GLOBAL IMAGES: COVID19 PANDEMIC- 12.01.2019 -Day 80 / China’s death toll passes 1,800 as Hubei province reports 93 new deaths
WHO warns against ‘blanket measures’ over outbreak
Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies programme Michael Ryan (left) and Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (right) during a press conference at WHO’s headquarters in Geneva, on Feb 17, 2020.PHOTO: EPA-EFE/KEYSTONE
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GENEVA (AFP) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday (Feb 17) warned against “blanket measures” over the novel coronavirus outbreak, pointing out the epidemic outside of China was only affecting a “tiny” proportion of the population.
WHO also said that – with a mortality rate of around 2 per cent – Covid-19 was “less deadly” than other coronaviruses such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers).
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THE EPICENTER: CHINA
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WUHAN (AFP, REUTERS) – The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,800 on Tuesday (Feb 18) after 93 more people died in Hubei province, the hard-hit epicentre of the outbreak.
In its daily update, the province’s health commission also reported 1,807 new cases, a decline on the number of new cases reported on Monday.
The latest toll brings the number of deaths in Hubei to 1,789 as of Monday, the commission said on its website on Tuesday.
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HUBEI PROVINCE
WUHAN CITY: Coronavirus: Four deaths in one family show danger of Wuhan’s home quarantine policy.
A medical worker in protective suit interacts with a patient inside an isolated ward at Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, China, on Feb 13, 2020.PHOTO: REUTERS/CHINA DAILY
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WUHAN (CAIXIN GLOBAL) – The deaths of four family members in the central Chinese city of Wuhan who succumbed to the new coronavirus while self-quarantining in the same apartment have once again raised serious questions about the policy of staying home imposed at the start of the epidemic.
Chang Kai, a notable director at Hubei Film Studios, died last Friday (Feb 14) from pneumonia caused by the virus also known as Covid-19, according to an obituary published by his employer. He was 55.
His father, mother, and older sister also died from the same illness between Jan 28 and Feb 14, Caixin learned from one of Chang’s former college classmates.
The story of their deaths starkly illuminates how authorities in the disease-stricken city may have mishandled the spread of the virus by initially pursuing a policy of home quarantine in a bid to relieve pressure on overburdened, undersupplied hospitals.
READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/coronavirus-four-deaths-in-one-family-show-danger-of-wuhans-home-quarantine-policy
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Epidemiology
During the early stages, the number of cases doubled approximately every seven and a half days. In early and mid-January 2020, the virus spread to other Chinese provinces, helped by the Chinese new year migration. On 20 January, China reported a sharp rise in cases with nearly 140 new patients, including two people in Beijing and one in Shenzhen.By 25 January, the number of laboratory-confirmed cases stood at 2,062, including 2,016 in Mainland China, seven in Thailand, six in Hong Kong, five in Macau, five in Australia, four in Malaysia, four in Singapore, three in France, three in Japan, three in South Korea, three in Taiwan, three in the United States, two in Vietnam, one in Nepal and one in Sweden.[76]The earliest reported symptoms occurred 1 December 2019, in a person who did not have any exposure to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market or to the remaining 40 affected people. Of the following 40 confirmed cases of COVID-19, two-thirds were found to have a link with the market, which also sold live animals.Of cases that began before 1 January 2020, 55% were linked to the market. By 22 January, this figure was reported to have dropped to 8.6%.[73] Hence, as the number of cases has increased, the significance of the market has lessened
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