Italy Reports 7th Coronavirus Death, China's NHC Says Situation In Wuhan "Still Grim And Complex": Live Updates
By Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge
Summary:
- Italy reports 7th death, 200+ confirmed cases
- First cases reported in Oman, Bahrain
- WHO kowtows to China in statement
- Wuhan issues order to loosen lockdown, then U-turns
- NHC says outbreak is fading, though situation remains “grim”
- Iranian lawmaker says more than 50 deaths in Qom; officials say 12
- Hong Kong bars South Koreans
- more cases reported in SK
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Update (0925ET): ANSA reports a 7th death in Italy as the situation looks increasingly grim.
Here’s the latest chart:
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Update (0910ET): The coronavirus is already forcing Iranians to tweak certain practices, including their daily greetings.
New way to great each other in Middle East after #Covid_19 crisis
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No more cheek-to-cheek kiss greetings.
Video from Iran.
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Meanwhile, the first indications that the virus has already spread from Iran to some of its regional neighbors have already emerged: Oman has reported the first two confirmed coronavirus cases. The two cases are individuals who recently visited Iran.
This follows Bahrain reporting its first case overnight.
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Update (0835ET): As the WHO team wrapped up its Monday press conference with what was essentially tantamount to a global confidence-building exercise in China’s response, a senior official from China’s National Health Commission said the coronavirus risk from Wuhan had gone ‘way down.’
Of course, if that’s true, then why did officials cancel a planned easing of the lockdown?
The official added that China has managed to stop the ‘rapid rise’ of infections in Wuhan, though they haven’t stopped the epidemic yet, and that the situation remains “grim and complex” – as President Xi said over the weekend.
Meanwhile, over in Italy, ANSA reports that a sixth person has died.
Even more alarming for futbal fans across the country: Four Serie A matches were postponed on Sunday, while others on Saturday went ahead.
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When American traders logged off on Friday, they might have noticed a few suspicious headlines out of Italy reporting a sudden spike in cases. But anybody who spent the weekend away from their desks and Twitter might be surprised to find that the Europe’s third-largest economy is now host to a genuine crisis.
As we reported over the weekend, more than a dozen towns in Lombardy – the hardest hit region with 167 confirmed cases and 4 deaths – are on complete lockdown. According to the latest update, there are now 219 confirmed cases in Italy, as well as five deaths.
Angelo Borrelli, head of the country’s civil protection agency, said Monday during a press briefing that another 91 people are currently in isolation inside their homes.
Following the weekend spike, Italy’s neighbors are getting nervous. Austria is exploring border controls, though Germany said Monday that it’s not currently considering closing its borders with Italy, an obvious attempt by the de facto leader of the EU to try and quell a continent-wide panic.
Elsewhere, more countries are tightening restrictions on South Koera. Hong Kong on Monday declared that it would stop non-residents from South Korea from entering Hong Kong.
This has sparked a bemused response from Hong Kongers on twitter:
Our fucking Hong Kong government has just announced that South Koreans will not be allowed to enter HK starting at 6 am tomorrow, but our fucking government has always allowed people from China to enter. What the hell is this going on?
lmao Hong Kong is banning South Koreans from entering Hong Kong as if they’d come to this shithole and get infected with the china virus
A recent poll showed that a majority of the people in Hong Kong don’t trust the data provided by the Chinese government or the WHO.
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In Italy, it seems like most of the dead fit the profile of elderly patients with co-occurring health problems. One of the two most recent deaths was reported to be a man from the village of Val Alzano Lombardo. He died at the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital in Bergamo, near Milan. The hospital said the 83-year-old man (reports on his age differ) had a serious underlying health problem, but it didn’t specify what it was, according to CNN.
As WHO officials finished off preparations for their big press conference Monday morning, Beijing announced that it would delay the National People’s Congress, which had been set for early March. The move was telegraphed by leaked media reports well in advance.
