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Posted: 28 Jan 2020 11:47 PM PST

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Hundreds of Americans arrive in Alaska after leaving Chinese epicenter of coronavirus outbreak - CNN

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 11:46 PM PST

The fast-moving coronavirus has killed 130 people and infected 6,000 others in China -- most of them in the hardest-hit city of Wuhan. Five cases of the disease have been confirmed in the United States.
The flight chartered by the State Department left Wuhan on Wednesday local time, and stopped to in Anchorage, Alaska, according to a live signal from CNN affiliate KTUU.
From there, it will head to the March Air Reserve Base near Riverside, California, where it'll arrive early Wednesday.
The flight was originally planned to land at the civilian Ontario International Airport -- about 35 miles from Los Angeles.
It's not immediately clear why the itinerary was changed from the civilian airport to a military base. Curt Hagman, a San Bernardino County commissioner who is on the board of the Ontario airport, said they were informed Tuesday night that the plane will not land there.

Passengers will be screened at various stages

The passengers will go through a series of screenings during the trip and after they land, officials said.
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will screen them in Anchorage to determine whether they are healthy enough to continue on to California.
Passengers who have a cough, fever or shortness of breath in Anchorage will be further assessed by medical experts, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
"These individuals will be screened before they take off; monitored during the duration of the flight by medical personnel on board; screened again on landing to refuel in Anchorage, Alaska; monitored on the last leg of the flight by medical personnel on board; evaluated upon arrival at March Air Reserve Base ... and then monitored for symptoms post-arrival," the CDC said.
Before the plane's arrival itinerary was changed to a military airport, an official had told CNN the passengers may be forced to stay in isolation between three days and two weeks.
At the time, Hagman said authorities were setting up beds, phone chargers and televisions in an isolated, dormant hangar at Ontario International Airport.
It's unclear whether the same procedure will be followed at the military base, which is in a different county.

Priority was given to US citizens at risk

The passengers include US diplomats and their families. The State Department had said American citizens could also board on a reimbursable basis if space was available.
While there are about 1,000 Americans living in Wuhan, priority was given to US citizens who are "most at risk for contracting coronavirus" if they stay in the city, the State Department said.
It said it was unable to accommodate everyone due to space limitations, but it's working to identify alternative routes for US citizens to depart Wuhan by land.
The State Department issued a Level 4 advisory for Wuhan, meaning Americans should not travel to the city while the virus has an impact, Vice President Mike Pence said. It also ordered personnel working at the US Consulate in Wuhan to depart for the United States.
Other countries including South Korea and Japan are also sending charters to evacuate citizens from the epicenter of the outbreak. The European Commission said it was sending two aircraft to evacuate European Union citizens out of Wuhan, according to a statement Tuesday.

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Posted: 28 Jan 2020 11:46 PM PST

What is a coronavirus?

The World Health Organisation (WHO) was made aware earlier this month that people from Wuhan City in the Hubei Province of China had contracted a new type of virus that has never been seen in humans before. It has similar symptoms to pneumonia and predominantly causes respiratory problems. This new virus is part of the family of coronaviruses that include everyday illnesses like the common cold and more serious viruses like SARS and MERS. It has temporarily been named '2019-nCoV'.

Several coronaviruses are known to exist in animals but not humans, and this latest outbreak is thought to be caused by 2019-nCoV being transmitted from an animal to a human at a wet market in Wuhan. This has happened before, with SARS having been transmitted by civet cats while MERS came from camels.

There is not currently a vaccine or treatment available, although governments around the world are racing to find one. One major problem of this new virus is that the symptoms do not appear to become apparent straight away – meaning people can carry the virus without knowing for as long as two weeks before symptoms start to show. This makes it harder to identify people that have been infected, making it easier for it to spread.

Where has the coronavirus spread?

Once a human has been infected, they can then go on to infect other humans they come into contact with – which has allowed the virus to spread quickly. China has effectively locked down and quarantined the city of Wuhan after discovering the virus originated there, with all public transport brought to a halt. Around 11 million people live in the city, making it roughly the same size as London. Authorities have also extended the Chinese New Year holiday in the hope this will minimise travel and help contain the virus from spreading further.

Cases of the new virus have been recorded in almost every Chinese province. There has been nearly 3000 confirmed cases and thousands more of suspected ones, according to Chinese health officials. So far, the virus has been fatal for at least 81 people in the country, mostly older people and those that have pre-existing respiratory problems.

Most other countries have imposed strict travel rules for people trying to enter the country from Wuhan or other severely affected regions – but this has not stopped the virus spreading across the world. Neighbouring Asian nations including Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea have all reported confirmed cases, as have those further afield like Australia, the US, Canada and France. The UK is yet to find anyone with the virus but has been examining many suspected cases, with some health officials warning that the virus is already likely to be in the UK and possibly spreading without anyone's knowledge.

How is the coronavirus impacting stock markets?

The outbreak has certainly impacted financial markets. The question at the moment is how pronounced it will be and whether it is temporary or something that will weigh on markets for a prolonged period. WHO has not yet declared the new virus as a global emergency, which has provided some assurance, but nobody knows how the outbreak will develop or the chances of it petering out.

Suspected cases of a new virus were first known on 31 December 2019, but the new virus was not confirmed by WHO until 7 January 2020. Since the start of the year, the Shanghai Stock Exchange has lost over 3.5% while the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong has shed over 2%. The Chinese yuan has also lost value. Below is a chart of the China A50, which is comprised of major stocks from the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, that demonstrates how markets have weakened as the virus – and fears this could be the beginning of a much wider health scare – continues to gain momentum:

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Coronavirus Live Updates: Americans Evacuated from China, as Death Toll Rises - The New York Times

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 11:19 PM PST

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Scientists are working to develop a vaccine capable of stopping the spread of a mysterious new coronavirus that has infected thousands of people, mostly in China.

Government scientists in China, the United States and Australia, as well as those working at Johnson & Johnson, Moderna Therapeutics and Inovio Pharmaceuticals are all working quickly to develop a vaccine.

The hunt began Jan. 10, when Chinese scientists posted the genetic makeup of the virus on a public database. The next morning, researchers at the National Institutes of Health's Vaccine Research Center in Maryland went to work. Within hours, they had pinpointed the parts of the genetic code that could be used to make a vaccine.

Historically, vaccines have been one of the greatest public health tools to prevent disease. But even as technology, genomics and global coordination have all improved, allowing researchers to move at top speed, vaccine development remains an expensive and risky process.

More than 130 people have died from the mysterious new coronavirus, according to official Chinese statistics, but the real number is likely much higher. A dearth of test kits has hindered health officials ability to accurately diagnose and track the illness.

Here's what we know about how the disease has spread:

◆ China said on Wednesday that 132 people had died from the virus, which is believed to have originated in the central city of Wuhan and is spreading across the country. The previous count, on Tuesday, was 106.

◆ The number of confirmed cases increased by nearly 25 percent to 5,974 on Wednesday, up from 4,515 on Tuesday, according to China's National Health Commission.

◆ Thailand has reported 14 cases of infection; Hong Kong has eight; the United States, Taiwan, Australia and Macau have five each; Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia each have reported four; Japan has seven; France has four; Canada has three; Vietnam has two; and Nepal, Cambodia and Germany each have one.

◆ Cases recorded in Taiwan, Germany, Vietnam and Japan involved patients who had not been to China. There have been no reported deaths outside China.

