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Coronavirus live updates: China deaths pass 560 as 10 more cruise passengers test positive – latest news | Coronavirus live updates: China deaths pass 560 as 10 more cruise passengers test positive – latest news |
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Wuhan authorities warn of lack of ‘equipment and materials’ and consider converting hotels and schools into treatment centres. Follow live updates | Wuhan authorities warn of lack of ‘equipment and materials’ and consider converting hotels and schools into treatment centres. Follow live updates |
Reuters is reporting that a small town in central Canada is preparing to for the arrival of some 200 evacuees from Wuhan. | |
Canada plans to fly the evacuees to the base in Trenton, Ontario, the country’s main military hub for air transport, and hold them in quarantine for two weeks. | |
The evacuees, who are expected to arrive from China on Friday, will be separated from each other and from others on the base, although family units will be kept together, the government has said. They will all stay at Yukon Lodge, a new facility on the base which resembles a small chain hotel. | |
Individuals will only be moved to a hospital if they require acute care, said the local health authority, but local hospitals were prepared, with 21 negative-pressure rooms at four of them. | |
“I was in the military, I know how it works,” said resident Joyce Aucoin, 81. “There’s going to be people upset about it but once they’re here and once they’re settled and they see what’s going on, I think it will all pass.” | |
Lynn Cao, 60, who owns a tobacco shop in the town, had been concerned about the plane arriving until she received reassuring emails from friends on the base. | |
Cao said she was more anxious about her mother and sister, who live near the Chinese capital Beijing, and had sent them a large number of face masks to limit their chances of infection. | |
The Chinese CGTN network has reported the criteria for patients being admitted to Wuhan’s three new temporary hospitals, including at the city’s international convention centre. | The Chinese CGTN network has reported the criteria for patients being admitted to Wuhan’s three new temporary hospitals, including at the city’s international convention centre. |
They include: | They include: |
People infected with #coronavirus | People infected with #coronavirus |
Clinical manifestation that is mild | Clinical manifestation that is mild |
Patients aged 18-65 who are able to take care of themselves | Patients aged 18-65 who are able to take care of themselves |
Patients with no respiratory diseases, no cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and no psychosis | Patients with no respiratory diseases, no cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and no psychosis |
Influenza-virus tested negative | Influenza-virus tested negative |
The Chinese state tabloid Global Times has published a video showing police monitoring people who are not wearing face masks and telling them to go home and get their masks. | The Chinese state tabloid Global Times has published a video showing police monitoring people who are not wearing face masks and telling them to go home and get their masks. |
The outlet is also reporting that a new laboratory has been built in five days that will have the capacity to carry out 10,000 coronavirus tests per day. | The outlet is also reporting that a new laboratory has been built in five days that will have the capacity to carry out 10,000 coronavirus tests per day. |
In case you missed it yesterday, schools in China’s financial hub of Shanghai have been ordered to stay shut until at least the end of February. | In case you missed it yesterday, schools in China’s financial hub of Shanghai have been ordered to stay shut until at least the end of February. |
Taiwan’s health authority banned all international cruise ships from docking at the island from Thursday amid increasing threat of the coronavirus outbreak, after 10 more people were tested positive for the virus on a quarantined cruise liner in Japan, Reuters is reporting. | Taiwan’s health authority banned all international cruise ships from docking at the island from Thursday amid increasing threat of the coronavirus outbreak, after 10 more people were tested positive for the virus on a quarantined cruise liner in Japan, Reuters is reporting. |
Taiwan has also said it will suspend entry for all Chinese citizens who live in mainland China from Thursday. | Taiwan has also said it will suspend entry for all Chinese citizens who live in mainland China from Thursday. |
Reuters has reported that the Shanghai sports authorities have recommended the suspension of all sporting events in the city due to the coronavirus outbreak, casting further doubt on whether the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix will take place. | Reuters has reported that the Shanghai sports authorities have recommended the suspension of all sporting events in the city due to the coronavirus outbreak, casting further doubt on whether the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix will take place. |
