Coronavirus latest updates: California declares state of emergency as China deaths pass 3,000 - MW
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A Turkish airline plane flew back to Istanbul without any passengers on Thursday on orders from authorities in Singapore after a passenger arrived on the same plane on Tuesday. gave coronavirus positive result.
Singapore's aviation regulator said three pilots and 11 other crew members of TK54 flight arrived on Tuesday on a flight back to Istanbul, where they will be put into quarantine.
The crew was in close contact with a passenger on flight TK54, who then tested positive for COVID-19, Singapore's Civil Aviation Authority (CAAS) said in a statement on Thursday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is contacting the Turkish Embassy, confirming that the crew will be isolated on arrival in Istanbul, CAAS said.
Singapore's Ministry of Transport said in a statement on its website that authorities had begun tracking down passengers on TK54 flight who may have contacted the infected person.
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Here, a summary of the latest coronavirus news from Helen Davidson and Justin McCurry.
The death toll in China has surpassed 3,000, when the German Health Minister, marking the outbreak of the pandemic and the model in Australia, predicted the worst case is that millions of people could be infected with Covid-19. .
Development until coronavirus continues to spread around the world. South Korea's number of confirmed cases was close to 6,000 on Thursday and Italy ordered the closure of all schools after the virus spread to all but one of its 20 regions, killing 107 people. network. The UK has been warned of a likely disease.
An additional 31 viral deaths in China caused deaths in excess of 3,000 on Wednesday. All deaths are in Hubei Province, the center of the outbreak and the government has confirmed 139 new cases - up the previous day.
In the United States, California has declared a state of emergency for 53 confirmed cases and a cruise ship linked to the state's first viral death was held off San Francisco.
The Australian state of Western Australia has recorded its third case of coronavirus. The woman in her 30s returned to the state this week after travelling to Iceland and London and flying home via Dubai.
State health minister Roger Cook, said the state had not yet recorded any cases of apparent on-soil transmission.
“Western Australia remains coronavirus free in terms of internally contracted or transmitted cases,” Cook told reporters in Perth on Thursday. “All the cases which have occurred in Western Australia have been those that have contracted the disease outside the state, so our ongoing campaign to constrain and isolate in relation to the coronavirus epidemic is still being highly successful.”
Dr Andy Robertson, Western Australia deputy chief health officer, said authorities were tracing the woman’s movements. Robertson said she was not symptomatic on the plane and self-isolated when she became sick. The woman remains in home isolation.
The other two cases in the state were a couple in their 70s who contracted the virus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship and were transferred to Western Australia, where the 78-year-old man died. Cook said coronavirus clinics would be operational in the state from Tuesday and the state had spent $2.3m to purchase 50 new ventilators for hospitals.
- The government on Thursday banned foreigners from South Korea
- It expands existing bans on foreigners from mainland China and Iran and says there will be tougher screening processes for people from Italy.
- The new travel restriction means that any foreign tourist who has been to China, Iran and South Korea within two weeks of arriving in Australia will be denied.
- Bans, including anyone who has transited through those countries, will be reviewed weekly.
- Australian citizens and residents are exempt from the bans, but are required to segregate themselves for two weeks upon returning to Australia.
- Travelers from Italy will be checked for temperature and are required to complete a detailed health questionnaire before they are cleared for entry.
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Most employees at an elderly care home in Sydney, the center of the coronavirus epidemic, did not come to work on Wednesday night because they were concerned about endangering their family members, the trade union The elderly care representative said.
BaptistCare, the company that runs Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Macquarie Park, declined to comment when asked if some employees had not moved to their shifts after news of the Covid-19 outbreak at the facility occurred.
But Secretary of Health Services Alliance Gerard Hayes said the union had been told by workers at the facility that most of the workers assigned to work on Wednesday night were sick and that the shift was one. leasing agency.
Residents at the elderly care center were detained in their rooms and staff were required to stay home and quarantine themselves if they had any symptoms, as health authorities struggled to prevent them. virus.
Native Australian Minister Ken Wyatt told ABC that a remote indigenous community of Muslims in [Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara] chose to quarantine themselves to prevent anyone from entering the coronavirus, the journalist. Anna Henderson said on Twitter.