A chartered plane carrying more than 200 Americans from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China, landed in Anchorage, Alaska, shortly after 9:20 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to flight tracking services.

The 240 passengers, including diplomats and businesspeople, were to undergo medical screening at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, local authorities said. The plane would also refuel before flying to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, its final destination.

Jim Szczesniak, the airport's manager, said that the aircraft would be "handled in a remote location" and that medical staff from the United States Centers for Disease Control would check patients in an isolated area. Passengers would remain in a terminal that is not currently being utilized by commercial carriers or accessible to the public.

"The passengers will be screened and go through the immigration process," Mr. Szczesniak said. "They will reboard their flight and head to their final destination."

However, any passengers found to have a cough, fever, or shortness of breath in Anchorage will be further assessed by medical experts, according to a statement released by Alaska's Department of Health and Social Services. If the medical team determines that special care is necessary, it will refer ailing passengers to a local hospital.

Alaska has had no cases of coronavirus or people suspected of having it. But after officials announced on Monday that the plane would be taking Americans from Wuhan to Alaska, the department said that it had activated its emergency operations center to help coordinate detection and response efforts.

Many aircraft that transport cargo stop in Anchorage to refuel. So far this month, six cargo planes from Wuhan have landed there.

The police clashed on Tuesday with residents of a village in the coastal province of Fujian after it was revealed that the government planned to convert a factory into a quarantine site for patients with the dangerous coronavirus.

Several people were reportedly arrested in the village of Dasha, where residents' fears and anger over the proposed site spilled into the street. In videos recorded by residents, villagers are seen blocking a road and throwing wooden stools at police officers, who marched through the town in riot gear.

Residents said they were given no warning about the plans and only learned that their village would host the sick when hospital beds and other materials began arriving.

"The factory is only several minutes' walk away from our village," said one resident who asked only to be identified by her family name, Zheng, for fear of government reprisals. "Given the lack of information from the government, there is reason that villagers are panicking."

The outrage in Dasha mirrors that in other Chinese cities where the government has proposed quarantine sites without first consulting those living nearby. In Hong Kong on Sunday, protesters threw Molotov cocktails into the lobby of an unoccupied public housing project that had been proposed as a quarantine area.

A Xiapu County health official denied that villagers in Dasha were not made aware of the quarantine site and said the information had been broadcast for days.

Another county official said the proposed quarantine site was far from residences and would be cordoned off to limit exposure. The official added that patients would be transported to the site by ambulance as a further measure to protect the community.

As of Wednesday, there were 82 confirmed cases of the virus in Fujian Province, two of which were in Xiapu County.

As the death toll from the mysterious coronavirus in China keeps rising, economic analysts have counseled caution. They say it's too soon to sound the alarm about the impact on the world economy.

And yet, some American companies with a big presence in China are being forced to adapt. Starbucks, for example, announced on Tuesday that it was temporarily closing half of its stores there.

"The magnitude of the impact will depend on the duration of store closures as we work with local authorities to manage the situation and protect our partners and customers," Pat Grismer, its chief financial officer, said during an earnings call.

Starbucks isn't alone. Also shuttering shops were McDonald's and Yum China, the country's largest restaurant company, which operates the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands in China and also controls its own brands.

China's travel restrictions and expanding screenings at airports around the world have also hurt business. United Airlines announced that it was suspending some flights. American Airlines stock fell more than 5 percent on Tuesday.

Hotels and resorts with properties in the affected areas, which include Macau, a special administrative region and gambling mecca, also saw the value of their shares sink. They include Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands and MGM Resorts International.

Marriott, Hyatt and Hilton, which have several properties in China, also saw their stock prices slide.

Other brands that are popular in China, like Estee Lauder, Nike and Tapestry, which sells Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman, are likely to see a dent in earnings, bank analysts said.

China is the world's second largest economy.

United States health officials have announced expanded screening measures for passengers arriving from China at 20 ports of entry to the United States.

Expanded screening had previously been at only five airports; now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that all 20 of its quarantine stations in airports and land stations across the mainland United States are participating, as well as those in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

[A plane carrying Americans is leaving from Wuhan. If you know anyone on board, or anyone trying to leave Wuhan, we would like to hear from you for a coming article. Please contact Miriam Jordan at miriam.jordan@nytimes.com to share your story.]

Americans are now discouraged from traveling to any part of China, and other travel restrictions have not been ruled out, officials said. Only five people in the United States are known to have been infected so far.

Officials also announced on Tuesday that Chinese authorities will allow teams of international experts, coordinated by the World Health Organization, to help with research and containment.

In the United Kingdom, the British Foreign Office is warning against all travel to Hubei Province and against all but essential travel to the rest of mainland China. (The warning does not include Hong Kong and Macau).

And the European Union — at the request of France, which has many citizens in the Wuhan area — announced that it was sending two flights to China to evacuate at least 350 healthy citizens of the bloc.

Reporting was contributed by Chris Buckley, Russell Goldman, Elaine Yu, Raymond Zhong, Austin Ramzy, Alexandra Stevenson, Sui-Li Wee, Miriam Jordan, Paul Mozur, Knvul Sheikh, Katie Thomas, James Gorman, Motoko Rich, Ben Dooley, Makiko Inoue, Eimi Yamamitsu and Patricia Cohen. Jin Wu, Zoe Mou, Albee Zhang, Amber Wang, Yiwei Wang and Claire Fu contributed research.

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China confirms 4500 cases of new virus - Associated Press

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 11:19 PM PST

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Ducks left wing Nick Ritchie showed rust despite goal vs. Sharks - OCRegister

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 11:11 PM PST

The Ducks chipped as much rust off left wing Nick Ritchie as possible Monday, inserted him into their lineup and gave him plenty of ice time while slotting him onto a line with center Adam Henrique and right wing Devin Shore for their 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center.

Ritchie scored a third-period goal while the Ducks were on a power play, a well-placed shot that beat Sharks goaltender Aaron Dell with a little less than two minutes remaining. Overall, Ritchie was on the ice for 20 shifts over 17:53.

Of scoring his fourth goal of the season and first since Nov. 21, he said, "That was nice even though we came out on the wrong side of it (the final score). From a personal standpoint, to be out for close to two months and come back and get that going was good, too."

Ritchie played for the first time since spraining his knee on a late and low hit by Radko Gudas of the Washington Capitals on Dec. 6 at Honda Center. Ritchie was sidelined for 19 games, and it showed at times during his return to the lineup Monday against the Sharks.

"Nick looked like he hadn't played in five weeks," Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. "But it was good for him to get a goal late. I think that certainly helps. It goes back to, when you're injured and you're out a long time, it's impossible to replicate playing. That's why we have to be so diligent with our conditioning, with our commitment to being ready to play. So, at least that one is out of the way for him."

THE SILFVERBERG FACTOR

Jakob Silfverberg rejoined the Ducks for their practice Tuesday, one day after missing their loss to the Sharks in order to be with his wife, Clara, for the birth Monday of the couple's second child. He was expected to play in Wednesday's game against the Arizona Coyotes at Honda Center.

It's possible Silfverberg will skate on a line with Ritchie and Henrique against the Coyotes, replacing Shore.

To say Silfverberg has been central to the limited success the Ducks have achieved this season would be an understatement. He is their co-leader with 15 goals and is second with 29 points. Only Ryan Getzlaf, with 33 points, has more this season.

