3 min agoMount Vernon, New York is closing all schools and offices All schools and offices in Mount Vernon, New York, are closing until March 9, according to a news release from the school district. This comes after two of their students and their families were placed under quarantine, the release says. School officials are working to clean all of their schools and offices during this time. Mount Vernon is only a few miles from New Rochelle -- where two families have tested positive for the coronavirus.
2 min agoNursing home in Washington says it has not been provided coronavirus testing kits From CNN's Andy Rose The nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, where six residents who died of the coronavirus, says it does not have its own testing kits. “We are relying on our local hospitals, the local and state health departments and the CDC to confirm cases,” said a statement attributed to Executive Director Ellie Basham. Representatives from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been at the facility all week, according to King County public health officer Dr. Jeff Duchin. A federal medical assistance team is set to arrive Thursday. The nursing home statement also says that any nursing home employee who “exhibits symptoms” is being asked to self-quarantine at home. The statement does not say how many workers have been affected. Family members of the residents at Life Care Center are currently not allowed to visit and are being updated on their relatives’ condition daily via phone and email, but some have expressed concern that their loved ones still don’t know whether or not they are infected. “We understand that this is a frightening situation for our community and the general public,” the statement said. “We are committed to ensuring that our residents continue receiving the best care possible.”
13 min agoTexas and New Jersey report first presumptive coronavirus cases The states of Texas and New Jersey have identified their first presumptive cases of the coronavirus, authorities announced today. In Texas: The case was announced by Fort Bend County, near Houston. The patient is a man in his 70s who recently became ill after traveling abroad, and is now hospitalized. The local health department said it had been preparing for the arrival of the virus, and is ready to respond. Houston has increased its capacity to test for the virus, but there is a limit to the number of tests it can run, so officials are asking that only people with significant symptoms go for testing. In New Jersey: The patient is a man in his 30s who has been hospitalized in Bergen County since March 3. The New Jersey Department Of Health tested the man locally and now those results are being processed at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) What is a presumptive case? This means the patient has tested positive in local or state labs, but that the results have yet to be confirmed by a test in the federal CDC lab.
2 min agoThere are now 158 cases of novel coronavirus in US From CNN's Dave Alsup There are 158 cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as state and local governments. According to the CDC, there are 49 cases from repatriated citizens. According to CNN Health’s tally of US cases that are detected and tested in the United States through US public health systems, there are 109 cases in 14 states. This brings the total number of coronavirus cases in the US to 158. This includes presumptive positive cases that tested positive in a public health lab and are pending confirmation from the CDC, and confirmed cases have received positive results from the CDC.
29 min agoSanta Clara County in California confirms three new cases of coronavirus From CNN's Sarah Moon Santa Clara County in Northern California has three new cases of the novel coronavirus, the county’s public health department confirmed on its website today. One case is from an adult male who is currently hospitalized, exposure details are under investigation. The other two cases, both adult males, are close contacts of an existing case. Both are in isolation at home, according to Santa Clara County’s Public Health Department. By the numbers: There are now 14 cases in Santa Clara County. California has 36 cases, including one death.
2 min agoCoronavirus cases confirmed on another cruise ship From CNN's Shelby Lin Erdman The ship under investigation, the Grand Princess, is getting ready to dock in San Francisco after a “small cluster” of coronavirus cases were traced back to the ship’s previous voyage, according to a statement from Princess Cruises. The statement recommends previous passengers experiencing symptoms of acute respiratory illness with fever, chills or cough to contact a doctor.
11 min agoCoronavirus death toll at nursing home in Washington now stands at 6 From CNN's Andy Rose The health department in King County, Washington, confirms that one of the nine novel coronavirus deaths reported in its county was a resident of Life Care Center in Kirkland. This is the sixth resident of that nursing home to die in the coronavirus outbreak. A health department statement describes the latest victim as a woman in her 90s who died on Tuesday at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. By the numbers: As of Wednesday afternoon, there are 11 total US deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus; 10 in Washington state and one in California.
min agoNew York confirms 5 new cases of coronavirus From CNN’s Anna Sturla, Sheena Jones Giulia McDonnel Nieto del Rio Another family in New York has been confirmed to have the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted this afternoon. The family from New Rochelle is believed to have been in contact with the 50-year old attorney, who has since been hospitalized. The attorney and his family were confirmed to have the virus earlier today. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in New York to 11.
