Body count data

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/28 7:56:06

7:55 am Feb 28

327 new coronavirus infections, 44 new deaths were reported on Feb 27 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 78,824, with 2,788 deaths.

Hubei Province reported 318 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 27, with 41 new deaths and 3,203 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 65,914, with 26,403 recovered and 2,682 dead.


11:02 pm Feb 27

Chinese Embassy in South Korea provided 25,000 masks on Thursday to Daegu, as COVID-19 infection cases rise in the South Korean city.

10: 53 pm Feb 27

Former Iranian Ambassador to Vatican died of COVID-19 infection.

10:16 pm Feb 27

Iran's Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to state media outlet IRNA.

9:29 pm Feb 27

By principle, prisons and detention houses in Hubei are entry-only: provincial Party chief

7:27 pm Feb 27

The central government has announced to continue postponing the opening time for all schools in the country.

6:18 pm Feb 27

Macao SAR will reopen all entertainment premises on Monday.The city has reported no new COVID-19 case for 23 consecutive days.

6:08 pm Feb 27

Japan just announced suspension of classes in all schools across the country, effective from March 2 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection.

4:52 pm Feb 27

Beijing bans the entry of all the returnees from Central China's Hubei where coronavirus epicenter Wuhan is located, deputy general secretary of Beijing Municipality Government Chen Bei said, according to Beijing News

12:00 pm Feb 27

Beijing urged to enhance management among service staff including logistics, security, cleaners. A latest cluster of infections in an office building has led to 178 people quarantined: Beijing CDC

11:59 am Feb 27

All crew members in Hengdian World Studios, Zhejiang Province, China's Hollywood equivalent, have to pass strict COVID-19 screening before being allowed to resume shooting. Only after obtaining a full score, they can return to work.

11:53 am Feb 27

Beijing authority announced to dispatch CPC members and officials from major enterprises and institutions to oversee all the communities implement a 24-hour inspection.

11:30 am Feb 27

The COVID-19 outbreak first appeared in China, which does not necessarily mean the virus originate in China: Chinese top respiratory specialist Zhong Nanshan

10:47 am Feb 27

Health authorities in Huanggang, Hubei Province announced on Wed that pregnant medical staff would be sent to rest at home amid COVID-19 epidemic.

10:33 am Feb 27

Beijing reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 infections on Wednesday: local health authority

10:27 am Feb 27

A woman in North China's Shanxi Province tested positive for coronavirus pneumonia 16 days after she walked past another now confirmed infected patient in a hospital.

10:15 am Feb 27

South Korea reported 334 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The latest cases brought the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,595.

10:06 am Feb 27

New COVID-19 cases in China excluding Hubei rebounded on Wednesday, surging from five new cases reported on Tuesday to 24, official data shows.

9:56 am Feb 27

Qianjiang, a city in Central China’s Hubei, announced that it would reward 10,000 yuan ($1,420) to residents who report cases of fever which are later confirmed to be cases of COVID-19 : reports

 

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/29 10:36:06

10:28 am Feb 29

Good news! With 39,002 COVID19 recovery cases, the tally surpasses the total 37,414 confirmed cases as of Friday end, for the first time in the Chinese mainland: NHC.

9:56 am Feb 29

594 new cases of COVID19 have been confirmed in South Korea from 4 pm Friday to 9 am Saturday, taking the total number of infections to 2,931 in the country, said local disease administration authorities: Yonhap News Agency

9:49 am Feb 29

A number of investment banks issued global travel restrictions. JPMorgan issued a ban on non-essential travel on Thu. GoldmanSachs, Citigroup, CreditSuisse, BNPParibas, DeutscheBank and other investment banks have restricted travel to Italy.

9:28 am Feb 29

As of Friday, for three consecutive days, new confirmed COVID19 cases discovered daily outside China outnumbered the number in China: WHO

9:09 am Feb 29

China’s manufacturing PMI declined to 35.7% in Feb due to coronavirus, down 14.3 percentage points than Jan: NBS.

8:33 am Feb 29

427 new coronavirus infections, 47 new deaths were reported on Feb 28 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 79,251, with 2,835 deaths.

Hubei Province reported 423 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 28, with 45 new deaths and 2,492cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 66,337, with 28,895 recovered and 2,727 dead.


7:03 am Feb 29

Wuhan's 16 makeshift hospitals provide 12,000 beds for COVID19 patients. The daily number of newly recovered patients now greatly exceeds that of newly confirmed cases. The goal is to achieve zero new deaths, infections or returning cases: Chinese health official.


6:25 pm Feb 28

The rapid rising trend of COVID19 in the epicenter Wuhan has been contained as the number of new daily confirmed cases in Wuhan continue to drop: Chinese health official.


5:50 pm Feb 28

Authorities in Hokkaido, Japan declared a state of emergency, calling on local residents to stay at home over the weekend.


4:25 pm Feb 28

SouthKorea reports 315 more new cases of #coronavirus between 9 am and 4 pm Friday, now totalling 2,337: Yonhap


4:20 pm Feb 28

Mongolia's President Khaltmaa Battulga and other government officials will undergo a 14-day quarantine after returning home from their visit to China, the Montsame news agency reported on Friday.