But the Ducks are 0-5-0 when Silfverberg has been sidelined by illness or injury or while on baby watch. The Ducks lost Dec. 22 to the Rangers when Silfverberg was ill, and dropped games Jan. 9 to the Stars, Jan. 11 to the Blackhawks and Jan. 13 to the Blues when he had an upper-body injury.

Then the Ducks lost Monday to the Sharks while he was by his wife's side back home in Southern California.

Silfverberg, a right wing, was named to represent the Ducks at the All-Star Game last week in St. Louis, but withdrew in order to be with his expectant wife. Clara was due to deliver Jan. 22, but when she didn't, labor was induced Monday and a daughter, Flora, was born.

BREAK OR BREAKDOWN?

The Ducks went into their nine-day layoff for their bye week and the All-Star break with rousing victories over the Nashville Predators and Carolina Hurricanes. They exited the break with a clunker of a loss Monday to the Sharks, when they trailed 2-0 less than five minutes into the game.

"We went into the break playing two really good games, with two wins," Eakins said. "That's when you don't want the break. I think you want the break if you had lost a whole bunch in a row and tried to come back fresh. This break did not benefit us as a team in any way."

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Man Utd target Fernandes: Premier League transfer is my preference - Goal.com

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 10:11 PM PST

Bruno Fernandes said moving to the Premier League has "always" been his preference after Manchester United struck a deal to sign the Sporting CP captain.

One of football's most drawn-out transfer sagas is believed to be reaching its conclusion, with Fernandes poised to swap Sporting for United in a deal initially worth £47million (€55m) plus add-ons ahead of Friday's deadline, Goal confirmed on Tuesday night.

Fernandes - heavily linked to struggling Premier League giants United this month and in the previous transfer window - is reportedly set to travel to Manchester on Wednesday.

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Asked if the Premier League was his preference following reports of a possible move to either La Liga champions Barcelona or Valencia, Fernandes told SIC: "It always was."

Pressed on whether United was his specific preference, Fernandes replied: "Anything really."

United could pay up to €80m (£68m/$88m) for the Portugal international with a number of additional clauses having been agreed between the two parties.

It is understood that €10m of those add-ons should be relatively straightforward to achieve, but the details involved in the final €15m are far less likely to be reached.

Reports on Tuesday suggested that Barcelona had shown an interest in signing Fernandes, with the Blaugrana hopeful of using him as a makeweight in their pursuit of Valencia striker Rodrigo Moreno.

The transfer could be seen as a positive move from Red Devils executive vice-chairmain Ed Woodward, who had his house attacked by angry Manchester United fans on Tuesday evening,

Manchester United released a statement after footage of the attack emerged, condemning the rogue supporters for an 'unwarranted attack'.

"Fans expressing opinion is one thing, criminal damage and intent to endanger life is another", the Red Devils statement read. "There is simply no excuse for this."

Woodward and his family were not believed to have been at home when the attack happened.

Fernandes, linked to Tottenham and Real Madrid previously, has scored 15 goals in all competitions for Sporting this season.

The 25-year-old netted 31 goals last term, including 20 in Primeira Liga.

United, meanwhile, face Manchester City in the second leg of their EFL Cup semi-final – trailing 3-1.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Red Devils then play Wolves in the Premier League on Saturday before their mid-season break.

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Number of Wuhan coronavirus cases inside mainland China overtakes SARS, as virus spreads worldwide - CNN

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 09:49 PM PST

As of Wednesday, there were 5,974 confirmed cases of the virus in mainland China, including 132 deaths, according to China's National Health Commission (NHC). The number of cases grew by almost 1,500 from Tuesday, a more than 30% increase. The figures do not include Hong Kong and Macau, both of which have reported a small number of cases.
There were 5,327 confirmed cases of SARS in mainland China during the 2003 outbreak, with 349 deaths. Experts have previously estimated the Wuhan virus figures could still be vastly under-reported, making the novel coronavirus far more contagious, but also less deadly, than SARS.
Wuhan's Communist Party chief Ma Guoqiang said Tuesday that testing had been streamlined in recent days, leading to a spike in diagnoses. "This does not mean the speed of the disease spreading has increased drastically," he added.
Authorities in China also reported the first case of the Wuhan virus in Tibet, previously the only region to have avoided the virus. The spread to Tibet despite the implementation of strict checks on travelers and closing of tourist sites will renew concerns about how easily the virus is transmitted, particularly when people are asymptomatic.
The semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong, which has reported eight cases of the virus, announced Tuesday it was closing many of its border crossings with mainland China, slashing the number of tourist visas it issues to mainland Chinese visitors, and halving the number of inbound flights from the mainland.
Hong Kong has also instructed government employees to work from home for the rest of the week, and requested private companies do the same. The streets and public transport were noticeably quiet on Wednesday morning, the first day back from the Lunar New Year holiday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday vowed to do everything to tackle the "demon" epidemic.
Speaking during a meeting with World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom in Beijing, Xi said the Chinese people "are engaging in a serious battle against the outbreak of the new coronavirus."
"People's lives and health are always the first priority for the Chinese government, and the prevention and control of the epidemic is the most important task at present, so I have been directing and deploying the works myself," Xi added. "I believe as long as we can strengthen our confidence, stand together, scientifically prevent and control the epidemic and adopt precise measures, we will definitely defeat this epidemic."

First evacuees leave Wuhan

Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province at the center of the virus outbreak, is on effective lockdown and countries have begun repatriating their citizens trapped there.
A flight carrying 206 Japanese nationals arrived in Tokyo Wednesday morning. The passengers are all quarantined on board and those with any pneumonia-like symptoms will be taken to a special medical center for treatment. Passengers without symptoms will be taken to separate hospitals for further screening.
Around 450 more Japanese citizens have not yet departed. Japanese citizens who live close to the Huanan Seafood Market -- pinpointed by Chinese authorities as the likely source of the virus -- and highly-populated areas in Wuhan were given priority on the first flight.
A plane carrying around three dozen US diplomats and their families has also left Wuhan, according to a State Department spokesperson, bound for Riverside, California via Alaska. More Americans remain in the city, hoping to be evacuated at a later date.
The plane had originally been destined for California's Ontario International Airport, but officials said late Tuesday that it would instead land at a military base near Riverside. No reason was immediately given for the change in itinerary.
The jet will first land to refuel late Tuesday night at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Alaska. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services said passengers will undergo health screenings there to ensure they are not experiencing novel coronavirus symptoms before traveling onward.
Those who have flown to the US will be placed in isolation for between three days and two weeks, a California official told CNN earlier. Doctors have previously recommended a two-week quarantine for people exposed to the virus.
South Korea and New Zealand are chartering flights to bring their citizens home. More controversially, Australia said it will charter a flight to fetch citizens, but they will be transported to quarantine on Christmas Island, site of a former offshore detention camp for migrants.

