Hong Kong was hit hard by SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, in 2002-03, an illness from the same family of viruses as the current outbreak and which many believe was intensified by official Chinese secrecy and obfuscation.
Medical teams from the People’s Liberation Army were arriving in Wuhan to relieve overwhelmed health workers and to staff the new 1,000-bed hospital. It was built in just 10 days, its prefabricated wards equipped with state-of-the-art medical equipment and ventilation systems. Chinese scientists said they have more evidence the virus, which was first detected in Wuhan in December, likely originated in bats. In a study published in the journal Nature, Shi Zhen-Li and colleagues at the Wuhan Institute of Virology reported that genome sequences from seven patients were 96% identical to a bat coronavirus.SARS is also believed to have originated in bats, although it jumped to civet cats before infecting people.
It is South Korea’s 16th case. Thailand has confirmed 19 cases, mostly Chinese tourists but also in a Thai taxi driver.
Have you reported about the cure that seems to be working? The one mentioned in this article?
Till now, tens of thousands are traveling from China to HongKong every single day. Shenzhen right across has 269 confirmed cases. Hong Kong is an international travel hub. It needs to close the borders with China to stop spreading the coronavirus to the world.
39 years old 😖😢
He should have had a mask on like the other two in the photo.
africaupdates Footage from wuhan thats starting to surface on the internet, of bodies on streets, the chaos in hospitals etc etc. Whats VERY CLEAR is there has / are huge cover ups on the real situation in china by the government. Which will backfire gigantically.
This 39 y/o deceased patient is important because most case fatality victims are elderlies, even though he was a diabetic patients.
China said fuck Hong Kong and put the virus out in population
And that is with top of the line, first world medicine
39 What happened to don't worry it's only affecting elderly and really small children
39 is not usually synonymous with ‘elderly having a compromised immune system’
Fuck it. We're all going to die anyway
And on the same day, Carrie Lam forbid Hong Kong Government officials to put on face masks unless they are sick or performing special duties. Is her a 'genius'? In the parallel world of China, the government requested everyone must wear a face mask in public.
Can you call it the 2019-nCoV?