Month: January 2020

Scientist who simulated the global impact of a coronavirus outbreak says ‘ the cat’s already out of the bag’ and calls China’s efforts to contain the disease ‘unlikely to be effective’ – MarketWatch

Eric Toner is a scientist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and was a part of a simulation, in partnership with the World Economic Forum, that…
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Mayor of Wuhan, epicenter of coronavirus outbreak, says 5 million people left the city before travel restrictions were imposed – MarketWatch

‘From observations, the virus is capable of transmission even during incubation period,’ Ma Xiaowei, the director of China’s National Health Commission, said.
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Coronavirus map: A deadly virus is spreading across the world. Here’s where cases have been confirmed.

A map of the coronavirus spread. Cases have been confirmed in China, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, the U.S., France, Australia, Malaysia, Nepal and Canada.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-map-confirmed-cases-2020-n1120686

Matt Gurney: Health officials can reassure us all they want, but our system failed | Healthing.ca

The very first part of the coronavirus system that our health officials are so keen to tell us all about isn’t only not working, it can’t work, period
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CORONAVIRUS FACTSHEET: What you need to know | Healthing.ca

The deadly coronavirus outbreak that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 56 people in China and infected about 2,000 worldwide.On Saturday, Ontario government and health officials revealed Canada’s first “presumptive positive case” of coronavirus has been confirmed in Toronto…
— Read on www.healthing.ca/news/coronavirus-factsheet-what-you-need-to-know

Two Chinese cities under ‘unprecedented’ lockdown following coronavirus outbreak | National Post

The WHO has said it will decide on Thursday whether to declare the outbreak a global health emergency
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