3 min agoHouse passes coronavirus funding package From CNN's Clare Foran The House just passed an $8.3 billion [url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/politics/coronavirus-congress-funding-deal-reached/index.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/politics/coronavirus-congress-funding-deal-reached/index.html]coronavirus response package[/url] in an effort to send billions of dollars to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. The measure passed with broad bipartisan support. The vote was 415 to 2 with just two Republicans voting against the measure; Andy Biggs, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and Ken Buck. The legislation now moves to the Senate. The legislation was formally unveiled this afternoon after lawmakers worked to hammer out a package to respond to the outbreak. The funding package is far higher than the $2.5 billion the White House requested. Despite that, however, the White House is expected to back the deal. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated today that the aim is to pass the emergency funding bill this week. "Our goal would be to do it this week, if we get cooperation," McConnell said, shortly after a broad agreement was reached.
in agoThis Washington state nursing home will have all residents tested for coronavirus From CNN's Andy Rose
1 min agoCDC expands coronavirus testing criteria to all US patients with a doctor’s order From CNN's Arman Azad The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically expanded the testing criteria for the novel coronavirus today. The CDC formally removed earlier restrictions that limited coronavirus testing of the general public to people in the hospital, unless they had a close contact with a confirmed coronavirus case. According to the CDC, clinicians should now “use their judgment to determine if a patient has signs and symptoms compatible with COVID-19 and whether the patient should be tested.” The new criteria formalizes Vice President Mike Pence’s announcement, made Tuesday night, that “any American can be tested (for coronavirus), no restrictions, subject to doctors’ orders.” Unless a patient had close contact with a confirmed coronavirus patient, the earlier criteria limited testing to people who had been hospitalized with both a fever and respiratory symptoms. Some context: Questions remain about whether the United States can meet a possible surge in testing demand. Two coronavirus tests in the United States currently have Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorizations and are in use nationwide. These include CDC test kits, which have been distributed to public health laboratories across the country, and another test designed and used by New York state. Under rules issued Feb. 29, the FDA is also allowing hospitals, private companies and laboratories to develop other diagnostic tests that can be used before the FDA issues an emergency use authorization.
4 min agoCalifornia records its first coronavirus death From CNN's Cheri Robertson Mossburg The death of a patient in Placer County marks the first coronavirus-related death in California. The patient was elderly and had underlying health conditions, according to Placer County Public Health. The patient was likely exposed during international travel from Feb. 11 to 21 on a Princess cruise ship that departed from San Francisco to Mexico, the release continues, adding that the patient was in isolation at Kaiser Permanente Roseville.
“We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of this patient,” said Placer County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson. “While we have expected more cases, this death is an unfortunate milestone in our efforts to fight this disease, and one that we never wanted to see.
“While most cases of COVID-19 exhibit mild or moderate symptoms, this tragic death underscores the urgent need for us to take extra steps to protect residents who are particularly vulnerable to developing more serious illness, including elderly persons and those with underlying health conditions,” Sisson added. Ten health care workers and five emergency workers who had contact with the patient are quarantined, but not exhibiting symptoms.
3 min agoThere are six new coronavirus cases in Los Angeles county The LA County Department of Public Health confirmed 6 new cases of coronavirus, county officials said in a news conference. This brings the count to 7 cases for the county. Los Angeles County has declared a local emergency to fight coronavirus, said Supervisor Kathryn Barger, the chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The county public health department confirmed the 6 new cases in the last 48 hours, said Supervisor Hilda L. Solis.
2 min agoCoronavirus mortality rate is about 2%, health official says From CNN's Amanda Watts Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the mortality rate for novel coronavirus is about 2% if "you just do the math."
"If you look at the cases that have come to the attention of the medical authorities in China, and you just do the math, the math is about 2%. If you look at certain age groups, certain risk groups, the fatality is much higher. But as a group it’s going to depend completely on what the factor of asymptotic cases are. So if you have asymptotic cases that are a lot, it's going to come down,” Fauci said on Wednesday during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on NIH's budget.
On Tuesday, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said globally the rate is about 3.4%. Speaking about the WHO’s higher number, Fauci said, “What we're hearing right now, on a recent call from the WHO this morning is that there aren't as many asymptotic cases as we think. Which made them elevate, I think, what their mortality is.” Fauci warned, “You know as well as anybody that the mortality for seasonal flu is .1% so even if it goes down to 1% it's still 10 times more fatal."
