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Coronavirus: Germany confirms first human transmission in Europe – live updates | Coronavirus: Germany confirms first human transmission in Europe – live updates |
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US updates travel warning to China to highest level as mayor of Wuhan admits authorities were too slow in releasing information about virus | US updates travel warning to China to highest level as mayor of Wuhan admits authorities were too slow in releasing information about virus |
There have been 97 cases of suspected coronavirus tested in the UK, but so far no positive diagnoses. | |
Taiwan has reported its first case of domestic transmission of the new coronavirus. | |
Taiwan’s central epidemic command centre said the latest patient, the eighth, was the first case of transmission on the island as in all the previous cases the people had been infected first in China. | |
The new patient, a man in his 50s from central Taiwan, was infected by his wife after she returned from working in China and before she was subsequently diagnosed, the command centre said. The man is in a stable condition, it said. | |
The academic pubilsher Wiley has compiled 54 research articles relating to the coronavirus, listed them on a single page, and has made them free to read for the next few months, as the world battles to contain the outbreak. | The academic pubilsher Wiley has compiled 54 research articles relating to the coronavirus, listed them on a single page, and has made them free to read for the next few months, as the world battles to contain the outbreak. |
Here is Wiley’s announcement: | Here is Wiley’s announcement: |
The coronavirus outbreak could last several months and its course is unpredictable, with many thousands more people likely to have been affected than official figures suggest, according to Dr Jennifer Rohn, a specialist in cell biology at University College London. | The coronavirus outbreak could last several months and its course is unpredictable, with many thousands more people likely to have been affected than official figures suggest, according to Dr Jennifer Rohn, a specialist in cell biology at University College London. |
In an interview with the PA Media news agency, Rohn said it was possible the UK already has cases of coronavirus that have not been detected. “It is possible that somebody has slipped through the net,” she said. “The symptoms are incredibly common to lots of other things that aren’t harmful at all.” | In an interview with the PA Media news agency, Rohn said it was possible the UK already has cases of coronavirus that have not been detected. “It is possible that somebody has slipped through the net,” she said. “The symptoms are incredibly common to lots of other things that aren’t harmful at all.” |
But she added: “I wouldn’t be surprised if we got a couple of cases soon.” | But she added: “I wouldn’t be surprised if we got a couple of cases soon.” |
According to Rohn, the virus was spreading more quickly than Sars but was less deadly. She said it was difficult to know how long the outbreak would last, adding: “It is hard to predict but, certainly, the cat is out of the bag. | According to Rohn, the virus was spreading more quickly than Sars but was less deadly. She said it was difficult to know how long the outbreak would last, adding: “It is hard to predict but, certainly, the cat is out of the bag. |
“We don’t know the full picture – they are running very short on diagnostic kits in China – and the truth is we don’t know where all the people are who are infected.” | “We don’t know the full picture – they are running very short on diagnostic kits in China – and the truth is we don’t know where all the people are who are infected.” |
It was likely far more thousands of people are infected than the cases confirmed in China, she said. | It was likely far more thousands of people are infected than the cases confirmed in China, she said. |
Dr Rohn said it was possible the virus could last several months but it could also end as the seasons change. “Some of these respiratory viruses are seasonal – there could be a peak and then there’s a lull,” she said. “We may have some breathing space but to be honest we don’t know yet.” | Dr Rohn said it was possible the virus could last several months but it could also end as the seasons change. “Some of these respiratory viruses are seasonal – there could be a peak and then there’s a lull,” she said. “We may have some breathing space but to be honest we don’t know yet.” |
Health experts say they are unsurprised by the human to human transmissions of coronavirus in Japan, Vietnam and Germany. | |
Dr Michael Head, senior research fellow in global health at the University of Southampton, said: | |
Prof Paul Hunter, professor in medicine, the Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, said: | |
There have now been 45 confirmed cases in 13 countries outside of China, with no deaths so far, the WHO’s spokesman, Christian Lindmeier, told a briefing in Geneva on Tuesday. | There have now been 45 confirmed cases in 13 countries outside of China, with no deaths so far, the WHO’s spokesman, Christian Lindmeier, told a briefing in Geneva on Tuesday. |
Reuters reports: | Reuters reports: |
Good afternoon, I’m Aamna Mohdin taking over the blog while Damien has lunch. | Good afternoon, I’m Aamna Mohdin taking over the blog while Damien has lunch. |
According to a recent update from Public Health England, of the 73 UK tests that have been carried out, 73 were confirmed negative and none positive. | According to a recent update from Public Health England, of the 73 UK tests that have been carried out, 73 were confirmed negative and none positive. |
The health body notes: | The health body notes: |
Taiwan has raised its travel warning for China, saying people should avoid going unless absolutely necessary amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus there, Reuters reports. | Taiwan has raised its travel warning for China, saying people should avoid going unless absolutely necessary amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus there, Reuters reports. |
The island has reported seven confirmed cases of the virus so far. | The island has reported seven confirmed cases of the virus so far. |
Taiwan’s central epidemic command centre said it had raised its previous advice and would extend to the rest of China an existing warning not to go to Hubei province unless totally necessary, though Hong Kong and Macau are excluded. | Taiwan’s central epidemic command centre said it had raised its previous advice and would extend to the rest of China an existing warning not to go to Hubei province unless totally necessary, though Hong Kong and Macau are excluded. |
