The Worldometer for the Coronavirus can be accessed
here:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
This Worldometer also provides confirmed cases and deaths by country and territory.
Statistical information at time of this blog post publication:
* Coronavirus cases: 45,171
* Number in serious/critical condition: 8,216
* Deaths: 1,115
* Recovered: 4,794
SHORT ARTICLES/NEWS UPDATES
Short article/news updates in order of original published date
9 February 2020
Title: Shipping Gets Smashed by Coronavirus in More Ways Than One
Published: Bloomberg, 9 February 2020 [updated 10 February 2020]
From the article:
* The shipping industry tends to do badly when Chinese demand disappoints, but the outbreak of the coronavirus has done more than just damage the amount of cargo that needs to be transported. It’s also preventing many owners from making their ships commercially viable.
Click here to read this article
10 February 2020
Title: A Job Overseas, but Stranded by Coronavirus Travel Bans
Author: Tiffany May
Published: The New York Times, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Jade Doringo arrived at Manila’s international airport more than five hours ahead of her scheduled departure to Hong Kong, where she worked as a software engineer. But instead of getting on her flight, she was asked to surrender her boarding pass.
Click here to read this article
Title: Amazon, Sony latest to pull out of Euro tech show over coronavirus fears
Published: The Hill, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Sony and Amazon are among the latest tech companies to pull out of an industry show in Barcelona [the Mobile World Congress fair] this month over fears of the spreading coronavirus.
Click here to read this article
Title: Amidst Coronavirus outbreak, India revokes export ban to China and sends 2 large medical consignments
Published: Opindia, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* China has been facing a shortage of personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves ever since the country was hit by the outbreak of deadly novel coronavirus.
* Setting aside its February 1 order that prevented the export of personal protection equipment, India has decided to export two large consignments of medical clothing to China on an ad hoc basis, amidst the coronavirus outbreak.
Click here to read this article
Title: As new coronavirus spreads, another epidemic looms: ‘yellow peril’ racism
Published: The Seattle Times, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Many Asian Americans nationwide have reported discrimination due to the virus. From a flood of racist comments on social media about Chinese eating habits and other stereotypes, to a woman reportedly assaulted in New York for being Asian and wearing a face mask in the subway.
Click here to read this article
Title: Beijing Falls to Coronavirus ... Capital of China Locked Down Under Pandemic Quarantine
Author: Mike Adams
Published: Infowars, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* The number of people under quarantine lock down in China now exceeds the entire population of the United States of America.
Click here to read this article
Title: China hid the severity of its coronavirus outbreak and muzzled whistleblowers — because it can
Author: Julia Belluz
Published: Vox, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Nearly six weeks after China announced the coronavirus outbreak, there’s still a surprising amount we don’t know about this newly discovered disease. But one thing is becoming clear: China’s silence in the earliest days of the crisis may have made it worse.
Click here to read this article
Title: 'Come back soon': coronavirus wreaks havoc on global tourism hotspots
Author: Rebecca Ratcliffe & Phuriphat Dejsuphong
Published: The Guardian, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Outbreak huge blow for Thailand, Japan and Italy, which rely heavily on Chinese visitors.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus cases on Yokohama's quarantined cruise ship almost DOUBLE to 136, with 23 Americans now infected, as one passenger warns depression is setting in
Published: Daily Mail, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* The Diamond Princess liner has been quarantined in Japan since last Monday.
* Another 66 people are now confirmed to have the virus, taking the total to 136.
* Health authorities are also scrambling to deliver medicine to the passengers.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus could be airborne, Chinese official claims
Published: Newsweek, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Zeng Qun, the deputy head of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, told a press briefing on Saturday that the virus can be spread via direct transmission, which involves contact with the infected person. However, the China Daily newspaper reported Zeng also suggested the new member of the large coronavirus family—which includes infections like the common cold as well as SARS—is capable of aerosol transmission.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus Deaths Soar as First U.S. Citizen Succumbs to Disease
Published: Democracy Now, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* In Wuhan, the epicenter of the disease, the first death of a U.S. citizen was recorded last week.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus: How disinfectants and hot, humid weather can keep virus away
Published: The Straits Times, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* For instance, like other viruses that cause respiratory illnesses such as influenza, the 2019-nCoV seems to prefer cool, dry climates.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus: Hubei province reveals fatality rate for first time, Wuhan comes in second at 4.06%
Published: The Straits Times, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Unexpectedly, Wuhan, the provincial capital city where the virus first emerged, registered a fatality rate of 4.06 per cent, coming in second. It was topped by Tianmen, a nearby city, which has a death rate of 5.08 per cent, Caixin Global reported on Sunday (Feb 9).
