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I have not looked at Wuham-specific numbers for some time. I will have a look at some point to see if that data is available on an ongoing basis.
This is in Chinese but has the official numbers by location
I have not looked at Wuham-specific numbers for some time. I will have a look at some point to see if that data is available on an ongoing basis.
Its not flu, and every time I see one of the shit tabloids call it flu I get annoyed.
I dont think there is anything comfortable about viral pneumonia.
Rather what normally happens under such conditions is that later on, serological testing of samples of the population at large is used to give an indication of actual infection rates. This is where they figure out what antibodies are left in peoples systems for a good while ater the actual infection has passed, and look for those.
It’s probably also worth noting that that has full recoveries at 42. I suppose death rate isn’t really complete until you’re sure someone has recovered. Or died.
E.g the confirmed death rate in Wuhan (45/618) would be 7.18%. Though I’m sure the various epidemiologists involved have their reasons for sticking to lower figures.
Well, the problem is the official sources are not reliable sources of information and information is being repressed. For Chinese news, unverified reports coming out on social media have more value than they do in jurisdictions where the media is generally reliable, biases notwithstanding. We certainly should treat them with skepticism, but piecing them together can give us some idea of what is going on.
The difficulty in judging rumour and fact is likely contributing to the sense of panic, and I have a feeling that panic and over-reaction may turn out to be more of a problem than the disease itself, although time will tell.
Yeah. I don't need you to explain China to me, thanks.
Wuhan residents say they've been turned away from hospitals despite having symptoms so whatever figures they're giving for the number of cases are probably off by thousands. I'm not sure why they even bothered sealing the city off after 5 million people had already left.
5 million left Wuhan before lockdown, 1,000 new virus cases expected
Health commission says battling the epidemic is becoming more complicated as scientists discover virus is infectious even during its incubation period.www.scmp.com
“Some patients have normal temperatures and there are many milder cases. There are hidden carriers,” he said.
Ma said also that the virus had adapted to humans and appeared to have become more transmissible.
“There are signs showing the virus is becoming more transmissible. These walking ‘contagious agents’ [hidden carriers] make controlling the outbreak a lot more difficult.”
The authorities had also not ruled out the possibility of the virus mutating in the future, he said, which meant it could spread to different age groups.
To date, most of the people infected are in the 40-60 age range, health officials said earlier.
By comparing the two dozen genomes, scientists can address the “when did this start” question. The 24 available samples, including from Thailand and Shenzhen as well as Wuhan, show “very limited genetic variation,” Rambaut concluded on an online discussion forum where virologists have been sharing data and analyses. “This is indicative of a relatively recent common ancestor for all these viruses.”
Given what’s known about the pace at which viral genomes mutate, if nCoV had been circulating in humans since significantly before the first case was reported on Dec. 8, the 24 genomes would differ more. Applying ballpark rates of viral evolution, Rambaut estimates that the Adam (or Eve) virus from which all others are descended first appeared no earlier than Oct. 30, 2019, and no later than Nov. 29.
And the Director-General of the WHO is travelling to Beijing.
Ebola exposed WHO as unable to meet its responsibility for responding to such situations and alerting the global community," said an independent panel of experts in 2015 that included members from the Harvard Global Health Institute and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
The panel went further, suggesting the establishment of a new global health committee within the UN Security Council to declare outbreaks and international emergencies for more timely responses.
It seems the authorities in Wuhan are going to permit foreign nationals to leave, there seem to be some delegations organising flights for their people.
Yes, that probably would be wise!!I bet they end up in quarantine
Dr Urbani, an expert in parasitic infections, was working in the WHO Country office in Hanoi at the time that SARS, a highly infectious and lethal disease, started to spread. In early 2003, while serving as an infectious disease specialist, he responded to a request from the French Hospital in Hanoi to assist in investigating a “severe case of flu”.
After examining the patient, his diagnosis was clear: this was an unusual case of an “unknown contagious disease”. Responding to the gravity of the situation, Dr Urbani alerted WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. His prompt action helped to contain the epidemic by triggering a global public health response that eventually saved the lives of countless people.
For the sake of public health and safety, Dr Urbani spent several days at the hospital coordinating infection control, quarantine interventions and maintaining the morale of hospital staff. He lived up to his conviction that it is a doctor’s duty to “stay close to the victims”.
On 11 March 2003 during a flight to Bangkok to attend a conference, Dr Urbani developed symptoms of SARS. He died of complication related to SARS on 29 March 2003 – a public health hero.
"We encountered a patient who came to Hangzhou from Wuhan to attend a conference. When he arrived in Hangzhou, he did not have any symptoms. He did not have the typical symptoms of cough and fever. But it didn't take long for a few colleagues he had contacted to be infected. Symptoms appeared one after another. But at this time, he still did not have the disease himself. After returning to Wuhan at the end of the meeting, he did not get the disease after another two days. "Sheng Jifang introduced.
Sheng Jifang said that after different people are infected with the new coronavirus, the course of disease development and clinical symptoms may be very different. It is possible that this person developed symptoms immediately after infection, while another person had no obvious symptoms during the incubation period after infection. Therefore, it is difficult for ordinary citizens to identify.
If it's the case that people can be infectious without showing signs of the virus, then how can it be contained?
If it's the case that people can be infectious without showing signs of the virus, then how can it be contained?
At 04:00 on January 26, 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) reported 769 new confirmed cases and 137 new severe cases There were 24 new deaths (24 in Hubei Province), 2 new cured cases and 3806 new suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on January 26, the National Health and Health Commission had received a total of 2,744 confirmed cases in 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), 461 cases of severe cases, 80 cases of deaths, and 51 cases of hospitalized cures. There are 5794 suspected cases.
At present, 32,799 close contacts have been traced, 583 people were released from medical observation on the same day, and 30,453 people are currently receiving medical observation.