Virus claims life of hospital director in hard-hit Wuhan

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--A hospital director in Wuhan, Liu Zhiming, who helped lead the fight against China's new virus has become one of its victims. --Japan health authorities say 88 more cases of virus found on quarantined cruise ship in Yokohama, bringing total to 542.

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In this Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, patients infected with the coronavirus take rest at a temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. China reported thousands new virus cases and more deaths in its update Tuesday on a disease outbreak that has caused milder illness in most people, an assessment that promoted guarded optimism from global health authorities.

Liu is at least the seventh health worker to die of the COVID-19 disease among the more than 1,700 doctors and nurses who have become sick. His death comes as authorities are cautiously cheering a reduction in the number of new daily cases and deaths, along with the results of a study showing most people who contracted the virus experienced only mild symptoms.

Despite strict rules on use of masks and safety suits, medical workers have been prominent among the victims, particularly in the early stage of the outbreak. The Hubei native had graduated from Wuhan University’s School of Medicine in 1991 and went on to a career as a chief physician, neurosurgeon and administrator.

A study by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention found more than 80% of the cases studied were mild and the number of new infections seemed to be falling since early this month. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was too early to know if the reported decline would continue, however. “Every scenario is still on the table,” he said at a news conference.

The death rate is lower than for SARS and MERS, diseases caused by coronaviruses related to the one that causes COVID-19. But the new virus ultimately could prove more deadly if it spreads to far more people than the others did. The COVID-19 cases include relatively few children, and the risk of death rises with age or other health problems and was higher in Hubei province versus elsewhere in China.

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Sad to har that. Some numbers. Situation Report–28 WHO % death/case location 2.48=1775/71429 Word 2.51=1772/70635 China 2.91=1696/58182 Hubei 0.61=76/12453 Non-Hubei, China 0.60=79/13247 Non-Hubei, world 0.38=3/794 Non-China

I get the feeling this may not be going as swimmingly as the Chinese Gov would have us believe?

The japs do not know how to follw WHO guidelines and the American British are doing the same.

Over 100 CH top leaders and their immediate families in both military and civilians are now living in special clean air locations outside beijing. 350 more military medical personnel were sent in wuhan last week to reenforce the fight after more than 680 med staff are infected.

everyone should be infected as long as they are kept on the ship. cruise ship is not a place for 'quarantine'

Not surprised. Why are they touching the vegetables with their bare hands? As for the ship, just like Noro Virus, this too is spreading on that ship. It’s not going to get any better.

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Cruellaisdevine Now I'm getting a little nervous.

Scary stuff.

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