The COVID-2019 Thread

[Bettyboo]

^ even the WHO will be struggling to claim this isn't a pandemic now; 30+ countries, clusters of infections that can't be traced, huge numbers globally, and starting to become big numbers in several countries outside of China.

Edit to add, that last sentence from the WHO idiot is total bollocks, this virus is not contained and there is no chance to contain it, it is out, running free and spreading. Korea has good measures, good healthcare and good hospitals, but the virus is picking up steam in at least five different cities; including the 4 biggest cities.

[NamPikToot]

^ even the WHO will be struggling to claim this isn't a pandemic now; 30+ countries, clusters of infections that can't be traced, huge numbers globally, and starting to become big numbers in several countries outside of China.

Its not a pandemic until Sausages says so, in other new S Korea is fook'd - get out of dodge Dorothy.

[Bettyboo]

Its not a pandemic until Sausages says so, in other new S Korea is fook'd - get out of dodge Dorothy.

The University is closed for the next 3 weeks. After that, we will see... Thailand is closing down flights from Korea, but to be honest, I'd rather be treated under the Korean health care system than Thailand's or Britain's (to be fair, all three are decent). The wife has been talking about going home, but the hospitals in Nakhon Bumfuk are not the best...

So, as I predicted, it's a pandemic and Korea will get it big time, and it'll come to my uni. But, on the up side, the virus itself probably won't hurt the wife too badly if she gets it (hopefully it'll be just like a cold), and older fella me will likely survive a bit of CoronitaVirus too, and if not, it'll be worth dying to stop reading Mr Sausages and Cyrilles endless inane nonsense; a blessed relief...

[NamPikToot]

^ best take steps, fill the larder and the wardrobe with beer and only send the wife out shopping once every two weeks, she can stay in quarantine between trips

[Dragonfly]

they got the incubation period wrong, another terrible mistake by the Chinese authorities

[lom]

they got the incubation period wrong, another terrible mistake by the Chinese authorities

I believe that when they've can prove it with more than one case.
It can't be possible to say with 100% correctness where and when someone got infected.

[Klondyke]

(Do they get now better job in China than in UK?)

Since the advent of coronavirus from China returned 7,000 Ukrainians, none of them got sick

Аваков про вернувшихся из Китая: С момента появления коронавируса в Украину из Китая вернулись 7 тыс. человек, никто из них не заболел, - Аваков (21.02.20 21:37) << Происшествия | Цензор.НЕТ

[jabir]

Am hearing Disease X being used a lot more than during the sars false start.

[Dragonfly]

I believe that when they've can prove it with more than one case.
It can't be possible to say with 100% correctness where and when someone got infected.

well, the 14 days recommendation would include a safety margin of at least 3 or 4 days,

that 3 weeks case could explain why the disease keep spreading, they are not taking the necessary measures and this is going to get a lot worse, above all if we don't know exactly when the thing started for sure

[Little Chuchok]

Why are there no cases in India?

[Latindancer]

Latest news in Oz....they just upped the incubation period to 4 weeks after some old person took that long to develop symptoms

[Dragonfly]

and here we go, more cases

Coronavirus: South Korea confirms huge rise in cases - BBC News

South Korea says the number of new coronavirus cases in the country has more than doubled in one day.

Officials said on Saturday that 229 new cases had been confirmed since Friday, raising the total to 433.

Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said the outbreak had entered "a serious new phase".

Many of the new cases are linked to a hospital and to a religious group near the south-eastern city of Daegu, authorities have said.

[Bettyboo]

^ I'm just getting the GoFundBettyboo page up and running now; for the first stage, I am seeking US$50,000 for repatriation and resettlement costs. The second stage will increase significantly, as I may never be able to work again, but need to support a large Nakhon village with many poor buffalo and Thai bison (not to be riled!).

[harrybarracuda]

Why are there no cases in India?

I expect the TB/Black Plague/Cholera probably kills it.

[harrybarracuda]

Iraq has joined the party.

Two more cases in the UAE - from Iran. Which means trying to trace their flights, etc., and hope their fellow passengers haven't flown off on Emirates to who knows where from 161 destinations in 85 countries? (from their website).

[harrybarracuda]

And equally troubling:

In a separate study, the CDCC has also confirmed for the first time that the virus can be transmitted even when the infected person never shows any symptoms.