3:56 pm Feb 28

Majority of the passengers flying to China from SouthKorea since the outbreak of COVID19 are Chinese nationals in South Korea: Chinese FM said, refuting claims that South Koreans are flying to China to seek refuge.


3:45 pm Feb 28

Hyundai Motors shuts down a factory with 4,000 employees in South Korea after a worker tests positive for COVID-19


3:12 pm Feb 28

Wang Wenjie, deputy director of E. China's Shandong Provincial prison management bureau was dismissed on Friday. Earlier reports said infection clusters occurred in local prisons, exposing serious mismanagement in curbing COVID-19 outbreak.


3:03 pm Feb 28

#Belarus registered its first case of #coronavirus infection in the country: TASS news agency.


2:39 pm Feb 28

NewZealand confirmed its first coronavirus case Friday, saying a recent arrival from Iran who traveled to Auckland via Bali had tested positive.


1:43 pm Feb 28

A total of 14 confirmed HK coronavirus patients visited or are connected with patients who were at the Fook Wai Ching She temple in Hong Kong: HK officials. Media reports said samples of Buddhist scriptures & kneel pads from the temple tested positive for COVID-19


01:34 pm Feb 28

The first confirmed COVID19 case in #Jiangsu's Xuzhou again tested positive after his discharge from hospital two weeks prior. His young daughter also tested positive after recovery. The two have again been hospitalized.

01:32 pm Feb 28

Regular medicinal treatment on a 50-year-old confirmed Chinese COVID19 asymptomatic female patient showed no effect after 20 days, but has caused her mild liver damage instead: research paper.

12:23 pm Feb 28

1st autopsy report of COVID-19 victim revealed: lesion of the disease concentrated on lung, no sufficient evidence to show that other organs were affected.


12:09 pm Feb 28

Tokyo Disneylandand DisneySea announced that their parks will be temporarily closed from February 29 to March 15 amid the COVID19. The opening date is scheduled on March 16.

12:08 pm Feb 28

Lithuania reports its first case of COVID19. The country declared a state of emergency on Wed as a preventative measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus: reports

11:09 am Feb 28

China will recruit 189,000 more postgraduates and 322,000 undergraduates this year to tackle the COVID19 epidemic, prioritizing areas like preventive medicine, emergency management, public health and old-age services, which will see surging demand in the near future.

10:52 am Feb 28

The Ministry of Education is closely observing the epidemic situation and discussing with experts to make plans ensuring the health and safety of examinees & teachers that take part in this year's national college entrance exam gaokao.

10:43 am Feb 28

Chinese migrantworkers have been hugely affected by the COVID19 epidemic. Supportive measures have been taken, including the arrangement of buses and trains to return people to work, opening online recruitment fairs and anti-epidemic work recruitment.

10:37 am Feb 28

Nigeria reported first confirmed case of COVID-19, first in sub-Saharan Africa. The patient is an Italian citizen working in Nigeria and returned to Lagos from Milan on February 25.

10:35 am Feb 28

WHO Director-General DrTedrosAdhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on Thursday (local time) that the COVID19 spread outside of China is of great concern.

9:41 am Feb 28

Chairman of board of Beijing-based pharmacy chain Kangbaixin was detained by police for allegedly selling 580,000 counterfeit protective masks, mounting to more than 4.3 million yuan ($613,882) amid COVID19: reports

9:16 am Feb 28

SouthKorea reported 256 more coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of the infections to 2,022, Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday.


8:53 am Feb 28

Facebook has cancelled its F8 developer conference, scheduled to take place in May, over concerns about COVID19. Microsoft reportedly also decided to pull out of the Game Developers Conference 2020 in San Francisco due to similar concerns

 

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/3/1 12:18:06

11:11 am Mar 1

Beijing reported two imported cases of COVID-19 infection from abroad on Sunday, taking total cases in the capital to 413 with eight fatalities.

11:09 am Mar 1

A Chinese medical team led by Chen Jingyu in Jiangsu Province successfully performed on Saturday the world's first double lung transplant for a 59-year-old COVID-19 patient. The pair of lungs were donated by a brain-dead patient in another province.

10:52 am Mar 1

There are in total 79,968 confirmed COVID-19 infected patients by March 1, 2020, of whom 2,873 have died in the Chinese mainland. The lethality of the diease, or the fatality rate of the novel coronavirus has risen to 3.59%.

10:48 am Mar 1

Zhong Jinxing, 32, a doctor in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, passed away on Friday after having worked consecutively for 33 days on the frontline against the COVID-19 epidemic. He died from overwork.

9:44 am Mar 1

South Korea reported 376 new cases of coronavirus Sunday, bringing the total number of infections to 3,526.

9:40 am Mar 1

RIP. Jiang Xueqing, 55, doctor at the Wuhan Central Hospital, died of COVID-19 on Sunday.

8:43 am Mar 1

More than 1,000 people infected with COVID-19 were cured and discharged from hospital for 18 consecutive days.

7:40 am Mar 1

Hubei Province reported 570 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 29, with 34 new deaths and 2,292 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 66,907 with 31,187 recovered and 2,761 dead.