Virus spreads worldwide

The first cases of the coronavirus were detected in Wuhan in mid-December. Since then, the number of confirmed cases has increased exponentially, and infections have been reported worldwide.
Hospitals in Wuhan are already massively overstretched, and hundreds of emergency medical personnel have been dispatched to the city to help. Two new hospitals dedicated to treating the virus are also being built on the city's outskirts, due to be operational by next week.
Authorities in the city said that as of January 27 there were still more than 4,000 Wuhan residents overseas. The Wuhan culture and tourism bureau said that all tour groups were canceled after the lockdown was announced, but groups that left prior to that date were still slowly returning to the city.
More than a dozen countries have confirmed cases of the Wuhan virus, as authorities struggle to stop its spread.
Across Asia, many countries have put in extra screening at airports and warned citizens to avoid travel to China. To China's north, neighboring Mongolia has imposed stringent border checks on travelers coming into the country. Indonesia and the Philippines have both introduced extra restrictions on Chinese tourists, while Japan has upgraded its response, allowing authorities to "force the suspicious cases for hospitalization and testing."
Around a hundred cases have been reported worldwide, with the most, 14, detected in Thailand, a popular destination for Chinese travelers. Countries with colder climates are more at risk for future spread, as coronaviruses thrive in cold environments and do not transmit as well in sunny, hot locales.
While most cases reported outside of China have a direct link to Wuhan, there are indications the virus is beginning to spread within other countries. Three new cases were reported in Germany on Tuesday, including what is believed to be the first human-to-human transmission in Europe.
Multiple countries have advised citizens not to visit China due to the ongoing outbreak. On Tuesday, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a level 3 alert advising against all "nonessential travel" -- its highest alert on a scale of 1 to 3. However, the White House denied reports suggesting it was planning to suspend all flights between the US and China.

Cases will continue to spread

With much of China seeing the type of cold weather ideal for the coronavirus, and uncertainty remaining on just how contagious it is, experts expect the number of cases to continue to rise for several weeks.
Speaking to state media Tuesday, Zhong Nanshan, one of China's leading respiratory experts and a hero of the 2003 fight against SARS, said he expected the peak to come in up to 10 days.
"It is very difficult to definitely estimate when the outbreak reaches its peak. But I think in one week or about 10 days, it will reach the climax and then there will be no large-scale increases," Zhong said.
However, other experts have warned that while the outbreak in Hubei may peak in the coming weeks, other Chinese megacities may see self-sustaining epidemics that continue to spread the pathogen around the country and worldwide.
"We modeled epidemic curves out to August 2020 for all the major city clusters: Chongqing, Shanghai-Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Beijing. Chongqing is predicted to have the largest epidemic due to large population and most intense traffic volume coupled to Wuhan," Gabriel Leung, a leading Hong Kong researcher and public health expert, said earlier this week.
He said outbreaks in China's largest cities could peak in April or May and gradually slow in June and July.
A laboratory in Australia became the first outside of China to grow the Wuhan coronavirus from a patient sample, it announced Wednesday. Doing so will "provide expert international laboratories with crucial information to help combat the virus," the scientists said.
During a news conference on Wednesday, Mike Catton, director of the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory said "we are proud to have grown the virus in such a short space of time" and added they will "share this with international colleagues" to help with the developments of vaccines and medicines.
Catton added that this successful growth will "help us understand the epidemiology of the outbreak."

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Could coronavirus scupper implementation of US-China trade deal? - South China Morning Post

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 08:26 PM PST

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  1. Could coronavirus scupper implementation of US-China trade deal?  South China Morning Post
  2. Coronavirus is now in 13 countries outside China - as death toll spikes  Channel 4 News
  3. Health Minister Terawan Speaks about Indonesians in Wuhan  Tempo.co English
  4. Hong Kong needs to connect with the disconnected to fight coronavirus  South China Morning Post
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Brad Pitt wore a name tag to Oscars luncheon, sending social media into a frenzy - Fox News

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 07:44 PM PST

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Brad Pitt is clearly becoming more comfortable and open in Hollywood and had no problem displaying some of his signature charm and sense of humor on Monday.

The 56-year-old showbiz staple attended the 2020 Oscars Nominees Luncheon at the Dolby Theatre yesterday in Los Angeles and suffice to say the mega movie star hilariously wore a nametag on his suit as he mingled with other stars, including "Bad Times at the El Royale" standout Cynthia Ervio.

The name tag read, "Brad Pitt. Actor in a Supporting Role, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood," as if those in attendance weren't already familiar with the performer and his work.

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Fans on social media immediately rushed to Twitter to poke fun at the "Fight Club" star for thinking folks wouldn't know who he was, especially considering none of his fellow Oscar nominees appeared to sport theirs, according to Entertainment Tonight.

(L-R) Cynthia Erivo and Brad Pitt attend the 92nd Oscars Nominees Luncheon on January 27, 2020, in Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

(L-R) Cynthia Erivo and Brad Pitt attend the 92nd Oscars Nominees Luncheon on January 27, 2020, in Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

"#BradPitt wearing a name tag to the #Oscars lunch is freaking hilarious 😂 😂😂," one tweet read.

"I kinda love how Brad Pitt channeled an intern at their first networking event and wore a freakin NAME TAG to the #OscarsLuncheon where 100% of people would know who he was," another tweet read.

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Another user also tweeted a snap of actress Greta Gerwig, donning a satin burgundy suit at the shindig sans nametag.

"Love to see Greta Gerwig didn't need a name tag but BRAD PITT did. 👸🏼#OscarLunch," the tweet read.

Meanwhile, another Twitter user shared a photo of Ervio and Pitt mid-conversation and wrote, "'Hi, my name is Brad Pitt, in case you didn't see the name tag.' - Brad Pitt to Cynthia Erivo."

"Avengers" star Chris Evans also rocked a nametag to his 20-year high school reunion in May 2019 in Boston, Mass., during the same weekend "Endgame" became the second-highest-grossing film of all-time.

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For his, Evans' tag simply read, "Chris."

Pitt has been enjoying a renaissance of sorts as he has been making the rounds during the media marathon that is awards season.

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He and ex-wife Jennifer Aniston made waves when the pair were captured in photos sharing embraces in passing while backstage at the SAG Awards on Jan. 19. In one photo that went viral, Pitt even held onto Aniston's wrist after she had placed her hand on his chest.

After the encounter, Pitt told Entertainment Tonight he didn't think twice about the public sentiment centered on the reunion but admitted he was "blissfully naïve" about the many reactions.

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"And I'm gonna stay that way," he said.



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What will it take to stop the Wuhan coronavirus from spreading around the world? - CNN

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 07:29 PM PST

Since the first case was identified in early December in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, more than 5,900 people have fallen sick and at least 132 people have died in mainland China. In addition, there are dozens of confirmed cases in 17 locations outside of mainland China, including at least five in the United States.
The number of total cases worldwide now exceeds 6,000.
The world has never had more advanced medical science, but it's also never been so interconnected. So what can be done to stop it from becoming a global epidemic?
There's still plenty we don't know about the virus, known officially as 2019-nCov, but Chinese authorities believe that it is spreading human to human, and that people can be infected before symptoms show.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stopped short of calling it a global health emergency, but there's no disputing that it is spreading. Over the weekend, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the outbreak is accelerating.
"Life is of paramount importance. When an epidemic breaks out, a command is issued. It is our responsibility to prevent and control it," he said, according to Chinese state media.

First thing's first. How bad is it?

Although it's scary to think of a deadly virus spreading, it's important to remember that the vast majority of cases so far have not been fatal.
The mortality rate is changing as the numbers of people affected change. As of Tuesday, Wuhan coronavirus' mortality rate was about 2.3%. By comparison, the WHO estimated that the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003 had an overall fatality ratio of 9.6%. Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) -- another type of coronavirus -- has a mortality rate of 35%.
However a large proportion of the coronavirus cases are considered "severe" and very few people have so far been released from hospital after recovering, according to official numbers.

So how are doctors treating it?

There are no specific treatments for coronaviruses, which range from the common cold to SARS. But just like the common cold, doctors can treat the symptoms, said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO's emerging diseases and zoonoses unit.
David Heymann, the WHO's Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment, said doctors would be making sure patients can breathe properly and give them life support if required. Aside from that, the benefit of keeping people in hospital would be isolating them from the general population, so they can't infect others.

