Archive for February, 2020
2019-nCoV: from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
Monday, February 10th, 2020
Plane skids off runway in Turkey: Dead and injured
Wednesday, February 5th, 2020At least 33 people have been killed by two avalanches near Turkey’s eastern city of Van.
Wednesday, February 5th, 2020HONG KONG TIGHTENS BORDER IN RESPONSE TO STRIKES
Monday, February 3rd, 2020Hong Kong will reportedly close four additional border checkpoints as the government has received increasing pressure from the public, including healthcare providers, to tighten border controls with mainland China. In response to counter the demands to close the border entirely, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor cited the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations (2005) which outlines legal provisions on whether travel and borders can be restricted in the event of a health emergency.
The WHO situation report
Monday, February 3rd, 2020https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200202-sitrep-13-ncov-v3.pdf?sfvrsn=195f4010_6
SITUATION IN NUMBERS total and new cases in last 24 hours
Globally 14557 confirmed (2604 new)
China 14411 confirmed (2590 new) 2110 severe (315 new) 304 deaths (45 new)
Outside of China 146 confirmed (14 new) 23 countries 1 death