Officials said Monday the key political meetings, originally due to take place from March 5, would be rescheduled. Analysts said the government in Beijing was worried about the optics of holding a large-scale public event while millions are living under lockdown. We agree – that would not be a good look for the CCP right now, especially after all of those videos of police rounding up violators of the lockdown who were probably just trying to find something to eat.
President Xi said one day earlier that China is in a “crisis” that would inevitably impact the country’s economy. But whatever the fallout, he promised it would be brief and manageable.
Following the departure of the WHO team from Wuhan, local authorities made an extraordinary decision: all of a sudden, the cities’ most senior officials announced a loosening of the city’s lockdown. Millions rejoiced.
But they were soon disappointed: Because three hours later, the order was reversed, we assume, after Beijing caught wind of it.
According to the SCMP, the retracted announcement was issued by a ‘subordinate working group’ that didn’t have official approval from their superiors. The individuals responsible will be ‘reprimanded’. The lockdown has been in effect since Jan. 23.
The order would have allowed non-residents with no symptoms and no contact with infected patients to leave, a decision that would have freed thousands of foreign students.
In other news, Guangdong, China’s second worst-hit province, has downgraded its level of alert, with local officials saying the outbreak has mostly been contained to Hubei.
As we reported last night, figures released early Monday in China reported 409 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 150 new deaths from the outbreak on Sunday. That brings the total number of confirmed cases to 77,150, with a death toll of 2,592 (which will be higher if the Iran deaths are confirmed). The majority of new cases, 398, were in Hubei.
In Israel, PM Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for his political future in a critical upcoming election that could see him jailed if he doesn’t hang on to power. So the heavy-handed measures to contain foreigners suspected of carrying the virus are hardly a surprise. In the latest step to contain the virus, Israel will send hundreds of East Asian nationals back to their home countries in the coming days, according to the Israel Airport Authority.
While Iran remains the epicenter of the outbreak in the Middle East, and several neighbors have already closed their borders, the first confirmed case was detected in Bahrain overnight.
Now, just imagine if Trump did that.
Vietnamese airline Bamboo Airways is suspending all flights to South Korea starting from Feb. 26.
In closing, we bring you comments made by Warren Buffett in an interview with CNBC, a clip of which was released on Monday. The ‘Oracle of Omaha’ said the virus is ‘scary stuff’. But it shouldn’t impact humans’ decisions about whether to buy or sell stocks, Buffett said, alluding to the old Ben Graham axiom that stocks should be bought and held based on the fundamental value of the underlying company.
But as twitter’s Mark Spiegel joked, Buffett’s remarks had an unexpected connotation:
Translation: “It shouldn’t affect what you do in stocks because ‘the human race’ no longer controls those.” https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1231919483754864643 …
See Mark B. Spiegel’s other Tweets
Humans don’t buy stocks anymore, dummy!
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So you interupted our Snoozing because >>> 7 (I am Correct aren’t I – You Say … SEVEN) – Old, Sick, Immuno-Compromised, Multiple Existing Medical Conditions Or Already On their Last Legs
(ie THE USUAL Ones That Always Die ……As A Result Of – A Last Straw Illness ….That Breaks The Camels Back)
- have DIED
Out of 60 MILLION ITALIANS ??? …… If So – The Point Is WHAT ???
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On the other side of the scales – are >>> 3/4 OF A MILLION – INFECTED – WITH SYMPTOMS SO MILD
- THEY WONT EVEN …. HAVE NOTICED IT
Read On Facts & Figures Links To FULL EXPERT SOURCES
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Yet More Fear Porn
Annually on Average …..Approx 7 Million Die Each Year In CHINA
(ALL CAUSES) https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-die-every-year-in-China?share=1
AND …..
2,500 Die In China In 2 Months = approx average 40 a day coronavirus deaths
- That’s FecK All out ot 1.3 BILLION Chinese
- and ALL CAUSES DEATHS Of 7 MILLION CHINESE – PER YEAR
- and as usual with all these type viruses
- the deaths will predominantly be those over 80, the frail, the sick, those with existing multiple underlying health issues, the imuno-compromised and those nearing death anyway.