What else can doctors do?

The way to stop an outbreak is to work out who a patient has had contact with, and try to stop them from spreading the virus, Heymann said.
Doctors put all the contacts the patient has had recently under "fever surveillance," he said. If those contacts develop a fever, then they are immediately tested for the virus -- and then their contacts need to be traced. Hospitals must follow good practice, so that doctors themselves are not helping the disease.
"By tracing contacts, identifying new cases, isolating new cases, you can interrupt transmission eventually," he said, adding that was how the 2003 SARS outbreak was brought under control. "Those are the things you can do -- clean up hospital practices, make sure that they're done well so that you don't transmit in hospitals, and at the same time, make sure that you're tracing contacts and identifying all cases."

What about travel bans?

Authorities in Hong Kong, which borders mainland China, have established travel bans, telling residents of Hubei and those who have visited the province in the past 14 days that they can't enter the city. They've also said that all public, cultural and leisure facilities will be closed "until further notice" in a move to control the spread of Wuhan coronavirus. On Tuesday, Hong Kong announced it was closing many of its borders with mainland China.
In mainland China, isolation has been taken to another level.
Chinese authorities have shut down transport in and out of Wuhan and at least 10 other cities, effectively quarantining millions of people. Wuhan's mayor, Zhou Xianwang, told state broadcaster CCTV on Monday that even though history may not remember the move kindly, "we think as long as it's good for the control of the epidemic and people's safety, we are willing to take any responsibilities for locking down the city."
Peter Daszak, president of non-profit EcoHealth Alliance, which researches emerging infectious diseases, hailed the move as "bold," saying it was not without political risks but might be enough to help stop coronavirus spreading.
It's a move that's never been done before at such magnitude -- and it has prompted criticism from some experts.
There were smaller quarantines during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but those led to violent protests and a distrust of public health authorities, said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health law at Georgetown University and director of the WHO's Center on Global Health Law, adding that the move could even hamper the outbreak response.
Others have cautioned that it may be unwise for logistical issues. Wuhan health authorities earlier said local hospitals are overwhelmed, and the city plans to build two more hospitals within days.
"The health risks for people in the city depends on how they're closing it down," said Heymann, referring to food and medical supplies. Even so, the move would hopefully decrease the number of cases that made it to other countries, he added.

What about vaccines?

Last century, smallpox killed about 300 million people, according to the World Economic Forum. Thanks to vaccines, it became the first deadly disease to be completely wiped out.
So it's no surprise that scientists would want to develop a vaccine for the Wuhan coronavirus. According to Daszak, there are already vaccine candidates -- and scientists around the world are working towards developing one.
Vaccine for new Chinese coronavirus in the works
But even if scientists do successfully develop a vaccine, it might not be ready in time to treat this outbreak.
According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, it will take a few months until the first phase of clinical trials begin -- and then more than a year until a vaccine might be available.
Heymann, from the WHO, said it's highly unlikely that any vaccines that come up for study during this outbreak would be available anytime soon.
"They'll be available if this outbreak continues for any long period of time, but nobody knows what will happen to this outbreak," Heymann said.
Even then, a vaccine can't be used to treat people with the virus -- it can only be given to people who haven't already been exposed to it.

Should the WHO declare a global health emergency?

So far, the WHO has decided not to declare a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) -- although Dr. Takeshi Kasai, the WHO's regional director for the Western Pacific, warned "it may yet become one."
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A PHEIC is defined as something that constitutes a public health risk to other states due to the speed of it spreading overseas, which requires a coordinated international response. If a PHEIC is declared, all WHO member states must abide by the WHO Emergency Committee's recommendations.
Last week, the WHO said that while the outbreak was serious in China, it had not yet hit a global level. But the WHO may also be concerned about creating unnecessary panic.
During the SARS outbreak that infected more than 8,000 people and killed 774 around the world between November 2002 and July 2003, the WHO warned visitors not to travel to Hong Kong. In May 2003, the WHO withdrew that advisory, but Hong Kong remained on a list of affected areas until June 23, 2003.
Some considered that move to be an overreaction, according to a paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine in August 2003.
"In some circles, the WHO is perceived to have overreacted to the epidemic, causing unnecessary panic on the international scene and putting unjustified barriers in the way of persons from 'infected' areas wishing to attend such events as business exhibitions or international sports activities," the paper said.

So what can the public do? Are masks useful?

Masks are being used so widely in Hong Kong and mainland China that stocks are running low.
Wearing masks is now mandatory for those going out in public in Wuhan. The Chinese central government has asked manufacturers of medical face masks to resume production over the Lunar New Year period. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 30 factories have resumed production and are making 8 million masks each day.
Students disinfect their hands with an alcohol solution before entering class at a school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on January 28, 2020.
But it's still unclear how the virus is spread, or whether masks would stop it, Heymann said.
"There's no evidence that it's circulating in a way that could prevent it," he said. And even if the disease can spread through the air, masks might not be entirely effective. "Masks are very tricky to wear," he added, explaining that if there is an air gap in the mask, it won't work.

What else can be done?

Experts say there is one simple thing you can do: wash your hands.
The WHO's Van Kerkhove said she recommends washing hands with soap and water and sneezing into your elbow, if you have to sneeze.
An official checks the temperature of a passenger in front of a train ticket gate at Beijing international airport on January 27, 2020, amid the outbreak of a novel coronavirus.
Informing people about what to look out for is also vital, according to Heymann. If a person who is asymptomatic shows up in an airport, they may not be picked up by authorities who are only screening for fever.
"A border doesn't stop infections, people can cross borders while they're in the incubation period. So screening will pick out some, but it certainly won't get others," Heymann said.
"So what's important at screening is to tell people, not only 'we're taking your temperature'. But giving them some kind of notification about where they go should they get a fever."

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Coronavirus will test the Trump administration's ability to handle a crisis - CNN

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 06:53 PM PST

Some of the assembled chief executives asked how Trump planned to confront the Wuhan coronavirus, which threatened to affect their global supply chains and spread into some of the world's most populous urban centers.
Trump shrugged off their concerns, according to a person familiar with the conversation, which occurred at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He told the group his administration had the situation under control. And he suggested the matter was a world away from the United States.
Since then, five cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have been confirmed in the US, while the death toll in China has topped 100, with more than 4,500 cases in the mainland. Financial markets have tumbled amid concerns about the virus's spread. And Trump has changed his tone, tweeting the US was "strongly on watch" for more cases and offering to send additional assistance to China.
"Our experts are extraordinary!" he wrote.
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For Trump's critics, a global pandemic has long loomed as the ultimate doomsday scenario, one that would strain a chaotic leader and expose the corners of government they claim have been hollowed out during his tenure.
That prediction, so far, hasn't materialized. But it will likely be tested as health experts prepare for more cases of the coronavirus in the US while Trump remains focused on his impeachment trial and his reelection campaign.
"The administration has been worryingly quiet how it is handling this global health crisis," said Tom Wright, director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution. "The President's comment that he has it under control suggests a dangerous complacency at the highest levels. The national security adviser needs to speak on this and coordinate a whole of government response."

