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Coronavirus latest updates: global infections climb towards 100,000 | Coronavirus latest updates: global infections climb towards 100,000 |
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WHO warns of sustained community transmission; first death in UK; test kits delivered to San Francisco cruise ship. Follow live news: | WHO warns of sustained community transmission; first death in UK; test kits delivered to San Francisco cruise ship. Follow live news: |
Latest figures from China | |
Mainland China had 143 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Thursday, the country’s National Health Commission said on Friday, up from 139 cases a day earlier. That brings the total accumulated number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 80,552. | |
The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China was 3,042 as of the end of Thursday, up by 30 from the previous day. The central province of Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 29 new deaths. In the provincial capital of Wuhan, 23 people died. | |
Chinese premier Li Keqiang was visiting residential compound in Wuhan to inspect the work of community officials, who are supposed to be helping residents quarantined at home get food and needed supplies. Residents yelled out of their windows, “Fake, Fake”, apparently referring to the claims of the community workers. | |
A Chinese researcher has told the People’s Daily that Wuhan will see no new cases by the end of this month. He also said that the rest of China, except Hubei, can begin ‘taking off their masks’ by the end of this month and return to normalcy.China on Friday reported 143 new cases of the virus, up from 139, bringing the total number of cases in mainland China to 80,552. The death toll rose by 30 and stands at 3,042 as of the end of Thursday. | |
Gansu province reported 11 new cases, all passengers from Iran. All 311 passengers on the flight from Iran have been now been quarantined in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, according to CCTV. | |
A man in New Zealand confirmed to have been infected with the coronavirus was revealed on Friday to have attended a rock concert packed with thousands of other people, Reuters reports. | |
Health authorities said the man in his 30s, who is the partner of a woman who was confirmed to have Covid-19 this week, attended the Tool concert at Spark Arena in Auckland on 28 February. | |
The band played two concerts to capacity crowds in New Zealand’s largest city last week. | |
Many Australians are discovering that their travel insurance does not cover the outbreak of coronavirus, the ABC reports. Many are cancelling their travel plans entirely as a result. | |
The Insurance Council of Australia is providing information for people, as is consumer advocacy group Choice. | |
“There is no need for anyone to stockpile drugs,” says Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young. “There is no drug that is known to be of benefit for this novel coronavirus.” | |
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says, “We have procedures in place just as we would have with bushfires.” | |
“This is a public health issue, but it also has a huge economic impact as well.” | |
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young says, “Today in Queensland we have 13 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.Every single one of those cases, we know how they contracted it. So it is really important that anyone who comes into Queensland who has travelled within the last 14 days overseas and develops any symptoms immediately seeks medical advice”. | |
Australia’s Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she is “concerned there has been no dedicated national meeting where we can discuss [the response to coronavirus] in depth. I have been asking for this since January.” | |
Australia’s federal government has set up a national Indigenous advisory group to fast-track an emergency response plan for Aboriginal communities that are among the most vulnerable to any potential spread of Covid-19. | Australia’s federal government has set up a national Indigenous advisory group to fast-track an emergency response plan for Aboriginal communities that are among the most vulnerable to any potential spread of Covid-19. |
The taskforce met on Thursday as remote Aboriginal communities in South Australia began to strictly limit visitors for the next three months, worried that if Covid-19 arrives it will be “devastating” for their elders and people with existing health problems. | The taskforce met on Thursday as remote Aboriginal communities in South Australia began to strictly limit visitors for the next three months, worried that if Covid-19 arrives it will be “devastating” for their elders and people with existing health problems. |
The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) have introduced strict rules for entry to their lands, which they can to do under the APY Land Rights Act. | The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) have introduced strict rules for entry to their lands, which they can to do under the APY Land Rights Act. |
“We are protecting our people, especially those who hold our ancient cultural knowledge, and we know they are already vulnerable as they are quite old,” APY general manager Richard King said. | “We are protecting our people, especially those who hold our ancient cultural knowledge, and we know they are already vulnerable as they are quite old,” APY general manager Richard King said. |
“A lot of our people present with comorbidities like diabetes and renal failure. We have high smoking rates, overcrowding in housing, overall poor hygiene. | “A lot of our people present with comorbidities like diabetes and renal failure. We have high smoking rates, overcrowding in housing, overall poor hygiene. |
“It’s almost a perfect storm to support the transmission of these types of diseases.” | “It’s almost a perfect storm to support the transmission of these types of diseases.” |