International Virus outbreak in China (and elsewhere)

[unimackpass]

Leave it to Ontario to be the first to cite racism issues when a global pandemic is concerned. Ontario is full of fucking idiots...

Apparently it's better to be woke and get infected and die rather than be a be a "bigot" and live.

 

[MardyBum]

Chinese men should order Russian brides, that would balance things a bit. Svetlana Wang sounds good, doesn't it?

I mean, the wealthy just get in on that human trafficking when they want wives, so any form of voluntary marriage would be a step up.

 

[dragonsfly]

Everyone will laugh at those crazy preppers...


Until the Preppers are proved right...

"Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it..."

- True Romance

True. I have no doubt in my mind that one day these Preppers will probably survive an apocalyptic event in the near future.

apocalyptic events have come and gone since the dawn of mankind and especially seeing how the world is going now with all the increased earthquakes and what not. It won't be long before we witness an extremely deadly apocalyptic event that could claim half of humanity just don't think it's this coronavirus

 

[Voodoo_Child906]

Wrong kind of mask Joanna but wow pretty savage.

 

[Strychnine]

Good news at last.

 

[Sausage_Carius]

Most people probably won't even watch that video not realizing the guys who make it have better information than any news agency willing to publicly release on the planet right now.

 

[Arkain2K]

Coronavirus: Flight taking Britons out of Wuhan 'unable to take off'

A flight to bring about 200 British nationals back to the UK from coronavirus-hit Wuhan is unable to take off as planned on Thursday.

It is understood relevant permissions from Chinese officials have not yet come through.

The Foreign Office said it was "working urgently" to organise a flight to the UK "as soon as possible".

The virus has caused at least 170 deaths, spreading to every Chinese region and at least 16 other countries.

The flight from Wuhan, the city where the virus first emerged, had been expected to arrive at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Thursday morning. Passengers were to be taken to an NHS facility.

When the passengers do return they will be put in "supported isolation" for 14 days with "all necessary medical attention", a Downing Street spokesman said.

The Foreign Office said a number of other countries' flights had also been unable to take off as planned.

"We remain in close contact with the Chinese authorities and conversations are ongoing at all levels," a spokeswoman said.

Chinese health authorities said there were 7,711 confirmed coronavirus cases in the country as of Wednesday night.

Hundreds of foreign nationals are being evacuated from Wuhan, with Japan, the US and the EU among those repatriating their citizens.

Some 200 Japanese nationals have been flown from Wuhan and have landed at Tokyo's Haneda airport.

Roughly 200 Americans - including workers from the local US consulate - have also left Wuhan on an evacuation flight.

However, a number of UK citizens in China said local authorities had prevented members of their families from leaving because they held Chinese passports.

Jeff Siddle, from Northumberland, told the BBC he and his nine-year-old daughter had been told they could fly back - but not his Chinese his wife, who has a permanent residency visa for the UK.

"My wife is distraught," he said. "The Chinese authorities are not allowing any Chinese residents to leave."

He added: "I had to make a decision where it's either my nine-year-old daughter, who's got a British passport, and myself to leave - and leave my wife here in China - or the three of us stay."

Another UK citizen due to be flown out of Wuhan said she was told to leave behind her three-year-old son because he has a Chinese passport.

Natalie Francis, originally from York, said: "I literally had no words when I got the call."

"All three of us are in Wuhan at the moment," she added. "Physically we are fine, but the stress of being locked up for so long... the emotional health is starting to suffer a little bit... especially after this news."

The Foreign Office said its priority was to keep British nationals and their families together.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51304204

 

[Arkain2K]

All Americans evacuated from Wuhan will be quarantined for 72 hours at the March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California. During this time, they will be "screened, monitored and evaluated".

Prior to landing, they underwent four screenings over the course of the journey - two before departure in Wuhan and another two during a refueling stop in Anchorage, Alaska.





America's 195 Wuhan evacuees are met on tarmac of California airbase by doctors in Hazmat suits as they undergo further coronavirus screenings and 72-hour quarantine before full repatriation

An evacuation flight bringing 195 Americans home from the Chinese city at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak has landed at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California.

The plane chartered by the US government to fly diplomats and private citizens - 195 evacuees and six crewmembers - back from Wuhan touched down at the air base just after 8am PST on Wednesday.

Officials in hazmat suits were seen approaching the plane on the tarmac before passengers - including a number of small children - began filing out and stepping into awaiting buses.

In a media call on Wednesday, Dr Nancy Messonnier of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the passengers have been 'screened, monitored and evaluated' for signs of coronavirus since landing.

Dr Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, also added the passengers are voluntarily under quarantine for 72 hours.