How are the New York cases of the coronavirus connected? Your coronavirus questions, answered A total of six people across New York are infected with coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today. The state's first case is a healthcare worker who had recently returned from Iran. She has been isolated at her home in Manhattan along with her husband. As of Wednesday, the husband does not have coronavirus, Cuomo said. The 5 other cases include the city's first case of community spread -- meaning the source of infection is unknown. That patient, an attorney in his 50s, is in critical condition at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The man has an underlying respiratory condition which made him more vulnerable to the virus, said Dr. Howard Zucker, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health. Now the man's wife, son, daughter, and a neighbor who drove the sick man to the hospital are all infected with coronavirus, Cuomo said. His 20-year-old son attends Yeshiva University in Manhattan and his 14-year-old daughter attends SAR Academy and High School in the Bronx.
3 min agoWHO says coronavirus is deadlier than the flu From CNN Health’s Jacqueline Howard The World Health Organization (WHO) says the novel coronavirus is deadlier than seasonal flu strains.No one has built up immunity to the new virus, saidWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He put the death rate for Covid-19 -- the disease caused by the coronavirus -- at around 3.4%, but experts urged caution around this figure. Ghebreyesus said in a news conference on Tuesday:
“While many people globally have built up immunity to seasonal flu strains, COVID-19 is a new virus to which no one has immunity,” Adhanom said in a news conference on Tuesday. “That means more people are susceptible to infection, and some will suffer severe disease. Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those infected.”
The new figure for the coronavirus is higher than the 2% mortality rate previously reported, but many experts say it remains variable. Mark Woolhouse, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, said in a written statement on Tuesday that a significant number of mild cases could have been missed.
“Though there is disagreement about this, some studies have suggested that it is approximately 10 times too high,” he said. “This would bring the death rate in line with some strains of influenza.”
John Edmunds, professor in the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said in a written statement released by the Science Media Centre that “it is surprisingly difficult” to calculate the mortality rate during an active epidemic. This is because “the time between onset of disease and death is quite long,” he said, so the number of deaths should be divided by the number of cases there were two or three weeks earlier.
2 min agoNew Hampshire's 1st coronavirus patient broke self-isolation order, officials say As the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services was investigating the state’s second presumed-positive case of coronavirus, they learned that the state’s first patient violated their self-isolation order, a statement from the agency said.
“DHHS has determined that the first patient, despite having been directed to self-isolate, attended an invitation-only private event on Friday, February 28,” the statement said.
The state’s second patient, an adult male from Grafton County, also had close contact with the first patient, the agency said in the statement. New Hampshire's Department of Health and Human Services didn't provide additional details or say exactly where the second patient came into contact with the first patient. Both individuals are now isolated at home and the state’s health department is contacting everyone “who had close contact with the person during the event and notifying them to follow the recommended 14-day self-isolation,” the statement adds. The first patient is a person who had recently traveled to Italy and is an employee of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
1 min agoThere are now 6 cases of coronavirus in New York New York now has six confirmed coronavirus cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today. They are: A female healthcare worker who traveled from Iran A lawyer from Westchester County The lawyer's wife His son, a 20-year-old Yeshiva student His 14-year-old daughter A neighbor who drove him to the hospital
The husband of the healthcare worker who traveled from Iran tested negative, Cuomo said. Several tests across the state also came back negative including from Buffalo where families were being monitored after Italy travel.
3 min agoA 3rd coronavirus case has been reported in New York Yeshiva University in New York announced today that one of their students has tested positive for Coronavirus. This marks the third case in New York. “Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family as well as to all those affected,” the University said in a health alert. The release did not identify the student. Some context: Westchester County and New York City and state officials said in various briefings yesterday that the son of a man infected with coronavirus attended Yeshiva University. It's not clear if the case Yeshiva University announced today is the man's son. Yeshiva also announced Tuesday a law school student is in self-quarantine as instructed by his or her doctor, as a precaution because of contact with the infected man’s law firm. The student is reporting no symptoms. The school said that it is “taking every precaution” by cancelling all classes on Wilf Campus in Washington Heights for Wednesday March 4, 2020. All classes and operations at other campuses continue as normal.
3 hr 44 min agoIndia confirms 28 coronavirus cases From CNN's Akanksha Sharma in Hong Kong and Rishabh Pratap in New Delhi India has confirmed 28 cases of the novel coronavirus, the nation's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan announced in a press conference on Wednesday. Vardhan said that the cases broke down as follows: 17 were identified as an Italian travel group and an Indian driver. 1 case reported on Monday in New Delhi was a person who had traveled to Italy. 6 cases in Agra were linked to the New Delhi case. 1 case reported on Monday involved a 24-year-old in India's southern state of Telangana who had traveled to Dubai. 3 cases reported earlier in Kerala have recovered and been discharged.
