Notices tagged with covid19, page 28
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12:29 pm: IMF chief says coronavirus 'clearly more impactful' on global growth than SARS IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told CNBC's Sara Eisen on Wednesday the new coronavirus that started in China is "clearly more impactful" on the world economy than the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. "China was different [then], the world was different," said Georgieva, in an interview …
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Over 15,000 new confirmed cases of #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #coronavirus infection within the past 24 hours.
I haven't seen an explanation yet. My first guess would be that they recently received a new supply of test kits, and are now testing people who are not as sick. If so, the alarming 2% fatality rate should start falling soon.
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#Wuhan funeral home employee: We're burning hundreds of bodies each day. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3875039
#2019-nCoV #COVID-19 #coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2
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#Wuhan funeral home employee: We're burning hundreds of bodies each day. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3875039
#2019-nCoV #COVID-19 #coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2
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https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/labs-scramble-spot-hidden-coronavirus-infections [sciencemag org]
Trying to cast a wider diagnostic net for #COVID-19 ( #2019-nCoV ) infections. Belief is that many, many mild cases are not being diagnosed, leading to the 2% fatality rate statistic. It is thought that once they get a better look at the number of infections, the fatality rate will be far lower than 2%.
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https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-has-a-name-the-deadly-disease-is-covid-19/ [wired]
#2019-nCoV is now #COVID-19 caused by #SARS-CoV2
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#2019ncov #COVID19 > According to WHO, Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV is now officially called COVID-19.[ . . . ]> “We had to find a name that did not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which is also pronounceable and related to the disease,” the WHO chief said. “It also gives us a standard format to …
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#2019ncov #COVID19 > According to WHO, Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV is now officially called COVID-19.[ . . . ]> “We had to find a name that did not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which is also pronounceable and related to the disease,” the WHO chief said. “It also gives us a standard format to …