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[COVID-19 Virus] The PRC Situation Thread

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Ah Tiong land bagus,,they are building a 1000 bed hospital in 7 days,,,and during CNY too,,,so really cannot fault the chicoms,,,,ah tiong land bagus

China to build 1,000-bed hospital in less than a week to treat virus patients
A medical staff member walks outside the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on Jan 18, 2020. (Photo: STR/AFP)
24 Jan 2020 11:19AM(Updated: 24 Jan 2020 01:42PM)
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BEIJING: The Chinese city of Wuhan is rapidly building a new 1,000-bed hospital to treat victims of a new coronavirus, mobilising machinery to get it ready by early next week, state media said.
The virus has killed 25 people in China and infected more than 800, the government said on Friday (Jan 24), as the World Health Organisation declared it an emergency but stopped short of declaring the epidemic of international concern.

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Most of the cases are in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus is believed to have originated late last year.
READ: WHO says 'bit too early' to declare coronavirus a global emergency
The new hospital is being built around a holiday complex originally intended for local workers, set in gardens by a lake on the outskirts of the city, the official Changjiang Daily reported on Friday. Prefabricated buildings which will have 1,000 beds will be put up, it said.
Building machinery, including 35 diggers and 10 bulldozers, arrived at the site on Thursday night, with the aim to get the new facility ready by Monday, the paper added.

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"The construction of this project is to solve the shortage of existing medical resources," the report said. "Because it will be prefabricated buildings, it will not only be built fast but it also won't cost much."
READ: Singapore confirms first case of Wuhan virus


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The hospital aims to copy the experience of Beijing in 2003, when the city battled Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). As many as 774 people died in the SARS epidemic, which reached nearly 30 countries.
At the time, Beijing built the Xiaotangshan hospital in its northern suburbs in just a week. Within two months, it treated one-seventh of all the country's SARS patients, the Changjiang Daily said.
"It created a miracle in the history of medical science," the paper added.
The Beijing hospital, built by 7,000 workers, was originally designed only to take people who were in recovery from SARS to relieve pressure on other hospitals.
In the end it treated nearly 700 SARS patients.
For full coverage and latest developments on the Wuhan virus outbreak: https://cna.asia/wuhan-virus
Source: Reuters/nr
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What a stupid conclusion. Of course it means Wuhan people are going to various places including Sinkieland. Good work PAP. PLEASE ASK FOR MORE TO COME TO SINKIELAND.
 

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How the coronavirus started in China — and why that's actually a saving grace
By Simon Reid
Updated about 9 hours ago

A crowd of commuters line up outside a train station, many wearing face masks to protect against smog PHOTO: China is one country that has undergone the most substantial and rapid transformation in its human demography. (Reuters: China Daily CDIC)
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The emergence of a new coronavirus in China has once again raised the spectre of a global pandemic.

It wasn't that long ago that we had our last pandemic (the H1N1 virus in 2009, also known as "swine flu") and less than 20 years since the 2003 emergence of SARS, another coronavirus that was highly lethal to humans.

The emergence of the "new" disease requires the virus to spill over or "jump species" from its reservoir into people. This event is complex and needs close contact, as well as a virus that can infect humans (not many animal viruses can).

To truly emerge, the virus then has to possess the ability to infect other humans (even fewer can do this).

The concern now is that the new coronavirus is showing it can do this last step, albeit, in a limited way so far.

The human-animal interface
Humans mostly interact with domesticated animals directly through agriculture and as pets.

In the past, this has led to the emergence of human diseases that are still with us — for example, measles from cattle and whooping cough from dogs.

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Humans also interact with wildlife through hunting and as a consequence of our use of their habitat to grow food and houses. This leads to diseases such as Hendra and Ebola.

The wildcard in all this is human behaviour driven by cultural and social norms. For example, the presence of live animal markets in parts of Asia is strongly associated with the spread of avian influenza and the origin of SARS — and we're seeing it again this time with the Wuhan coronavirus developing in China.

Basically, the more we interact, the greater the probability of a spillover of a pathogen.

The more often that happens, the greater the chance of us receiving one that is perfectly suited to human-human transmission.

The most significant driver of emergence, however, is food production.

A man plucks a chicken he just killed on top of a cage full of live chickens at a street market. PHOTO: The presence of live animal markets in parts of Asia is strongly associated with the spread of avian influenza and the origin of SARS. (Reuters: David Gray)


So why is it happening in China?
The rate of emergence of new human pathogens appears to be accelerating. A recent study suggested that over half of all emergences are associated with food production.