Prior to this, passenger underwent four screenings over the course of the journey - two before departure in Wuhan and another two during a refueling stop in Anchorage, Alaska.

The plane was originally scheduled to fly to Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California, but was diverted to the air base 25 miles away without explanation late on Tuesday night.

Meanwhile in China, the coronavirus death toll has risen to 169 as of Wednesday evening and several countries - including the US and UK - have advised against non-essential travel to the nation.

More than 7,000 people have been sickened by the deadly strain in at least 18 countries and territories amid an international effort to stop the spread.

The passengers are currently under a voluntarily 72-hour quarantine on base. Pictured: Airport officials wears masks and full hazmat suits as they unloaded baggage from the plane's cargo hold
The white cargo plane with red and gold stripes left Wuhan before dawn on Wednesday in China and arrived at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport just after 9.30pm on Tuesday.

Dr Anne Zink, Alaska's chief medical officer, gave an early morning news conference after the plane took off from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport just after 2am.

'For many of us directly involved in this, it's become a moving and uplifting experience,' Zink said. 'The whole plane erupted into cheers when the crew welcomed them back to the United States.'

State Health Commissioner Adam Crum called the successful screenings 'the best possible outcome'.

'We wish these passengers the best of luck as they complete their journeys home and I am deeply grateful to everyone who came together to assist us in helping with this repatriation effort,' Crum said in a press release.

The state had initially said the plane could carry up to 240 passengers, and Zink said they were prepared for that number. 'At the end of the day, 201 passengers loaded and 201 passengers left Alaska,' she said, noting that one passenger received medical attention for a minor injury that happened before boarding the airplane in Wuhan.

The CDC later corrected this, stating that 195 passengers were evacuees and the remaining six were crewmembers.

Medical personnel were on the plane to monitor passengers for symptoms of the virus, which include fever, cough, and in more severe cases shortness of breath or pneumonia.

The US consulate in Wuhan began reaching out to all Americans registered as living in the locked-down city last week to offer them a seat on the rescue flight after Washington gained approval for the operation from China's Foreign Ministry and other government agencies.

China has cut off access to Wuhan and 16 other cities in Hubei province to prevent people from leaving and spreading the virus further. In addition to the United States, countries including Japan and South Korea have also planned evacuations.

There are said to be 1,000 Americans living in Wuhan, meaning the majority of citizens would be left behind.

Ahead of the flight, the State Department said priority would be given to diplomats and staff from the US consulate in Wuhan, followed by 'individuals at a greater risk from coronavirus', according to the State Department.

Wisconsin father Samuel Roth took to Twitter Monday, pleading: 'My family is currently in lockdown in Wuhan. When will my wife and two daughters, one of whom is only 10-months-old, be offered seats on the chartered flight?'

Sam's wife, Daisy, and daughters Adalynn and Abigail, flew to China last week to spend Lunar New Year with Daisy's family in Wuhan. Shortly thereafter, the city was put in lockdown, leaving the Roth family stranded.

Now 'there's no telling when they will be able to get out,' Sam wrote on Facebook.

Sources earlier said the US could suspend flights from China to the States amid the outbreak. CNBC reported that the White House has told airline executives that it's considering suspending flights.

Government officials reportedly made phone calls to executives at major US carriers Tuesday and said a temporary ban is possible.

United Airlines, which has around a dozen daily flights, on Tuesday said it would cancel more flights to China and Hong Kong as the outbreak worsens.

Cases of coronavirus have surpassed 6,000 worldwide and the number of deaths has increased 24 percent from what was reported Monday. Eight of those cases are in North America including the third Canadian case which was confirmed on Tuesday.

British Columbia's first victim is a man in his 40s, who 'travels regularly to China for work and was in Wuhan city on his most recent trip,' and developed symptoms after returning to Vancouver earlier this month.

The North American cases include five diagnosed in the US, where screening has been expanded to 20 airports, authorities from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the CDC said in a press conference on Tuesday.

'Right now, there is no spread of this virus in our communities at home,' Dr Robert Redfield, director of the CDC told reporters.

'The coming days and weeks are likely to bring more cases including the possibility of person-to-person spread. Our goal is to contain this virus and prevent sustained spread of the virus in our country.'

Five people in the US have fallen ill already and officials say there is evidence of human-to-human transmission, although new concerns have been raised that the virus can spread even when patients don't have symptoms.

Encouragingly, Dr Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health said the agency is studying a 'candidate vaccine,' modeled after an experimental one developed amid the 2003 outbreak of SARS, a coronavirus cousin of the current infection.

But the first stage of human testing isn't expected to begin for several months.

He added that several drugs are being used in China to try treat coronavirus patients under 'compassionate use,' but there is no proof of the efficacy that the medications will work.