573 new coronavirus infections, 35 new deaths were reported on Feb 29 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 79,824 with 2,870 deaths.

11:27 pm Feb 29

China to donate 5,000 protective outfits and 100,000 masks to Japan to confront the COVID-19 epidemic: Chinese embassy in Japan

11:15 pm Feb 29

Qatar has just confirmed its first case of COVID-19, a Qatar citizen recently back from Iran.

8:15 pm Feb 29

Japan to take all measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in the country, Shinzo Abe said at a press conference, with the second round of emergency countermeasures to be developed in about ten days and a budget of more than 270 billion yen ($2.49 billion).

8:05 pm Feb 29

Macao SAR govt will send a chartered plane next weekend to pick up Macao residents in Hubei Province not infected by COVID-19. The move is supported by the Chinese central govt. 163 Macao residents are in Hubei.

7:15 pm Feb 29

Hubei released a risk assessment of COVID-19 Sat. All 103 county-level regions are categorized into 3 risk levels: regions with no confirmed or new cases for 14 days placed in low-risk level; regions with over 50 cases, some caused by gathering in last 14 days marked high-risk.


06:15 pm Feb 29

Iran reports 205 new cases of COVID19 and 9 deaths in the last 24 hours, amounting to 593 total confirmed cases and 43 deaths.

05:19 pm Feb 29

Beijing Children's Hospital said they have received 191 children with fever since the coronavirus outbreak. One is confirmed with COVID19, and 26 are under suspicion

05:16 pm Feb 29

Japan's number of COVID19 rises to 945 as of Sat afternoon, including 705 people on the dimondprincess, with 11 deaths.

04:54 pm Feb 29

No companies, organizations, or individuals in Beijing are allowed to pick up people from Hubei Province and fetch Hubei residents from other regions, especially COVID19 patients and suspects: Beijing municipal govt.

04:37 pm Feb 29

As of Friday, Beijing reported 271 total cases of recovery from COVID19, accounting for 65.9% of the 411 total infections. 8 deaths so far in the city, making the rate of fatality 1.9%.

04:15 pm Feb 29

South Korea reports 813 new cases of #COVID19 in the past 24 hours until 4 pm Sat, raising the total number to 3,150 infections and 17 deaths.

03:35 pm Feb 29

Breath training, psychotherapy, aerobic training, daily functional training are provided to COVID19 patients to help with rehabilitation: NHC expert.

Healthy people are not recommended to take traditional Chinese medicine for the sake of COVID19 prevention: NHC expert

03:27 pm Feb 29

The city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province will quarantine foreigners from countries seriously affected by COVID19, providing services ranging from health, language and law, besides collecting information and travel history.

02:59 pm Feb 29

If countries are implementing additional health measures that significantly interfere with international traffic, they shall notify WHOwithin 48 hours of the public health rationale, said WHO, citing International Health Regulations.

02:53 pm Feb 29

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate published six criminal cases involving wild animals, vowing to strengthen handling cases involving wild animals, amid the unprecedented national consensus to stop wildlife consumption for COVID19 fight.

02:51 pm Feb 29

Ministry of Education announced the postponement of the postgraduate entrance exam for students of the HongKong SAR, Macao SAR, and the island of Taiwan. The future arrangement depends on the epidemic situation. COVID19

02:38 pm Feb 29

Tokyo Skytree, the city's landmark also the world's tallest tower at 634 meters, said it will temporarily close from Mar 1-15 amid coronavirus fears

02:25 pm Feb 29

New weapon to detect COVID19! The first batch of Beijing-produced nucleic acid kit for vitro tests released in the market. Test results can be obtained within 90 minutes after sampling: Beijing Medical Products Administration.

02:11 pm Feb 29

Some COVID19 vaccines could be used urgently under specific conditions as early as April this year, Chinese researchers told Premier Li Keqiang.

02:03 pm Feb 29

The Wuhan Marathon previously scheduled on April 12 has been postponed due to COVID19. No specific date has been given, but will most likely be held in the second half of the year.

02:02 pm Feb 29

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security made public online platforms of 208 cities at the service of work resumption, allowing “none face-to-face” applications for companies amid the COVID19.

01: 26 pm Feb 29

Another person in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region who just came back from Iran via Moscow was tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, the second such case reported within a week.

11:42 am Feb 29

Game Developers Conference has been postponed by its organizers due to the coronavirus outbreak. Originally scheduled in San Francisco in March, the mega event for game programmers and designers is likely to take place in the summers: organizers.

11:34 am Feb 29

Starting Saturday noon, travelers who have visited Italy and Iran 14 days prior to their entry to Macao shall undergo a 14-day quarantine medical observation at a designated point: Macao SAR on novel coronavirus COVID19

11:09 am Feb 29

Beijing reports one new COVID19 case on Friday, and the patient involved had close contact with another confirmed case.

10:42 am Feb 29

A SouthKorean prison inmate was confirmed with COVID19 infection on Saturday, a first in the country: Yonhap.

 

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Previously on 2020-2-26

2020-03-01: Epidemic Mitigation Time Forecast (Covid-19)
2020-03-01
Time trends and model predictions of confirmed cases across the country

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/3/1 20:33:06

8:21 am Mar 2

Hubei Province reported 196 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Mar 1, with 42 new deaths and 2,570 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 67,103 with 33,757 recovered and 2,803 dead.