Taiwan also has rolled out strict curbs on Chinese visitors, restricting a vast majority of them. | Taiwan also has rolled out strict curbs on Chinese visitors, restricting a vast majority of them. |
Last week, Taiwan’s government announced a one-month ban on the export of specialist masks designed to be used for medical personnel, saying it had to look after the needs of its own people first. | Last week, Taiwan’s government announced a one-month ban on the export of specialist masks designed to be used for medical personnel, saying it had to look after the needs of its own people first. |
Some pharmacies in Taiwan have reported shortages of face masks since the island reported its first case a week ago, and the government says it is working to ensure supplies. | Some pharmacies in Taiwan have reported shortages of face masks since the island reported its first case a week ago, and the government says it is working to ensure supplies. |
In a separate notice on Tuesday, the government said it would release more stock of masks, but limit each person to buying a maximum of three. | In a separate notice on Tuesday, the government said it would release more stock of masks, but limit each person to buying a maximum of three. |
However, it also issued a reminder that most healthy people do not need to wear masks all the time. | However, it also issued a reminder that most healthy people do not need to wear masks all the time. |
The Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, visiting people on Tuesday to extend lunar new year wishes, said the government was fully prepared to deal with the virus and people should not panic. | The Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, visiting people on Tuesday to extend lunar new year wishes, said the government was fully prepared to deal with the virus and people should not panic. |
“Our anti-epidemic work does not take holidays, and is taking place 24 hours a day,” the presidential office quoted her as saying. | “Our anti-epidemic work does not take holidays, and is taking place 24 hours a day,” the presidential office quoted her as saying. |
A German man who tested positive for the strain of coronavirus sweeping across China was infected by a work colleague, officials said on Tuesday, in what is believed to be the first human transmission in Europe, AFP reports. | A German man who tested positive for the strain of coronavirus sweeping across China was infected by a work colleague, officials said on Tuesday, in what is believed to be the first human transmission in Europe, AFP reports. |
The man had not visited China but a Chinese work colleague who was in Germany last week had started to feel sick on the flight home on 23 January, said Andreas Zapf, the head of the Bavarian state office for health and food safety. | The man had not visited China but a Chinese work colleague who was in Germany last week had started to feel sick on the flight home on 23 January, said Andreas Zapf, the head of the Bavarian state office for health and food safety. |
He had attended a training session given by his Chinese colleague on 21 January at the office of a car parts supplier Webasto in Stockdorf in Bavaria and tested positive for the virus on Monday evening. Unlike the other patients, the 33-year-old had not recently travelled to China. | He had attended a training session given by his Chinese colleague on 21 January at the office of a car parts supplier Webasto in Stockdorf in Bavaria and tested positive for the virus on Monday evening. Unlike the other patients, the 33-year-old had not recently travelled to China. |
He remains in hospital in an isolation ward, but Zapf said he “was doing well”. | He remains in hospital in an isolation ward, but Zapf said he “was doing well”. |
The Chinese woman immediately sought medical attention on her return to China and was confirmed to have caught the virus, which has spread rapidly in recent weeks after first emerging in the city of Wuhan. | The Chinese woman immediately sought medical attention on her return to China and was confirmed to have caught the virus, which has spread rapidly in recent weeks after first emerging in the city of Wuhan. |
The woman had recently returned from visiting her parents in the Wuhan region, Zapf said. | The woman had recently returned from visiting her parents in the Wuhan region, Zapf said. |
In a statement, the Webasto company said it had halted all business travel to and from China “for at least the next two weeks”. | In a statement, the Webasto company said it had halted all business travel to and from China “for at least the next two weeks”. |
Health officials are checking 40 people that the two infected workers have been in contact with recently, including colleagues and family members. | Health officials are checking 40 people that the two infected workers have been in contact with recently, including colleagues and family members. |
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and China’s president, Xi Jinping, have discussed ways to protect Chinese and foreigners in areas affected by the coronavirus and “possible alternatives” to evacuations, Reuters reports. | The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and China’s president, Xi Jinping, have discussed ways to protect Chinese and foreigners in areas affected by the coronavirus and “possible alternatives” to evacuations, Reuters reports. |
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who arrived in Beijing on Monday, will return to Geneva on Wednesday, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a Geneva briefing. The WHO emergency committee is being “kept in the loop” on the evolution of the outbreak, which has spread to 13 other countries, he said. | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who arrived in Beijing on Monday, will return to Geneva on Wednesday, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a Geneva briefing. The WHO emergency committee is being “kept in the loop” on the evolution of the outbreak, which has spread to 13 other countries, he said. |
The WHO has not seen onward human-to-human spread of the virus by travellers returning from China apart from a second family member infected by a returning relative in Vietnam, which is “good news but of course this could change”, Lindmeier said. | The WHO has not seen onward human-to-human spread of the virus by travellers returning from China apart from a second family member infected by a returning relative in Vietnam, which is “good news but of course this could change”, Lindmeier said. |
This startling footage shows football teams playing in China’s domestic league arriving in facemasks, then playing their match in an empty stadium in Shanghai. | This startling footage shows football teams playing in China’s domestic league arriving in facemasks, then playing their match in an empty stadium in Shanghai. |