The minister said that a group comprising of 24 to 30 Italians came to India around February 21. A 69-year-old group member tested positive for the coronavirus after reporting fever and other symptoms in Jaipur -- the capital city of India's western state of Rajasthan. All members of the group were tested and 16 tested positive for the coronavirus, including the 69-year old’s wife and the group's driver, an Indian citizen. The next cluster is linked to the case of an Indian citizen in New Delhi who is known to have traveled to Italy and then to Agra in Uttar Pradesh to see family. Six of the New Delhi resident's family members in Agra tested positive for the coronavirus and are quarantined in Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, the minister said. Earlier this month, India's Health Ministry announced a confirmed case of a 24-year-old in Telangana who had traveled to Dubai. Before this, the southern state of Kerala had reported three cases, which have since been discharged after a full recovery, the Health Minister announced. China says 75 international arrivals tested positive for coronavirus From CNN's Shanshan Wang in Beijing and Isaac Yee in Hong Kong China's Custom Authority says 75 international arrivals into the country have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Custom Authority said that as of March 3, 6,728 international arrivals to China were showing symptoms, with 779 arrivals classified as suspected cases and 75 testing positive. Mainland China has recorded more than 80,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 2,981 deaths.
1 min ago There are now at least 130 cases of novel coronavirus in the US There are 130 cases of the novel coronavirus, including nine deaths, in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as state and local governments. According to the CDC, there are 48 cases from repatriated citizens. According to CNN Health’s tally of US cases that are detected and tested in the United States, there are 82 cases in 13 states. Bringing the total of coronavirus cases to 130. This includes presumptive positive cases that tested positive in a public health lab and are pending confirmation from the CDC, and confirmed cases have received positive results from the CDC. Here's a state-by-state breakdown of the US cases: Arizona – 2 California – 27 Florida - 3 Georgia - 2 Illinois - 4 Massachusetts - 2 New Hampshire – 2 New York - 6 North Carolina - 1 Oregon - 3 Rhode Island - 2 Washington state - 27 (includes 9 fatalities) Wisconsin - 1
1 min ago US should be proactive in testing for novel coronavirus, health official says From CNN's Amanda Watts Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the United States should be proactive when it comes to testing for the coronavirus. On Wednesday, during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on a budget request for the National Institutes of Health, Fauci was asked by Rep. Mark Pocan if we should be proactive with testing for novel coronavirus in hospitals, rather than waiting for people to come and be tested. Fauci definitively replied, "Yes. The answer is yes and I feel strongly about that." Earlier in the hearing, Fauci explained that the new guidelines for testing are a good thing. “The major issue that I find and many of my colleagues find problematic is that if you're looking for people in the community who don't have a recognize link to a test, we call it community transmission, then you've gotta withdraw the restrictions that in order to get a test, you have to have a link to something. It's almost inherently contradictory. Those have been lifted, the FDA has taken the constraints off and now we finally have companies that are going to be making many, many more test," he said.
Vice President Mike Pence said that the administration is sending new guidance for nursing homes on the coronavirus, after a nursing home outside of Seattle became a hotbed of infections. Pence made the announcement during a meeting with airline industry leaders and President Trump. “Even earlier today, at your direction, we met with leaders of our nursing home industry to talk about the increased measures to prevent the spread of infectious disease,” Pence said to the President. “We’ve sent new guidance out to nursing homes,” he said, and added that the administration will be announcing “priority of inspections for infectious diseases.”
