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International Coronavirus Breaking News, v7: Iran released more than 54,000 prisoners to stop spread in jails

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Mod note: Keep it on topic. Random political topics should go in the appropriate thread. This thread is for new and ongoing info related to Covid-19.
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The Official Breaking News thread on the worldwide Coronavirus epidemic, v7

This serious topic is for rational and informed grown-ups only. That means neither the hysterical "The end is nigh! We're all gonna die!" nor the ignorant "It's just the flu! Nothing to see here!" folks are welcomed here. Neither are the usual partisan hacks who wants to discuss U.S politics rather than the actual worldwide epidemic itself.
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Refrain from clogging up the thread with off-topic derailments, empty posts, dumb memes, or regurgitating unsubstantiated conspiracy theories or blatantly-fake news/videos/photos that have already been debunked in the previous threads (v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6).
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Don't try to make sense out of the cooked "official stats" from Beijing, nor taking the fear-mongering/rage-baiting tabloids seriously.
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Stay calmed and informed. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Be safe, everyone!
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Background info on the newly-discovered "SARS-CoV-2" Coronavirus strain:
The 2019 novel coronavirus is now named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), while the disease associated with it is referred to as COVID-19 ("CO" for "Corona", "VI" for "Virus", and "D" for Disease). Formerly, this disease was referred to as “2019 novel coronavirus” or “2019-nCoV.”

SARS-CoV-2 was identified in China at the end of 2019 and is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans. Analysis of the genetic tree of this virus indicates it originated in bats, but whether the virus jumped directly from bats or whether there was an intermediary animal host is not yet known.

The principal mode of transmission is still thought to be respiratory droplets, which may travel up to six feet from someone who is sneezing or coughing. The new coronavirus isn’t believed to be an airborne virus, like measles or smallpox, that can circulate through the air.

Close contact with an infectious person, such as shaking hands, or touching a doorknob, tabletop or other surfaces touched by an infectious person, and then touching your nose, eyes, or mouth can also transmit the virus.

The virus may be spread by fecal contamination of the environment, such as through leaky sewage pipes.

We do not yet have definitive data on how long the new coronavirus can survive on surfaces, but based on data from other coronaviruses such as SARS, it may be for up to two days at room temperatures.
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Yes, It Is Worse Than The Flu: Busting The Coronavirus Myths
Live News Updates: BNO Newsroom, CBS, Guardian , CNBC, NY Times, CNN
Live Worldwide Infections Map: COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE.
Masks/Respirators Guide: American N95 and N100 vs. European's FFP2 and FFP3
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Guess I'll just leave the other one open as "coronavirus shit posting edition"
 
Anyone flown recently? I had a flight from Boston to Chicago on Tuesday. Plane was well under half full. Not sure if that’s virus related or just chance but that almost never happens anymore. Airlines will sooner cancel an underbooked flight than fly all those empty seats.
 
Do we know anything about the guy who died in Washington as far as his health ?
 
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Washington state man becomes first U.S. death from coronavirus
Nicole Acevedo and Minyvonne Burke, NBC News • February 29, 2020
Health officials in Washington state said on Saturday a coronavirus patient has died, marking the first death in the U.S. from COVID-19, the illness associated with the virus.

The person who died was a man in his 50s who had underlying health conditions, and there was no evidence he contracted the virus through travel, health officials said.

Shortly after announcement of the death, President Donald Trump held a White House news conference to announce that the United States is issuing more travel restrictions and warnings to help prevent spread of the virus. He also said he is meeting with pharmaceutical executives to discuss work toward a coronavirus vaccine.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, meanwhile, declared a state of emergency in response to new cases of COVID-19, directing state agencies to use all resources necessary to prepare for and respond to the outbreak.

“This will allow us to get the resources we need,” Inslee said. “This is a time to take commonsense, proactive measures to ensure the health and safety of those who live in Washington state."

The outbreak in the U.S. is currently limited to only some communities, the CDC said Saturday. “There is not national spread of COVID-19. CDC and the federal government are working to keep it that way,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the Center for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

Health officials said that the man who died was among three new presumptive cases in Washington state, which are cases that test positive locally but with CDC confirmation pending. The state has a total of six confirmed or presumptive cases of the virus.

He was a patient at a local hospital, and officials are investigating how he contracted the virus.

The other two new presumptive cases in the state include a the first reported case in a health care worker and a resident at a long-term care facility in Kirkland, officials said.

As of Saturday afternoon, the United States had about 66 cases of coronavirus, including 19 confirmed and presumptive cases as well as 47 of people who entered or re-entered the U.S. after they had already been found to have the infection.

The patient who died was among new cases reported Friday in Washington state as well as Oregon and California. Among the new confirmed or presumptive cases, there were three contracted from an unknown source, bringing the total number of what could be "community spread" cases in the United States to four.

"Community spread" is a term used when someone is infected but the source is unknown. Previously much of the focus was on people who had visited places such as Wuhan, China, where the outbreak began, or who had been in close contact with people who were infected.

The patients from these four cases have no known travel history or exposure to someone who had traveled or been infected. Not all four have been confirmed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testing, but they tested positive locally.

The CDC adjusted its testing guidance this week to include people with symptoms but with no identified source of exposure.

The first case of COVID-19 in the United States which may involve community spread was confirmed by a CDC test on Wednesday. That patient is at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, and involves a woman from Solano County, officials said.

President Donald Trump said at the news conference Saturday that "there's no reason to panic" and the American public does not need to change their daily routines.

He said he will meet with pharmaceutical companies on Monday to talk about a vaccine. "They've already started working on it," he said. "These companies will be coming to the White House."

Inslee said, "It is a sad day in our state as we learn that a Washingtonian has died from COVID-19. Our hearts go out to his family and friends. We will continue to work toward a day where no one dies from this virus.”

Ellie Basham, executive director of Life Care Center in Kirkland, the long-term care center where a health care worker and resident have presumptive cases of the virus, told NBC News in a statement, "Current residents and associates are being monitored closely, and any with symptoms or who were potentially exposed are quarantined."

Officials said more than 50 people, both staff and residents, at the long-term care facility who are showing symptoms of illness are being tested for the virus.
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https://news.yahoo.com/first-coronavirus-death-u-happens-181920921.html
 
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Anyone flown recently? I had a flight from Boston to Chicago on Tuesday. Plane was well under half full. Not sure if that’s virus related or just chance but that almost never happens anymore. Airlines will sooner cancel an underbooked flight than fly all those empty seats.
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That to me is a good thing . I Know that may rustle some jimmys but that’s how I see it.
 
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Preparedness and Testing are key to minimizing the extent of spread and deaths.
  • UK: 7,132 concluded tests, of which 13 positive (0.2% positivity rate). [source]
  • Italy: 9,462 tests, of which 470 positive, awaiting results: unknown (at least 5.0% positivity rate). [source]
  • France: 762 tests, of which 17 positive, 179 awaiting results (at least 2.2% positivity rate). [source]
  • Austria: 321 tests, of which 2 positive, awaiting results: unknown (at least 0.6% positivity rate). [source]
  • South Korea: 66,652 tests with 1766 positives 25,568 awaiting results (4.3% positivity rate). [source]
  • United States: 445 concluded tests, of which 14 positive (3.1% positivity rate). [source]
 
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Anyone flown recently? I had a flight from Boston to Chicago on Tuesday. Plane was well under half full. Not sure if that’s virus related or just chance but that almost never happens anymore. Airlines will sooner cancel an underbooked flight than fly all those empty seats.
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Well a Tuesday isn't exactly peak travel in February anyways
 
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