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Flu Severity Rises To 'Very High' In Massachusetts
Mark Hurst. The case is the second pediatric flu death of the year. Passengers arrive at LAX airport from Shanghai, China, before restrictions were put in place to halt the spread of the coronavirus, in Los Angeles, Jan. "Getting an annual flu shot, staying home while sick, washing your hands often, and other good health habits help prevent the spread of influenza". [Full Article...]
France reports Europe’s first coronavirus death
The number of people, who have been infected with a new coronavirus across mainland China , has reached 66,492, with 1,523 patients having died, the National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on Saturday. The virus is killing about 2% of those infected, but has spread faster than other respiratory viruses that emerged this century. It is the first reported death from COVID-19 coro... [Full Article...]
Hawaiian officials on high alert after recent vacationer tests positive for coronavirus
While on Oahu, he had cold-like symptoms, but no fever, Anderson said. The State is still seeking more details on his exact itinerary including which places he visited and flights he was on. Japan has about 250 confirmed cases of the new disease that apparently started in Wuhan, a city in central China, in December. Hawaii, the US Pacific island state closest to the origin of the coronavirus o... [Full Article...]
Two new confirmed Covid-19 cases in Malaysia
Another case is a 32-year old Chinese national female who resides in Malaysia. The man is being treated at the isolation ward in Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Kedah. She was referred to Hospital Sultanah Maliha, Langkawi for further observation and treatment", he said. The Health Ministry has identified yet another two more patients found to be positively infected with the novel-coronavirus (Covi... [Full Article...]
China reports fall in new virus cases for 3rd straight day
The death toll from a coronavirus break out in mainland China has actually reached 1,665 since the end of Saturday, up by 142 from the previous day, the nation's National Health Commission stated on Sunday early morning. The outbreak which began in China in December has now infected more than 60,000 people and the death toll has crossed 15,000. So far, the most number of deaths have been rep... [Full Article...]
France announces 1st death of virus patient outside Asia
The warning comes as the first European death from a coronavirus patient was announced today. Health officials in China's central province of Hubei said 242 people had died from the flu-like virus on Wednesday. The number, however, was nearly half those reported the previous day. In Munich on Saturday, chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a gathering of the world's top defense officials and... [Full Article...]
France confirms first coronavirus death in Europe
Buzyn said the Chinese man, originally from Hubei province, arrived in France on January 16. He arrived in France on January 16, then was hospitalized on January 25 under strict isolation measures. The biggest cluster of cases outside China has been on a cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, quarantined off Japan's Yokohama port. Outside mainland China, there have been almost 450 cases in some 24... [Full Article...]
Russia coronavirus: Woman who fled hospital defies police
The incidents occurred amid the outbreak of the virus in China that has already infected more than 40,000 people all over the world. The maximum incubation period for the Covid-19 virus is believed to be two weeks. Frustrated with her circumstances, Ms Ilynia short-circuited an electric lock at the hospital and fled on foot. "If I were sick, [the hospital and police] would have swamped me wi... [Full Article...]