Researchers said the discovery that a 20-year-old woman from Wuhan infected five of her family members despite never becoming physically ill herself could mean "the prevention of Covid-19 infection would prove challenging".

Coronavirus: Rapid spread may be due to 'faecal-oral transmission' - NZ Herald

[harrybarracuda]

Looks like it's up to the Bloody Australians to save the world. While most of the world has been running around like a headless chook, It took Not just Australians but Bloody Queenslanders to develop a vaccine while the rest of the world was pissing about. It was made possible by using special technology developed in, where else? Australia. Australians are so smart it's frightening.

Australian coronavirus vaccine goes into test production

They haven't developed a "vaccine". They've developed a vaccine candidate, and while that is still progress it is a very long way from a safe, effective vaccine.

Not least of which is that someone needs to throw a lot of money at it.

[harrybarracuda]

Looks like the old chinkies are trying to blame it on the seppos, that will please <insert list of whiny seppo haters here>.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1180415.shtml

[HermantheGerman]

1 x dead in Italy.
Sounds scary they way it happened.

[HermantheGerman]

Italy towns shut schools, businesses after recording first coronavirus death in Europe


The first European to succumb to the coronavirus has died in Italy, just hours after 10 towns were locked down following a flurry of new cases.


A 78-year-old Italian from the Veneto region who had tested positive for the virus died in hospital, where he had recovered some 10 days earlier for an unrelated health issue, Italy's health minister said.
Adriano Trevisan, a retired bricklayer from the village of Vo' Euganeo near Padua, had been diagnosed with the virus on an initial test, but the definitive results were still outstanding. A 67-year-old from the same village as Trevisan has also tested positive.
Veneto region head Luca Zaia said earlier Friday "a sanitary ring" would be created around Vo' Euganeo, and all 3,300 inhabitants would be tested.
Fifteen other new cases represented the first infections in Italy acquired through secondary contagion and brought the country's total to 17. The cluster was located in a handful of tiny towns around Lodi, in the Lombardy region, said the Lombardy regional health chief Giulio Gallera.
Five doctors and 10 other people tested positive for the virus in Lombardy, after apparently frequenting the same bar and group of friends, authorities said at a press conference.
Over 50,000 people have been asked to stay at home in the areas concerned, while all public activities such as carnival celebrations, church masses and sporting events have been banned for up to a week.
Health ministry issues quarantine order
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte declared "everything is under control", and stressed the government was maintaining "an extremely high level of precaution".
Streets in the 10 Italian towns were deserted, with only a few people seen abroad, and signs showing public spaces closed.
In Casalpusterlengo, a large electronic message board outside the town hall read "Coronavirus: the population is invited to remain indoors as a precaution".
Health Minister Roberto Speranza said authorities were working out exactly who those with the virus had been in contact with and screening them all, "as the most effective way to contain the virus".
The first town to be shuttered was Codogno, with a population of 15,000, where three people tested positive for the virus, including a 38-year-old man and his wife, who is eight months pregnant.
Three others there have tested positive to a first novel coronavirus test and are awaiting their definitive results.
Codogno Mayor Francesco Passerini said the news of the cases "has sparked alarm" throughout the town south of Milan.
The 38-year-old, who works for Unilever in Lodi, was in a serious condition in intensive care.
'Extremely worried'
He had dined earlier this month with a man who had visited China in January, and had later shown flu-like symptoms, but has since tested negative for the virus, Italian media said.
A football friend of his, the son of a bar owner in Codogno, has also tested positive, along with three regulars at the bar.
The three, all of whom are retired, live in the small town of Castiglione d'Adda. The mayor there said the locals were "extremely worried" about the spread of the deadly disease.
Some 250 people were being placed in isolation after coming into contact with the new cases, according to the Lombardy region, and 60 worker at Unilever have been tested for the virus.
Trenord regional railway said its trains would no longer be stopping in three stations in the affected area.
Three other cases of the virus in Italy are being treated in isolation at the Spallanzani Institute in Rome.

Italy towns shut schools, businesses after recording first coronavirus death in Europe

[Bettyboo]

Emergency text went out today to all cell phones - so, somebody from Daegu (where they have a large amount of cases in one church) came up to Daegeon and lives within 250 metres of me and uses the same buses, post office, G25, shopping centres, etc.

