CORONAVIRUS UPDATE - NCOV2019 infections
AS OF 3/20/20
**BREAKING NEWS**
BREAKING NEWS:
12 - DEAD IN NEW YORK
Second member of the FDNY tested positive on Saturday. The FDNY tweeted: “This Firefighter was not exposed to COVID-19 through patient contact, and contracted the illness off-duty through community exposure.”
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: NYC RESTAURANTS, BARS LIMITED TO TAKEOUT, DELIVERY ONLY
The (Mayoral executive
order) will be signed
tomorrow and will go
into effect on Tuesday at
9 a.m. Nightclubs,
movie theatres, small
theater houses, and
concert venues must
also close.
“Our lives are all
changing in ways that
were unimaginable just a
week ago. We are taking
a series of actions that
we never would have
taken otherwise in an
effort to save the lives of
loved ones and our
neighbors," the mayor
announced.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says two assembly members have tested positive with the new coronavirus.
Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said in a statement Saturday that Helene Weinstein and Charles Barron, both Brooklyn Democrats, have been diagnosed with the illness. All legislators and staff who came into contact with the two will be tested and the capitol building is being cleaned and has been closed to visitors.
As of Saturday evening, at least 2,110 people in 48 states and Washington, D.C. have tested positive for coronavirus
President Trump address to the nation LIVE at 9:00 p.m. ET.
AS OF 3/14/20
President Trump on Wednesday announced in a televised address that the U.S. is suspending all travel from Europe to the U.S. for 30 days beginning Friday at midnight in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Research, Analysis of the CoronaVirus
current events.
Infographics ( COVID-19/ CoronaVirus)-REAL-TIME EVERY 20 minutes!!
NOTE/Post of an epidemiologist, who is deeply worried about this new coronavirus outbreak.
1) the virus has an upward infection trajectory curve much steeper than SARS.
2) it can be transmitted person to person before symptoms appear
— I.e. it is silently contagious
Small note: While there were reports of SARS having 0.49 after containment started, a WHO cited experts who said SARS had initial R0 of 2.9 then 2.0-3.5, which which fell to 0.4 after quarantine. But SARS is more symptomatic than this Wuhan virus.
😮😳 - THE NEW CORONAVIRUS IS A 3.8!!!
The expert says 'How bad is that reproductive R0 value?
It is thermonuclear pandemic level bad - never seen an actual virality coefficient outside of Twitter in my entire career.
The number of known coronavirus cases in the United States continues to grow rapidly. As of Friday evening, at least 2,110 people in 48 states and Washington, D.C. have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a New York Times database, and at least 48 patients with the virus have died.
More than half of the cases were in Washington, California and New York, and hundreds of others had been diagnosed in the rest of the U.S.
The National Guard announced that it is will deploy 1,000 troops across six states by the end of Friday in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Components of the Army and Air National Guard are activated in Florida
Iowa
Louisiana
New York
Rhode Island
Washington state
as of Friday morning, according to a statement obtained by Fox News.
About 400 Guard members are in those states.
The National Guard announced that it is will deploy 1,000 troops across six states by the end of Friday in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Components of the Army and Air National Guard are activated in Florida
Iowa
Louisiana
New York
Rhode Island
Washington state
as of Friday morning, according to a statement obtained by Fox News.
About 400 Guard members are in those states.
The West Coast has been hit hard.
Health officials in California, Oregon and Washington State have seen the virus turning up in people who have not traveled overseas and have warned that the virus was spreading within the local community.
Health officials in California, Oregon and Washington State have seen the virus turning up in people who have not traveled overseas and have warned that the virus was spreading within the local community.
As of Thursday morning, the novel coronavirus has infected at least 124,518 people across 108 countries, resulting in over 4,607 deaths. In the U.S., at least 44 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, tallying over 1,300 illnesses and at least 36 deaths
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NOTE/Post of an epidemiologist, who is deeply worried about this new coronavirus outbreak.
1) the virus has an upward infection trajectory curve much steeper than SARS.
2) it can be transmitted person to person before symptoms appear
— I.e. it is silently contagious
Small note: While there were reports of SARS having 0.49 after containment started, a WHO cited experts who said SARS had initial R0 of 2.9 then 2.0-3.5, which which fell to 0.4 after quarantine. But SARS is more symptomatic than this Wuhan virus.
😮😳 - THE NEW CORONAVIRUS IS A 3.8!!!
The expert says 'How bad is that reproductive R0 value?
It is thermonuclear pandemic level bad - never seen an actual virality coefficient outside of Twitter in my entire career.
I’m not exaggerating...' #WuhanCoronovirus #CoronavirusOutbreak
https://t.co/6mmxIHL9Ue
12/ What is the typical R0 attack rate for the seasonal flu in most years?
It’s around an R0=1.28.
The 2009 flu pandemic? R0=1.48.
The 1918 Spanish Flu? 1.80.
This new #WuhanCoronavirus reproductive value again? R0=3.8.
President Trump has signed a presidential proclamation, using his authority pursuant to Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, temporarily suspending the entry into the United States of foreign nationals who pose a risk of transmitting the 2019 novel coronavirus.
Small note: While there were reports of SARS having 0.49 after containment started, a WHO cited experts who said SARS had initial R0 of 2.9 then 2.0-3.5, which which fell to 0.4 after quarantine. But SARS is more symptomatic than this Wuhan virus.
😮😳 - THE NEW CORONAVIRUS IS A 3.8!!!
The expert says 'How bad is that reproductive R0 value?
12/ What is the typical R0 attack rate for the seasonal flu in most years?
As of 3/12/20
in NY: 226cases now in New York state, 62 across NYC
UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THAT NEW YORK CITY MAY BE ON LOCKDOWN DUE TO THE RAPID RATES OF NEW CORNAVIRUS CASES!
THIS MAY HAPPEN IN STAGES!!
The World Health Organization has declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global "pandemic."
https://www.foxnews.com/health/who-declares-coronavirus-global-pandemic
During a media briefing Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the WHO, said there are now more than 118,000 cases of COVID-19 in 114 countries, with 4,291 deaths.
During a media briefing Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the WHO, said there are now more than 118,000 cases of COVID-19 in 114 countries, with 4,291 deaths.