BREAKING: A remote Indigenous community in the APY lands has chosen to self-quarantine to prevent anyone coming in with coronavirus, according to Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt on @abcnews ping @PatsKarvelas He did not say which one.
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Australian officials were unable to visit a citizen locked in China because of coronavirus, and there were concerns for another imprisoned in Iran, the AAP report.
The worldwide outbreak of coronavirus has prevented Australian consular officials from visiting a citizen locked in Chinese prison. There were also concerns for another Australian who was detained in Iran, where the virus had spread among prisoners.
Australian democracy writer and supporter Yang Hengjun has been detained in China since January of last year. Dr. Yang is granted a half-hour consular visit every month.
However, State Department official Andrew Todd said his February visit was canceled by the Chinese government due to the on-site COVID-19 control measures.
A number of similar measures are applied on all prisons in China, he told an Senate estimate hearing on Thursday.
We are looking through our embassy in Beijing with Chinese authorities other ways to contact Dr. Yang, via a phone call or by mail.
South Australian Senator Rex Patrick asked if coronavirus posed a risk to Dr. Yang.
Not something we are aware of at this stage, Mr. Mr said.
Some of the issues we monitor very closely with all Australian citizens detained around the world, but especially in countries where COVID-19 is present.
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Summary
- The death toll in mainland China has passed 3,000, with a further 31 deaths on Wednesday taking the total toll to 3,012. Confirmed cases there rose by 139 to reach 80,409.
- California’s governor has declared a state of emergency after the announcement of the first virus-related death there. The state now has 53 confirmed cases. The victim, a 71-year-old man, travelled on the Grand Princess cruise ship last month, and the vessel is now being held off the coast of San Francisco while tests are conducted. Twenty one people on board have reported flu-like symptoms.
- Italy has closed all schools and universities until 15 March and ordered that all major sporting events, including Serie A football, would be played behind closed doors. The virus has killed 107 people there, and spread to all but one of Italy’s 20 regions
- Japan’s Olympics minister has said cancelling or delaying the Games in July “would be unacceptable for the athletes”. The country has 1,036 cases and 12 people have died, it’s health ministry has said.
- Australia introduced a travel ban for South Korea and brought in enhanced screening for those arriving from Italy. Australia’s chief medical officer, Brendan Murphy, has said the government is “looking at scenarios from the most benign through to some millions of people being infected over a period of several weeks”. The health minister for New South Wales has said containment of the virus is now “unlikely”.
- Germany’s health minister has labelled the outbreak a pandemic, something the World Health Organization has so far stopped short of declaring. “What’s clear is that we have not yet reached the peak of the outbreak,” Spahn told German politicians.
- The UK has seen the biggest daily increase to date, with cases jumping by more than 60% to 87 cases.
- India is restricting the export of several drugs, including paracetamol and antibiotics, leading to fears of a global shortage of essential medicines.
- The IMF has torn up its growth forecasts. The fund has warned this year’s growth will be lower than last year’s.
- Concerts, conferences and sporting events are being cancelled in countries around the world. MGM Universal has also announced the postponement of the release of the new James Bond film, No Time to Die.
The latest cases bring the total to 47 since January, Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen, director general of the Department of Disease Control, said at a news conference on Thursday.
New cases include visitors who have been to Italy, Iran and China.
Thailand has recorded a coronavirus death, 31 patients recovered and returned home, while 15 are still being treated at the hospital.
Panic buying continues across the globe
Shelves are stripped of toilet paper rolls, hand disinfectants and surgical masks everywhere from Japan to France as panic buying criss-cross globally with coronavirus, despite repeated calls to keep calm and disrupt the supply chain, AFP reports.
Australia's largest supermarket this week began distributing toilet paper sales after police had to be called to a store in Sydney when a knife was drawn in a scuffle over scarce goods. .
On Saturday, the Japanese Japanese prime minister took to Twitter to ease worries about a national shortage, while social media photos from the US showed toilet paper shelves lying naked.
Last month, ten thousand people lined up outside a store in Hong Kong secured a shipment of disposable surgical masks, and the following day, the masks were voted as desirable gifts. Most waiting to receive on Valentine's Day.
In London, masks are now more than 100 times higher than their regular retail prices, while French authorities say they will requisition all the items and make masks.
This is despite the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying it does not recommend using masks to help fight disease.
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