Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Name...

#ProperName not yet. #wow!
"It has infected thousands of people, closed borders and put parts of #China into lockdown. But the virus causing the outbreak of illness does not yet have a proper name. It has been referred to as the #coronavirus...."-
Reuters
Volunteers disinfect a railway station in Hunan province, China
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coronavirus Outside china.

Update of #coronavirus #OutsideChina presented by

coronavirus

There is a "window of opportunity" to stop the deadly new #coronavirus becoming a broader #global crisis- The World Health Organization. In #China alone, there are now more than 24,300 cases, with a much smaller number of cases around the #globe.-
 
The first coronavirus-infected patients arrive at the newly built hospital in Wuhan
 
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Late President Daniel Arap Moi.

“Death is not extinguishing the #light. It is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.”-Rabindranath Tagore, writer & artist.  

#Thanks for the milk you gave us while we were in primary school. Not much more do I have to say. #RIPPresidentMoi #Kenya


 



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Poleni sana Kenya.

#Kenya #PoleniSana. Jana.
"The loss of a child is very #painful. My #condolences to parents who have lost their #children," Mr Magoha told Citizen TV. Nearly 40 other students were injured - some critically - and taken to hospital, reports say."-@BBCNews.
Nathan Ochunge


  Worried relatives gathered outside a hospital where injured children were being treated 
 
Kenya school stampede: At least 14 pupils killed in Kakamega
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Monday, February 3, 2020

Dr. Li Wenliang - feel better.

In early Jan, authorities in the #Chinese city of #Wuhan were trying to keep news of a new #coronavirus under wraps. When 1 doctor tried to warn fellow medics about the outbreak, police paid him a visit & told him to stop.-
Dr now has the virus!
 
Dr. Li Wenliang
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Outside China - coronavirus

Coronavirus China.

#Hone 
"#China's top leadership has admitted "shortcomings and deficiencies" in the country's response to the deadly #coronavirusOutbreak...A crackdown on wildlife markets, where the virus emerged, has been ordered. -@BBCNews
Found on BBC News 3 February 2020
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"By the end of Monday, more than 20,000 cases and 425 deaths had been reported in #China - an increase of more than 3,000 #confirmed cases in a single day. On Monday alone, there had been 64 new deaths, China's National Health Commission said..."- @BBCNews.