Thread: The COVID-2019 Thread

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

"as much as possible"?

Doh.

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We considered nailing her door shut, but apparently that is not allowed. And it does identify the problem, home quarantine is voluntary at this point in time.

that's another exponential curve we have here, almost hollywood like

All international schools are now banning anyone who's been to Japan (and a few others) since Feb 21st for 14 days.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

We now have 346 in Korea, so that's a 50% jump overnight, and the suspected cases are a lot higher. I reckon Korea will have 1,000 confirmed cases within a week.

833 now

Nearly there within 2 days, nevermind a week... Spreading very quickly in Korea, due mostly to one church:

COVID-19 expected to be designated dangerous infectious disease today – Anutin

The National Committee to Control Infectious Diseases is expected to upgrade Thailand’s preparedness to cope with COVID-19 to Stage 3, as a strengthened precautionary measure to prevent the further spread of the disease.


Public Health Minister Anutin Charnviral, in his capacity as chair of the committee, said that he expects the committee, at the meeting today (Monday), to announce the Stage 3 preparedness plan, even though the actual COVID-19 infection levels in Thailand have not yet reached the level that warrant the Stage 3 announcement.


He explained, however, that the measure is a precaution to prevent a repeat of the South Korean experience, which encountered the problem of people infected with the virus refusing medical treatment, causing the disease to spread.


Stage 3 means that COVID-19 will be designated as a dangerous infectious disease in Thailand and those infected cannot refuse medical treatment.


He went on to say that the 14-day house confinement for people returning from COVID-19 high-risk countries is not mandatory, but a request for cooperation, noting that people without symptoms can unknowingly be infected and can spread the disease.

COVID-19 expected to be designated dangerous infectious disease today – Anutin – Thai PBS World

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Spreading very quickly in Korea,

Beware of the Parasite...

Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq have now joined the fun.

Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq report first cases of coronavirus | Arab News

holly shit, they started quarantined the whole police station in Chinatown here in Paris when a new case found out,

15 cities in Italy have gone dark already !!!!

A seventh person has died in Italy.

Coronavirus: Italy hunts for coronavirus superspreader as 'seventh person dies' of COVID-19 | World News | Sky News

12 dead and 61 infected in Iran (that's 20% so that second number is probably bollocks).

Afghanistan and Oman have checked in.

China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates | News | Al Jazeera

Five new countries reported cases today.

I don't know whether they are trying to keep the chinkies happy, but if that isn't a pandemic, WTF is?

Bahrain has closed three schools because the infected man they supposedly stopped at the airport on his way in was a driver for all three.

I think they are trying to avoid a worldwide panic, which would be more damaging than the actual virus

Northern Italy is being cordoned off...

Several colleagues in NE Italy can't leave for a meeting to Germany this week. Doubt we will be going to Italy any time soon.

Disinfection professionals wear protective gear spray anti-septic solution against the coronavirus (COVID-19) at a National Assembly on February 24, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea.

Chung Sung-Jun | Getty Images



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8:01 am: Ireland cautions against travel to coronavirus-hit areas of Italy

Ireland said its citizens should not travel to parts of Italy affected by an outbreak of the new coronavirus.

8:44 am: Fear spreads to Milan’s Fashion Week

Coronavirus fears spread to Milan, Italy’s financial hub, where the final two runway shows of Milan Fashion Week scheduled for Monday were canceled.

9:40 am: Dow drops more than 900 points

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged by more than 900 points in morning trading as the number of cases outside China surged, stoking fears of a prolonged global economic slowdown from the virus.

9:51 am: Seventh death reported in Italy

A seventh person has died in the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, news agency ANSA said, while the number of confirmed cases rose to more than 220 in the country.

11:29 am WHO says it’s too early to declare a coronavirus pandemic

WHO officials stopped short of calling the coronavirus a pandemic but said now is the time to prepare for one. “Does this virus have pandemic potential? Absolutely it has.

Are we there yet?

From our assessment, not yet,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO, said at a press conference.

“This is not the time to focus on what word we use.

That will not prevent a single infection today or save a single life today.” —Feuer

11:51 am: Austria says it will stop suspected cases at its borders



12:05 pm: Goldman cuts US first-quarter GDP forecast

Goldman Sachs lowered its U.S. growth outlook for the first quarter as the domestic economy takes a hit from the global outbreak.

12:50 pm: Iran confirms 12 deaths

Twelve people have died and 61 have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran, Tehran’s health ministry said.

However, a member of parliament said 50 people had died in the city of Qom, 75 miles south of the capital Tehran, alone in the past two weeks from the coronavirus.

Meanwhile more than 10,000 drug addicts have been quarantined in treatment centers in Tehran province to guard against the coronavirus, state-run IRNA news agency reported, citing a local official.

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Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Google-parent Alphabet collectively lost more than $250 billion in value as part of a broader market plunge.

Coronavirus live updates: WHO calls Iran and Italy cases concerning

Hope people have been buying gold.

Originally Posted by Troy

Northern Italy is being cordoned off...

Several colleagues in NE Italy can't leave for a meeting to Germany this week. Doubt we will be going to Italy any time soon.

The financial impact of this is gonna be astronomical.

How is BitCoin/Digital Currencies going?

Yeh ... gold should be on a bullish run.


I went all cash with my Superannuation/401k/pension on Friday, but it takes a couple of days to filter through, so I'm picking up some of the pain of the recent drops. I wish I'd gone on Wednesday and not Friday ... Hindsight is a wonderfull thing.

Have had a good run though ... up about 8.5% thus year ... but safety first now.

Lockdowns work then.

Italy's spiralling coronavirus outbreak has started to spill across the continent, with a tourist from the infection-plagued Lombardy region testing positive on Tenerife.


The patient, understood to be a doctor, had travelled to the Spanish holiday island from the Italian region, which has been locked down following a cluster of cases.

New coronavirus fears for tourists as 'Italian doctor' tests positive while holidaying on Tenerife | Daily Mail Online

^ Daegu is in lockdown now too (the thing with lockdowns is that they need to happen before the horses bolt the stables) - manly because a group of religious idiots thought they knew better than modern medical practices...

Nearing 900 cases in Korea - the magical 1000 barrier will soon be broken.

^^ So, that's all of Europe completely foked within the next 3 weeks then.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

I think they are trying to avoid a worldwide panic, which would be more damaging than the actual virus

Interesting is how German news is avoiding this topic. Lots of B.S. is being reported first before the Covid-2019 hits the news screen.
Arrogant-Hypocritical-Fake German news !!

At the end the arrogant Germans will say: "Who would of thought that this will have such an outcome".

If the virus hits Dortmund like it hit Lombardi then you can say: "Arrivederci Franz & Fritz".

Ohh, and the German health system won't be able to handle it. They are already working now on their limits.

Auf Wiedersehen

From the sounds of things the doctors need to be quarantined as much as the patients.


Christ, it's like walling people up back in the dark ages, but this time it's the patients and the doctors trying to cure them needing to be locked away.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

12 dead and 61 infected in Iran (that's 20% so that second number is probably bollocks).

Afghanistan and Oman have checked in.

China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates | News | Al Jazeera

A lawmaker from Qom told reporters on Monday that 50 have died in his constituency soon after Iran's Health Minister told a closed session of the Parliament that the number of coronavirus deaths has risen to 12 and 47 had tested positive.

Speaking to reporters on Monday Ahmad Amirabadi-Farahani said it is necessary to quarantine Qom. Qom, the epicenter of the outbreak in Iran, is the country's eight-largest city and a pilgrimage destination and the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.



Churches and Mosques should best be avoided