22-02-2020, 05:13 AM
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Senior high school students from China will be allowed to travel to Australia under a strict exemption announced by the Federal Government.Health Minister Greg Hunt has today revealed Year 11 and 12 students from mainland China, excluding from Hubei, will be considered on a special case-by-case basis.
If the states and territories agree, students will be tested for the coronavirus before leaving China and on arrival in Australia, and will have to self-isolate for 14 days.
Mr Hunt said medical authorities believed the virus was contained in Australia and slowing globally.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-...ralia/11991292
22-02-2020, 10:58 AM
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Breaking:https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Last few days progression of total cases in South Korea:
Feb. 22: 433 cases (current day, still in progress)
Feb. 21: 209 cases
Feb. 20: 111 cases
Feb. 19: 58 cases
Feb. 18: 31 cases
Additionally:
13 new cases in Italy bringing the total to 34.
1 new death in Italy, a woman who was hospitalized a few days ago for pneumonia in the Lodi area (Lombardy region). Italy now has the highest number of cases and deaths in Europe
10 new cases in Iran bringing the total to 28.
22-02-2020, 12:02 PM
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It was reported today that the incubation period for Covid19 might be 27 days rather than the 14 days previously thought. That will make a difference!Another person evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship to Australia has tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of confirmed cases to seven.
The person from Queensland will remain in isolation overnight, before being repatriated home by Queensland health on Sunday.
Health authorities confirmed two Victorians tested positive for COVID-19 last night after four people were diagnosed with the virus on Friday — a woman from SA, a man from WA and two people from Queensland .
Northern Territory chief medical officer Dianne Stephens said the two Victorians and two Queenslanders would be repatriated to their home states today.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-...cuees/11991146
22-02-2020, 12:04 PM
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Researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ) have said they are just days away from testing a new vaccine for coronavirus, or COVID-19, on animals.Paul Young, head of the university's School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, said a team of 20 UQ scientists had been working around the clock to speed up the vaccine building process since the outbreak of the virus.
Researchers from UQ were funded by an international organisation called the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) to use new rapid medical development technology to help create a vaccine for the new virus strain.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-...chers/11991456
22-02-2020, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce
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More changes to the stats:Australia
Cases 21
Recovered 11
U.K.
Cases 9
Recovered 8
USA
Cases 35
Recovered 6
22-02-2020, 12:18 PM
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The latest (supplied) statistics for China show no sign of waning:https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
22-02-2020, 01:28 PM
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Evacuation flight for Britons on Diamond Princess lands in UKhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51594507
The flight landed at Boscombe Down, an airbase in Wiltshire, after leaving Tokyo late on Friday night.
The group will travel on coaches to Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral, where they will spend 14 days in quarantine.
The passengers have so far tested negative for Covid-19, the illness brought on by coronavirus.
The flight took off from Tokyo's Haneda Airport late on Friday evening (GMT) and landed at Boscombe Down, a Ministry of Defence base in Wiltshire, about 11:30 GMT on Saturday.
Appearing alongside wife Roberta, Steve Abel said in a YouTube video late on Friday evening that his father's condition was "very serious", while his mother has a more mild form of pneumonia.
He also said his "really distressed" parents - who had been on the cruise for their 50th wedding anniversary - called him to say they were being moved to a different hospital.
Mr Abel said: "They've gone from being told that they're going to have all these wonderful treatments, and 'we're going to wait over the next two or three days just to see how they respond to the treatments', and now all of a sudden they're being told 'we have to move you to a different hospital'."
He said his father is so "weak" he has been using a wheelchair, and has been told he could be put on a ventilator.
The Foreign Office said the welfare of all British nationals is of the highest priority to the UK government.
They added they are working with the Japanese authorities to ensure those British nationals who are remaining in Japan for health reasons get the best possible care.
22-02-2020, 01:38 PM
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Breaking:https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
9 new cases in Italy bringing the total to 43.
The total number of cases in Italy has now already doubled since yesterday.
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