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2020-03-02 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Coronavirus roundup





[NYPOST]



Coronavirus: Over 87,000 Infected Globally, Nearly 3,000 Dead
[BREITBART] A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 87,000 people globally and caused nearly 3,000 deaths. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.


South Korea wages ‘all-out responses’ to virus with 586 new cases
[BREITBART] South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Sunday the government was waging "all-out responses" to contain the novel coronavirus as the country added 586 more cases, taking the total to 3,736. South Korea has the largest national total in the world outside China, after it saw a rapid surge in the number of coronavirus cases in recent days.

Scores of events have been cancelled or postponed over the contagion, while the country’s central bank has warned of a minus growth in the first quarter for the world’s 12th-largest economy, noting the epidemic will hit both consumption and exports.

"The government is now waging all-out responses after raising the crisis alert to the highest level," Moon said at an Independence Movement Day ceremony, scaled down due to the outbreak.

"We will be able to overcome the COVID-19 outbreak and revive our shrunken economy," he added.

Samsung Electronics suspended operations at its domestic smartphone plant in Gumi ‐ 200 kilometres (210 miles) southeast of Seoul ‐ on Saturday for the second time in a week, after a third employee tested positive for the virus.





First cases of coronavirus confirmed in Kurdistan Region
[RUDAW.NET] The Kurdistan Regional Government's Health Ministry has announced the first confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Region. "In the course of the past 24 hours, tests were conducted for 24 suspects. As a result, four people from Sulaimani tested positive for Covid-19 including a family of three and another woman who have all returnees from Iran," the KRG Health Ministry announced in a statement on Sunday.

Iran has quickly become a hub for the virus, with cases in Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Canada, Georgia, Iraq, Kuwait, Leb, Oman, Pakistain, and the United Arab Emirates tracing back to the country.


Eleven die from coronavirus in Iran in 24 hours
[RUDAW.NET] Eleven people have died from coronavirus in Iran in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll to 54, a health ministry official announced on Sunday, as the country struggles to contain the outbreak.

The total number of confirmed cases in Iran has risen to 978, Ministry of Health spokesperson Kianoush Jahanpour announced at a daily press conference providing updates on the outbreak, with 385 new cases of the virus confirmed since yesterday.





Virus cases in Italy soar by 40% in 24 hours; death toll rises to 34
[IsraelTimes] Number of people infected in country up to 1,576; authorities say increase expected as containment measures need time to take effect in a population with a large number of elderly people.

Three New Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed: Lebanon’s Health Ministry
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Three new cases of coronavirus were confirmed by the Health Ministry Sunday, bringing the total number of infections in Leb to 10.

"Three new lab-verified cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 have been recorded," the Health Ministry said in a statement.

"They are individuals who had arrived aboard planes coming from Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and had been in home quarantine. They were transferred to the quarantine ward at the Rafik Hariri hospital after showing symptoms of the disease," the Ministry added.

The health ministry said that after PCR tests confirmed their infections, they were moved to quarantined rooms in the hospital.
Posted by Fred 2020-03-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 Coronavirus kills Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s top aide as deadly Covid-19 sweeps country
Posted by Frank G 2020-03-02 07:06||   2020-03-02 07:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Trump, locust, plague, its' almost like someone is trying to send them a message.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-03-02 07:14||   2020-03-02 07:14|| Front Page Top

#3 some countries have for now gotten this under control

e.g.,

India had several cases diagnosed in early Feb but hasn't had a new case in about 3 weeks

Singapore with over a hundred cases and still no deaths.

Many of the provinces in China (not Hubai obviously) have been having no more than a half a dozen new cases per day even though these provinces have 30 million to 100 million people.

even the Diamond Princess, with 700+ cases and 3000+ people on board has gone most of a week without new cases
Posted by lord garth 2020-03-02 08:04||   2020-03-02 08:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Good news, LG, but could simply be a result of limited test kits.

As I recall though, Singapore has excellent health care.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-02 08:33||   2020-03-02 08:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Adviser to Ayatollah Khamenei becomes first senior Iranian official to die from coronavirus as opposition group claims death toll is TEN times higher than official figures
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-02 09:08||   2020-03-02 09:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Coronavirus has been spreading in Washington State for more than six weeks and HUNDREDS could be undiagnosed, say experts as panic buying spreads and new cases are reported in Rhode Island and Illinois following first US death
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-02 09:11||   2020-03-02 09:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Health chiefs urge over-60s to avoid crowds as coronavirus panic spreads with Berkshire infant school worker announced as one of three new UK patients and Ireland revealing its first case
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-02 09:34||   2020-03-02 09:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Worried families blast Washington nursing home where one man has died from coronavirus and 50 more are ill for 'not testing patients and ignoring phone calls' - as it emerges facility has history of failing to control the spread of illness
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-02 10:48||   2020-03-02 10:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Washington state says coronavirus death toll rises to 6
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-02 14:57||   2020-03-02 14:57|| Front Page Top










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