回复 1楼fish_fish的帖子 Coronavirus mortality rate is about 2%, health official says From CNN's Amanda Watts Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the mortality rate for novel coronavirus is about 2% if "you just do the math." "If you look at the cases that have come to the attention of the medical authorities in China, and you just do the math, the math is about 2%. If you look at certain age groups, certain risk groups, the fatality is much higher. But as a group it’s going to depend completely on what the factor of asymptotic cases are. So if you have asymptotic cases that are a lot, it's going to come down,” Fauci said on Wednesday during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on NIH's budget. 老先生到底想说什么？上周五NEJM上发评论 "On the basis of a case definition requiring a diagnosis of pneumonia, the currently reported case fatality rate is approximately 2%.In another article in the Journal, Guan et al. report mortality of 1.4% among 1099 patients with laboratory-confirmed Covid-19; these patients had a wide spectrum of disease severity. If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively." https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387
10 min ago There are now 149 cases of coronavirus in the US There are 149 cases of the novel coronavirus, including 10 deaths, in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as state and local governments. According to the CDC, there are 49 cases from repatriated citizens. According to CNN Health’s tally of cases that are detected and tested through the US public health systems, there are 100 cases in 13 states. Bringing the total of coronavirus cases to 149. This includes presumptive positive cases that tested positive in a public health lab and are pending confirmation from the CDC, and confirmed cases have received positive results from the CDC. Here's a state-by-state breakdown of the US cases: Arizona – 2 California – 33 Florida - 3 Georgia - 2 Illinois - 4 Massachusetts - 2 New Hampshire – 2 New York - 6 North Carolina - 1 Oregon - 3 Rhode Island - 2 Washington state - 39 (includes 10 fatalities) Wisconsin - 1
24 min ago At least 10 people have died in Washington state from coronavirus A 10th person has died from Coronavirus in Washington state, the state’s health department website confirmed today The death occurred in King County. In total, the state has reported 39 cases, up from 27 reported earlier.
50 min ago Los Angeles coronavirus patient is a medical screener at LAX airport From CNN's Cheri Mossburg One of the newly announced coronavirus cases in Los Angeles county is a medical screener at Los Angeles International Airport, according to the Department of Homeland Security. This contract worker had not been at work for more than a week before developing symptoms, DHS says. It is unclear whether the virus was contracted through their work with travelers or via community spread. The patient is currently isolated at home with mild symptoms.
50 min ago Los Angeles coronavirus patient is a medical screener at LAX airport From CNN's Cheri Mossburg One of the newly announced coronavirus cases in Los Angeles county is a medical screener at Los Angeles International Airport, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
This contract worker had not been at work for more than a week before developing symptoms, DHS says. It is unclear whether the virus was contracted through their work with travelers or via community spread.
in ago Here are the coronavirus numbers, broken down From CNN’s Shanshan Wang in Beijing and Jaide Garcia in Atlanta Chinese authorities reported 31 more deaths and 139 new cases of the novel coronavirus yesterday, and said a total of 52,045 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital. Here are the breakdown of the numbers: Cases: In mainland China: 80,409 Outside China: 14,498 Global total: 94,907 Deaths: In mainland China: 3,012 Outside China: 271 Global total: 3,283 Outside China, deaths have been reported in: Italy: 107 Iran: 92 South Korea: 35 Japan: 12 US: 11 France: 4 Hong Kong: 2 Spain: 2 Iraq: 2 Taiwan: 1 Australia: 1 Thailand: 1 The Philippines: 1
2 min agoNursing home in Washington says it has not been provided coronavirus testing kits From CNN's Andy Rose
The nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, where six residents who died of the coronavirus, says it does not have its own testing kits. “We are relying on our local hospitals, the local and state health departments and the CDC to confirm cases,” said a statement attributed to Executive Director Ellie Basham.
Representatives from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been at the facility all week, according to King County public health officer Dr. Jeff Duchin. A federal medical assistance team is set to arrive Thursday. The nursing home statement also says that any nursing home employee who “exhibits symptoms” is being asked to self-quarantine at home. The statement does not say how many workers have been affected. Family members of the residents at Life Care Center are currently not allowed to visit and are being updated on their relatives’ condition daily via phone and email, but some have expressed concern that their loved ones still don’t know whether or not they are infected. “We understand that this is a frightening situation for our community and the general public,” the statement said. “We are committed to ensuring that our residents continue receiving the best care possible.”
13 min agoTexas and New Jersey report first presumptive coronavirus cases The states of Texas and New Jersey have identified their first presumptive cases of the coronavirus, authorities announced today. In Texas: The case was announced by Fort Bend County, near Houston. The patient is a man in his 70s who recently became ill after traveling abroad, and is now hospitalized. The local health department said it had been preparing for the arrival of the virus, and is ready to respond. Houston has increased its capacity to test for the virus, but there is a limit to the number of tests it can run, so officials are asking that only people with significant symptoms go for testing. In New Jersey: The patient is a man in his 30s who has been hospitalized in Bergen County since March 3. The New Jersey Department Of Health tested the man locally and now those results are being processed at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) What is a presumptive case? This means the patient has tested positive in local or state labs, but that the results have yet to be confirmed by a test in the federal CDC lab.
