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Vietnam’s Ministry of Health just announced nine new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday afternoon (March 08, 2020).
All nine new cases are foreigners, who were on the same flight from London to Hanoi with the 17th case, 26-year-old Nguyen Hong Nhung, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus Friday after traveling to the three European countries last month. Tiếp tục đọc “Breaking | Vietnam reports 9 new coronavirus cases in a day, now 30”
Twelve crew members and 51 out of 73 passengers on a Vietnam Airlines flight from Nagoya in Japan to Ho Chi Minh City were placed in quarantine on fears the carrier’s employees had been exposed earlier to a Japanese traveler with the novel coronavirus.
The Japanese passenger tested positive with the virus after landing at Chubu Centrair International Airport Wednesday with a fever, according to Vietnam’s government website, which cited its health ministry Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Air Passengers Quarantined on Virus Exposure Threat”
Besides school closures and dragon fruit bánh mì, the Covid-19 epidemic has also inspired a plethora of whimsical coronavirus-themed songs, videos and parodies. Tiếp tục đọc “V-pop song about Coronavirus is going viral”
Phi hành đoàn và đội ngũ chuyên gia trên chuyến bay khởi hành từ Nội Bài đêm 9.2
Tiếp tục đọc “Chuyến bay đặc biệt chở 30 công dân Việt Nam từ Vũ Hán về sân bay Vân Đồn”
At the onset of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, local doctor Li Wenliang <a Tiếp tục đọc “10 Wuhan professors signed an open letter demanding free speech protections after a doctor who was punished for warning others about coronavirus died from it”
Why are some people better able to fight off the flu than others? Part of the answer, according to a new study, is related to the first flu strain we encounter in childhood.
Scientists from UCLA and the University of Arizona have found that people’s ability to fight off the flu virus is determined not only by the subtypes of flu they have had throughout their lives, but also by the sequence in which they are been infected by the viruses. Their study is published in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens. Tiếp tục đọc “First childhood flu helps explain why virus hits some people harder than others”
The government said it would also stop issuing visas for foreign visitors who had been in China in the past two weeks.
All permits granted for flights between Vietnam and China, including Hong Kong and Macau as well as self-ruled Taiwan which China claims as its territory, have been revoked until further notice, the government said in a statement.
But Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said in a later statement that it had spoken to the Vietnamese government and had the ban on flights to the island lifted. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam bans all flights to and from China over coronavirus”
GENEVA (Reuters) – World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday there was no need for measures that “unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade” in trying to halt the spread of a coronavirus that has killed 361 people in China.
“We call on all countries to implement decisions that are evidence-based and consistent,” Tedros told the WHO executive board, reiterating his message from last week when he declared an international emergency.
China is facing increasing international isolation due to restrictions on flights to and from the country, and bans on travellers from China. Tiếp tục đọc “WHO chief says widespread travel bans not needed to beat China virus”
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The Wuhan virus outbreak suggests we still haven’t learnt the lessons from SARS, says an expert.
NORWICH: The SARS outbreak in 2002 to 2003 was the first global pandemic of the 21st century.
There were over 8,400 reported cases and 11 per cent of those infected with the virus died. Its cause was a newly identified coronavirus (a type of virus that causes respiratory infections): SARS Co-V.
Early cases were linked to wildlife markets and restaurants in Guangdong, China, where researchers found SARS-like coronaviruses in animals including masked palm civets and a racoon dog.
Tiếp tục đọc “Commentary: The Wuhan virus and the problem with the wildlife trade”
As China’s epidemic continues to spread, things may seem scary. Here are ten simple precautions that can protect you from contracting the coronavirus.
As the new Wuhan coronavirus has spread not only all over mainland China, but also worldwide, panic is rising. Inside China there is a growing sense of helplessness, as the government is compelled to take drastic measures to stop the virus, including introducing some travel restrictions in Beijing. I have received panicked queries from journalists and public health workers in China, asking, “How can we protect ourselves and our families?” Tiếp tục đọc “The Wuhan Virus: How to Stay Safe”
Hai cha con người Trung Quốc đến từ thành phố Vũ Hán, Trung Quốc, nhiễm virus corona gây bệnh viêm phổi cấp, đang được cách ly tại Bệnh viện Chợ Rẫy, TP.HCM.
Ngày 23/1, Thứ trưởng Y tế Nguyễn Trường Sơn kiểm tra công tác chống dịch viêm phổi cấp mới tại Bệnh viện Chợ Rẫy, TP.HCM. Theo báo cáo của bệnh viện, hai bệnh nhân được cách ly vì dương tính với virus corona.
Tiếp tục đọc “TP.HCM phát hiện 2 người Trung Quốc dương tính với virus corona”
Vietnam’s Health Ministry has listed several steps for people to protect themselves from a new pneumonia virus that had killed one in China. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam ministry advises protection steps against dangerous pneumonia virus from China”
TĐH: Một bệnh dịch có vẻ như là SARS (Hội chứng hô hấp cấp tính nặng; tiếng Anh: Severe acute respiratory syndrome, viết tắ SARS) đang trỗi lên ở Vũ Hán, Trung u, và đã lan sang Hồng Kông, Singapore, Taiwan. Nhà nước Trung Quốc cố tình giấu nhẹm và dọa bỏ tù người dân nào nói về việc này trên Internet. Năm 2002 và 2003 SARS xuất hiện ở Hồng Kông và sau đó lan ra thành đại dịch lớn cho cả thế giới. Hiện nay có rất nhiều du khách Trung quốc sang Việt Nam chơi. Chính phủ VN cần có biện pháp ngăn bệnh ngay tại các cảng vào Việt Nam.
Scores of people in Wuhan and Hong Kong have been sent to hospitals because of a mystery respiratory ailment—and true to form, China is trying to keep it quiet.
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