As the average number of known U.S. coronavirus cases has remained low, some states are seeing infections rise. New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts & Connecticut have seen cases jump by more than 40% over the latest 14-day period as of Saturday https://t.co/C0G9AludGM pic.twitter.com/JI9eEicd5f
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) April 3, 2022
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China sends more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city. https://t.co/sHKmhcEOee
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 4, 2022
In a model which Shanghai could follow, Jilin City is designating some housing compounds as "infection free" if they have no cases or close contacts of cases for two weeks. Residents allowed to go outside for walks, and can leave the compound for "essential" reasons
— Tom Hancock (@hancocktom) April 3, 2022
Western diplomats have expressed concern about separating children from their parents as part of COVID curbs – a situation that has arisen in Shanghai as the government tries to stamp out the spread of the virus…
Diplomats from more than 30 countries have written to the Chinese foreign ministry urging authorities not to take such a step.
“We request that under no circumstances should parents and children be separated,” said a letter written by the French consulate in Shanghai that was addressed to the foreign affairs office of Shanghai on March 31.
In a separate letter to the Chinese foreign ministry dated the same day, the British embassy in Beijing said it was concerned by “recent instances when local authorities have sought to separate minors who tested positive for COVID-19 from their parents” and requested assurances that this would not happen to diplomatic staff…
Currently, asymptomatic cases are sent to centralised quarantine centres, some of which have been described as unsanitary and overcrowded.
The British embassy said there were concerns over the conditions and lack of privacy in recently deployed mobile hospital facilities, adding that isolating in diplomatic housing was a “preferable solution and consistent with our Vienna Convention privileges,” in the letter seen by Reuters and verified by two sources…
A U.S. embassy spokesperson declined to comment on Heller’s remarks but said that the way embassy staff were treated in the COVID pandemic was “job one” and that the embassy was engaging on COVID-related policy with the Chinese government.
Other countries, such as Norway, Switzerland and New Zealand, which were mentioned in the letters, did not respond to requests for comment…
On Monday, Shanghai official Wu Qianyu told a news conference that children could be accompanied by their parents if the parents were also infected, but separated if they were not, adding that policies were still being refined…
Shanghai Port operations hit by city’s Covid surge https://t.co/bSqZEWN6B9
— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) April 3, 2022
Shanghai’s coronavirus lockdown and the surge in cases has hit operations at the world’s largest container port by disrupting the logistical chain on land, according to industry insiders.
Shanghai Port, a major export gateway for goods produced in the nearby manufacturing hubs of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, has so far stayed in operation 24 hours a day inside a “closed loop” bubble, which requires workers to stay on site all the time…
“Even with the world’s largest port open, the closure of many warehouses, the drop in manufacturing and the serious disruption to trucking in, out and within the city are expected to cause a significant drop in the availability of goods and port output,” said Judah Levine, head of research at Freightos, an online freight marketplace…
Shanghai’s current virus controls mean truck drivers entering or leaving the city have to present a negative nucleic acid test taken within the last 48 hours.
But the soaring number of cases in the city has restricted testing capacity, and many drivers from neighbouring provinces are reluctant to enter Shanghai because of the risk of having to quarantine on their return, according to a report from Caixin…
“Destination ports in the US and Europe could expect some lull in volumes in the coming weeks followed by an increase that would be another challenge to already congested ports,” Levine said.
Hong Kong health authorities reported 3,709 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down from 4,475 the previous day, and 111 deaths as infections in the global financial hub continue to drop. https://t.co/56Hj9JxS21
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) April 3, 2022
Covid-19: Mass rapid testing could find thousands of cases if results are reported, Hong Kong health experts say https://t.co/sTW2G4vtFP pic.twitter.com/KbRhdzDHzu
— Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) April 4, 2022
We have heavily relied on the UK for guidance throughout the pandemic. Now what?
