Venezuela has been a bad place to go for about 5 years now, but a really bad place to go for about 1 year.
A further 70 people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total to 355 (out of 3,770 passengers and crew).
Coronavirus: 70 more cases on Japan cruise ship as China infections pass 68,000
Out of a total of 1,723 passengers and crew members tested on board the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan, 454 people were confirmed to have been infected, Japan’s health ministry said. That included 189 asymptomatic carriers, or those who tested positive but did not show any symptoms, according to the ministry.
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The ship had been quarantined since Feb. 3 after a previous guest tested positive for the disease six days after disembarking (on January 20th).
Just read that the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show is cancelled! This is the largest wireless conference in the world. It is the CES of the mobile world. A number of companies pulled out exhibiting leading to them cancelling the show at the last minute.
The business impact is getting very significant.
We need to prepare for a possible rebound of the COVID-19 epidemic in the coming weeks and months.
Chinese banks have been ordered to disinfect cash before issuing it to the public in an effort to curb the spread of the new coronavirus that has so far killed 1,770 people in the country.
The Chinese government said during a press conference on Saturday that banks would only be permitted to release new bills which had been sterilized.
Banks across the country had been told to withdraw potentially infected cash from circulation and disinfect it using either ultraviolet or heat treatments, the government’s State Council told reporters. Decontaminated cash would then be stored for seven to 14 days before it could be returned to the market.
Just read that the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show is cancelled! This is the largest wireless conference in the world. It is the CES of the mobile world. A number of companies pulled out exhibiting leading to them cancelling the show at the last minute.
The business impact is getting very significant.
Caitlin Rivers (twitter), who works for US John Hopkins Center for Health Security, has publicly posted China's CDC report on the first ~72,000 infected cases.
As an undergrad, I see your point and I've updated my posts.Now, I hate to be That Guy* but the name of the institution that some of y'all have been referencing is The Johns Hopkins University.
Named for Johns Hopkins. Not "John". OK?
Alma mater of:
John Astin
P. J. O'Rourke
Matthew Polk
Michael Bloomberg
and...umm... me (undergrad and PhD)
We get a little sensitive about this...
sorry!
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* actually, no, I don't, sorry
That would be so meta...No drop-down oxygen masks on that flight.
That would be so meta...
We commend the extraordinary efforts by the Government of Japan to institute quarantine measures onboard the Diamond Princess. While the quarantine potentially conferred a significant public health benefit in slowing transmission, CDC’s assessment is that it may not have been sufficient to prevent transmission among individuals on the ship. CDC believes the rate of new infections on board, especially among those without symptoms, represents an ongoing risk. Therefore, to protect the health of the American public, all passengers and crew of the ship have been placed under travel restrictions, preventing them from returning to the United States for at least 14 days after they had left the Diamond Princess.
Currently, there are more than 100 U.S. citizens still onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship or in hospitals in Japan. These citizens have been placed under the restrictions, as have the ship’s other passengers and crew.
After disembarkation from the Diamond Princess, these passengers and crew will be required to wait 14 days without having symptoms or a positive coronavirus test result before they are permitted to board flights to the United States.
If an individual from this cruise arrives in the United States before the 14-day period ends, they will still be subject to a mandatory quarantine until they have completed the 14-day period with no symptoms or positive coronavirus test results.
Because of their high-risk exposure, there may be additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 among the remaining passengers on board the Diamond Princess.
CDC is committed to protecting the health and safety of all Americans. We continue to believe that the risk of exposure to COVID-19 to the general public in the United States is currently low. The U.S. Government is taking these measures to protect the Diamond Princess passengers and crew, their loved ones, the traveling public, and communities within the United States.