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China Battles Coronavirus Outbreak: All the Latest Updates

posted by martyb on Monday January 27 2020, @08:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the stay-aware-and-wash-your-hands dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny which was the inspiration for this story.

China Battles Coronavirus Outbreak: All the Latest Updates:

The virus thought to have originated in a Wuhan food market continues to spread as China steps up containment efforts.

[...] China is extending the Lunar New Year holiday for three days and enforcing strict containment measures in an attempt to curb the spread of a new coronavirus that has killed 80 people and infected at more than 2,700, most of them in the central province of Hubei where the virus first emerged.

The holiday season was due to end on Friday but will now be extended until February 2.

More than 56 million people in almost 20 cities, including the Hubei capital of Wuhan, have been affected by travel restrictions, introduced amid fears the transmission rate will balloon as hundreds of millions of Chinese travel during the Lunar New Year celebrations.

[...] Health authorities around the world are taking action to prevent a pandemic as more countries report cases. Confirmed cases have so far been announced in several Asiancountries, Europe and North America.

[...] The World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged the respiratory illness, which has been traced to the city of Wuhan, is an emergency in China but the organisation said on Thursday it was too early to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.

Previously:

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 27 2020, @02:35PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 27 2020, @02:35PM (#949326)

    ...there is no way to stop them from spitting or getting them to wash their hands.

    You underestimate the power of a totalitarian police state. If they can force people to have only one child at a time, they can make them do something simpler like forcing people into proper hygienic practices. Singapore imposed draconian punishments on people for such infractions and it will be even easier for the PRC to do something similar.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 27 2020, @03:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 27 2020, @03:32PM (#949355)

    That would stress the population too much. The CCP's course, since the 80s, has been to give the people free rein to do whatever their urges call on them to do, until it starts affecting China's reputation or could jeopardize CCP ownership of the country.