New Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Pandemic (aka WuFlu)

[Health and Medicine]

Click the cc on the video to read in English

[The Librarian]

Nyka Alexander explains why WHO hasn't declared this a 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern' from r/China_Flu

[Isabella]

Coronavirus Live Updates: Alarm Grows as Markets Tumble and Death Toll Rises

Health officials in the United States said more than 100 people were being evaluated for possible infection. Of the nearly 3,000 people who have contracted the virus, the vast majority live in China.

By The New York Times

 

The death toll in China surpassed 100.

An epidemic is growing. Here’s what you need to know:

Deaths climb above 100 as China records new cases.

Stocks tumble as investors worry about the impact on global growth.

C.D.C. urges travelers to avoid nonessential trips to China.

110 people in the United States are being evaluated for infection.

New York City is bracing for the coronavirus: ‘It’s inevitable.’

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html

[The Librarian]

Villagers close roads and guard with knives and spears in rural areas. Desperate measures in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

[Health and Medicine]

#HongKong This was allegedly filmed at the Luohu Checkpoint (China side) today. It's packed & people were waiting to enter Hong Kong.

Hundreds of thousands of people will enter Hong Kong from China this week as the Lunar New Year holiday is coming to an end.#WuhanCoronavirus pic.twitter.com/8uMcJ3mTXH

— W. B. Yeats (@WBYeats1865) January 27, 2020

[Isabella]

1 hour ago, The Librarian said:

Desperate measures

Do they pretend to kill someone sick? That sounds like "the walking dead" serie

[admin]

Of the 4,515 confirmed cases in China, almost 1000 of them are in a critical or serious condition.

 

 

[admin]

Wuhan Municipal Government Offering Free Cremations

Local reports

The Wuhan municipal government is apparently offering free cremations.  Here is the link on Weibo, which is attributed to the Wuhan Internet Information Office.  According to the post, "during New Year's Eve a funeral agency in Wuhan increased the price to receive remains, causing complaints from survivors."  To make up for apparent price gouging, "charges for the cremation of the remains of deceased pneumonia patients with new coronaviruses will now be free of charge".  We cannot 100% confirm the validity of the Weibo post, but it appears authentic.

Overall, we remain skeptical regarding how the Chinese government is handling the situation, and we very much continue to question the official outbreak tally as well as the death count.  Also of note is back on January 26th, we reported that prior to the coronavirus making the news this month, one cremation center in Wuhan reportedly [we are not able to confirm this] cremated more than 30 bodies in one night alone (and these deaths were not attributed to the coronavirus).  In the same update, we also reported that separately the Wall Street Journal had published an article examining how some hospitals had been  classifying the cause of death in many patients as just "severe pneumonia"and not related to the coronavirus (those deaths also were not included in the count of infected people and deaths).  It is difficult to know what exactly is taking place in China at present, but free cremations is a morbid development we have not seen before and is also a reminder of the earlier reports we heard of December cremations.

[Isabella]

I'm interested on the numbers of survivors... all cases are sick or dead? 

[admin]

most recover.... but the numbers are still bad.

[admin]

[Isabella]

The yellow is for confirmed cases in these countries?