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus: journalist missing in Wuhan as anger towards Chinese authorities grows
Published: The Guardian, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Chen Qiushi, a human rights advocate, has been missing since Thursday – the same day Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist who was punished by authorities for trying to warn colleagues and friends about a new Sars-like virus, was first reported to have died from the coronavirus.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus super-spreaders: Why are they important?
Author: James Gallagher
Published: BBC News, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Super-spreading, where individual patients pass on an infection to large numbers of people, is a feature of nearly every outbreak..
Click here to read article
Title: Everything we know about the pangolin — the scaly mammal that may have spread the coronavirus to humans
Published: Business Insider, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* A group of researchers believes the virus may have passed from bats to humans through an intermediary animal, the pangolin.
* Pangolins look like scaly anteaters. They're often considered the world's most trafficked mammal.
Click here to read this article
Title: KZN [KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa] public hospitals brace for coronavirus
Author: Lethu Nxumalo
Published: IOL, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* As global coronavirus deaths increase, state hospitals are readying themselves and Addington Hospital is said to be better prepared with an isolation ward that meets the required standards compared to that of the provincially designated Grey’s hospital.
* The national Department of Health appointed Grey’s in Pietermaritzburg to manage all suspected coronavirus cases in KwaZulu-Natal.
Click here to read this article
Title: Sally Pipes: Coronavirus could break 'Medicare-for-all' — single-payer systems struggle with outbreaks
Published: Fox News, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* In the not-too-distant past, Canada and the United Kingdom have struggled to handle outbreaks of everything from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to the seasonal flu.
* That’s largely because these countries’ government-run, “Medicare-for-all”-style systems lack enough health care personnel, hospital beds and other resources to meet the needs of their populations even in good times. A public health threat like a pandemic can stretch single-payer health care to its breaking point.
Click here to read this article
Title: The Urgent Questions Scientists Are Asking About Coronavirus
Published: The New York Times, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Knowing the number of people likely to die, or who get seriously sick or have zero symptoms, will help health authorities determine the strength of the response required. They can better estimate how many isolation beds, heart-lung machines and medicines, among other things, are needed.
Click here to read this article
Title: WARREN: Chair girl, coronavirus pranksters, fare evaders – send them all to jail
Published: Toronto Sun, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Last week an Ontario man, James Potok, caused a WestJet flight to turn around and fly back to Toronto after he made an unfounded announcement on the plane that he had been to Wuhan, China, and he did not feel well.
Click here to read this article
Title: WeWork temporarily closes 100 buildings in China over coronavirus: CNBC
Published: Reuters, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Office sharing startup WeWork has temporarily closed 100 buildings in China due to the coronavirus outbreak, Chairman Marcelo Claure said in a CNBC interview on Monday. Claure said no members and employees have been infected in the recent outbreak.
Click here to read this article
Published: The New York Times, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Jade Doringo arrived at Manila’s international airport more than five hours ahead of her scheduled departure to Hong Kong, where she worked as a software engineer. But instead of getting on her flight, she was asked to surrender her boarding pass.
Click here to read this article
Title: Amazon, Sony latest to pull out of Euro tech show over coronavirus fears
Published: The Hill, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Sony and Amazon are among the latest tech companies to pull out of an industry show in Barcelona [the Mobile World Congress fair] this month over fears of the spreading coronavirus.
Click here to read this article
Title: Amidst Coronavirus outbreak, India revokes export ban to China and sends 2 large medical consignments
Published: Opindia, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* China has been facing a shortage of personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves ever since the country was hit by the outbreak of deadly novel coronavirus.
* Setting aside its February 1 order that prevented the export of personal protection equipment, India has decided to export two large consignments of medical clothing to China on an ad hoc basis, amidst the coronavirus outbreak.
Click here to read this article
Title: As new coronavirus spreads, another epidemic looms: ‘yellow peril’ racism
Published: The Seattle Times, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Many Asian Americans nationwide have reported discrimination due to the virus. From a flood of racist comments on social media about Chinese eating habits and other stereotypes, to a woman reportedly assaulted in New York for being Asian and wearing a face mask in the subway.
Click here to read this article
Title: Beijing Falls to Coronavirus ... Capital of China Locked Down Under Pandemic Quarantine
Author: Mike Adams
Published: Infowars, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* The number of people under quarantine lock down in China now exceeds the entire population of the United States of America.
Click here to read this article
Title: China hid the severity of its coronavirus outbreak and muzzled whistleblowers — because it can
Author: Julia Belluz
Published: Vox, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Nearly six weeks after China announced the coronavirus outbreak, there’s still a surprising amount we don’t know about this newly discovered disease. But one thing is becoming clear: China’s silence in the earliest days of the crisis may have made it worse.
