PADUA (Italy): Yesterday (21st day of February, 2020) a 78-year-old retired bricklayer here had tested positive for Coronavirus.
Following his death Italy became the first European country to report death due to Coronavirus and as a result a dozen towns in Northern Italy is facing lockdown.
Coronavirus: China withdraws from Davis Cup
BEIJING: International Tennis Federation (ITF) informed that China had been forced to withdraw from Davis Cup due to the menace of Coronavirus Epidemic.
According to details Chinese players were scheduled to go to Romania for qualifying matches in the month of March.
ITF took to the Twitter to state: “The Davis Cup Committee has accepted the withdrawal of China, P.R. from their Davis Cup World Group I play-off against Romania on March 6-7…
“The increased restrictions in response to the current Coronavirus outbreak have resulted in the China, P.R. team being unable to travel to this tie…Romania will advance to play in World Group I in September.”
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Coronavirus: 74,185 people infected, 2004 dead
19th of February, 2020
WUHAN: Authorities in Qom (Iran) – sans revealing their nationalities – have confirmed that two people here got infected by the Coronavirus.
Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour stated: “In the past two days, some suspect cases of the new coronavirus were observed in Qom city.”
He further informed that teams were dispatched after receiving the reports, and based on the existing protocols the suspect cases were isolated and tested.
Relevant pieces published earlier:
Coronavirus: Pak officials meet affected Pakistani pupils at Wuhan
18th of Feb 2020
WUHAN: Officials from the Pakistani diplomatic post in China met here today the four Pakistani students who had contracted coronavirus last month.
According to details Chinese authorities allowed the Third Secretary Junaid and Education Attaché Suleiman to enter Wuhan on Monday. They visited the university students today.
The duo talked to the local administration in order to ensure that precautionary measures were being taken to protect the students.
Later the FO stated: “All the students in the universities visited today are safe, healthy and well looked after.”
Coronavirus: 71000 people infected worldwide
17th of February, 2020
BEIJING: According to latest updates, so far the Coronavirus has claimed 1,770 lives while 71000 people got infected.
According to latest data shared by countries affected by Coronavirus 1,770 people died in China;
Hong Kong: 58 cases, 1 death
Macao: 10
Japan: 519 cases, including 454 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 1 death
Singapore: 77
Thailand: 35
South Korea: 30
Malaysia: 22
Taiwan: 20 cases, 1 death
Vietnam: 16
Germany: 16
United States: 15 cases; separately, 1 US citizen died in China
Australia: 14
France: 12 cases, 1 death
United Kingdom: 9
UAE: 9
Canada: 8
Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death
India: 3 cases
Italy: 3
Russia: 2
Spain: 2
Belgium: 1
Nepal: 1
Sri Lanka: 1
Sweden: 1
Cambodia: 1
Finland: 1
Egypt: 1
Coronavirus: #Jenesuispasunvirus
15th of February, 2020
PARIS: #Jenesuispasunvirus or I’m not a virus reflects the increasing frustration of French-Asian citizens, who are facing a new wave of stigma due to Corona virus.
A message posted on Twitter explains the problem: “Horrible! Shame! People in NL use Coronavirus crisis in China 2 express hate against Asian people, among which my Chinese colleagues! I’m shocked by this abject behavior.”
Another Tweet state: “#JeNeSuisPasUnVirus xenophobia & racial profiling more harmful than virus. With #coronavirus outbreak in China, what shall we make of racial slurs against Chinese in societies once proud of diversity?”
Coronavirus: Chinese gymnasts pull out of World Cup
15th of Feb 2020
BEIJING: Due to travel ban imposed on them by Australian authorities the Chinese Gymnasts had to pull out of the World Cup 2020 scheduled to be held next week in Melbourne.
Commenting on the state-of affairs, Gymnastics Australia CEO Kitty Chiller said in a statement. maintained: “It has been a very challenging few weeks for us all, but none more so than for the Chinese gymnasts and officials who have been training and preparing to come to Melbourne…
“I have been in regular contact with the Chinese Gymnastics Association and its president, who informs me all of their delegation are well and have shown no sign of infection. Despite this, we all have to respect the Australian government’s travel restrictions.”
Europe’s first Coronavirus fatality reported in France
15th of Feb 2020
PARIS: Health Minister of France has confirmed the death of a Chinese tourist from virus that has claimed over fifteen hundred lives all over the globe.
According to details 80-year-old Chinese man was visiting Paris with his daughter. His death marks first Coronavirus death outside the Continent of Asia.
