Reuters

Johns Hopkins

Hong 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.

https://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 

EPI UPDATES According to China’s National Health Commission there are 7,711 confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV in China, with 170 deaths, 170 discharges, 12,167 suspected cases, and 81,947 contacts currently under medical observation. China CDC is reporting cases in 31 of the 33 national provinces. Outside of China, there are 68 confirmed cases in 17 countries. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted that local human to human transmission of the virus has been reported in Vietnam, Japan, and Germany.

India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare confirmed the country’s first case, a student in Kerala who had recently returned from studying in Wuhan. The Philippines confirmed its first case, a 38-year-old woman who recently traveled to Wuhan.

https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200127-sitrep-7-2019–ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=98ef79f5_2

SITUATION IN NUMBERS

Globally  2798 confirmed

China

2741 confirmed

5794 suspected  

461 severe    

80 deaths         

Outside of China       37 confirmed      11 countries

WHO RISK ASSESSMENT
China Very High

Regional Level High

Global Level High

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and colleagues are in Beijing to meet with government and health experts supporting the response. The mission’s aim is to understand the latest developments and strengthen the partnership with China, in particular for the response. • Current estimates of the incubation period of the virus range from 2-10 days, and these estimates will be refined as more data become available. Understanding the time when infected patients may transmit the virus to others is critical for control efforts. Detailed epidemiological information from more people infected is needed to determine the infectious period of 2019nCoV, in particular whether transmission can occur from asymptomatic individuals or during the incubation period.  WHO requests countries to notify WHO of cases following the guidance included in: https://www.who.int/publications-detail/global-surveillance-forhuman-infection-with-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov) • WHO is continually monitoring developments and on standby to reconvene the Emergency Committee on very short notice as needed. Committee members are regularly informed of developments.

http://www.nhc.gov.cn/xcs/yqtb/202001/ec9fe7ea987d467d9462e7db509079e6.shtml

From the NYT

Here’s what you need to know:

• Death toll exceeds 100 as number of infections skyrockets.
• Hong Kong puts significant limits on travel from the mainland. 
• Shortage of test kits in hot zone prompts concern that cases have been underreported.
• Mystery virus strains China’s already broken health care system.
• World Health Organization buries updated global risk assessment in a footnote.
• C.D.C. urges travelers to avoid nonessential trips to China.
• Worries rise about the outbreak’s economic impact.