202 new coronavirus infections, 42 new deaths were reported on Mar 1 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 80,026 with 2,912 deaths.

8:32 pm Mar 1

South Korean officials said that a number of members of Shincheongji Church, causing over 1,500 COVID-19 cases in S. Korea, visited Wuhan in January. The authorities will try to find out how many had been to the central Chinese city, epicenter of the virus.

7:36 pm Mar 1

Iran has reported 385 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, making the Middle East country's total infected cases to 978. Among them, 54 died.

7:12 pm Mar 1

The first imported case of coronavirus infection was detected in Shenzhen. Media reported the patient came from London and went back to Shenzhen via Hong Kong. Before the case, the city had reported zero infections for 8 consecutive days.

6:30 pm Mar 1

No evidence to diagnose Pope Francis with anything other than being slightly unwell, Vatican spokesperson told the Global Times on Sunday, refuting rumors that he has contracted COVID-19

6:03 pm Mar 1

As of Saturday or February 29, 806 prison inmates in Wuhan were confirmed ill with the novel coronavirus.

5:54 pm Mar 1

COVID-19 Update, March 1:
- Iran: 43 dead, partial lockdown of Qom region
- USA: 1st death; state of emergency declared in Washington state
- Ireland, Qatar, Luxembourg, Armenia report 1st case
- WHO: global risk raised to 'very high'

5:42 pm Mar 1

A makeshift hospital in Qiaokou district, Wuhan city, closed on March 1 after the last 34 patients were cured and discharged. It is the first makeshift hospital to close in the coronavirus-stricken city as the situation gradually improves.

4:08 pm Mar 1

China's National Immigration Administration said on Sunday that it is readjusting its work focus, by preventing overseas COVID-19 virus from importing into China, because coronavirus risks outside China have incrementally increased.

3:37 pm Mar 1

Nationwide recovery rates for COVID-19 patients reached 52.1 percent in the past week, indicating improving epidemic situation in Wuhan, Hubei and the whole country and relieving pressure on medical system.

3:06 pm Mar 1

Expats in Shanghai are included in a color-based QR code system designed to track people's health. Used as a permit for entering public venues, it catalogues a person's risk exposion level for COVID-19 as red, yellow or green colors, based on big data tech.

1:42 pm Mar 1

As of Feb 24, at least nine medics have reportedly passed away during the epidemic with COVID-19 infection, all aged between 29-63 years. Another 11 have died from other causes including overwork and heart failure.

1:36 pm Mar 1

Thailand reports first coronavirus death on Sunday, according to health official

12:25 pm Mar 1

Australia recorded it's first COVID-19 fatality after a man from Perth, Western Australia died in hospital overnight.

 

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/3/3 8:12:06

8:10 am Mar 3

Hubei Province reported 114 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Mar 2, with 31 new deaths and 2,410 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 67,217 with 36,167 recovered and 2,834 dead.

125 new coronavirus infections, 31 new deaths were reported on Mar 2 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 80,151 with 2,943 deaths.

4:13 pm Mar 2

A charter plane carrying five tons of medical equipment from the Czech Republic, including 43,000 masks and respirators and 6,800 sets of protective clothing, to help China combat COVID-19 landed in Beijing on Monday afternoon. Photos: Courtesy of the Czech Embassy in China

3:36 pm Mar 2

Coronavirus Update:
-Italy reports 1,694 infections, 50% daily hike
-South Korea 4,212 cases, 2nd after China
-2nd death in Washington state, US reports 35% rise in cases
-Indonesia reports first 2 infections
-WHO says fatality rate among critical ill exceeding 50%

3:04 pm Mar 2

Authorities in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, Monday reported a COVID-19 case who showed no symptoms, leading to the quarantine of 177 people.

1:12 pm Mar 2

Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda, 70, was confirmed with COVID-19 infection on Sunday in Spain after he returned from a literature event in Portugal. Spain reported 74 COVID-19 cases as of Sunday afternoon.

12:54 pm Mar 2

According to a WHO report issued on March 1, about 80% of COVID-19 patients display mild symptoms; 5% of infected cases belong to the segment of critically ill, and the fatality rate among this segment exceeds 50%. WHO says oxygen ventilators are crucial for them.

11:12 am Mar 2

The three hospitals in Wuhan under military management have treated 3,467 critically ill patients and cured 689 of them as of Sunday. Military hospitals across China and military medical teams sent to Wuhan have treated 4,450 COVID-19 patients and cured 1,000 of them.

11:10 am Mar 2

A hospital in East China's Zhejiang Province on Sun conducted the world's first lung transplant for an elderly COVID-19 patient.

10:43 am Mar 2

The recovery rate from COVID-19 patients in 31 provincial-level regions in China exceeds 55%, marking an 18-consecutive-day rise. The recovery rate outside Hubei rose to 82.84%.

10:41 am Mar 2

193! The number of new COVID-19 cases in Wuhan fell below 200 for the first time in 34 days. 196 new cases reported in Hubei Province in the last 24 hours, with 14 cities reporting zero new cases.

