Chinese city stops outbound flights, trains to fight coronavirus


Health | 206958 hits | Jan 22 12:55 pm | Posted by: Strutz
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Chinese state media say the city of Wuhan is shutting down outbound flights and trains as the country battles the spread of a new virus that has sickened hundreds and killed 17.

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  1. by avatar Strutz
    Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:57 pm
    This is getting serious...

    The state-owned People's Daily newspaper said in a tweet that no one would be allowed to leave the city starting at 10 a.m. and that train stations and the airport will shut down. It said that city buses, subways, ferries and long-distance shuttle buses would also be temporarily closed, citing Wuhan authorities.


    8O

  2. by avatar DrCaleb
    Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:01 pm
    It's new, so no one has immunity. It's airborne and human to human transmissible.

    Important, but not that serious until we know the mortality rate.

  3. by avatar CharlesAnthony
    Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:19 pm
    Any pretense to stop and frisk and probe and swab and test and quarantine foreigners is good enough.

  4. by avatar stratos
    Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:19 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    It's new, so no one has immunity. It's airborne and human to human transmissible.

    Important, but not that serious until we know the mortality rate.


    1 Reported case in Thailand. I am watching this. Thailand trip is in October 8O

  5. by avatar fifeboy
    Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:07 pm

  6. by avatar xerxes
    Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:16 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    It's new, so no one has immunity. It's airborne and human to human transmissible.

    Important, but not that serious until we know the mortality rate.


    Agreed. I remember all the fear around SARS and then it turned out to be only slightly worse than the flu, which is still bad of course.

  7. by avatar Martin15
    Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:48 am
    "Strutz" said
    This is getting serious...

    The state-owned People's Daily newspaper said in a tweet that no one would be allowed to leave the city starting at 10 a.m. and that train stations and the airport will shut down. It said that city buses, subways, ferries and long-distance shuttle buses would also be temporarily closed, citing Wuhan authorities.


    8O



    Monitoring the roads now too.

    And then imagine the government is admitting they are doing this right before Chinese New Year.

    Doesn't sound very positive.

  8. by Thanos
    Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:52 am
    ...the zombie apocalypse will always begin in China... 8O

  9. by avatar Martin15
    Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:00 am
    "Thanos" said
    ...the zombie apocalypse will always begin in China... 8O



    and end in Calgary. :lol:

  10. by avatar N_Fiddledog
    Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:42 am
    Interesting if true:

    A deadly coronavirus, called the Wuhan virus based on the Chinese city it emanated from, has spread to the United States with a man in his 30s being declared patient zero in Washington state.



    This comes years after it was announced that a controversial facility would be opened in Wuhan where Chinese scientists would study the world�s most dangerous pathogens.


    https://bigleaguepolitics.com/chinese-m ... pathogens/

  11. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:27 pm
    "xerxes" said
    It's new, so no one has immunity. It's airborne and human to human transmissible.

    Important, but not that serious until we know the mortality rate.


    Agreed. I remember all the fear around SARS and then it turned out to be only slightly worse than the flu, which is still bad of course.

    Right!?

    17 people have died worldwide of this virus so far. More than 30 have died in Canada from the Flu so far this season.

    Which one is making the headlines?

  12. by avatar Martin15
    Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:05 pm
    3 cities on lockdown, all CNY events in Beijing canceled, and it looks like 2 people just got hospitalized in the UK.


    When was that direct flight from Wuhan arriving in Calgary ? :lol:

  13. by avatar stratos
    Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:20 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    It's new, so no one has immunity. It's airborne and human to human transmissible.

    Important, but not that serious until we know the mortality rate.


    Agreed. I remember all the fear around SARS and then it turned out to be only slightly worse than the flu, which is still bad of course.

    Right!?

    17 people have died worldwide of this virus so far. More than 30 have died in Canada from the Flu so far this season.

    Which one is making the headlines?

    Canadian Flu doesn't sound as good as Chinese epidemic when the news people speak on TV.

  14. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:27 pm
    "stratos" said


    Right!?

    17 people have died worldwide of this virus so far. More than 30 have died in Canada from the Flu so far this season.

    Which one is making the headlines?


    Canadian Flu doesn't sound as good as Chinese epidemic when the news people speak on TV.

    The media is doing what the media does. Concentrates on the edge cases, while the larger problem is ignored.

    (We actually have a flu vaccine, yet people still die from not taking it)



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