Click here to read this article
Title: 'Come back soon': coronavirus wreaks havoc on global tourism hotspots
Author: Rebecca Ratcliffe & Phuriphat Dejsuphong
Published: The Guardian, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Outbreak huge blow for Thailand, Japan and Italy, which rely heavily on Chinese visitors.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus cases on Yokohama's quarantined cruise ship almost DOUBLE to 136, with 23 Americans now infected, as one passenger warns depression is setting in
Published: Daily Mail, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* The Diamond Princess liner has been quarantined in Japan since last Monday.
* Another 66 people are now confirmed to have the virus, taking the total to 136.
* Health authorities are also scrambling to deliver medicine to the passengers.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus could be airborne, Chinese official claims
Published: Newsweek, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Zeng Qun, the deputy head of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, told a press briefing on Saturday that the virus can be spread via direct transmission, which involves contact with the infected person. However, the China Daily newspaper reported Zeng also suggested the new member of the large coronavirus family—which includes infections like the common cold as well as SARS—is capable of aerosol transmission.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus Deaths Soar as First U.S. Citizen Succumbs to Disease
Published: Democracy Now, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* In Wuhan, the epicenter of the disease, the first death of a U.S. citizen was recorded last week.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus: How disinfectants and hot, humid weather can keep virus away
Published: The Straits Times, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* For instance, like other viruses that cause respiratory illnesses such as influenza, the 2019-nCoV seems to prefer cool, dry climates.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus: Hubei province reveals fatality rate for first time, Wuhan comes in second at 4.06%
Published: The Straits Times, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Unexpectedly, Wuhan, the provincial capital city where the virus first emerged, registered a fatality rate of 4.06 per cent, coming in second. It was topped by Tianmen, a nearby city, which has a death rate of 5.08 per cent, Caixin Global reported on Sunday (Feb 9).
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus: journalist missing in Wuhan as anger towards Chinese authorities grows
Published: The Guardian, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Chen Qiushi, a human rights advocate, has been missing since Thursday – the same day Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist who was punished by authorities for trying to warn colleagues and friends about a new Sars-like virus, was first reported to have died from the coronavirus.
Click here to read this article
Title: Coronavirus super-spreaders: Why are they important?
Author: James Gallagher
Published: BBC News, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Super-spreading, where individual patients pass on an infection to large numbers of people, is a feature of nearly every outbreak..
Click here to read article
Title: Everything we know about the pangolin — the scaly mammal that may have spread the coronavirus to humans
Published: Business Insider, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* A group of researchers believes the virus may have passed from bats to humans through an intermediary animal, the pangolin.
* Pangolins look like scaly anteaters. They're often considered the world's most trafficked mammal.
Click here to read this article
Title: KZN [KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa] public hospitals brace for coronavirus
Author: Lethu Nxumalo
Published: IOL, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* As global coronavirus deaths increase, state hospitals are readying themselves and Addington Hospital is said to be better prepared with an isolation ward that meets the required standards compared to that of the provincially designated Grey’s hospital.
* The national Department of Health appointed Grey’s in Pietermaritzburg to manage all suspected coronavirus cases in KwaZulu-Natal.
Click here to read this article
Title: Sally Pipes: Coronavirus could break 'Medicare-for-all' — single-payer systems struggle with outbreaks
Published: Fox News, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* In the not-too-distant past, Canada and the United Kingdom have struggled to handle outbreaks of everything from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to the seasonal flu.
* That’s largely because these countries’ government-run, “Medicare-for-all”-style systems lack enough health care personnel, hospital beds and other resources to meet the needs of their populations even in good times. A public health threat like a pandemic can stretch single-payer health care to its breaking point.
Click here to read this article
Title: The Urgent Questions Scientists Are Asking About Coronavirus
Published: The New York Times, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Knowing the number of people likely to die, or who get seriously sick or have zero symptoms, will help health authorities determine the strength of the response required. They can better estimate how many isolation beds, heart-lung machines and medicines, among other things, are needed.
Click here to read this article
Title: WARREN: Chair girl, coronavirus pranksters, fare evaders – send them all to jail
Published: Toronto Sun, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Last week an Ontario man, James Potok, caused a WestJet flight to turn around and fly back to Toronto after he made an unfounded announcement on the plane that he had been to Wuhan, China, and he did not feel well.
Click here to read this article
Title: WeWork temporarily closes 100 buildings in China over coronavirus: CNBC
Published: Reuters, 10 February 2020
From the article:
* Office sharing startup WeWork has temporarily closed 100 buildings in China due to the coronavirus outbreak, Chairman Marcelo Claure said in a CNBC interview on Monday. Claure said no members and employees have been infected in the recent outbreak.
Click here to read this article