Meanwhile – as you will see below including links to full details – back in the REAL WORLD …..3/4 MILLION have been infected
- but symptoms SO MILD they don’t even NOTICE
AND THERE ARE More people in CHINA DIE…. OF RUN OF THE MILL SEASONAL FLU (NB DIE) 88,00 Deaths
– than all the Chinese … that have only been infected ….with caronavirus (80,000 only INFECTED)
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To Put Things In Persective From The Start – THE LANCET Medical Journal
We estimated that an….. annual …. mean >>> of 88100 – influenza-associated …… excess respiratory deaths
occurred in China (in the 5 years studied)
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2468-2667%2819%2930163-X
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Same Old Same Old Rinse & Repeat FEAR PORN PROPAGANDA PLAYBOOK – IN PLAY – YET AGAIN
- China Annual Seasonal Flu Average Deaths >>>> 88,000 – vs – Coronavirus So Far >>> Under 2,2400
AND according to experts -vs- the 2400 deaths and 80,000 infected HYPED PROPAGANDA SIDE
….There are probably >>> 10X as many
ie >>> 3/4 MILLION >>> that will have been infected
- BUT – the symptoms …. ARE QUOTE >>>>> “SO MILD – THAT NOBODY NOTICED”
Read some FACTS with links to the SOURCED EXPERTS !!
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EMPHASIS >>> ITS SO INSIGNIFICANT AS A VIRUS… THAT
Real Experts state – there are probably…. 10X as many people infected – that have symptoms >> TOO MILD TO EVEN NOTICE
- than those…. that are being recorded
SO THAT’s >>> 3/4 of a MILLION infected – but – THEIR SYMPTOMS ARE TOO MILD….. TO EVEN NOTICE !!!
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LETS GET INITIAL OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT CONFIRMATION (Fuller Details Lower Down on THE ACTUAL NUMBERS)
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT / HEALTH CANADA
QUOTE “coronaviruses are common …..and are typically associated ….with mild illnesses,
similar to the common cold. (Unquote)
QUOTE >>> Those who are infected with COVID-19 may >>>>have little to >>> NO symptoms.
You may… NOT KNOW ……you have symptoms ….of COVID-19
because they are similar to …. a COLD or flu. (UNQUOTE)
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/symptoms.html
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>>> BREAKING >>> MUST READ >>> BREAKING >>> MUST READ !!
UK GOVERNMENT >>> OUTS >>> POPEYE – PRATTchett & LISA HAVEN >>> As FEAR MONGERORS – SPREADING FEAR PORN !!
QUOTE “For those who are in contact …. with a suspected case ….in a childcare or educational setting, >>>> no restrictions…. or special control measures ….. are required (Unquote)
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FULL QUOTE 17 Feb Public Health England and the Department for Education
have…… issued headteachers and childcare providers …with fresh guidance
Schools and nurseries ….do not need to close…. or send pupils home
…. in the event of…. contact with someone …. suspected of having … the coronavirus,
according to new guidelines to be issued to schools across the UK this week.
For those who are in contact …. with a suspected case ….in a childcare or educational setting,
>>>> no restrictions…. or special control measures ….. are required
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/16/headteachers-are-told-to-stay-calm-and-keep-schools-open
For most – THE Actual Symptoms are JUST ….
- A RUNNY NOSE
- A COUGH
- A SORE THROAT / Fever (high temperature).
The vast majority of patients – at least 97 per cent, – will recover from these >>>> without any issues…. or medical help.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
Thousands of people in China and elsewhere ….have been infected ….. but have had…
>>>> such mild reactions that >>>> no one even noticed,
- said Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-01-24/china-coronavirus-panic
The UK’s BBC News COMMENTS – Re INFECTED – HAVING SUCH MILD REACTIONS >>> NO ONE NOTICED >>> FROM THE LARGEST STUDY TO DATE (The paper by the CCDC, released on Monday and published in the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology, looked at more than 44,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in China as of 11 February
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– So Known Infections 72,436 x 10 = 724,000 Who Will Have Had Symptoms – Too Mild – To Notice – YES >> ¾ Million
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QUOTE >>> Re The Known 72,436 infections
- Scientists have estimated there could be …..10 times as many people infected ….. as are ending up in the official statistics.
