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Coronavirus update

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Coronavirus update:
- 60,016 cases worldwide
- New criteria includes clinically diagnosed cases
- 16,067 suspected cases
- 1,355 fatalities
- 8,070 in serious/critical condition
- 5,611 recovered
- Most cases in China
- 25 countries reporting cases
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) February 12, 2020

Coronavirus: The volunteer putting himself at risk in Wuhan

[BBC] As Wuhan - the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak - remains under lockdown, groups of volunteers have stepped in to help by taking patients to hospital and acting as taxis for health workers who have no transport.

The BBC spoke to one such volunteer, a man surnamed Zhou, who described how the network of volunteers emerged as normal life in the city shut down.

Coronavirus: China and the virus that threatens everything

2. Effectively, this means the govt is giving doctors greater discretion to clinically diagnose patients. Previously, they could only confirm cases with the nucleic acid test kits. But a govt expert said recently these were only 30-40 percent accurate.
— Sui-Lee Wee 黄瑞黎 (@suilee) February 13, 2020

And a side story definitely related to the virus:

BREAKING: Jiang Chaoliang has been removed as Party Secretary of Hubei province, according to state-run media; no reason given
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) February 13, 2020

Posted by: Fred 2020-02-13

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