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Editor’s Note: A 3rd case in the United States has been quarantined in Santa Ana California
Countries around the world are grappling with the current Novel Coronavirus outbreak. The virus is said to be transmitted from person to person in a similar way to the common cold and has infected nearly 2,000 people—with most cases occurring in mainland China.
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4 p.m. UTC – Hong Kong Bans Hubei Travelers
Hong Kong will ban entry all residents from Hubei Province and anyone who had visited there in the past 14 days amid the outbreak of the mysterious new virus. Wuhan is the capital of Hubei, and it is considered the coronavirus epicenter.
In a statement Sunday, the government will implement the ban starting from midnight on Sunday, Hong Kong will ban any person who has been to Hebei in the past two weeks “until further notice.”
“Hidden patients have greatly increased the difficulty of preventing and controlling the [virus] epidemic,” the statement continued.
Hong Kong authorities also announced Sunday there were eight total cases in the city, reported the South China Morning Post.
3:15 p.m. UTC – Wuhan Mayor Expects 1,000 More Cases in City
The mayor of China’s Wuhan said Sunday he expects another 1,000 new cases of coronavirus patients in the city.
Zhou Xianwang told reporters that the city will construct more specialized hospitals to deal with coronavirus patients.
Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus outbreak, received a number of protective goods, glasses, and masks after people donated, he remarked.
3 p.m. UTC – Ban on Wildlife Trade in China
Chinese regime officials announced a temporary ban on the trade of wild animals following the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.
Officials will “strengthen inspections and severely investigate and punish those who are found in violation of the provisions of this announcement,” according to a ban, reported The Associated Press. It said three government agencies issued the warning Sunday.
Now, no wildlife can be transported or sold in markets or over the Internet. To punish people, Chinese regime officials will send suspected violators to security services, and their properties will be closed and sealed off, AP reported.
“If these markets persist, and human consumption of illegal and unregulated wildlife persists, then the public will continue to face heightened risks from emerging new viruses, potentially more lethal and the source of future pandemic spread,” Christian Walzer, of the Wildlife Conservation Society, told AP. “These are perfect laboratories for creating opportunities for these viruses to emerge.”
2:45 p.m. UTC – US Confirms 3rd Case in S. California
A Southern California patient is the third person in the United States to be diagnosed with coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which confirmed the person is a traveler from Wuhan.
The person was identified in Santa Ana, located near Los Angeles, in Orange County.
The Orange County Health Care Agency said the person is in isolation at the hospital and is in good condition.
“The OC Health Care Agency’s (HCA) Communicable Disease Control Division received confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this evening that an Orange County, California case has tested positive for the novel coronavirus,” the agency said in a statement.
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Would you say that China has a “dense population” that is more likely to generate disease? Check out the diseases that are rampant in many other countries, mostly having dense populations.
Maybe our open space policies are going to cause us to be one of them.
In Communist China, with a totalitarian government, we don’t really know how many people have the virus, or have died as a result of it.