Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirus
Source: AP
By YANAN WANG and KEN MORITSUGU
BEIJING (AP) The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus.
Team leader Zhong Nanshan, a respiratory expert, said two people in Guangdong province in southern China caught the disease from family members, state media said.
The National Health Commission task force also found that some medical workers have tested positive for the virus, the English-language China Daily newspaper said.
Human-to-human transmission could make the virus spread more quickly and widely. The outbreak is believed to have started from people who picked it up at a fresh food market in the city of Wuhan in central China.
Travelers wear face masks as they walk outside of the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. China reported Monday a sharp rise in the number of people infected with a new coronavirus, including the first cases in the capital. The outbreak coincides with the country's busiest travel period, as millions board trains and planes for the Lunar New Year holidays. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Link to tweet
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getagrip_already
(14,708 posts)Good thing we have a science based, fully funded CDC with the mandate to protect the health of americans.
Oh... wait.....
cstanleytech
(26,281 posts)Why? Because despite the news media is hyping it up a bit its not at threat level like the Spanish Flu was.
Granted it could get there but then again so can almost any virus so the best we can do is stay prepared for such a thing while monitoring such outbreaks.
getagrip_already
(14,708 posts)The US agencies responsible to monitor and react to a threat like this have been shredded. Their missions have changed. We will be caught looking the other way and with few tools to fight something like this.
Hopefully the chinese will do a good job, because I don't think we could at this point - at least after the first few hotspots pop up.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)an airborne contagion or are people just being overly protective? If it's airborne that's a whole different problem.
MuseRider
(34,105 posts)I hope it is not airborne.
MissB
(15,805 posts)May help prevent transmission simply by keeping them from touching their noses and mouths. Its amazing how frequently we all touch our face.
onetexan
(13,036 posts)due to the many factories and poor pollution laws. Not sure how the laws are currently but many still do wear masks. Remember the concerns of effects on the athletes during the Beijing Olympics & what the government did to force less cars on the roads?
Tikki
(14,556 posts)a serious sensitivity to the fibers floating around in the air.
Tikki
Quackers
(2,256 posts)Whats problematic is this an an entirely new strain so they cant even give a fatality rate yet.
cstanleytech
(26,281 posts)public as viruses can potentially transmit via the air for a short distance via any droplets of fluid a person may expel when they cough or sneeze.
Of course the best precaution is to practice good hand sanitation as that will really cut down on the spread of such things.
getagrip_already
(14,708 posts)It's common in japan, south korea, and other asian countries. You see a lot of asian travelors at airports wearing them, even in the us.
It's a thing there. I don't think it's panic, just hat they do when they aren't feeling well (it's usually the sick that wear them - not the healthy).
C Moon
(12,212 posts)Javaman
(62,517 posts)just sayin...
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Cuz the military is most important!!!!!
clayton72
(135 posts)It didn't wind up being an epidemic, but I saw a major metropolitan area react to the threat. There were a few doctors in my travel group, so I was assured it wasn't that bad. But there were masks everywhere. Even we who knew better used some while on planes inside the country. Grocery stores got cleaned out. The open and friendly warmth of situation normal disappeared. It was very much like a hollywood film, but it was real. It was a sobering experience. The threat doesn't have to be real for things to get dangerous. There is little faith in the administration to keep people from getting stupid.