This is directly related to the size and prosperity of the human population. In order to grow food, we use land, water and energy.

If you consider that human activity is a necessary requirement, then China is one country that has undergone the most substantial and rapid transformation in its human demography and land use.

Medical staff transfer a patient at the Jinyintan hospital. PHOTO: The emergence of the "new" disease requires the virus to spill-over or "jump species" from its reservoir into people. (Reuters)


There have been rapid shifts in where people live (urbanisation), what they eat and how they use the land.

The food production systems needed to support this transformation are highly complex and on an industrial scale.

At the same time, there remains a strong cultural preference for live animal marketing and the consumption of a wide variety of different animal species.

Newly emerging viruses may well be a sentinel of a system that is out of balance.

What can be done to reduce the risk?
Solving the problem is not as simple as changing diets, however.

We still have to grow what we eat, largely using land, and while farmed animals are the source of many human pathogens, an increasing number come from wildlife (including bats and wild birds).

Wuhan virus 'super-spreaders'

One of China's top health experts warns potential "super-spreaders" could worsen the impact of the new coronavirus strain, which can now be passed between humans.



There is no guarantee that switching away from animal diets will solve the problem, because the changes needed in the food system could have unintended impacts on other parts of our ecosystem, such as natural forests and their wildlife.

There are also extremely strong cultural preferences around diet, so it may be the hardest change to make.

The biggest risk now is the rise of "super-spreaders". A single person (super-spreader) was responsible for moving SARS from China to a single hotel floor in Hong Kong and from there to multiple countries.

A super-spreader is a bit like a large ember in a bushfire. If an ember falls in a place with no fuel there is no fire. If it falls where there is an unlimited amount of fuel and the conditions are right, we get a wildfire.

The ideal fuel conditions for a new virus are lots of humans living and interacting close together — like a large city.

That is not to say there is nothing we can do.

a woman points a device as people walk past her at an airport PHOTO: The ideal fuel conditions for a new virus are lots of humans living and interacting close together — like a large city. (AP: Andy Wong)


Reducing the "conflict" between human and natural systems — for example, by reimagining how we use land to make better allowances for natural habitat — will help take pressure off food systems, while addressing other environmental concerns like climate change, deforestation and land degradation.

Stopping the spread
Despite the risk of "super-spreaders", the emergence of new diseases in places like China is actually a saving grace.

China has an excellent system and massive capacity to investigate and control diseases, and the country's response to recent disease emergences has been highly transparent, competent and effective.

two people in blue medical gowns hair netting and face masks carry a tub along a road outside near a car PHOTO: China has an excellent system and massive capacity to investigate and control diseases. (Reuters)


There is a global effort to monitor infectious diseases and coordinate response and information-sharing, led by the World Health Organisation.

It requires countries to demonstrate they have holistic systems that include cooperation between animal and human health agencies (One Health).

This works well in rich countries, but many poorer nations need support.

The scariest threat is the prospect of antimicrobial resistance.

A man wearing a facemask drags his luggage in front of a train station. PHOTO: There is a global effort to monitor infectious diseases and coordinate response and information sharing. (AP: Mark Schiefelbein)


If we lose antibiotics, then we are back to square one, with simple skin infections and seasonal influenza outbreaks resulting in high death tolls.

Our biggest risk now is human apathy. Unfortunately, antimicrobial resistance does not raise the pulse of politicians like a good outbreak of SARS.
 

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Dr Guan Yi, whose team was among the first to identify the SARS virus 17 years ago, shared the concerns.

He confessed to Chinese media that the situation in Wuhan - where the virus originated - 'is already uncontrollable'.

He feared that the new virus could lead to an outbreak at least 10 times worse than the SARS pandemic, which killed 775 people and infected more than 8,000 worldwide.

'I have experienced so much and never felt scared. Most [viruses] are controllable, but this time I am scared,' Dr Guan told Chinese outlet Caixin.

The expert, who was in Wuhan this week, claimed he had to 'escape' from the city yesterday after noticing the 'jaw-droppingly' lack of preventative measures enforced by the local authorities.

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big mouth Jack Ma is keeping silent? why he never come out with his latest technology to kill virus or asking his chinese dogs to learn to be human and clean up their shit and stop eating dirty shit?
 

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