China's Feb. 25 #Covid19 numbers are up.
They are reporting 406 new confirmed cases & 52 new deaths. All the deaths & all but 5 of the cases are in Hubei.
Their death toll has hit 2715 & they've recorded 78,064 cases. pic.twitter.com/oT81TXYoOZ— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) February 26, 2020
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Dizzying day on coronavirus front. It's been clear since last Friday–Iran, Italy, South Korean–that COVID-19 is not "very much under control" in U.S. or anywhere else. @kakape and I have story. Hello mitigation. Containment, so yesterday. https://t.co/jT6R8e7EFo
— Jon Cohen (@sciencecohen) February 25, 2020
The Coronavirus is not contained. It will not fade in the spring. Trump cut CDC by 9 percent. Trump eliminated the position at the global health security teams at NSC and DHS. They don’t know what they are doing. They are fixated on the politics and the stock market.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) February 25, 2020
We do not wish a coronavirus pandemic to damage Trump’s presidency. We wish we didn’t have a damaged president in charge of a coronavirus pandemic.
— Greg Dworkin (@DemFromCT) February 25, 2020
Coronavirus was found in Brazil during Carnival. This is not a good start to this story. https://t.co/b38P4ZVBCA
— Infectious Diseases (@InfectiousDz) February 26, 2020
A 23-year-old American soldier stationed in South Korea has tested positive for the coronavirus — the first US service member to be infected. He is being isolated and monitored https://t.co/h54uY4Z7wv
— CNN (@CNN) February 26, 2020
Around 700 guests are still confined to their hotel in Tenerife, as Spain steps up efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus https://t.co/bel4bXvxNa
— Bloomberg (@business) February 26, 2020
“A senior member of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers are more likely to cancel it altogether than to postpone.” https://t.co/V9DFooNYm7 pic.twitter.com/vV5CK1s0FT
— Geoff Manaugh (@geoffmanaugh) February 25, 2020
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