcare workers were exposed to the virus from a patient who was being treated at NorthBay VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville, officials said. The female patient has since been transferred to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento and is considered the nation’s first announced case of “community spread,” meaning the source of infection is unknown.
That woman was not immediately tested for the virus because she did not fit federal testing criteria at the time. Officials had already expressed concern that she could have infected others.
The case led to 124 nurses and healthcare workers being asked to self-quarantine, according to the California Nurses Assn.
“Our two healthcare workers who tested positive have been in isolation at home since the day we learned they had contact with the patient who had contracted the virus,” Aimee Brewer, president of NorthBay HealthCare Group, said in a statement. “We took immediate and comprehensive measures intended to stop any further spread of the virus, including working with public health officials to trace the contacts the two workers may have had.”
One of the infected healthcare workers is a Solano County resident, and the other lives in Alameda County, officials said. They are both in isolation at home.
Meanwhile, three more people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Santa Clara County on Sunday, health officials said.
One is an adult woman with chronic health conditions. An investigation into how she acquired the infection was just launched, the Santa Clara County Public Health Department said Sunday evening.
The other two patients are a husband and wife who had recently traveled to Egypt.
All three are hospitalized, officials said. Additional information about their condition was not immediately available.
The Public Health Department was working to identify all those who had come into contact with the three patients and said it would also conduct community surveillance “to determine the extent of possible disease spread in our community.”
In California, at least 40 cases have been reported. Twenty-four people who have caught the virus either were on the Diamond Princess cruise ship or in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak was first reported, and were then repatriated to the U.S. and quarantined at California military bases. An additional 16 cases have been discovered in returning travelers or, in at least five instances, people who contracted the virus in their community.
Latest interactive graphic always at above link. Usually updated several times a day. It was updated as I was writing this.
Home page of South China Morning Post: www.scmp.com
Usually updated several times daily with new Covid-19 info from around the world.
Static graphic updated 2 Mar, 6:53PM Hong Kong time: www.jecarter.us/files/coronavirus-stats-scmp-2Mar1424EST.jpg
Hong Kong is 13 hours ahead of EST.
Since the graphic in the previous message was posted, Iran has has a 65% increase in cases (978 to 1501) and another 12 deaths. I think the health care there is poor and/or the people are arrogant about "I don't need to wash my hands or wear a mask. I won't get sick." because one of the overnight deaths is high in the ruling hierarchy (Adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei):
time.com/5793379/iran-supreme-leader-adviser-coronavirus/
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More news from the West Coast.
www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-02/california-sees-coronavirus-spread-as-death-toll-rises-in-washington
By ALEX WIGGLESWORTH, SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA, COLLEEN SHALBY, RICHARD READ
MARCH 2, 202011:25 AM
The death toll from coronavirus in the United States rose to five as Washington state officials announced three new deaths.
In Washington state, the second person to die was a man described as being in his 70s and suffering from preexisting health problems. He died at EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland, a suburb of Seattle, state health officials said. Four additional cases were confirmed in King County — all in elderly patients — bringing the total number of cases there to 10.
[In California] two healthcare workers were exposed to the virus from a patient who was being treated at NorthBay VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville, officials said. The female patient has since been transferred to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento and is considered the nation’s first announced case of “community spread,” meaning the source of infection is unknown.
That woman was not immediately tested for the virus because she did not fit federal testing criteria at the time. Officials had already expressed concern that she could have infected others.
The case led to 124 nurses and healthcare workers being asked to self-quarantine, according to the California Nurses Assn.
“Our two healthcare workers who tested positive have been in isolation at home since the day we learned they had contact with the patient who had contracted the virus,” Aimee Brewer, president of NorthBay HealthCare Group, said in a statement. “We took immediate and comprehensive measures intended to stop any further spread of the virus, including working with public health officials to trace the contacts the two workers may have had.”
One of the infected healthcare workers is a Solano County resident, and the other lives in Alameda County, officials said. They are both in isolation at home.
Meanwhile, three more people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Santa Clara County on Sunday, health officials said.
One is an adult woman with chronic health conditions. An investigation into how she acquired the infection was just launched, the Santa Clara County Public Health Department said Sunday evening.
The other two patients are a husband and wife who had recently traveled to Egypt.
All three are hospitalized, officials said. Additional information about their condition was not immediately available.
The Public Health Department was working to identify all those who had come into contact with the three patients and said it would also conduct community surveillance “to determine the extent of possible disease spread in our community.”
In California, at least 40 cases have been reported. Twenty-four people who have caught the virus either were on the Diamond Princess cruise ship or in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak was first reported, and were then repatriated to the U.S. and quarantined at California military bases. An additional 16 cases have been discovered in returning travelers or, in at least five instances, people who contracted the virus in their community.