The Wuhan Coronavirus

[Mister Obvious]

Spain reports 372 new cases of coronavirus and 11 new deaths, raising total to 2,067 cases and 47 dead

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1237697915830796289

Iran reports 958 new cases of coronavirus and 63 new deaths, raising total to 9,000 cases and 354 dead

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1237692717142093827

A friend got suddenly sick after flying, with all the #coronavirus symptoms. He called the hotline in NYC and was told in order to even *find out where to get tested,* he has to have ALL of these: 1) cough too uncontrollable to speak 2) difficulty breathing and 3) fever > 102

https://twitter.com/SulomeAnderson/statu...3591107585

The coronavirus is likely to infect up to 70% of the German population, Chancellor Angela Merkel said

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1237720137207250944

83 new cases in UK in past day

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1237745834499944449

High level after high level officials in #Iran are getting infected with #coronavirus. The latest victim, Vice President Eshaq Jahngiri according to Fars news. He was absent this morning from a cabinet meeting.

https://twitter.com/aliarouzi/status/123...4247052288

Kuwait ban ALL commercial flights to/from Kuwait International Airport from Friday until further notice — this is huge

https://twitter.com/AlexInAir/status/123...4191185925

FAUCI: People always say 'The flu this, the flu that.' The flu has a mortality of 0.1%. This has a mortality of 10 times that.

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1...3449724929

WHO director Tedros says the World Health Organization is characterizing the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic.

https://twitter.com/skarlamangla/status/...9245094912

Poland closes all schools, universities, cinemas, theaters, and operas

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1237781783363477504

"The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information & hampered the US government’s response to the contagion, according to 4 administration officials."

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1237783812807024647

Qatar has suddenly announced it has discovered 238 new cases of Coronavius. It had only 24 cases yesterday, but it says it has completed checks on those quarantined. But number high given population size.

https://twitter.com/patrickwintour/statu...3040312320

First 3 cases in New Mexico

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1237787164957708291

2313 new cases & 196 new deaths in Italy in past day

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1237790371477848067

196 deaths more with #coronavirus in Italy in last day, toll at 827

The age ranging from 50 to 95 years old.

Overall average of total is 81 years old.

In 85% cases each was already suffering of two previous disease

https://twitter.com/tancredipalmeri/stat...2626930689

Washington Governor Inslee asks all schools to begin contingency planning for possible school closures in the next few days

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1237793156747407362

Wow.. King County, WA Public Health Director also signing a proclamation that gatherings of 250 people OR LESS will also be prohibited unless organizers can show they are following all public health #coronavirus guidelines.

https://twitter.com/JohnHopperstad/statu...3997526016

US was stupid

This was all foreseeable a month ago (or more)

Did nothing and sat on our ass

Now we will pay for it

https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1237796084749139968

Starting Friday, India is essentially banning all foreign tourists, and quarantining anyone who's been to 7 countries worst-affected by coronavirus. India has about 60 cases so far, none of them fatal.

https://twitter.com/lfrayer/status/1237793020193304576

San Francisco Mayor bans all large gatherings, including Warriors games, to curb coronavirus spread

https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1...2800907264

Craziest headlines I've ever seen.