'Urgency, not panic'

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar calls on a reporter during a press conference at the Department of Health.
On Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters that he and Trump were "speaking regularly" about the outbreak, and that he was in daily contact with White House officials.
"The President is highly engaged in this response and closely monitoring the work we're doing to keep Americans safe," Azar said.
A White House source described the attitude toward the coronavirus as a "sense of urgency, not panic."
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross postponed a potential trip this week to China amid concerns over the spreading virus.
Inside the White House, the government's cross-agency response is being coordinated by the National Security Council, with Matt Pottinger, the deputy national security adviser, leading near-daily meetings, according to administration officials.
At a session Monday, the notion of travel restrictions to China was raised, according to a White House aide. Azar declined to rule out such a possibility on Tuesday, saying nothing was off the table.
"The full weight of the U.S. Government is working on this," a senior administration official said on Tuesday. "As with any interagency effort of this scale, the National Security Council works closely with the whole of government to ensure a coordinated and unified effort."
Trump has not, however, named a single official within the White House responsible for coordinating the administration's response. That has some wondering whether enough is being done in advance of a potential crisis, particularly since the role of the National Security Council under Trump has shifted away from leading a response to a health crisis to merely coordinating between agencies.
"There's a modest role within the NSC and the Cabinet just cross-talking, making sure everybody is plugged in and doing their part. But there isn't really a massive leadership role," said James Carafano, a national security expert at the Heritage Foundation. "Right now the White House might have a mild PR problem, as this is playing up a lot in the news and you're not really seeing the administration step out and say, 'This is all the things we're doing.' "

Who's in charge?

Chinese police officers stand in front of the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China.
In 2018, the National Security Council's top health and biodefense official, Tim Ziemer, left the council under then-national security adviser John Bolton. Ziemer's replacement, David Wade, holds a similar title, though officials said he carries less authority than his predecessor.
"One thing that's not clear is who ends up coordinating the interagency response," said Thomas Bollyky, director of the global health program at the Council on Foreign Relations. "It sounds like inside baseball, but it's a big deal -- responding to an outbreak of any kind requires coordination."
Wade reports to the head of the bureau responsible for countering weapons of mass destruction, Anthony Ruggiero, a specialist in terrorism and biodefense. Health issues were once "somebody's full-time job at Ruggiero's level," Bollyky said.
Tim Morrison, a former National Security Council official in the Trump administration who's now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, said the current structure had more to do with a shift in the council's role than a reduced emphasis on health security matters.
"The role of the NSC under the Trump administration has been restored to one of coordinating policy," Morrison said. "They are well and ably staffed to do everything we could ask them to do, to coordinate the interagency to deal with a coronavirus."

'Much more contagious'

A medical staff member takes the temperature of a man at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan on January 25, 2020.
The administration has increased travel warnings for China and enacted screening measures at 20 airports for inbound flights from Wuhan. Roughly 2,400 people have been screened flying into US airports, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.
The State Department last week issued a Level 4 advisory for Wuhan, meaning "no American should travel to Wuhan while this virus continues to have impact," Vice President Mike Pence said Monday. Also on Monday, the State Department urged citizens to reconsider travel to China, raising the overall advisory for the country to Level 3.
The State Department also ordered non-emergency personnel working at the US Consulate General in Wuhan and their families to depart for the United States.
A flight chartered through the State Department is carrying these personnel and more than 150 US citizens back to the United States.
Still, the virus's spread has not stalled in China. Part of the problem is that it apparently can spread before symptoms appear, according to China's health minister, Ma Xiaowei. American health officials said they hadn't seen data to back up that claim.
"It means the infection is much more contagious than we originally thought," William Schaffner, a longtime adviser to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CNN. "This is worse than we anticipated."
Chinese women and children wear protective masks as they walk under decorations in a park after celebrations for the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival were cancelled by authorities on January 25, 2020 in Beijing, China.
Public health infrastructure in the US has improved after outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome and Ebola over the past two decades. The identification and testing procedures that led to the five US diagnoses of coronavirus have proceeded quickly, and experts have cited China's ability to sequence and share the virus's genome as a major step toward containing it.
But those previous outbreaks also demonstrated the importance of monitoring and responding to public perceptions and fear, something White House officials said Trump was now more attuned to after appearing to brush off concerns about the virus last week.
He wasn't the only senior official to dismiss concerns. Traveling in Florida last week, Defense Secretary Mark Esper had told reporters he wasn't "tracking" the virus.

'Unqualified to handle'

The Trump administration has already come under criticism from some Democrats, who allege it remains ill-equipped to confront a potential pandemic.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, wrote in an op-ed published in USA Today that the prospect of a pandemic "is a challenge President Donald Trump is unqualified to handle as president" and "the steps he has taken as president have only weakened our capacity to respond."
Biden cited proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health, the CDC and the US Agency for International Development that were included in versions of the President's budgets. While Trump has proposed cutting those agencies' funding, the federal funding package he signed in December increased the budget of NIH by billions of dollars.
In 2018, the CDC announced its Center for Global Health was discontinuing work in 39 out of 49 countries where it had helped prevent, detect and respond to dangerous infectious disease threats after funding allocated during the 2014 Ebola outbreak expired.
Some veterans of that crisis have suggested that Trump name a central figure at the White House to coordinate the government's response to the coronavirus.
A Chinese man wears a protective mask, goggles and coat as he stands in a nearly empty street during the Chinese New Year holiday in Beijing.
"I think it was a mistake for the President to say we've got it under control. We don't really know what we're dealing with yet," said Ron Klain, who was tasked by then-President Barack Obama with coordinating that administration's response to the Ebola outbreak. Klain is now an adviser to Biden's presidential campaign. "They need to put someone at the White House in charge of this. Someone needs to work on the all-of-government responses."
Obama named Klain the Ebola response coordinator after the virus infected three people in the United States, prompting widespread anxiety about the administration's handling of the crisis. Obama scrapped planned travel and meetings to oversee his government's response. During one meeting with Cabinet officials, Obama grew furious at his team's handling of the matter and insisted they be more proactive.
One of Obama's chief critics at the time: Donald Trump, who suggested the US government wasn't being forthright with the American people and offered suggestions widely rejected by health professionals.
"STOP THE FLIGHTS!" he wrote in 2014. "NO VISAS FROM EBOLA STRICKEN COUNTRIES."

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Australians to be evacuated from Wuhan, sent to Christmas Island - WAtoday

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 06:53 PM PST

Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne confirmed 600 Australians in Hubei had registered with the Australian embassy. It remains unclear if all will be evacuated or willing to go to Christmas Island. The New Zealand government has also asked to be part of the operation to evacuate its citizens.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said infants and the elderly were the top priority for the assisted departures.

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"We have taken a decision this morning to prepare a plan for an operation to provide some assisted departures for isolated and vulnerable Australians in Wuhan and the Hubei province," Mr Morrison said.

But he warned there was no guarantee the operation would succeed and there would only be limited opportunities to pull Australians out of the lockdown zone.

"This will be done subject obviously to working closely and with the authority and approval of the Chinese government," he said.

"I also want to stress very clearly that we may not be in a position if we're able to do this on one occasion to do it on another occasion.

"There are many complications and many issues that we're going to have to overcome."

A dozen cities in Hubei have now been sealed off, including Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, twice the size of Sydney or Melbourne. There is no transport in or out, streets are deserted and hospitals are overflowing with patients seeking treatment while residents are stuck inside their apartments.

Mr Morrison said the focus would be on evacuating Australians who do not have established support infrastructure in Hubei and have been shorter-term travellers to that area.

