Summary:
- 7 Chinese cities, around 23 million people, effectively under quarantine
- Multiple cases across the world - from Scotland to Singapore and USA
- 653 Infected according to Chinese officials (Mainland China: 639 Taiwan: 1 Macau: 2 Hong Kong: 2 Vietnam: 2 Thailand: 3 Singapore: 1 Japan: 1 South Korea: 1 US: 1).
- 18 Dead (following 1st death outside Wuhan)
- WHO says "not the time to declare a global health emergency"
- Patient in Texas recently traveled to Wuhan
In #Wuhan，people are collapsing on streets due to the deadly #WuhanPneumonia .— 巴丢草 Badiucao (@badiucao) January 23, 2020
so helpless.#WuhanCoronavirus #WuhanOutbreak pic.twitter.com/X5ho3Llpcm
Update (1530ET): 7News reports that an individual suspected of coronavirus infection has been quarantined in Sydney.
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Update (1510ET): Investigators are reportedly examining another potential case of coronavirus in Texas's Brazos County.
Possible coronavirus case in Texas being investigated in Brazos County - DMN— FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) January 23, 2020
The patient recently traveled from Wuhan and is reportedly suffering from symptoms similar to those who have been infected by the virus .
Meanwhile, a passenger at LAX has been quarantined after showing symptoms of the virus. That patient arrived at LAX from Mexico City and exhibited "disturbing" symptoms, according to health officials, per Fox 5.
This development comes a day after Los Angeles County public health officials said it was “very possible” the area will see at least one patient, given the number of people traveling between the Southland and China.
Update (1325ET): The World Health Organization, after a second day of meetings, have decided AGAINST declaring an international virus alarm. The panel was reportedly split on the decision and may revise the decision but for now states that "now is not the time" to declare an emergency.
“Make no mistake: This is an emergency in China,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.“But it has not yet become a global health emergency. It may yet become one.”
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Update (1300ET): CNBC's Eunice Yoon just provided a shocking update to the status of the deadly virus in China:
"7 cities and 23 million people are effectively under quarantine."
The cities under effective martial law - with all travel in, around, and out halted - are Wuhan, Huanggang, Zhijiang, Ezhou, Qianjiang, Chibi, and Xiantao.
CNBC's @onlyyoontv breaks down what's happening on the ground in China with the coronavirus spreading on @CNBCTheExchange . What cities are closed, how many people are impacted, the precautions they're taking and the huge impact on the Lunar New Year. pic.twitter.com/YFEHjQP0Cy— The Exchange (@CNBCTheExchange) January 23, 2020
That is more people quarantined than the population of Florida (21.6m).
Outside of China, cases keep appearing (map does not include recent cases in Scotland and Ireland):
2 comments:
Scott, how dangerous do you think this is in China or is there more hype than actual danger? My granddaughter is on the semister at sea cruise and is presently in Japan, the next port for the ship is China.
Its a great and highly germane question...One thing I try to do in the early stages of things like this is to remain grounded and try to avoid some of the sensationalism that always comes with things like this, not to mention all the rumors etc....What concerns me the most is the apparent long incubation period which makes detection almost impossible...Plus with most virus, you are more contagious in the early stages....there is a military term "The fog of war" which always makes assessments difficult and we are now in that stage....based on what I know, I am leaning that this is not hype and quite possibly worse than we know...I'd look at the risk/benefit of canceling china trip - only you guys can know that...If it were my daughter AND the downside of missing china trip wasn't too bad - i would weigh that vs the benefits of going. but the risk seems undeniable to me
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