10:38 am Mar 2

Second death confirmed in the US, reports said, citing health officials, as @VP said in his latest interview with @CNN, "we could have more" coronavirus deaths in the US

10:24 am Mar 2

East China's Zhejiang Province lowered its epidemic emergency response level on Monday after more than 15 regions downgraded response level as combat against COVID-19 made visible progress.

10:09 am Mar 2

Yuan Yangyang, 36, a doctor in Central China's Henan Province, died as a result of coronavirus-related cardiac arrest early on Friday, after working for 39 consecutive days to fight against COVID-19.

10:03 am Mar 2

Beijing reported one new COVID-19 infection on Sun, bringing the total infection to 414, of which 25 were imported cases from other provinces and 2 from overseas: local health commission

9:59 am Mar 2

South Korea reports 476 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, lifting its total number to 4,212.

9:47 am Mar 2

A total of 75 passengers including 22 from South Korea were quarantined for observation on flight CA440 from Seoul to Chongqing on Sunday, as four passengers showed symptoms of fever.

9:33 am Mar 2

East China's Zhejiang Province reported one imported case of COVID-19 from Italy on Monday. No other confirmed cases were reported in the province on the same day.

 

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According to official data, the number of active cases in China will reach 0 by 21st March, just 17 days from now.

There will be no new cases from today as indicated by the flat-line in red.

Quarantine and travel restrictions are being removed and life is now returning to normal. People are returning to work and factories are once again producing at capacity. Chinese people can breath easy and relax now that their faith in the Chinese government has been rewarded.

According to official data.

 

[JSCh]

Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/3/4 11:12:06

10:30 am Mar 4

Hubei Province confirmed 115 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday with 114 in Wuhan and 1 in E'Zhou. The rest of the 15 cities within the province reported zero new cases.

10:06 am

Air New Zealand on Wednesday confirmed a case of COVID-19 on its Singapore-Auckland fight.

9:56 am

Iran announced on Tuesday that it will temporarily release over 54,000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19, reported CNN, citing Iran's semi-official news agency ISNA.

9:47 am

A COVID-19 prevention and control guidebook, edited by China's renowned expert Zhang Wenhong, has been translated into Farsi. An e-version will be released by Iranian authorities and will be offered to citizens for free: media

9: 45 am Mar 4

Hubei Province reported 115 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Mar 3, with 37 new deaths and 2,389 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 67,332 with 38,556 recovered and 2,871 dead.

119 new coronavirus infections, 38 new deaths were reported on Mar 3 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 80,270 with 2,981 deaths.

9:20 am Mar 4

516 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in South Korea on Tue, bringing its total number to 5,328.

8:45 am Mar 4

Another 466 infections of COVID-19 were confirmed in Italy, lifting the total number to 2,502.

7:50 pm Mar 3

As of Mar 2, the funds allocated for COVID-19 epidemic control by the governments at all levels reached 108.75 billion yuan ($15.58b). Medical spending guarantee in China are adequate, and treatment will not be delayed due to medical costs: Chinese Ministry of Finance said Tue.

6: 26 pm Mar 3

The 83-year-old Pope Francis was tested negative for COVID-19: media reports

5:34 pm Mar 3

Coronavirus Update:
-Germany has 188 cases, France has 191 cases
-South Korea cases surge to over 5,100, 34 deaths
-Italy reports 2,036 cases and 52 deaths
-Iran cases jump to 1,501 and 66 deaths
-USA confirmed cases exceed 100 in 15 states, 6 deaths

4:57 pm Mar 3

There are still 6,593 patients remaining in critical conditions receiving treatment in Hubei’s hospitals. Over 40,000 medical workers across China are offering medical aids in Hubei Province at present: Hubei health authority.

3:38 pm Mar 3

China will help small and medium-sized enterprises resume production amid COVID-19 through tax cuts, subsidies for vocational training, and subsidized loans: Ministry of Finance said Tue. Over 510 billion yuan ($73b) will be deducted from corporate taxes & fees in 2020.

3:15 pm Mar 3

In provinces excluding Hubei Province, new COVID-19 cases have stayed at about 10 for the last 5 days. Suspected infections hover around 100 for the last 4 days, while 3,000 patients have been recocered & discharged every day during the past six days.

2:45 pm Mar 3

Doctor Mei Zhongming of the Central Hospital of Wuhan reportedly died of novel coronavirus on Tue. Mei was a colleague of doctor Li Wenliang, who died due to the virus on February 7.

1:23 pm Mar 3

Shanghai, a municipality that borders Zhejiang, has tracked and quarantined 71 people in the city who had close contact with the seven imported COVID-19 cases from Italy to Zhejiang: local health authority

1:20 pm Mar 3

Guangdong Province now require all travelers who arrive from countries and regions with severe coronavirus outbreaks to quarantine themselves for 14 days,the local Nanfang Daily said onTuesday.

1:14 pm Mar 3

Beijing dispatched designated teams to assess the risk of the import of COVID-19 infection from overseas and vowed to strengthen entry regulations into the capital after imported cases from Iran were reported in Beijing on Sunday.