During the press conference, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the US was urging more cooperation from China with international health organizations.

'We are urging China - more cooperation and transparency are the most important steps you can take toward a more effective response,' he told reporters.

Azar said that the US had tried three times to send assistance to China, but that the government declined.

'On January the sixth, we offered to send a CDC team to China that could assist with these public health efforts,' said Azar.

'I reiterated that offer when I spoke to China's minister of health on Monday, and it was reiterated again via the World Health Organization's leadership today in Beijing.'

As Azar made these statements, the WHO revealed that China has agreed to allow the agency to send international experts there 'as soon as possible.'

In a tweet, the WHO said its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and the two men discussed 'collaboration on containment measure, public health measures in other cities and provinces, and conducting further studies on the severity and transmissibility' of the virus.

First reported in China in December 2019, the strain, known as 2019-nCov, is believed to have emerged from illegally traded wildlife at a seafood market in Wuhan, a city 700 miles south of the capital of Beijing.

Aside from China and the US, cases have been confirmed in Australia, Cambodia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the UAE and Vietnam.

Cases are also suspected in Mexico, Colombia, the Philippines and the UK.

China has urged its own citizens to delay trips abroad, with at least 18 countries and territories having confirmed cases of the disease.

The United Arab Emirates reported the first known case in the Middle East on Wednesday.

British Airways was the first major airline to announce a total suspension of flights to and from China, citing the travel advice of the UK foreign office.

'We apologise to customers for the inconvenience, but the safety of our customers and crew is always our priority,' the airline said in a statement.

Indonesia's Lion Air Group, Southeast Asia's biggest carrier by fleet size, then said it would halt services to and from China from Saturday 'until further notice'.

Later on Wednesday, Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Lufthansa all announced that they were temporarily suspending flights to China to varying degrees.

Meanwhile Kazakhstan, an important China trade partner, announced it would halt cross-border passenger train traffic, suspend regular flights between the neighbors, and stop issuing visas to Chinese citizens over the coming days.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...vacuated-Wuhan-diverted-military-airbase.html

 

[Arkain2K]

The Canadian government has received requests for consular assistance from more than 100 citizens in China amid fears of the spread of a new coronavirus says Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne.

 

[ShinkanPo]

I better stay away from Airports!!!

 

[Misanthropist]

Numbers rising. Australia that host over a million Chinese in between two cities that are very close to each other (Melbourne and Sydney aka mini Beijing) are the most affected out of all Western nations. Yet, they're able to fly in and get coronovirus treatment instead of China. WTF?

The sudden lack of new information coming out of China has Chris spooked. He walks us through the math here, showing how if the coronavirus follows its current geometric growth, over 100 million people could be infected by the end of February. Don't take today's lack of 'news' as meaning the threat from this virus is dying down. This is very likely just the calm before the storm.

 

[Strychnine]

Cruise ship off the Italian coast is on lockdown.


"Roughly 7,000 people are being kept on a cruise ship in Italy as a female passenger and her husband are being tested for the Wuhan coronavirus.

A spokesperson for Costa Cruises told CNN that a 54-year-old woman and her husband, from Hong Kong, were being evaluated as the woman was suffering a fever.

"All the other passengers are, at the moment remaining on board," the spokesperson said.

Of the 7,000 people on board, around 1,000 are crew members."

https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-01-30-20-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[Orgasmo]

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/

Live tracking

 

[Gunny]

Most people probably won't even watch that video not realizing the guys who make it have better information than any news agency willing to publicly release on the planet right now.

True. I’ve been watching that guy and his friend’s channel for about a year. Very insightful info on China, the regime and China’s position in the world.

 

[Armbars]

Seems all the deaths are in that area.
Where the daily diet is guano and dog fur.

This weak arse virus is like the common cold. Most people wont even know theyre sick.

 

[Crono7]

One billion people get the flu annually.
Over 600,000 died last year.
I'll start to worry when we get to those numbers.
BRB going to eat bat soup with snake marinated dog meat.

 

[dirtypablo]

One billion people get the flu annually.
Over 600,000 died last year.
I'll start to worry when we get to those numbers.
BRB going to eat bat soup with snake marinated dog meat.

Where did you get those numbers? I can't find anything anywhere close to 600k dead from the flu.

 

[Crono7]

Where did you get those numbers? I can't find anything anywhere close to 600k dead from the flu.

It was the high end estimate.

 

[dirtypablo]

It was the high end estimate.

Source?

 

[Crono7]

Source?

Lol I don't have the source on me. I called bs when given those numbers so I googled it. It's impossible to say exact numbers. Some say way more are infected but can't report cause they live in shit holes. I think they added all types of the flu, like swine and bird flu