"But Britain remained the exemplar in not only sequencing viral genomes, but combining that information with medical records and epidemiology to make sense of the variants."https://t.co/wySCjpOT5E pic.twitter.com/xyrqHijtOR— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 3, 2022
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Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics Inc (CanSinoBIO) said on Monday its potential COVID-19 vaccine using the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology has been approved by China's medical products regulator to enter clinical trials. https://t.co/oXDmbvgNoU
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) April 4, 2022
#LongCovid is accelerating a revolution in medical research and @dianaberrent is in the vanguard of advocates partnering with researchers to find answers about the disparate conditions that fall under the rubric: long covid https://t.co/9todGbhRD7
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) April 4, 2022
German & Austrian deer thus far have been spared SARSCoV2 infections, unlike U.S. deer. In the U.S., deer are considered SARS2 reservoirs, meaning SARS2 may spill back to humans. Extensive tests in Germany & Austria show deer so far are coronavirus free https://t.co/Sy0odDkYYn
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) April 2, 2022
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U.S. nursing home deaths appear to be at a pandemic low. ~67 residents died during the week ending March 27. While that number may change in the coming weeks, it mirrors lows reached in June 2021 before facilities were hit by the #Delta & #Omicron variants https://t.co/wqdMGq8RrT pic.twitter.com/Yoy4CqJlw5
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) April 4, 2022
On The Road – Albatrossity – Springtime in Arizona – Week 2
Baud
Don’t agree with Yung, especially about the decades part.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
132 new cases according to the NYSDOH.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 12,380 new Covid-19 cases yesterday in its media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 4,246,467 cases. It also reported 30 deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 35,099 deaths – 0.83% of the cumulative reported total, 0.87% of resolved cases.
Malaysia’s nationwide Rt stands at 0.85.
122 confirmed cases are in ICU, 61 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 20,635 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,018,421 patients recovered – 94.6% of the cumulative reported total.
No new clusters were reported yesterday, and the cumulative total remains at 6,940 clusters. 181 clusters are currently active; 6,759 clusters are now inactive.
11,918 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. 462 new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 15,708 doses of vaccine on 3rd April: 2,178 first doses, 9,277 second doses, and 4,253 booster doses. The cumulative total is 68,991,116 doses administered: 27,528,911 first doses, 25,823,473 second doses, and 15,850,917 booster doses. 84.3% of the population have received their first dose, 79.1% their second dose, and 48.5% their booster dose.
rikyrah
Got my second booster yesterday. Only got a sore arm this morning
YY_Sima Qian
On 4/3 Mainland China reported 1,336 new domestic confirmed (163 previously asymptomatic), 11,771 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 domestic suspect cases.
Guangdong Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region did not report any new domestic positive cases. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 15 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 19 active domestic confirmed (9 at Fangchenggang, 8 at Qinzhou, & 1 each at Guilin & Yulin) & 246 active domestic asymptomatic cases (97 at Fangchenggang, 39 at Baise, 24 at Chongzuo, 65 at Qinzhou, 5 at Liuzhou, 8 at Guilin, 4 at Nanning, 3 at Beihai, & 1 at Guigang) in the province. 1 zone at Fangchenggang are currently at Medium Risk. 3 sites at Qinzhou are currently at Medium Risk.
Hunan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Loudi) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic (at Changsha) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 44 active domestic confirmed & 10 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 9 sites at Huaihua are currently at Medium Risk, as are 11 sites at Changsha & 1 village at Hengyang.
At Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region there currently are 6 active domestic confirmed (1 at Hohhot, 1 at Chifeng & 4 at Tongliao) & 19 active domestic asymptomatic (11 at Hohhot & 8 at Tongliao) cases in the province. 1 residential compound at Chifeng is currently at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, a traced close contact under centralized quarantine & 1 via voluntary testing. 47 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 27 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 161 active domestic confirmed & 161 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 7 sites are currently at High Risk. 4 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Shandong Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 13 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 49 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 129 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 411 active domestic confirmed cases & 1,857 active asymptomatic cases in the province. As not all of the administrative divisions in the province provide data on recoveries, I cannot track the count of active cases in all of the administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Shanxi Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases (all at Taiyuan), all recent arrivals from Handan in Hebei. There currently are 10 active domestic confirmed (5 Xinzhou, 4 at Taiyuan & 1 at Datong) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Changzhi & Taiyuan) cases remaining.
Hebei Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 108 domestic asymptomatic cases. 26 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 265 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 178 active domestic confirmed & 2,010 active asymptomatic case in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Liaoning Province reported 39 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 9 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 37 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 279 active domestic confirmed & 1,381 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Heilongjiang Province reported 15 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 17 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 16 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 198 active domestic confirmed & 221 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Jilin Province reported 836 new domestic confirmed (68 previously asymptomatic, 825 mild & 11 moderate) & 2,742 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1,462 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 846 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. As the province does not consistently break down recoveries by confirmed & asymptomatic cases or by jurisdictions, I can no longer track the count of active case counts in the different jurisdictions.
