[janetjanet998]

last few hours

Coronavirus updates from the last hours:
- 87 new cases in South Korea (over 225 last 24 hours: 70 at one hospital)
- 24 new cases in Japan
- 10 new cases and 1 new death in Iran
- 33 new cases and 1 new death in Italy
- 2 new cases in the United Arab Emirates

-several people that tested negative on the cruise ship are now positive after roaming around

-CDC has only tested 414 people so far...major problems with test kits are preventing more test

-Samsung factory shut down in South Korea

[LilFarmer]

Ugh, I agree but I sure dread the first page trolls....

[Vermont Lt]

I am awaiting news from East Africa. Once it gets deep into the Continent, all bets are off. I imagine Central Asia (India especially) would be a firebreak we need to keep in place.

And is there anyone alive in Indonesia?

[janetjanet998]

here are the total wordl wide numbers

There are currently 77,975 confirmed cases worldwide, including 2,362 fatalities.

The simple fatality rate many erroneously use, deaths/cases, is now up to 3% (it was like 2.1%)

The increase is because of Hubie as they report steady deaths as the backlog in serious condition die...but a sharp decrease in new cases

example: 109 new deaths yesterday, only 400 or so new cases

[sockmonkey]

THE POINT: 17.50. First infection from #Coronavirus in #Piemonte . 52 cases so far ascertained between #Lombardia , #Veneto is #Lazio . At 18.30 Extraordinary Council of Ministers to take stock of the emergency

[grania]

I was on a trans Atlantic cruise ship that was just a few cases away from getting Norovirus restrictions. They went to extreme measures to make sure it wouldn't spread. People who had it were locked in their rooms. We stayed under the threshold and were able to take the next leg of the cruise to the Canary Islands.

What happened? People with symptoms stayed out of sight and didn't report that they were ill. My point? I'd wager that we're at the point now where people aren't reporting it when they get ill, to avoid quarantine.