Wuhan Coronavirus Tag

Wuhan Virus Watch: Whistleblower doctor dies of disease

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 07, 2020 22 Comments

As of Friday morning, the world has over 31,481 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus reported from 28 countries and administrative states, with 638 deaths. Reports say 4,824 of those patients are in critical condition and 1,563 confirmed recoveries. ***We will update this post with new information.

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Student Group Claims Cornell’s Coronavirus Concerns Stem from ‘Xenophobic Perceptions of Asian People’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 07, 2020 4 Comments

"To see the administration demonized with false accusations of racism, xenophobia and 'white supremacy' is despicable."...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Wuhan Crematoriums ‘Burning Bodies 24/7 to Cope With Extra Workload’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 06, 2020 22 Comments

As of Thursday morning, the world has over 28,200 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus reported from 28 countries and administrative states, with 565 deaths. Reports say 3,863 of those patients are in critical condition and 1,170 confirmed recoveries. ***We will update this post with new information.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Cornell Student Under Quarantine for Possible Coronavirus Infection

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 05, 2020 12 Comments

As of Wednesday morning, the world has over 25,500 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus reported from 28 countries and administrative states, with 492 deaths. Reports say 3,223 of those patients are in critical condition and 907 confirmed recoveries. ***We will update this post with new information.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Infected Toll Now Tops 20,000

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 04, 2020 26 Comments

As of Tuesday morning, the world has 20,626 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus in various countries reported from 27 countries and administrative states, with 426 deaths. Reports say 2,790 of those patients are in critical condition. ***We will update this post with new information

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UMass Boston Student is First Confirmed Case of Coronavirus in Massachusetts

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 04, 2020 5 Comments

"The man just had a running nose at first, but sought medical attention the day after when he felt worse."...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Biden Hits Trump’s Response to Potential Pandemic as ‘Fearmongering’ and ‘Xenophopic’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 03, 2020 43 Comments

As of Monday morning, the world has 17,205 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus in various countries with 361 deaths. Eleven of those cases, including three new ones, are in the U.S. ***We will update this post with new information

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CNN Condemns Trump Coronavirus Task Force For “Lack of Diversity”

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 01, 2020 52 Comments

You may have thought that the Coronavirus is serious because people are sick and dying from it, but CNN has found a much more problematic angle to the story. It seems the people who make up Trump's task force to fight the disease aren't very diverse.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: 7th U.S. Case Identified in San Francisco Bay Area

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 01, 2020 40 Comments

As of today, there are approximately 12,000 cases of Wuhan Coronavirus infections worldwide. The death toll stands at 259, with 26 nations or administrative areas reporting patients who are infected with the pathogen.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Global Panic Over Coronavirus is “Unproductive and Unwarranted”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 31, 2020 51 Comments

As of today, 9912 cases of the Wuhan Coronavirus have been reported, including new cases in Great Britain and Russia. *We will update this post as further information comes out.

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WHO Declares Wuhan Coronavirus Global Health Emergency After First Person-to-Person U.S. Case Reported

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 30, 2020 16 Comments

As of today, there are now over 8200 cases of those with the Wuhan Coronavirus officially reported worldwide, and 170 deaths attributed to the pathogen.  Finland is now reporting its first case, which brings the total of nations that have Wuhan Coronavirus cases to 18.

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Petition Launched at Arizona State to Cancel Classes Due to Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2020 2 Comments

"The students of ASU do not feel comfortable attending classes due to the outbreak"...

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As nations scramble to contain Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, CDC expands screening to 20 US airports

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 29, 2020 7 Comments

I had an opportunity to have lunch with the biosafety specialist and colleague this week, to do a preliminary risk assessment related to the Wuhan Coronavirus and its potential for the outbreak in China to blossom into a full-blown pandemic. One of the biggest challenges in this exercise is the reliability of any of the data coming from China. Presently, we will assume that the death toll stands now at 169, with 7169 cases officially reported (including the five in the US).

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Chair of Harvard Chemistry Department Charged With Lying About Work for China

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2020 3 Comments

"Harvard is cooperating with federal authorities"...

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Los Angeles County Reports First Case of Wuhan Coronavirus

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 27, 2020 23 Comments

The number of deaths and infections associated with the Wuhan Coronavirus has risen as the Los Angeles County reports its first case of the disease.

The patient had recently traveled from Wuhan City, China— the epicenter of the outbreak that has killed 56 people and sickened another 2,000.

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China’s President Xi Jinping warns rate of Wuhan Coronavirus infections are accelerating

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 26, 2020 28 Comments

How bad is the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak? So bad that the normally secretive president of China, Xi Jinping, formally announced the rate of infections of the potentially deadly coronavirus is 'accelerating' and that at least one doctor has died from the virus.

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Beijing Cancels Major Chinese New Year Celebrations in Bid to Prevent Coronavirus Epidemic

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 23, 2020 15 Comments

There have been some significant developments today related to the reported outbreaks for the Wuhan coronavirus, which can cause a life-threatening pneumonia-like illness.

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China Quarantines Wuhan in Response to Continuing Coronavirus Outbreaks

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 23, 2020 20 Comments

We have been following the reports related to the outbreak of a pneumonia-like illness caused by a coronavirus that reportedly comes from the markets of Wuhan, China.

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