Following Tiibet`s diagnosis of the first new type of coronavirus yesterday, the outbreak has swept through China`s mainland 31 provinces, cities, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and spread to nearly 20 countries, including Australia. The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new type of coronavirus epidemic as a "public health emergency of international concern," at the same level as the current Congo Ebola outbreak.
Combined Australian media reported that the number of infections in Australia continued to rise, less than a week has been diagnosed in the territory of nine cases, the state of Victoria and Queensland last night, a new case. Two other australians have been diagnosed in guangdong.
As of 12:00 today,71 people in Virginia were tested negative, and eight are still waiting for the test results.
The new state health department tested negative for 50 people and 20 are still being investigated. 44 people are being tested in kunzhou.
Victoria: chinese citizen diagnosed in melbourne
The newly diagnosed Chinese woman was admitted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. (Photo by Australian Broadcasting Corporation)1
Virginia last night reported a third confirmed case. Chinese female patient is Chinese, over 40 years old, from Hubei.
She is currently at Royal Melbourne Hospital
Isolated, respiratory diseases, but stable.
The woman had been in Australia for more than a week but had only developed symptoms in the last two or three days. Despite the letter, she spent most of her time with her family and did not go anywhere in public.
The infected person was immediately referred to the hospital after going to see a general practitioner (GP) and was then tested for a new type of coronavirus positive in the hospital.
Authorities is monitoring the symptoms or signs of a new type of coronavirus infection in two close contacts.
Kunzhou: Cross-infection of Chinese tour group Two diagnosed
Two members of a chinese tour to kunzhou have been diagnosed. Their accommodation is in the same building as the Peppers Broadbeach Resort. (Photo of No.9)
A 44-year-old male regiment confirmed on Wednesday that it was infected with a new type of coronavirus after a tour group from Wuhan flew to the Gold Coast via Melbourne on Monday, becoming the first confirmed case in Queensland. A female visitor to the group was also confirmed positive last night, pushing the number of diagnoses in the state to two.
The 42-year-old Chinese woman is said to have walked with eight other members of the regiment, including the first diagnosed 44-year-old man. The group of nine people were segregated at the Gold Coast Hospital (Gold Coast University Hospital) and the woman was listed as stable.
The tour was transferred from Wuhan to Singapore and arrived in Melbourne on January 22nd. After a five-day trip to the city, he boarded Tiger Flight TT566 at 7:44 p.m. on January 27 and arrived at Gold Coast Airport at 8:45 p.m.
Authorities is contacting tiger passengers who share a one-flight flight with two confirmed passengers. (Photo of No.9)
Health autharies is trying to get in touch with passengers on a flight of 172 passengers. Jeannette Young, chief medical officer for the state, said:`Once people are found sitting within two rows of the Chinese tour group, they will be asked to be quarantined. Male visitor diagnosed earlier was ill during flight.
chief medical officer of kunzhou, yang g. (Photo by the Courier Mail)
She said at last night`s news conference that "we will contact every passenger on the flight," but believes other passengers are at lower risk.
Currently, male tourists who have been diagnosed with the infection are also listed as "stable ". He called for an ambulance as he became ill in a private rented apartment on the Gold Coast. The apartment is in the same building as the 4.5-star resort Peppers Broadbeach Resort. The man arrived at the Gold Coast University Hospital at 3:30pm on Tuesday.
The kunzhou health department is working with the management of the resort to inform other residents and employees about the situation. "has been in the hotel for less than 24 hours, so we`re just looking at the exact details of who he`s been in contact with and how long.
"We do have a isolation unit, but at this stage they are living in a single room," Young said of the nine people who were quarantined. If we find more cases in the end, we`ll consider isolating the ward. But not at the moment. "
She said the Queensland Department of Health was also investigating the capacity of private hospitals in the coming months "if necessary."
Young also mentioned that the Chinese women`s team, which is preparing for the upcoming Olympic women`s qualification in Sydney in Brisbane, is now segregated at the Westin Hotel in the city`s urban area until February 5. Health officials are cooperating with the Chinese women`s team, allowing them to be segregated from the public while being trained in Brisbane.
The latest news said the Chinese women`s game against the Australian women`s team was rescheduled until February 12 at the Campbelltown Stadium.
Chinese women`s soccer team isolated at Brisbane`s Westin Hotel.(Photo by Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Kunzhou to announce Hubei passenger location
After two Chinese visitors to the Gold Coast diagnosed a new type of coronavirus, Queensland Gov. Annastacia Palaszczuk expressed disappointment at Canberra`s side, saying federal government had not advised the state`s people from the epidemic area of Hubei where they were.
Mr pallazuk told jornalist today that federal government did not share international flight records, suggesting the location of chinese passengers who might be of concern. "We need to know where citizen is in china, where those people have been to hubei and where they are currently in kunzhou. "
She said she had sent a letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressing concern. "The Prime Minister has data and information on the entry of persons on these departing flights from Hubei. The entry card contains details of their residence and their contact number. Therefore, tracing contacts should be the primary meaning. We don`t have that information. "
The governor also said the state had asked for the information, but authorities did not provide it.
New state: two discharged patients identified
Two of the new state`s four diagnosed patients recovered from the deadly virus and have been discharged from Sydney`s Westmead Hospital, the health department said.
Kerry Chant, chief medical officer for the new state, said yesterday that the men were no longer contagious and that "their symptoms were completely gone "... as an additional precautionary measure, we have tested to determine that no virus was detected in samples taken from these people. "
Both discharged cases arrived in Xinzhou from China. A 35-year-old man flew from Shenzhen to Sydney and another 53-year-old man flew from Wuhan to Sydney.
The new state has been stepping up quarantine efforts in recent days, persuading people who have recently been to china to step up even if their symptoms are mild.
Trends in new coronavirus outbreaks
1. Australia
Figures on the new coronavirus outbreak in Australia as at 12:00 today:
:: Nine people were diagnosed with the virus.
:: Four cases were diagnosed in the new state, three in the state of Virginia and two in the state of Kunming. All patients are stable.
Currently,* autharies says australian cases are relatively mild and two patients in new state have been discharged.
2. Global
:: As of 14:40 p.m. Beijing time on January 31, the number of new cases of coronary virus pneumonia diagnosed in China had increased to 9740, with 15,238 suspected cases and 171 cases cured cases. Among them,2639 cases were diagnosed in wuhan and 159 cases in death and 51 cases were cured. Beijing diagnosed 132 cases, Shanghai 135 cases, Guangdong 393 cases, Zhejiang 537 cases, Hong Kong 12 cases, Macau 9 cases, TW 7 cases.
:: In addition to the nine new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Australia, the epidemic spread to Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, France, the United States, Viet Nam, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Italy, Finland, Nepal, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and India.
:: The first case of human transmission in the United States. There have been cases of interpersonal transmission in Germany, Vietnam and Japan. This suggests that new coronaviruses are more likely to spread further.
:: WHO declared the new coronavirus epidemic a public health emergency of international concern, but stressed that travel and trade restrictions are not recommended.