Australian consular officials are on their way to the lockdown zone from Shanghai to assist with the departure. The evacuation is broader than that being undertaken by the United States.

"I note that the United States has been able to provide assisted departures already, but I stress that has only been for their consular staff and families," Mr Morrison said.

Former Hubei resident Cheng Chen, who now leads the Hubei Association of South Australia, said the Christmas Island quarantine would deter Australian citizens trapped in Wuhan from seeking help.

"I don't think Christmas Island is a good idea. I think most will be very confused," he said.

"It's going to be very hard for them to return to normal life. I doubt many people will get on the flight but it depends on how desperate they are."

The Department of Foreign Affairs upgraded its travel advice for all of China on Wednesday morning, urging Australians to reconsider their need to travel to China. The federal government has also released 1 million masks from the national stockpile to deliver to pharmacists.

Australia's Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said that, while most cases resulted in mild flu-like symptoms, up to 20 per cent with the condition do have a severe case of the disease. Most of the 132 deaths have been in elderly patients or those with other conditions.

"The Australian community needs to be reassured that we are well prepared," Dr Murphy said.

Dr Murphy said the government was investigating reports of two cases in Japan and Germany. He said there was a suggestion that some people may have transmitted the virus just before they became symptomatic, which is contrary to all of the previous expert advice.

"We're convening an urgent meeting of all of our expert groups this afternoon to reconsider whether our medical advice should be changed and to look at the voracity of those cases," he said.

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Monique van Vooren Dead: Actress in 'Tarzan and the She-Devil,' 'Batman' Dies at 92 - Hollywood Reporter

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 06:11 PM PST

A native of Belgium, she also appeared in 'Ten Thousand Bedrooms,' 'Fearless Frank' and 'Flesh for Frankenstein.'

Monique van Vooren, the Belgian-born actress who starred as a villainess in Tarzan and the She-Devil and played the Penguin's moll in Burgess Meredith's final appearance on Batman, has died. She was 92.

Van Vooren died Saturday of cancer at her home in New York City, her son, New York realtor and occasional actor Eric Purcell, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Van Vooren also was seen in bed in a white negligee in the opening title sequence to introduce Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), the first movie Dean Martin made after his split with Jerry Lewis, and she portrayed Baroness Katrin Frankenstein in the X-rated Flesh for Frankenstein (1973), a 3D film produced by Andy Warhol.

She also was a panelist on game shows including To Tell the Truth and I've Got a Secret and a frequent guest on talk shows hosted by Jack Paar, Johnny Carson and Mike Douglas.

Born on March 25, 1927, in Brussels, van Vooren came to the U.S. in the late 1940s as an exchange student and made her onscreen debut in the Italian melodrama Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950), starring Vittorio De Sica.

In 1953, she portrayed the dark-haired ivory poacher Lyra the She-Devil opposite Raymond Burr and Lex Barker in Tarzan and the She-Devil and appeared on Broadway in John Murray Anderson's Almanac, a musical revue. (Also in the cast: Harry Belafonte, Orson Bean and Tina Louise.)

Van Vooren landed small parts in Vincente Minnelli's Gigi (1958) and Happy Anniversary (1959), starring David Niven and Mitzi Gaynor, and was the glamorous Zizi Molnari in a 1959 adaptation of Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run? on the NBC anthology series Sunday Showcase.

In 1958, she recorded an album for RCA Victor, Mink in HiFi, with the help of bandleader Skitch Henderson.

Van Vooren helped the Penguin vacuum up cash on the streets of Gotham City when she portrayed the greedy Miss Clean on ABC's Batman on the third-season 1968 episode "Penguin's Clean Sweep."

In 1974, she returned to Broadway for the musical fantasy Man on the Moon, written by John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas.

Van Vooren also appeared in such films as Fearless Frank (1967), which starred Jon Voight and was an early feature from writer-director Philip Kaufman; Larry Peerce's Ash Wednesday (1973), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Henry Fonda; and Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987).

In 1964, she suggested that young nightclub performer Ronnie Walken change his name to Christopher Walken, and he went with it.

Van Vooren was married to Gerard Purcell, a TV producer and manager for Al Hirt, Eddy Arnold and others, from 1958 until his 2002 death. Their son also worked for Stone, playing a jeweler in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010).

The actress also is survived by her granddaughter, Christina.

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フィアット・クライスラーが次世代の車載エンターテインメントシステム「Uconnect 5」を発表 - Engadget 日本版

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 05:47 PM PST

Fiat Chrysler2020年1月27日(現地時間)、フィアット・クライスラー・オートモービルズは、次世代の車載エンターテインメントシステム「Uconnect 5」を発表しました。

「Uconnect」シリーズは、ナビやオーディオなどの複数の機能を一元管理する車載システムです。最新の「Uconnect 5」は以下のような機能を備えています。

まずは2台のスマートフォンをペアリングして同時に使用できる機能です。プライベート用と仕事用のスマートフォンをペアリングすれば、いちいちペアリングし直さずに両方の着信に対応できます。

また、最大5人までのドライバープロフィールが記録できます。プロフィールは好みの音楽やよく利用するアプリのデータだけでなく、座席位置のカスタマイズデータまで記録してくれます。これで乗車するたびに座席位置を直すといった手間が省けるでしょう。

Alexaを使った音声制御も本製品の大きな特徴です。「ヘイ、クライスラー」とウエイクワードを発するだけで、音声によるサポートが受けられます。運転中にレストランや給油・充電の予約をするといった便利な使い方もできますし、スマートスピーカーを使ったリモート操作も可能です。

これまでは不可能だった「Apple CarPlay」「Android Auto」といったカーナビアプリとワイヤレスで連携する機能も追加されました。Alexa以外にも、これらのアプリの音声制御機能も利用可能です。

他には、前世代の「Uconnect4」で課題になっていたワイヤレスアップデートにも対応。これにより、その都度販売店に行ってアップデートする必要はなくなり、常に最新バージョンを保持できるようになりました。

これだけ機能が盛りだくさんだと処理速度が気になるところですが、本製品は6GBのRAM、最大64GBのフラッシュメモリを備えており、処理速度はこれまでの製品よりも5倍速くなっているとのこと。

実装は2020年後半で、アルファロメオ、クライスラー、ダッジ、フィアットなどのブランドの車種に搭載される予定です。

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Posted: 28 Jan 2020 05:29 PM PST

There could be 240 passengers on board, flying in from the very epicenter of the outbreak. The Wuhan coronavirus has killed 100 people in China. It has infected more than 2,700 people in Hubei province, where Wuhan is located, and the virus has spread to more than a dozen countries.
Fifth US case of coronavirus confirmed as China warns people can spread the virus before they feel ill
When the plane arrives, health officials face a tough question: Even if passengers are healthy, should they be quarantined in Ontario, away from the general public for a period of time to make sure they're not carrying the virus?
"I bet this is under intense discussion," said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist and a longtime adviser to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
France is planning to quarantine its citizens who return from Wuhan, and a cryptic line in a press release from a California government agency seems to indicate that at least some of the returning US passengers might be kept at the airport.
According to the release from San Bernardino County, where the Ontario International Airport is located, county workers "are establishing a reception area and temporary living quarters in a space at [the airport] far removed from the passenger terminals and other public areas."
China's unprecedented quarantines could have wider consequences, experts say
A spokesman for the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services declined to comment on the plans.
Chinese health officials have said people can spread the virus before they're showing symptoms -- but US health officials say they're not sure that's true.
That makes the choice about what to do with the returning Americans that much harder. Among the passengers are about three dozen US diplomats and their families.
"These are not easy decisions," said Dr. Peter Hotez, an infectious disease specialist and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
At a press briefing Tuesday morning in Washington, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar was vague about plans for the approximately 240 passengers.
"We'll take whatever the appropriate evidence-based public health measures are with them, as we would in any other situation," he said.