2 min agoThere are now 158 cases of novel coronavirus in US From CNN's Dave Alsup There are 158 cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as state and local governments. According to the CDC, there are 49 cases from repatriated citizens. According to CNN Health’s tally of US cases that are detected and tested in the United States through US public health systems, there are 109 cases in 14 states. This brings the total number of coronavirus cases in the US to 158. This includes presumptive positive cases that tested positive in a public health lab and are pending confirmation from the CDC, and confirmed cases have received positive results from the CDC.
29 min agoSanta Clara County in California confirms three new cases of coronavirus From CNN's Sarah Moon Santa Clara County in Northern California has three new cases of the novel coronavirus, the county’s public health department confirmed on its website today. One case is from an adult male who is currently hospitalized, exposure details are under investigation. The other two cases, both adult males, are close contacts of an existing case. Both are in isolation at home, according to Santa Clara County’s Public Health Department. By the numbers: There are now 14 cases in Santa Clara County. California has 36 cases, including one death.
2 min agoCoronavirus cases confirmed on another cruise ship From CNN's Shelby Lin Erdman The ship under investigation, the Grand Princess, is getting ready to dock in San Francisco after a “small cluster” of coronavirus cases were traced back to the ship’s previous voyage, according to a statement from Princess Cruises. The statement recommends previous passengers experiencing symptoms of acute respiratory illness with fever, chills or cough to contact a doctor.
11 min agoCoronavirus death toll at nursing home in Washington now stands at 6 From CNN's Andy Rose The health department in King County, Washington, confirms that one of the nine novel coronavirus deaths reported in its county was a resident of Life Care Center in Kirkland. This is the sixth resident of that nursing home to die in the coronavirus outbreak. A health department statement describes the latest victim as a woman in her 90s who died on Tuesday at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland. By the numbers: As of Wednesday afternoon, there are 11 total US deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus; 10 in Washington state and one in California.
min agoNew York confirms 5 new cases of coronavirus From CNN’s Anna Sturla, Sheena Jones Giulia McDonnel Nieto del Rio Another family in New York has been confirmed to have the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted this afternoon. The family from New Rochelle is believed to have been in contact with the 50-year old attorney, who has since been hospitalized. The attorney and his family were confirmed to have the virus earlier today. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in New York to 11.
3 min agoHouse passes coronavirus funding package From CNN's Clare Foran The House just passed an $8.3 billion [url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/politics/coronavirus-congress-funding-deal-reached/index.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/politics/coronavirus-congress-funding-deal-reached/index.html]coronavirus response package[/url] in an effort to send billions of dollars to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. The measure passed with broad bipartisan support. The vote was 415 to 2 with just two Republicans voting against the measure; Andy Biggs, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and Ken Buck. The legislation now moves to the Senate. The legislation was formally unveiled this afternoon after lawmakers worked to hammer out a package to respond to the outbreak. The funding package is far higher than the $2.5 billion the White House requested. Despite that, however, the White House is expected to back the deal. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated today that the aim is to pass the emergency funding bill this week. "Our goal would be to do it this week, if we get cooperation," McConnell said, shortly after a broad agreement was reached.
in agoThis Washington state nursing home will have all residents tested for coronavirus From CNN's Andy Rose
1 min agoCDC expands coronavirus testing criteria to all US patients with a doctor’s order From CNN's Arman Azad The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically expanded the testing criteria for the novel coronavirus today. The CDC formally removed earlier restrictions that limited coronavirus testing of the general public to people in the hospital, unless they had a close contact with a confirmed coronavirus case. According to the CDC, clinicians should now “use their judgment to determine if a patient has signs and symptoms compatible with COVID-19 and whether the patient should be tested.” The new criteria formalizes Vice President Mike Pence’s announcement, made Tuesday night, that “any American can be tested (for coronavirus), no restrictions, subject to doctors’ orders.” Unless a patient had close contact with a confirmed coronavirus patient, the earlier criteria limited testing to people who had been hospitalized with both a fever and respiratory symptoms. Some context: Questions remain about whether the United States can meet a possible surge in testing demand. Two coronavirus tests in the United States currently have Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorizations and are in use nationwide. These include CDC test kits, which have been distributed to public health laboratories across the country, and another test designed and used by New York state. Under rules issued Feb. 29, the FDA is also allowing hospitals, private companies and laboratories to develop other diagnostic tests that can be used before the FDA issues an emergency use authorization.
4 min agoCalifornia records its first coronavirus death From CNN's Cheri Robertson Mossburg The death of a patient in Placer County marks the first coronavirus-related death in California. The patient was elderly and had underlying health conditions, according to Placer County Public Health. The patient was likely exposed during international travel from Feb. 11 to 21 on a Princess cruise ship that departed from San Francisco to Mexico, the release continues, adding that the patient was in isolation at Kaiser Permanente Roseville.