Quite interesting how all this information is given out with a lot of detail.

*2/18 (Tuesday)

• 18:59 대전역 / Daejeon Station (departed from Gyeongsan Station)

• 
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 중앙로 215 대전역 (215, Jungang-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
  
  
• 20:00 ~ 21:00 불난 뚱땡이 / Bul-nan DdungDdangyi (Jayang-dong)
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 백룡로 21 (21, Baengnyong-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
  
  
• 21:30 ~ 23:00 매직코인노래연습장Magic coin Noraebang (Jayang-dong)
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 동대전로 177 2층 (2nd floor of 177, Dongdaejeon-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
  
  
• 23:30 ~ GS 25 우송 IT센터점 / GS25 Woosong IT center (Jayang-dong)
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 백룡로5번길 62 (62, Baengnyong-ro 5beon-gil, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

*2/19 (Wednesday)

• 11:15 ~ 14:15 우송대학교 서캠퍼스 W18 우송예술회관 / Woosong W18 Building
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 동대전로 171 (171, Dongdaejeon-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
  
  
• 14:15 ~ 15:10 손이가짜장 / Sonyiga Jjajang
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 동대전로 153-5 (153-5, Dongdaejeon-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
  
  
• 15:10 ~ 17:00 1983 더 그레이 커피숍 / 1983 The Grey Coffee Shop
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 백룡로5번길 61 (61, Baengnyong-ro 5beon-gil, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
  
  
• 17:00 ~ 시내버스 311번 탑승 / Ride city bus 311 for transportation
• 17:11 ~ 20:20 은행동 업소 / Eunhangdong stores (레스모아 중앙점/ Lesmore JungAngJeom, 토마토 / Tomato, 원더플레이스 / Wonderplace, 인생네컷 /InSangNaeCut (photo booth), 에메필 / Amirfeel, 섹시쿠키 / SexyCookie, 케이스닥터 / Case Docter), 중앙로 지하상가 / Daejeong underground shopping center)
• 시내버스 102번 탑승 / Ride city bus 102 for transportation
• 00:00 ~ 1:30 매직코인노래연습장 / Magic coin Noraebang (Jayang-dong)
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 동대전로 177 2층 (2nd floor of 177, Dongdaejeon-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

*2/20 (Thursday)

• 1:30 ~ 아지트PC방 / Azit PC Bang (Daedong)
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 동대전로 127 (127, Dongdaejeon-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
  
  
• 2:00 ~ 케이마트 / K-Mart (Jayang-dong)
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 동대전로 176 (176, Dongdaejeon-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
  
  
• 친구집 / Staying at friend’s house
• 18:50 ~ 동구보건소 / Daejeon Dong-gu Public Health Center
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 동구청로 147 동구청 (147, Donggucheong-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

*2/21 (Friday)

• 09:00 ~ 동구보건소 / Daejeon Dong-gu Public Health Center
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 동구청로 147 동구청 (147, Donggucheong-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
  
  
• 우리동네DC아울렛자양점 / Wooridongnae DC Outlet Jayangjeom
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 백룡로5번길 101 (101, Baengnyong-ro 5beon-gil, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)
  
  
• 대전지방우편취급국 하차 / Get off the bus at Jayang Postal Agency Office
  
  • Address: 대전 동구 동대전로 202 (202, Dongdaejeon-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

If you have visited any of these places over the past few days and have pneumonia-like symptoms (https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses), please call the Korean Centers for Disease and Prevention at 1339. They have English-speaking interpreters on staff in case you need language support.

[harrybarracuda]

If you have visited any of these places over the past few days and have pneumonia-like symptoms

27 days later.....

(See above).

[NamPikToot]

^ do you read chicken scratch Betts?

[harrybarracuda]

Canada has a woman infected after a trip to Iran.

These Iranians sought asylum all over the world, so anyone who put them up will be watching closely.

[Bettyboo]

^

We have teachers from scores of countries (not just TEFLers, we have very big international teacher contingent), a student has the virus, now many of these teachers are panicking and talking about getting the next flight home. The student had classes on Wednesday in the same building that my office is in... Maybe, many folks have been infected already, and are now flying home in a panic?

^^

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Is chicken scratch a religious thing? I don't do that.