Egypt confirms coronavirus case, the first reported in Africa
Affected person is a foreigner who has been put in isolation in hospital
Patient has not shown symptoms and is in stable condition
(Reuters)
“Egypt confirmed on Friday its first coronavirus case and said the affected person was a foreigner who had been put into isolation in hospital. The health ministry said in a statement that it had immediately informed the World Health Organisation and had taken all necessary preventive measures. It did not give the nationality of the affected person or any other details.WHO Egypt said on Twitter the person was carrying the virus, but had not shown any symptoms and was in a stable condition.The Egypt case would be the first on the African continent. Experts and African leaders have expressed concern that should the virus spread there, it might wreak havoc among less developed countries with fewer health resources.”
THE WORLD HEALTH Organization on Friday advised countries like the U.S. and China to put aside politics as they respond to the coronavirus outbreak.
“This is very obviously a tense political environment because of the economic issues and because of everything else,” said Mike Ryan, the executive director of WHO’s health emergencies program. “Please, let our scientists get on. Let our public health professionals get on. Let them work together, and we find answers to this.” Ryan advised “all of us” to “avoid politicizing the situation right now.”
His comments come after White House advisor Larry Kudlow said publicly the Trump administration was “quite disappointed” with China’s response to the outbreak…
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told CNN on Friday that some U.S. scientists will be on a WHO team that will deploy to China.
"The Chinese capital Beijing on Friday imposed a 14-day self-quarantine on people returning to the city from holidays to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, and threatened to punish those who failed to comply.
It was not immediately clear how the restriction, relayed by the official Beijing Daily newspaper, would be enforced, or whether it would apply to non-residents of Beijing or foreigners arriving from abroad." (swissinfo.ch)
WHO team headed to China as coronavirus cases climb
"A team of international disease experts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) will arrive in China as early as this weekend to study the coronavirus, the agency said Friday.
But it’s unclear if the representatives of U.S. agencies will be among the team members.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the team will consist of 12 international and WHO experts, as well as a similar number of national expert counterparts from China." (The Hill)
The production team for the Olympics is likely already in Japan preparing…they typically spend at least six months prior to the start of the Olympics getting the production end for TV ready. They need to interface with the production done here in CT as well. It’s a huge job.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a divorce or two doesn’t follow this quarantine. Can you imagine being stuck in an extremely tiny cabin with no windows for weeks on end with another human being, especially if you took the cruise to help a shaky union?
He started having symptoms 6 days after he arrived in Hawaii. There’s a good chance he was already infected. Where was he before coming to Hawaii? I hope he wasn’t too active visiting many people in Hawaii spreading the virus.
New deaths in China: 143 deaths nationwide, total deaths for China 1,523 and 1,526 deaths worldwide.
Newly confirmed cases in China: 2,641, total for China 66,492, and number of total deaths at 1,523. Total worldwide: 66,962 +/-
Hubei Daily Tallies
New cases: 2,420 for a total 54,406 confirmed cases
New Deaths: 139 for a total of 1,457 fatalities
"Of the new cases announced on Saturday, 1,138 were confirmed through clinical diagnosis including CAT scans and other tests, and 1,282 were confirmed through test kits.
Some 1,923 of the new cases were confirmed in Hubei’s capital of Wuhan" (SCMP)
I was actually talking about the ship where people weren’t allowed to leave their rooms. I would go absolutely nuts if I was confined to a tiny interior room with no windows. You’d hear about me on the news or something.
Yep. When I read that linked article that showed the size of the interior rooms along with a map of the boat I pictured being in one of those rooms for two weeks, got panicky and started plotting my theoretical escape route. It may or may not have involved swimming to freedom.
