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Coronavirus round-up: ~2000 confirmed cases, 56 dead, Hong Kong cuts off mainland, Malaysia confirms 4th case, Beijing halts inter-province busses, confirmed cases in 14 countries
Hong Kong leader, Carrie Lam declares virus emergency, halts official visits to mainland China

Malaysia confirms fourth case of coronavirus infection

Coronavirus outbreak: Beijing to halt all inter-province shuttle buses from Jan 26

Canada identifies first coronavirus case

Courtesy of Besoeker yesterday in comments, The Guardian was liveblogging the story here, among other details adding Nepal and Macau to locations with confirmed cases.

Courtesy of Marilyn Tojo7566 yesterday in comments:

R0 is the propensity to spread - and 2019-nCoV is like MERS novel coronavirus and SARS novel coronavirus, seatmates are roughly 2-3. Measles for example is 18. Flu is typically similar.

"Wuhan" Coronavirus 2019-nCoV: link

CDC current response: link


Over 2,000 infected with coronavirus worldwide, 1975 confirmed cases and 56 dead in China, WHO still not calling it a global health emergency

And from the report about brave retired surgeon Liang Wudong’s death while nobly caring for his fellow man:
Vietnam, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong all now have confirmed cases — alongside the US, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. France yesterday confirmed three cases and Australia one - with all patients returning from Wuhan.

Medical staff at the dedicated isolation ward of Wuhan's People's Hospital wish everyone a Happy New Year
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Posted by: trailing wife 2020-01-26
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