10:30 am Mar 3

The cure rate of COVID-19 outside Hubei Province in the Chinese mainland exceeds 85% as of Mon, displaying a month-long rise since Jan 26.

9:37 am Mar 3

Zhou Mingguang, a 32-year-old member of the auxiliary police in NE China's Heilongjiang Province, was killed in a traffic accident on Sunday. He had been working on the frontlines of the battle against COVID-19.

9:24 am Mar 3

Beijing has reported zero new COVID-19 cases and six further recoveries in the last 24 hours. There are 14 new suspected cases and seven close contacts.

9:20 am Mar 3

South Korea reports 477 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 4,812.

9:13 am Mar 3

East China's Zhejiang Province reported seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Italy on Tuesday. One imported case from Italy was reported yesterday.

8:47 am Mar 3

Almost 9 times new cases of #COVID19 reported outside China than inside China in the last 24 hours, the epidemic in S.Korea, Italy, Iran and Japan are of greatest concern: @DrTedros said at @WHO briefing on Monday.

 

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XJTLU ACADEMIC RE-VISITS SARS MODELLING APPROACH FOR COVID-19
2 March 2020 NEWS

The number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China outside Hubei province will drop to zero before 10 March, according to a mathematical model that correctly predicted when the daily newly confirmed SARS cases would drop to zero in 2003. This prediction for COVID-19 cases was made based on data collected through early February and has remained on track, said Professor Duo Wang of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.

In January of this year, as news spread of the novel coronavirus infecting more and more people, Professor Wang dusted off the model he used 17 years ago to study the SARS outbreak. He and Professor Hefei Wang, director of the Financial Big Data lab at Renmin University of China, are using a slightly modified version to study the disease dynamics of COVID-19 based on data released by China’s National Health Commission.

Actual newly confirmed cases number updated through 29 February. Parameters for the prediction curve were estimated as of 6 February. The model estimates the number of new cases for mainland China outside of Hubei will drop to zero between 7-10 March.

Professor Wang, of XJTLU’s Department of Mathematical Sciences, notes that factors could change the model’s forecasts.

“We remain cautious about our model’s predictions because a large number of people have yet to return to work,” he said.

“This might change the transmission probability, although with the current stringent measures put in place, we have not seen an increase in transmissions for the first batches of people who have returned to the workplace.

“In addition, the model assumes a closed community. In a matter of weeks, several other countries have experienced new outbreaks of coronavirus.

“We need to keep up the stringent measures to prevent a rebound of the epidemic situation.”

The professors’ COVID-19 model is estimated using data beginning 23 January released by China’s National Health Commission, including data from all of China except for Hubei province. Professor Wang said they decided to exclude Hubei province because its overwhelmed testing system in the early stage could result in data too inconsistent for this model.

After a couple weeks, the model began providing “stable and consistent parameter estimates,” or forecasts that turned out to be nearly on-target, he said.

“As of 6 February, we predicted the peak of the number of newly confirmed COVID-19 patients each day for China outside of Hubei province to be on 2 February, and that this number would drop to below 100 on 17 February,” Professor Wang said.

“Both of these turned out to be quite accurate. The peak – as of now – appears to have been 3 February and the number of newly confirmed patients indeed dropped below 100 exactly on 17 February.”

For both the SARS and COVID-19 outbreaks, Professor Wang used a classic SIR model, commonly used in modelling epidemics.

“It builds a mathematical model using a set of differential equations, describing the dynamics between three types of people in the population: those susceptible, those infectious, and those removed,” he said.

At the time of the SARS outbreak, Professor Wang was head of the Department of Financial Mathematics at the School of Mathematics at Peking University in Beijing, the city where the largest outbreak occurred.

“My research specialty is in differential equations and dynamical systems. Being right in the centre of the SARS epidemic, I decided to give this classic model a try,” he said.

“While many people use this model, the trick is on parameter estimation, since this set of differential equations does not have explicit solution – it is a numerical estimate.

“For the SARS model, we used an approximate formula of the SIR model for the number of newly confirmed patients for the parameter estimation.

“In addition, we excluded the infected medical workers from the data, since they tend to have a different transmission rate from the general population.”

This was important, Professor Wang noted, since the SIR model assumes that people in each of the model’s categories have the same characteristics as other people in that category.

Professor Wang and his colleagues tracked the SARS outbreak data from 23 April 2003 - 15 May 2003. They then released a paper about the model on 17 May to a special conference about that outbreak held at the Peking University medical school.

Their model indicated that the SARS newly confirmed infections would drop to zero between 15-18 June 2003, which he said surprised many.

“Our model’s prediction that the SARS outbreak would end in mid-June seemed quite bold at the time, and not that many people believed it would turn out that way," he said.

“It turns out that the SARS outbreak indeed ended in mid-June 2003, verifying that our approach had worked very well.”

This was about a month after The Journal of Peking University (Health Sciences) accepted his paper on the SARS modelling, he noted.

Professor Wang emphasized that, while the prediction of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland of China outside Hubei province dropping to zero in around a week is hopeful, the modelling process and forecasts are not set in stone.

“When the number of newly confirmed cases is small, there tends to be higher fluctuations as it travels down the curve,” he said.