That ALSO means the….. overall death rate IN THE REST OF CHINA (Outside Hubei) is likely to be
>>> lower than the 0.4% (rest of China) reported in this study (ie 10X LOWER – Making the death rate potentially ONLY 0.04)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51540981
Its a lightweight WIMP in Viral Terms
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AND ALSO
EXPERT OPINION FROM – HEALTHLINE.COM
The bottom line
Extensive news coverage of the new coronavirus outbreak …. can make the situation
>>> seem much worse …. than it actually is.
>>> Influenza virus …. still causes>>>> far more >>> illness and death worldwide.
EXPERTS also emphasize – that this outbreak >>>> is significantly …… less dangerous
>>>> than previous….. coronavirus epidemics…. . like SARS and MERS.
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/dont-freak-out-about-the-coronavirus-just-yet#The-bottom-line
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THE NATIONAL POST
A recent article by University of Hong scientists published >>>>> by the journal Lancet states …..
Based on the number of reported deaths when the paper was published Friday,
Coronavirus would actually produce….. a mortality rate of >>>> just 0.2 per cent — akin to that >>> of regular influenzas.
“We don’t freak out about seasonal flu, …..we experience it every year,”
said Matthew Miller, a microbiologist who studies viruses at McMaster University.
“The people most likely to die from seasonal flu are …….the elderly and the very young
… The same is very likely to be true …….with this …… new coronavirus outbreak.
The people who are at highest risk …..are the people at the highest risk >>>> for any type of infection.”
There seems to be so much…. active disinformation spread,” said Falzarano.
“Things coming out …. >>>> are just nonsense, ….. and then are picked up ….by the media.”
https://nationalpost.com/health/new-coronavirus-may-be-no-more-dangerous-than-the-flu-despite-worldwide-alarm-experts
Experts DAILY MAIL NATIONAL NEWSPAPER 10th Feb 2020
What does the virus do to you? …… What are the symptoms?
Once someone has caught the COVID-19 virus it may take between two and 14 days, or even longer, for them to show any symptoms.
IF … and when …they do become ill, …. typical signs include
- A RUNNY NOSE
- A COUGH
- A SORE THROAT / Fever (high temperature).
The vast majority of patients – at least 97 per cent, ….. based on available data – will recover from these >>>> without any issues or medical help.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7987001/Death-toll-killer-coronavirus-10-TIMES-higher-average-Chinas-Hubei-province.html
SYMPTOMS A Runny Nose, Sore Throat, A Cough & A Raised Temperature & OVER 97% Fully Recover With NO Medical Help.
So There You Have It – CoronaVirus – Ranks the lowest of the low, the bottom of the bottom
in a weakest of the weak league of it’s own – when it comes to viral threat & dangers
The REST is Just CLICK BAIT & FEAR PORN PROPAGANDA
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10 February 2020 BLOOMBERG
The new coronavirus might have infected at least 500,000 people in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global outbreak, by the time it peaks in coming weeks.
But most of those people…..>>>> won’t even know it.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-08/virus-outbreak-in-wuhan-may-soon-peak-with-more-than-5-infected
14 FEB 2020 CNBC
It appears infections among medical workers…. peaked >>> in mid-January
and have >>> “rapidly” decreased since, ……according to the World Health Organization.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/who-and-china-investigate-1716-health-workers-infected-with-coronavirus.html
18 February 11:00 gmt
— Has the outbreak in China peaked?
A study of nearly 45,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in China suggests that the outbreak might already ….have reached its climax.
The peak — the day with the highest number of new infections — occurred around … the end of January.
The number of new laboratory-confirmed cases per day ……declined from then….. to 11 February, ….. the end of the study period.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00154-w
From Above Engage Brain & Common Sense …. CoronaVirus is an insignificant irrelevance … in viral terms