“While most cases of COVID-19 exhibit mild or moderate symptoms, this tragic death underscores the urgent need for us to take extra steps to protect residents who are particularly vulnerable to developing more serious illness, including elderly persons and those with underlying health conditions,” Sisson added. Ten health care workers and five emergency workers who had contact with the patient are quarantined, but not exhibiting symptoms.
3 min agoThere are six new coronavirus cases in Los Angeles county The LA County Department of Public Health confirmed 6 new cases of coronavirus, county officials said in a news conference. This brings the count to 7 cases for the county. Los Angeles County has declared a local emergency to fight coronavirus, said Supervisor Kathryn Barger, the chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The county public health department confirmed the 6 new cases in the last 48 hours, said Supervisor Hilda L. Solis.
2 min agoCoronavirus mortality rate is about 2%, health official says From CNN's Amanda Watts Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the mortality rate for novel coronavirus is about 2% if "you just do the math."
On Tuesday, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said globally the rate is about 3.4%. Speaking about the WHO’s higher number, Fauci said, “What we're hearing right now, on a recent call from the WHO this morning is that there aren't as many asymptotic cases as we think. Which made them elevate, I think, what their mortality is.” Fauci warned, “You know as well as anybody that the mortality for seasonal flu is .1% so even if it goes down to 1% it's still 10 times more fatal."
How are the New York cases of the coronavirus connected? Your coronavirus questions, answered A total of six people across New York are infected with coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today. The state's first case is a healthcare worker who had recently returned from Iran. She has been isolated at her home in Manhattan along with her husband. As of Wednesday, the husband does not have coronavirus, Cuomo said. The 5 other cases include the city's first case of community spread -- meaning the source of infection is unknown. That patient, an attorney in his 50s, is in critical condition at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The man has an underlying respiratory condition which made him more vulnerable to the virus, said Dr. Howard Zucker, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health. Now the man's wife, son, daughter, and a neighbor who drove the sick man to the hospital are all infected with coronavirus, Cuomo said. His 20-year-old son attends Yeshiva University in Manhattan and his 14-year-old daughter attends SAR Academy and High School in the Bronx.
3 min agoWHO says coronavirus is deadlier than the flu From CNN Health’s Jacqueline Howard The World Health Organization (WHO) says the novel coronavirus is deadlier than seasonal flu strains.No one has built up immunity to the new virus, saidWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He put the death rate for Covid-19 -- the disease caused by the coronavirus -- at around 3.4%, but experts urged caution around this figure. Ghebreyesus said in a news conference on Tuesday:
The new figure for the coronavirus is higher than the 2% mortality rate previously reported, but many experts say it remains variable. Mark Woolhouse, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, said in a written statement on Tuesday that a significant number of mild cases could have been missed.
John Edmunds, professor in the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said in a written statement released by the Science Media Centre that “it is surprisingly difficult” to calculate the mortality rate during an active epidemic. This is because “the time between onset of disease and death is quite long,” he said, so the number of deaths should be divided by the number of cases there were two or three weeks earlier.
2 min agoNew Hampshire's 1st coronavirus patient broke self-isolation order, officials say As the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services was investigating the state’s second presumed-positive case of coronavirus, they learned that the state’s first patient violated their self-isolation order, a statement from the agency said.
The state’s second patient, an adult male from Grafton County, also had close contact with the first patient, the agency said in the statement. New Hampshire's Department of Health and Human Services didn't provide additional details or say exactly where the second patient came into contact with the first patient. Both individuals are now isolated at home and the state’s health department is contacting everyone “who had close contact with the person during the event and notifying them to follow the recommended 14-day self-isolation,” the statement adds. The first patient is a person who had recently traveled to Italy and is an employee of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
1 min agoThere are now 6 cases of coronavirus in New York New York now has six confirmed coronavirus cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today. They are:
A female healthcare worker who traveled from Iran
A lawyer from Westchester County
The lawyer's wife
His son, a 20-year-old Yeshiva student
His 14-year-old daughter
A neighbor who drove him to the hospital
The husband of the healthcare worker who traveled from Iran tested negative, Cuomo said. Several tests across the state also came back negative including from Buffalo where families were being monitored after Italy travel.