"We want to stress that the work on the COVID-19 data is preliminary and our models and estimation approaches may change as we go along.”

By Tamara Kaup



XJTLU academic re-visits SARS modelling approach for COVID-19 | News | Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)

 

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/3/5 10:14:06

9:54 am Mar 5

More than 1,000 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals daily for 22 consecutive days. There have now been more than 50,000 recoveries in China.

9:15 am Mar 5

Hubei Province, the COVID-19 outbreak epicenter in Cihna, reported 134 new confirmed infections on Wednesday, a second consecutive increase. It reported 115 on Tues and 114 on Mon. The disease killed 31 in the province on Wednesday.

9:12 am Mar 5

Two more Italy imported confirmed COVID-19 were reported in E. China's Zhejiang Province, bringing the total confirmed cases from Italy to 10 as of Thursday.

8:47 am Mar 5

As of 10 am Central European time on Wednesday, a total of 12,668 infections of COVID-19 and 214 deaths were confirmed in 76 countries and regions outside China.

8:25 am Mar 5

Hubei reports 134 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Mar 4, with 31 new deaths. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 67,466, with 40,479 recovered and 2,902 deaths.

139 new coronavirus infections, 31 new deaths were reported on Mar 4 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 80,409, with 3,012 deaths.

4:35 pm Mar 4

A new research by Chinese scientists says:
1. divergence between COVID-19 virus & bat-related SARS virus is larger than previously thought
2. more prevalent L-cov type of COVID-19 in early stage of Wuhan outbreak, human intervention cuts its intensity
3. evolutionarily 'older' and less aggressive S-cov infections cases have risen

4:30 pm Mar 4

The long incubation period has not been identified or reported in Wuhan or in other countries. The median incubation period is 5-7 days, longer is 14 days, but no data showing a longer incubation even exists: Du Bin, Director of Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

4:17 pm Mar 4

As of March 3, the COVID-19 infections reached 10,556 in over 70 countries and regions outside China, as WHO raised coronavirus threat assessment to its highest level a few days ago.

4:14 pm Mar 4

250,000 protective outfits have been dispatched to epidemic epicenter Hubei per day, exceeding the demand. China will increase supply to other parts of the country and encourage export of protective clothing amid COVID-19: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Wed.

4:08 pm Mar 4

With 516 new infections of COVID-19 confirmed in South Korea on March 3, the total number reached 5,328, as South Korea became the country with the highest number of infections outside China.

4:02 pm Mar 4

Most COVID-19 patients were infected either by type L-coc or S-cov, but one patient from the US who had traveled to Wuhan has been found to be infected with both.

3:33 pm Mar 4

Chinese enterprises had provided 65,000 sets of medical equipment to Hubei Province as of March 3, including ventilators and blood gas analyzers , according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Wednesday. COVID-19

3:17 pm Mar 4

As of Monday, 55% of Chinese SMEs have not resumed production, while some of the remaining 45% that reopened, find it difficult to return to their normal capacity: Xin Guobin, vice-minister of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology COVID-19

2:49 pm Mar4

Chinese scientists claim that the COVID-19 virus has probably genetically mutated to two variants: S-cov & L-cov. They believe the L-cov is more dangerous, featuring higher transmitibility and inflicting more harm on human respiratory system.

1:58 pm Mar 4

A team of SoutKorean researchers from Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology on Wednesday claimed they discovered antibodies to the novel coronavirus: Yonhap News Agency

1:56 pm Mar 4

Amazon confirms an employee in Seattle contracted COVID-19 infection. The employee fell ill on Feb 25: reports.

1:40 pm Mar 4

Chile confirms first case of COVID-19: 33-year-old man who recently traveled through Asia and returned via Europe

12:34 pm Mar 4

Two employees of Ford China have tested positive for the coronavirus. The US auto firm is restricting all company travel through March 27: media reports

12:20 pm Mar 4

Chinese customs reported a total of 6,728 visitors showing some symptoms of COVID-19 as of Wedesday; 75 tested nucleic acid and proved to be positive.

11:58 am Mar 4

Beijing reported 2 new imported cases of COVID-19 from Iran and Italy on Mar 4, as the total number of imported COVID-19 cases from overseas in the Chinese mainland reached 15.

 

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Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/3/6 9:33:00

09:33 am Mar 6

143 new coronavirus infections, 30 new deaths were reported on Mar 5 in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 80,552, with 3,042 deaths.

Hubei reports 126 new confirmed cases, with 29 new deaths from the novel coronavirus infection; 1,487 discharged from hospital


11:05 pm Mar 5

11 of the 311 passengers from Iran to Lanzhou, NW China's Gansu Province, via chartered airplanes sent by China's airlines were confirmed infected with COVID-19 on Thursday, with the other 300 still in quarantine. The patients are in stable condition, local authority said.

9:41 pm Mar 5

Residents of a building in Xi'an, NW China's Shaanxi Province have been quarantined for two weeks since Thursday after a recovered COVID-19 patient living in the building became positive with the novel coronavirus again.

