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Infants dont seem to be getting it much,, only 9 cases between 28 days and 1 year. All mild cases caught from family members.
 
This is a very interesting, informative, and disconcerting account of how life has changed in Shanghai (current pop. 24+ million) during the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent mass quarantine.


Coronavirus ghost town: Shanghai has changed since the outbreak

The streets are almost empty. Roped-off playgrounds gather dust instead of giggles. Aside from grocery stores and emergency facilities, virtually nothing is open.

TONY PERMAN | OPINION CONTRIBUTOR

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...ome-coronavirus-ghost-town-column/4786720002/

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Which leads to this also informative and frightening article about COVID-19 unfortunately spreading to the African continent soon and what that means for citizens of the various nations there attempting to prepare for what will shortly be declared a pandemic.

The coronavirus is about to hit Africa. Here are the big challenges.

Many Africans don’t trust the health system. That complicates the response.

By Amy S. Patterson

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-is-about-hit-africa-here-are-big-challenges/
 
There has been a couple on a cruise shipwho have slagging off the government the last few days for not rescuing them,their son has been on tv,i don't know why they are special cases.it's been confirmed they both have the virus now so are staying put,they continue to say they should be brought home without thinking of the logistics and the risk of spreading it on the way,they are on a comfy cruise ship ffs,not in a desert somewhere
 
karen7 said:
There has been a couple on a cruise shipwho have slagging off the government the last few days for not rescuing them,their son has been on tv,i don't know why they are special cases.it's been confirmed they both have the virus now so are staying put,they continue to say they should be brought home without thinking of the logistics and the risk of spreading it on the way,they are on a comfy cruise ship ffs,not in a desert somewhere
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They should be chucked overboard. They just said on the news that someone that was on that ship and in quarantine for two weeks has tested positive after coming home.
 
Barcon said:
They should be chucked overboard. They just said on the news that someone that was on that ship and in quarantine for two weeks has tested positive after coming home.
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That's interesting,they should be negative after 2 weeks i think,wish i was stranded on a luxery cruise ship with all that free food and booze
 
These correspondents have nothing to do with the article in question and it may have more to do with a political tit-for-tat between China and Russia over the Chinese media outlets in the US.

But it may also be about the questions the article are asking about the Chinese financial markets in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Coronavirus: China expels Wall Street Journal journalists for article it deemed racist

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51558310
 
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