It is pertinent to mention here that his 50-year-old daughter also tested positive for the virus and is being treated in hospital, where she is recovering.
Coronavirus: Health workers infected in China
BEIJING: Chinese National Health Commission’s Vice-Director, Zeng Yixina, had informed that over 1700 Chinese Medical Workers had been infected by Coronavirus while six health professionals had died.
It is pertinent to mention here that the total number of cases in China stood today (Saturday 15th of February, 2020) at 66, 492 and deaths from the Coronavirus stood at 1,523.
Director General of WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has stated: “This is a critical piece of information because health workers are the glue that holds the health system and the outbreak response together…We need to know more about these figures, including the time period and circumstances in which the health workers became sick.”
Coronavirus: 3 Indian crew on board Quarantined cruise ship test + ve
14th of February, 2020
TOKYO: Third crew member belonging to India on board quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess off the Japanese coast has tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus.
This was disclosed by the Indian diplomatic post here today. According to the statement issued by Embassy 3 crew members belonging to India were among the 218 people who tested positive for the virus.
Diamond Princess harboring 3,711 people on board arrived at the Japanese coast last week and was quarantined after a passenger who de boarded last month in Hong Kong was found to be the carrier of Coronavirus.
It is pertinent to mention here that 138 Indians including 132 crew and 6 passengers were on board Diamond Princess that arrived at the Japanese coast early last week and was quarantined when a passenger was found to be the carrier of Coronavirus.
No Coronavirus case in Pakistan: Dr. Zafar Mirza
14th of February, 2020
ISLAMABAD: While chairing a huddle called to ponder over Coronavirus, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Dr. Zafar Mirza has claimed that incumbent government had taken steps on war footing to keep the people of Pakistan safe from the malady.
He reiterated that so far no case of Coronavirus has been reported in the country.
Dr. Zafar Mirza further told that people arriving from China were being screened and their data was also being collected.
He informed that in order to create awareness amongst the populace an awareness campaign had also been launched.
Coronavirus death toll rises to 1350
13th of Feb. 2020
WUHAN: Coronavirus has claimed 1,350 lives in China so far.
Cynics are wondering whether the figures being given by Chinese authorities were correct or not: “I think it’s way too early to try to predict the beginning, the middle or the end of this epidemic right now,” WHO head of health emergencies program Michael Ryan held.
Chinese Embassy says 3 Pak pupils diagnosed with Coronavirus cured
12th of February, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Embassy here took to the Twitter today to inform that 3 Pakistani pupils who were diagnosed with Novel Coronavirus had been cured.
“We are pleased to learn that 3 Pakistani citizens affected by Coronavirus in China have been cured and discharged from hospitals in Guangzhou and Shenzhen of Guangdong Province. All the best to them!”
The diplomatic mission did not share further details about the identities of the citizens who, sources maintain, were studying in China.
Meanwhile, Pakistan – learning that an isolation ward of Coronavirus patients was being opened near a university harboring Pakistani students in Wuhan – expressed concern today.
One thousand Pakistani students are trapped in the Coronavirus epicenter.
Coronavirus: Death toll rises to 1000
10th of February, 2020
WUHAN: With 108 coronavirus-infected people dead yesterday (Monday, 10th of February, 2020) – the highest in a single day – the death toll reached 1016. Overall, 42,638 cases of infection had also been confirmed.
Meanwhile, China has removed number officials from their posts due to negligence a day after Chinese President Xi Jinping visited health facilities in Beijing.
There is no Coronavirus case in Pakistan: Dr. Zafar
10th of February, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr. Zafar Mirza stated that so far there has been no case of coronavirus in Pakistan.
Dr. Zafar Mirza was talking to Chinese Envoy Yao Jing here today.
Special Assistant said Pakistani students in China children and we shall take every possible step to protect them.
He expressed the confidence that Chinese government would soon manage to contain the epidemic.
Chinese Ambassador said all possible information regarding the virus would be provided to GoP.
Coronavirus: Global death toll rises to 800
8th of February, 2020
SHANGHAI: The mysterious Novel Coronavirus has so far killed more than 800 and infected 37,100 people worldwide.
Cities including Shanghai have ordered residents to wear masks in public, and many regions far from Hubei are allowing only one person per household to go out every two days to buy supplies.
An American diagnosed with the virus died on Thursday in Wuhan. A Japanese man died in a hospital in the city. A man in the Philippines and another in Hong Kong also died due to virus.
China uses artificial intelligence to contain Coronavirus that claimed 724 lives
8th of February, 2020
WUHAN: As the global death toll rises to 724, epicenter of Coronavirus faces wartime conditions.
