Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19) Updates & Discussion

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Netherlands and San Marino have both reported their first cases of the corona virus.

+20 in France
+5 in Sweden

 

[Dimpie (COMPUTEK)]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1233092977398026241

Hopefully coming back without the virus?
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[Jake45]

In Hong Kong, one patient's dog might be showing weak signs of infection ...

Coronavirus: dog of Hong Kong patient tests ‘weak positive’

More tests will be conducted to see if the dog had really been infected with the virus or if it was a result of environmental contamination of its mouth and nose.

www.scmp.com

Patient's pet Pomeranian comes down with the disease in Hong Kong

The owner of the Pomeranian dog, Yvonne Chow Hau Yee (pictured left), who lives in Hong Kong with her beloved pet, has also tested positive for the virus.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[TysonRoux]

 

[Jings]

If you eat enough garlic nobody will get close enough to give you the virus.

 

[Jake45]

The first Nigerian case has been confirmed. I wonder if it will be possible to contain it or whether it will spread widely in Lagos.

Italian with coronavirus in Nigeria was not isolated for almost 48 hours

An Italian man who has been confirmed as Nigeria's first coronavirus case after arriving from Milan was in the country for almost two full days, traveling through Lagos and visiting another state before being isolated.

www.reuters.com

 

[TysonRoux]

If you eat enough garlic nobody will get close enough to give you the virus.

S. African Touts Garlic for AIDS

Stressing the benefits of olive oil, garlic and beet root, South Africa's health minister insisted Thursday that good nutrition was just as important as antiretroviral medicines for people infected with HIV and said her government would not be pressured into meeting U.N. treatment targets.

www.latimes.com

 

[John_Phoenix]

The first Nigerian case has been confirmed. I wonder if it will be possible to contain it or whether it will spread widely in Lagos.

Italian with coronavirus in Nigeria was not isolated for almost 48 hours

An Italian man who has been confirmed as Nigeria's first coronavirus case after arriving from Milan was in the country for almost two full days, traveling through Lagos and visiting another state before being isolated.

www.reuters.com

It's flu season in Nigeria. Once this hits Africa proper, politicians are going to be making a killing in aid money.

 

[Polymathic]

The first Nigerian case has been confirmed. I wonder if it will be possible to contain it or whether it will spread widely in Lagos.

Italian with coronavirus in Nigeria was not isolated for almost 48 hours

An Italian man who has been confirmed as Nigeria's first coronavirus case after arriving from Milan was in the country for almost two full days, traveling through Lagos and visiting another state before being isolated.

www.reuters.com

We should thank Zuma for farking the country up so bad that nobody wants to visit it anymore.

 

[Sl8er]

28 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in California, 8,400 Being Monitored, Gov. Newsom Says
(Actually 33, but 5 have left the state.)

EDIT: Haven't watched all of it, but apparently the "meat-and-potatoes" starts at around 12mins.

 

[Techne]

More on those "pandemic bonds"

The World Bank’s “pandemic bonds” are designed so investors pay in the event of an outbreak

The money is part of a $500 million "Pandemic Emergency Financial Facility."

qz.com

The pandemic bonds work like this: Investors buy the bonds and receive regular coupons payments in return. If there is an outbreak of disease, the investors don’t get their initial money back. There are two varieties of debt, both scheduled to mature in July 2020. The first bond raised $225 million and features an interest rate of around 7%. Payout on the bond is suspended if there is an outbreak of new influenza viruses or coronaviridae (SARS, MERS). The second, riskier bond raised $95 million at an interest rate of more than 11%. This bond keeps investors’ money if there is an outbreak of Filovirus, Coronavirus, Lassa Fever, Rift Valley Fever, and/or Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever. The World Bank also issued $105 million in swap derivatives that work in a similar way.

1) It is in the interest of most people of the world, including the WHO, to declare this a pandemic.
2) It is MOST DEFINITELY NOT in the interest of the bondholders of these pandemic bonds for this to be declared a pandemic.

