China deaths rise to 490, Japan confirms 10 cases on ship

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At least 10 people on a cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for a new virus and all 3,700 people on board will be quarantined for up to 14 days, the country's health minister says.

Protesters hold placards reads "Close the border, say no to China" during a protest at a mall in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Hong Kong on Tuesday reported its first death from a new virus, a man who had traveled from the mainland city of Wuhan that has been the epicenter of the outbreak.

The new coronavirus has infected thousands in mainland China and caused scattered cases in Hong Kong and other places, mostly associated with travel to the central Chinese region where the outbreak has been most severe.Deaths from the new virus rose to 490 in mainland China Wednesday and the number of new cases increased to 24,324, as China moved patients into newly built or converted hospitals in the hardest-hit city of Wuhan.

Hong Kong was hit hard by the 2002-2003 outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, a virus from the same family as the current outbreak. Trust in Chinese authorities has plummeted following months of anti-government protests in the Asian financial hub. The mainland China figures indicated an increase of 65 deaths and 3,887 new cases from the previous day’s tally. Outside mainland China, at least 180 cases have been confirmed, including two fatalities, the one in Hong Kong and another in the Philippines.

Heymann said as the new virus starts to spread beyond China, scientists will gain a better understanding of it. “What we will see is the clearer natural history of the disease,” he said, as those exposed to the virus “are being traced and watched very closely,” he said.

 

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Another new virus? Is this for real?

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AP seems to have adopted 'a new virus' as euphemism for coronavirus, as its called by everyone else.

And that's why cruise ships suck.

You could not pay me to take any cruise right now.

This is a frightening development. It means the virus is finding unforeseen vectors to spread it and containing the disease just got a whole lot more complicated.

What a nightmare.

EvelDick First orange chicken, and now this. China's always causing trouble.

Oh man...

EvelDick they have officially infected you w/ their 2020 version of the health scare, ED

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This virus easily has a bigger R0 than they’re letting on. 4? 6?

Bencjacobs Is this some weird style quirk, where AP has decided to refer to the novel coronavirus as 'a new virus' in ledes and headlines? Because it doesn't seem like the clearest way to phrase it given the average reader's existing familiarity with the outbreak.

That's gotta be hell on earth.

WTF? 'A' new virus or 'the' new virus, as in corona? Because it makes a gawds damn difference!

Omg, fix this tweet. has no standards at all anymore. This is beyond pathetic.🙄

Free 14 day cruise!

A new virus or Coronavirus? Headline is unclear.

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