According to sources authorities here are knocking doors to check temperatures and forcing the suspected coronavirus victims to stadiums and expo centers turned into quarantines.
Not only the city but whole of China itself is facing a wartime condition where 34,546 people got infected till today (Saturday 8th of February, 2020).
Wuhan has opened another makeshift (Leishenshan) hospital, providing 1,500 beds, 32 wards and a surgical operating room. According to sources the first medical team has arrived there.
Three new virus cases had been confirmed on the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama, raising the total number to 64.
Malaysian health ministry confirmed a 16th case of coronavirus, a Chinese national from Wuhan.
Closure of manufacturing units in the world’s second-largest economy is impacting the global markets. Meanwhile, major airlines have suspended flights to and from China. Chinese tech firms have developed apps to help people track the data to figure out if they had taken a certain flight or train in which a person with Coronavirus was travelling. Moreover, robots have been deployed to scold people not wearing masks.
Pangolin facilitated the spread of Coronavirus?
BEIJING: Researchers at the South China Agricultural University are of the view that Novel Corona Virus that has claimed 630 lives and infected 31000 others was spread via pangolin.
It is believed that Novel Coronavirus originated in bats but there could have been an immediate host facilitating its transmission to humans. Savants at the helm of affairs are of the view that reporting the similarity between the genome sequences of viruses was not enough to establish that pangolin was the culprit. They insinuate that the results could have been caused from a highly infected milieu.
It is pertinent to mention here that after testing 1,000 samples from wild animals it transpired that genome sequences of viruses found on pangolins to be 99 per cent identical to those suffering from Coronavirus. But researchers want to examine all the generic data to get a feel for how related the human and pangolin viruses are.
Coronavirus: Chinese Dr. who blew the whistle is dead too
7th of February, 2020
WUHAN: Dr. Li Wenliang, 34-year-old ophthalmologist, who blew the whistle well-in-advance apropos coronavirus outbreak and was treating patients here himself fell victim to the malady.
According to the Wuhan Central Hospital he got infected during the fight against pneumonia epidemic of the new coronavirus infection.
It is pertinent to mention here that late December (2020) Li got into trouble by warning about the virus and was reprimanded by local police for spreading rumors about the illness.
Time has proved that Dr. Li was right about the gravity of the situation. The outbreak, centered in Wuhan, has now claimed 560 lives and infected over 28,200 people globally.
Coronavirus: Chinese Dr. who blew the whistle is dead too
WUHAN: Dr. Li Wenliang, 34-year-old ophthalmologist, who blew the whistle well-in-advance apropos coronavirus outbreak and was treating patients here himself fell victim to the malady.
According to the Wuhan Central Hospital he got infected during the fight against pneumonia epidemic of the new coronavirus infection.
It is pertinent to mention here that late December (2020) Li got into trouble by warning about the virus and was reprimanded by local police for spreading rumors about the illness.
Time has proved that Dr. Li was right about the gravity of the situation. The outbreak, centered in Wuhan, has now claimed 560 lives and infected over 28,200 people globally.
Coronavirus: Another flight from China lands at Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: As Coronavirus death toll reached 500 in China, another flight carrying 122 people (including 31 Chinese Nationals) from there landed here today.
Pakistan suspends flight operations to and from China as death toll there rises to 500
5th of February, 2020
ISLAMABAD: In order to prevent an outbreak of Novel Coronavirus Pakistan has suspended passenger flights to and from China where the malady has claimed 500 lives.
This was informed here today by State Minister for Health Dr Zafar Mirza. It is pertinent to mention here that flights earlier too were suspended between two countries. But when WHO had declared the Novel Coronavirus a global emergency flights resumed bringing Pakistanis back home from China.
According to the Minister government had defined SOPs at all the airports. He said that teams from the Capital would go into the provinces to ensure they were on the same page. He held that it was better for those Pakistanis stuck in Wuhan to stay put as there they would be monitored and treated.
Coronavirus: SOS Alert Activated by Google
4th of February, 2020
Search engine Google has activated Coronavirus alert for updates as well as resources.
Searching for Coronavirus or a related query will yield a white card noting the SOS Alert and ability to share directly. Earthquakes or fires often feature a bright red card. First up is a Top Stories carousel from major news publications, with relevant Local Updates from Twitter underneath.
According to details the accounts include @WHO and the UN agency’s Director-General. Google is currently showing the same alerts globally, but will localize if needed over time. Help and information follows with links to pieces by WHO apropos Coronavirus Advisory Information, Condition Overview, and Q&A.
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