To quarantine or not to quarantine

French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn said Sunday that when the French citizens fly home this week, they will be kept in one place to avoid any spread of the virus.
"In order to avoid any spread on the national territory, all the people who are being repatriated will be monitored by health professionals, and will be held for 14 days," Buzyn said.
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Health authorities believe the incubation period -- the time from exposure to the virus until the onset of symptoms -- could be as many as 14 days.
As the United States tries to decide what to do with its returning citizens, the French choice is one of many options -- but an extreme one.
"We value freedom in the US and we tend to restrict people only when really necessary," said Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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On the flip side, the other extreme would be to check the returning passengers, and as long as they're healthy, allow them to continue to their homes in various parts of the country. The passengers would be told to call their doctors immediately if they start to show symptoms, such as respiratory problems and fever.
Schaffner said the best approach might be somewhere in the middle.
Health authorities could sequester the passengers in one location for a number of days and test them for the virus, and let passengers return home if they are negative.
Hotez, the infectious disease expert at Baylor, agreed that a middle-of-the-road approach made sense.
Still another expert said he thought healthy passengers should be allowed to go home without a waiting period.
Dr. Paul Offit, a pediatric infectious disease expert at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, said that when someone on a plane is found to have influenza, fellow passengers are not quarantined.
"We don't do this for the flu, and it's known to cause 30,000 deaths in the US every year," he said.
Schaffner, however, said that this virus is different from the flu, because there are so many unknowns about how easily it spreads. In addition, even though it appears unwarranted, there is more public anxiety about the Wuhan coronavirus than about the flu.
"This virus is new, mysterious, strange, and from over there in some exotic place," he said. "The psychology here is very different."

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US health officials fast-track coronavirus vaccine, hope to start clinical trial in three months - CNBC

Posted: 28 Jan 2020 04:23 PM PST

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U.S. health officials are fast-tracking work on a coronavirus vaccine, hoping to start an early-stage trial within the next three months, the Trump administration said Tuesday.

That timeline is optimistic, and a phase 1 trial does not mean "you have a vaccine that's ready for deployment," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. It could take a year or more before a vaccine is ready for sale to the public, he said.

"It will take three months to get it into the trial, three months to get safety, immunogenicity data," Fauci said during a press briefing on the nation's response to the coronavirus. The virus has killed 106 people in mainland China and infected nearly 4,700 worldwide, including in the United States.

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"Then you move into phase 2. What we do from that point on will be determined by what has happened with the outbreak over those months," he said. "We are proceeding as if we will have to deploy a vaccine. In other words, we are working on the worst scenario that this becomes a bigger outbreak."

The National Institutes of Health is working with biotech company Moderna to develop the vaccine using the current strain of the coronavirus, Fauci said, adding that Chinese health authorities were able to isolate the virus and have shared its sequence on a public database.

"Given the technology of the 21st century, we were able to use that sequence, pull out the genes of the glycoprotein spike of the particular coronavirus and make that the immunogen to be used in a vaccine," Fauci said.

There are currently no proven therapies for the novel coronavirus, which authorities believe originated from a seafood market in China. Hong Kong researchers claimed Tuesday they have already developed a vaccine for the virus but warned that it will "take months" to test the vaccine on animals and another year to conduct trials on humans before it is ready.

Johnson & Johnson's chief scientific officer, Dr. Paul Stoffels, told CNBC earlier this week that he believes the drugmaker can create a vaccine in the coming months to fight against the fast-spreading virus. But he added it could take up to a year to bring it to market.

Developing a vaccine to fight against a new outbreak can take a long time due to several factors, including finding animal models to test the possible vaccines and getting enough human volunteers. For example, the first human trials for the Ebola vaccine began in late November 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration didn't approve a vaccine for the outbreak until December 2019.

In the meantime, local authorities in China are using Gilead Sciences' antiviral drug Remdesivir, which was tested as a possible treatment during the Ebola outbreak, U.S. health officials said on the call Tuesday. Some authorities are also using antiviral drug Kaletra, developed by drugmaker AbbVie, on a "compassionate basis."

There are also ongoing studies looking at the 2003 outbreak of SARS and the 2012 outbreak of MERS. Physicians have compared the current virus with SARS, which was identified in 2003 and killed nearly 800 people worldwide.

"When we were dealing with SARS, we developed monoclonal antibodies as potential therapeutics," Fauci said. "Given the somewhat close homology between SARS and the new novel coronavirus, there could be some cross-reactivity there that could be utilized."

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1月23日発売の『週刊文春』で、杏(33)と別居中であることが報じられた東出昌大(31)。記事によると、別居の原因は女優・唐田えりか(22)との不倫。'18年公開の映画『寝ても覚めても』で共演した彼女と、2年半にわたり不倫していたというのだ。

【写真】杏は所属事務所の社長に「もう限界です」と胸の内を明かしていたという

報道直前、杏は所属事務所の社長に「もう限界です」と胸の内を明かしていたという。即離婚となっても、おかしくないケースだった。それでも杏は無言を貫き、別居するにとどまった。

だが、そこに至るまでには数々の苦悩があったはずだ。離婚カウンセラーの岡野あつこさんは、こう語る。

「長期にわたる不倫は当然、その後の夫婦関係に与える影響が大きいです。妊娠中の不倫であれば、なおさら。いったん離婚しないと決断しても、『これでよかったんだろうか……』と自問自答し続ける女性は少なくありません。たとえば、赤ちゃんの写真や出産直後の家族写真を撮ったりしますよね。本来、それらはいちばん幸せな瞬間の記録となるものです。しかし写真を見るたびに『このとき、夫は不倫していたんだ……』と思い出してしまうのです。また子どもが成長したときに不倫されたときの記憶がふとよみがえり、それが原因で熟年離婚に至るケースも聞きました」

そんななかで関係を修復するためにはどうすればいいのか。岡野さんはこう続ける。

「まず、きちんと書面で今後の約束を残すことです。『今度したら即離婚』という内容の公正証書を、弁護士などを介して作成してもらうと効果的です。保証人をつけるのも良い方法です。あとは、夫婦間の"ホウレンソウ"を徹底させていくことも大事でしょう。不倫された側は、どうしても不信感がぬぐえないものです。しかし相手からの報告がしっかりしていれば、疑うことが少なくなると思います」

そして何よりも大事なのは、不倫した側が「できる限り具体的に謝ること」だという。

「単純に『不倫してすみません』ではなく、何に対して謝るかをできるだけ具体的に言葉にするべきです。たとえば『出産という夫婦の大切な時期に裏切って申し訳ありません』など、妻の気持ちを深いところまで理解したうえでしっかりと謝罪するのです。一般的に、別居期間が長くなればなるほど元に戻るのは難しくなってくると思います。つまり今、東出さんがどれだけ誠意を示せるか。それが、夫婦の今後を分けることになってくるのではないでしょうか」(前出・岡野さん)

東出の所属事務所は、今後についてこうコメントしていた。

《東出が夫として、父としてもう一度家族を再生するために自らの生き方、姿勢を含めてその証を示してゆくしかないと思います》

その言葉の真意が、試されようとしている――。

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