Investors are trying to get out of these bonds. Trumptwat was extremely agitated when the CDC raised alarm about COVID-2019.

We don't know who all the bond holders are but these people will certainly try and do anything to prevent the WHO from labeling this a pandemic so that they won't lose their money.

If you want the "real" reason why it is not being called a pandemic:

Covid-19: Why won't the WHO officially declare a coronavirus pandemic?

With outbreaks in multiple countries, the new coronavirus looks like a pandemic, but the World Health Organization won't declare one because governments may react in the wrong way

www.newscientist.com

 

[Raphael123]

Look at how China is under-reporting this whole issue.

 

[3WA]

If you eat enough garlic nobody will get close enough to give you the virus.

Hmm, I know a great garlic pangolin recipe.

 

[Jings]

S. African Touts Garlic for AIDS

Stressing the benefits of olive oil, garlic and beet root, South Africa's health minister insisted Thursday that good nutrition was just as important as antiretroviral medicines for people infected with HIV and said her government would not be pressured into meeting U.N. treatment targets.

www.latimes.com

For a moment thought it was the link to a rickroll. Garlic might only works as a preventive. What were they thinking.

 

[ForceFate]

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I noticed most countries are evacuating their citizens

 

[3WA]

Coronavirus: South Africa will evacuate citizens from Wuhan

The government is expected to evacuate citizens from Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak originated

mg.co.za

There are 199 South Africans in Wuhan, of which 132 have asked to be evacuated and 13 have chosen not to leave, according to the department of international relations and co-operation. A further 54 people are yet to be traced.

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The M&G has also reported that the International relations department had requested the South African National Defence Force to assist it with the evacuation. Defence force officials visited Thaba Nchu and the Tempe Military base near Bloemfontein to assess its suitability for purposes of quarantine and screening people for Covid-19.

 

[Wut]

Coronavirus: South Africa will evacuate citizens from Wuhan

The government is expected to evacuate citizens from Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak originated

mg.co.za

Phew, luckily no one actually cares about the Free State as it's just the province people drive through on their way to the beach.

 

[3WA]

Phew, luckily no one actually cares about the Free State as it's just the province people drive through on their way to the beach.

Even better, no-one ever has a reason to visit Thaba Nchu.

 

[Binary_Bark]

South Africa to quarantine 132 citizens evacuated from Wuhan

South Africa will evacuate at least 132 South Africans from Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced.

He said the government had estimated there were 199 South Africans in Wuhan, of whom 132 had decided to return at this stage.

“These compatriots are currently living under lockdown conditions following the outbreak of the coronavirus,” he said on the night of Thursday 27 February 2020. He added that none of the South Africans – apparently mostly students – had been diagnosed with the virus nor had any exhibited any symptoms of it.

On their return to South Africa, they would be placed in quarantine for 21 days “as an additional precautionary measure”. The government had decided to repatriate them “after due consideration of the circumstances, and following several requests from the families of South Africans in the city”.


Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko added that some of the South Africans in Wuhan had made direct representations to Pretoria for repatriation.

The Chinese embassy in Pretoria has been assuring South Africa that the South Africans in Wuhan and elsewhere in China are safe, and ambassador Lin Songtian warned last week – citing the experiences of the US, Singapore and Canada – that repatriating nationals risked importing and spreading the virus.

CORONAVIRUS: South Africa to quarantine 132 citizens evacuated from Wuhan

Although none of the South Africans being evacuated from Wuhan, China, are known to have contracted Covid-19, they will be quarantined for 21 days on their return home.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[Azg]

South Africa to quarantine 132 citizens evacuated from Wuhan

CORONAVIRUS: South Africa to quarantine 132 citizens evacuated from Wuhan

Although none of the South Africans being evacuated from Wuhan, China, are known to have contracted Covid-19, they will be quarantined for 21 days on their return home.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

I suppose we are tired of waiting for the coronavirus to come to us. Bring it on! We have 99 problems what's one more!