3 min agoA 3rd coronavirus case has been reported in New York
Yeshiva University in New York announced today that one of their students has tested positive for Coronavirus. This marks the third case in New York. “Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family as well as to all those affected,” the University said in a health alert. The release did not identify the student. Some context: Westchester County and New York City and state officials said in various briefings yesterday that the son of a man infected with coronavirus attended Yeshiva University. It's not clear if the case Yeshiva University announced today is the man's son. Yeshiva also announced Tuesday a law school student is in self-quarantine as instructed by his or her doctor, as a precaution because of contact with the infected man’s law firm. The student is reporting no symptoms. The school said that it is “taking every precaution” by cancelling all classes on Wilf Campus in Washington Heights for Wednesday March 4, 2020. All classes and operations at other campuses continue as normal.
3 hr 44 min agoIndia confirms 28 coronavirus cases From CNN's Akanksha Sharma in Hong Kong and Rishabh Pratap in New Delhi India has confirmed 28 cases of the novel coronavirus, the nation's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan announced in a press conference on Wednesday. Vardhan said that the cases broke down as follows:
17 were identified as an Italian travel group and an Indian driver.
1 case reported on Monday in New Delhi was a person who had traveled to Italy.
6 cases in Agra were linked to the New Delhi case.
1 case reported on Monday involved a 24-year-old in India's southern state of Telangana who had traveled to Dubai.
3 cases reported earlier in Kerala have recovered and been discharged.
The minister said that a group comprising of 24 to 30 Italians came to India around February 21. A 69-year-old group member tested positive for the coronavirus after reporting fever and other symptoms in Jaipur -- the capital city of India's western state of Rajasthan. All members of the group were tested and 16 tested positive for the coronavirus, including the 69-year old’s wife and the group's driver, an Indian citizen. The next cluster is linked to the case of an Indian citizen in New Delhi who is known to have traveled to Italy and then to Agra in Uttar Pradesh to see family. Six of the New Delhi resident's family members in Agra tested positive for the coronavirus and are quarantined in Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, the minister said. Earlier this month, India's Health Ministry announced a confirmed case of a 24-year-old in Telangana who had traveled to Dubai. Before this, the southern state of Kerala had reported three cases, which have since been discharged after a full recovery, the Health Minister announced.
China says 75 international arrivals tested positive for coronavirus From CNN's Shanshan Wang in Beijing and Isaac Yee in Hong Kong China's Custom Authority says 75 international arrivals into the country have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Custom Authority said that as of March 3, 6,728 international arrivals to China were showing symptoms, with 779 arrivals classified as suspected cases and 75 testing positive. Mainland China has recorded more than 80,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 2,981 deaths.
印度其实看这个通报里很清楚啊，大部分都是输入型案例。不像美国有这么多不清不楚的感染。
印尼人长期吃蝙蝠，估计早有抗体了
造yao很有意思么。恶意隐瞒，故意传染给别人才会抓。 如果去了武汉，但是隐瞒不报故意传染了很多人，不抓等着他传染？很多人都支持的好吧，你想被人故意传染么
意大利人也吃蝙蝠啊，有个什么地方二战后把当地蝙蝠都吃绝种了，也没看有啥抗体。
印度还有几万人被隔离，同时还有几万人穆斯林在骚乱，你认为数据会有多准？
数据有多准我也不知道，纯粹就看这个曝出来的数据。反正如果印度沦陷，美国只会更完蛋。。
你说海外回去有牢狱之灾，没有恶意隐瞒，故意传播病毒。抓你闲的么
还是希望印度能控制住。。。那么多人口的国家。咖喱神快发威吧。 BTW,那么多意大利人组团去印度玩，不会都是去参拜老和尚的吧
得坚持吃啊，意大利人不吃蝙蝠很久了吧。。。抗体和memory t cells 早没了。。。
被沦陷应该是迟早的事，只是印度温度高，疫情会好一些。
从国内跑到香港去的两个老混蛋不知道以后会不会被抓
你看下，印度的基本都是输入的case. 基本还没有社区传播。
还有逃到上海的武汉卫健委大妈，逃到北京的黄女士
印度德里有个从外面回来的人，传染给了6个本地印度人。
这6个印度人，应该算是社区传染，因为他们没出国。
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印尼说了，没钱测。死猪不怕开水
也不戴口罩？
强帖mark！
有疑似武漢肺炎患者家屬向本台爆料，她的外婆所在的養老院有10多名老人反覆發燒，其中一人已確診為武漢肺炎患者，但有關單位不予處理，因而向媒體求助。
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其中一个本来就是保外就医吧，估计花点钱就能摆平。