6:12 pm Mar 5

Coronavirus Update:
-- Wave of infections in Germany,
France, Spain
-- Italy over 3,100 cases, 107 deaths
-- Iran reports 92 deaths, free 54,000
prisoners
-- S. Korea cases surge to 6,000, 35 deaths
-- US deaths 11, California declares emergency
-- Death toll in China exceeds 3,000, fatality
rate 3.74%

5:13 pm Mar 5

Japan plans to enforce travel restrictions in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic by invalidating visas issued in China and South Korea and mandating a two-week quarantine for visitors from the two countries. The restriction is also imposed on visitors from some parts of Iran.

5:01 pm Mar 5

Epicenter Hubei Province faces 25m kilograms of seed shortage for mid-season rice, accounting for 50% of the total requirement. Seed firms in neighboring Hunan & E.China's Anhui & Jiangxi provinces are preparing to assist: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs COVID-19

4:49 pm Mar 5

A total of 1,923 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospital after recovery, on Wed, in epidemic epicenter Hubei Province. The number of discharged patients have exceeded the confirmed new cases for 15 consecutive days in the province.

4:49 pm Mar 5

Zhejiang reported 2 new imported cases of COVID-19 from Italy, on Wed; Shanghai reported 1 from Iran, on Thur.

4:26 pm Mar 5

China is pushing for the timely signing of the RCEP agreement and accelerate the China-Japan-Korea FTA negotiations, according to MOFOM, to reduce companies’ operational costs and mitigate the negative impacts of the epidemic.

4:02 pm Mar 5

Demanding an apology from China is unwarranted. Did anyone seek an apology from the US for the H1N1 flu outbreak that spread to 214 countries and regions killing more than 18,449 people: Chinese FM

4:00 pm Mar 5

The absurd remarks made by some hosts fully exposed their arrogance, prejudice, and ignorance toward China: Chinese FM said following Fox News host Jesse Watters demanding an apology from China on COVID-19 outbreak Fox News

4:00 pm Mar 5

China has enforced no restrictions on the export of face masks or its materials, explained the MOFCOM on Thursday. China exports over 70 percent of total face mask output every year and mask producers are free to trade them according to market-orientated principles.

3:53 pm Mar 5

China’s export & import have shown positive signs, said MOFCOM on Thursday. Key export companies in Zhejiang and Tianjin have resumed operation, and 70 percent of the companies have restarted business in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong, and Chongqing.

3:48 pm Mar 5

Demand in China’s automobile market is showing strong signs of a rebound, increasing 14.8 percent month-on-month in late February, according to MOFCOM. Daily sales of the monitored retailers also increased by 5.6 percent compared with mid-February.

3:00 pm Mar 5

As of Wednesday, China has spent 71.43 billion yuan on work related to prevention and control of novel coronavirus or COVID-19. China allotted a total of 110.48 billion yuan to fight the epidemic, said Chinese deputy finance minister Xu Hongcai

3:00 pm Mar 5

60% of Xinjiang textile manufacturers resumed production, but their exports to Europe are hit by growing coronavirus cases overseas. Rising costs of medical supplies also squeeze their profit.

2:24 pm Mar 5

303 of 339 confirmed COVID-19 patients in Shanghai have been discharged from hospital after recovery as of Thursday. The coronavirus patients discharge rate reached 89.38 percent in Shanghai.

2:15 pm Mar 5

Shanghai reported a new COVID-19 case on Thur, imported from Iran. The patient, a resident from Northwest China’s Qinghai Province who is a student in Iran, arrived at the Shanghai Pudong New Airport on March 2 from Tehran.

1:58 pm Mar 5

The 34 individuals honored posthumously include Liu Zhiming, director of Wuchang Hospital, who passed away on Feb 18 due to COVID-19, and Peng Yinhua, a doctor at Jiangxia First Hospital who had earlier delayed his wedding as he wanted to combat the disease.

1:55 pm Mar 5

China honored a group of frontline doctors for their contributions in battling against COVID-19. Doctors who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty, including Li Wenliang & hospital director Liu Zhiming, were honored posthumously.

12:46 pm Mar 5

The US is investigating COVID-19 infections on the Grand Princess cruise with 2,500 passengers on board after 21 showed symptoms. The first COVID-19 death in California, a 71-year-old man, was on the ship before being sent to the hospital on Feb 27.

12:04 pm Mar 5

Italy decided to close all its schools and universities as it faces escalating coronavirus infections, with 3,089 confirmed cases and 107 deaths.

10:20 am Mar 5

South Korea confirmed 438 new cases of COVID-19 on Wed, bringing its total to 5,766.

 

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9:41 pm Mar 5

Residents of a building in Xi'an, NW China's Shaanxi Province have been quarantined for two weeks since Thursday after a recovered COVID-19 patient living in the building became positive with the novel coronavirus again.

Not good.

4:02 pm Mar 5

Demanding an apology from China is unwarranted. Did anyone seek an apology from the US for the H1N1 flu outbreak that spread to 214 countries and regions killing more than 18,449 people: Chinese FM

Oh LOL! It started in Mexico. You guys have unbelievably short memories. Truly history re-writers.

You weren't quarantining people from the US.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124137876507580987#:~:text=
China Forces Dozens of Mexican Travelers Into Quarantine

 

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Previously 1st march,

Now 5th March,