The fourth grand prix of the season is scheduled for 19 April. The race was expected to be on the agenda at a Formula One Strategy Group meeting on Wednesday amid increasing speculation that it could join the growing list of sports events already postponed or cancelled. | The fourth grand prix of the season is scheduled for 19 April. The race was expected to be on the agenda at a Formula One Strategy Group meeting on Wednesday amid increasing speculation that it could join the growing list of sports events already postponed or cancelled. |
The Shanghai Sports General Association called on sports organisers to “strictly abide by the requirement of the Shanghai Sports Bureau to stop organising sports events during the epidemic.” | The Shanghai Sports General Association called on sports organisers to “strictly abide by the requirement of the Shanghai Sports Bureau to stop organising sports events during the epidemic.” |
It said, in a statement translated by Reuters, that all sports events should be suspended “until the epidemic is over.” | It said, in a statement translated by Reuters, that all sports events should be suspended “until the epidemic is over.” |
Some Formula One insiders hold out little hope of the race happening. | Some Formula One insiders hold out little hope of the race happening. |
I’ve done a number of posts about the cruise ship in Japan, but passengers on the World Dream, quarantined in Hong Kong’s Kai Tak terminal, with 3,600 people aboard, are also being screened for the virus after three passengers on a previous voyage were diagnosed with the virus. | I’ve done a number of posts about the cruise ship in Japan, but passengers on the World Dream, quarantined in Hong Kong’s Kai Tak terminal, with 3,600 people aboard, are also being screened for the virus after three passengers on a previous voyage were diagnosed with the virus. |
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, has announced that the Ocean and Kai Tak cruise liner terminals, will be closed. | Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, has announced that the Ocean and Kai Tak cruise liner terminals, will be closed. |
Lam has also ordered that anyone arriving from mainland China from Saturday, will be forced to face “compulsory quarantine” for 14 days in Hong Kong. | Lam has also ordered that anyone arriving from mainland China from Saturday, will be forced to face “compulsory quarantine” for 14 days in Hong Kong. |
Associated Press have just published a list of global infections from the virus. | Associated Press have just published a list of global infections from the virus. |
Macau: 10 | Macau: 10 |
Taiwan: 11 | Taiwan: 11 |
Hong Kong: 21 | Hong Kong: 21 |
Japan: 45 | Japan: 45 |
Singapore: 28 | Singapore: 28 |
Thailand: 25 | Thailand: 25 |
South Korea: 23 | South Korea: 23 |
Australia: 14 | Australia: 14 |
Germany: 12 | Germany: 12 |
United States: 11 | United States: 11 |
Malaysia: 10 | Malaysia: 10 |
Vietnam: 10 | Vietnam: 10 |
France: 6 | France: 6 |
United Arab Emirates: 5 | United Arab Emirates: 5 |
Canada: 4 | Canada: 4 |
India: 3 | India: 3 |
Philippines: 3 cases, including 1 death | Philippines: 3 cases, including 1 death |
Russia: 2 | Russia: 2 |
Italy: 2 | Italy: 2 |
Britain: 2 | Britain: 2 |
Belgium: 1 | Belgium: 1 |
Nepal: 1 | Nepal: 1 |
Sri Lanka: 1 | Sri Lanka: 1 |
Sweden: 1 | Sweden: 1 |
Spain: 1 | Spain: 1 |
Cambodia: 1 | Cambodia: 1 |
Finland: 1 | Finland: 1 |
In the United States, another 350 American evacuees from Wuhan have been placed under quarantine at two military bases in California, Reuters reports. | In the United States, another 350 American evacuees from Wuhan have been placed under quarantine at two military bases in California, Reuters reports. |
It brings to nearly 400 the number of people subject to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s first public health quarantine in 50 years. | It brings to nearly 400 the number of people subject to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s first public health quarantine in 50 years. |
“We are in a critical time period in the international spread of the virus, and this action is necessary to try to prevent the spread here,” said Dr Christopher Braden, deputy director of the CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. | “We are in a critical time period in the international spread of the virus, and this action is necessary to try to prevent the spread here,” said Dr Christopher Braden, deputy director of the CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. |
There were long queues in supermarket across Hong Kong last night, with people panic buying toilet rolls and tissues, largely due to a rumour spreading online saying China will stop manufacturing toilet paper for the next two weeks. There was also a run on vitamins, rice and packet noodles, leaving supermarket shelves empty. | There were long queues in supermarket across Hong Kong last night, with people panic buying toilet rolls and tissues, largely due to a rumour spreading online saying China will stop manufacturing toilet paper for the next two weeks. There was also a run on vitamins, rice and packet noodles, leaving supermarket shelves empty. |