Beijing Municipality reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a person returned from elsewhere on 3/31. 1 community remains at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 425 new domestic confirmed (71 previously asymptomatic) & 8,581 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 7,927 of the new domestic positive cases are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine, & the rest from screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. 24 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 454 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 2,394 active domestic confirmed & 53,418 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 13 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Shaanxi Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild, at Xi’an), a recent arrival from elsewhere under centralized quarantine. 9 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 46 active domestic confirmed & 3 active asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 1 residential compound at Tongchuan remains at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases (4 at Suizhou, 2 each at Huangshi & Jinzhou, & 1 at Wuhan). The case at Wuhan is a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 1 of the cases at Huangshi is a recent arrival from elsewhere & the other is traced close contact under centralized quarantine. Both cases at Jinzhou are recent arrivals from elsewhere. The cases at Suizhou are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 52 active domestic asymptomatic (24 at Suizhou, 10 at Huangshi, 5 at & Xiaogan, 4 at Wuhan, 3 at Huanggang, 2 each at Ezhou & Jinzhou, & 1 each at Xianning & Xiangyang) cases in the province.
Jiangsu Province reported 10 new domestic confirmed & 49 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 39 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 67 active domestic confirmed & 451 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As not all of the jurisdictions in the province track recoveries, I cannot track the count of active cases in all of the administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Anhui Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic) & 69 new domestic asymptomatic. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 13 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 22 active confirmed & 498 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Zhejiang Province reported 8 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 10 new domestic asymptomatic case. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported versus domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases in the province.
Gansu Province reported 3 new asymptomatic cases. 9 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 35 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 46 active domestic confirmed & 187 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Fujian Province reported 16 new domestic confirmed (11 previously asymptomatic) & 26 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 52 domestic confirmed case recovered & 43 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 813 active domestic confirmed & 1,821 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 6 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 52 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Hainan Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 2 each at Haikou, Sanya & Qionghai) & 21 new domestic asymptomatic (20 at Sanya & 1 at Haikou) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 1 of the new confirmed cases at Haikou was previously asymptomatic, & the other 2 new positive cases are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. Both new cases at Qionghai are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine.
Guizhou Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, both at Xingyi in Qianxinan Prefecture, both traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed (2 each at Guiyang & Xingyi in Qianxinan Prefecture) & 3 active domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Zunyi, Xingyi in Qianxinan Prefecture & Liupanshui) cases in the city.
Jiangxi Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (3 mild& 1 moderate) & 39 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 28 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 31 active domestic confirmed & 282 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Henan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 each at Anyang & Zhengzhou) & 20 new domestic asymptomatic cases (13 at Zhoukou & 3 each at Yongcheng & Zhengzhou, & 1 at Xinyang). 1 domestic confirmed case recovered . There currently are 103 active domestic confirmed & 160 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 3 of the cases at Zhengzhou are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 1 is a worker at the airport living in “closed loop” found via regular screening. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 2 sites at Zhoukou, as well as 3 at Luohe & 2 at Jiaozuo, are currently at Medium Risk.
Chongqing Municipality reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 3 dormitory buildings are currently at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 10 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic, all mild, 9 at Chengdu & 1 at Leshan) & 9 new domestic asymptomatic (4 at Chengdu, 3 at Leshan, & 1 each at Ziyang & Liangshan Prefecture) cases. 3 of the new confirmed cases at Chengdu were previously asymptomatic, 9 of the 10 new positive cases are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 1 arrived from elsewhere on 3/31 & under home quarantine. 2 of the cases at Leshan are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 2 via screening of residents under lock down. Both of the cases at Ziyang & Liangshan are recent arrivals from elsewhere & under quarantine. 3 residential compounds at Leshan are currently at Medium Risk.
Qinghai Province reported 7 new domestic confirmed cases (5 at Xinjng & 2 at Haidong), all recent arrivals from Shanghai.
Yunnan Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 37 new domestic asymptomatic were released from isolation. There currently are 35 active domestic confirmed & 174 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Imported Cases
On 4/3, Mainland China reported 39 new imported confirmed cases (16 previously asymptomatic, 2 in Guangdong), 91 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 1,848 confirmed cases recovered (73 imported), 2,008 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (116 imported) & 179 were reclassified as confirmed cases (16 imported), & 24,376 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 25,724 active confirmed cases in the country (619 imported), 54 in serious condition (all domestic), 83,364 active asymptomatic cases (1,064 imported), 17 suspect cases (all imported). 376,115 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 4/3, 3,279.249M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 3.063M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 4/4, Hong Kong reported 3,138 new positive cases, 12 imported & 3,126 domestic (1,577 via RT-PCR & 1,549 from rapid antigen tests), 77 deaths + 13 backlogged deaths.
On 4/4, Taiwan reported 275 new positive cases, 142 imported & 133 domestic (including 50 asymptomatic).
Peale
Going back to the office on Thursday. And I’m thinking of taking the afternoon off on Wednesday to go to see Everything Everywhere All at Once without a weekend crowd. So despite the rise in cases locally, I’m hoping to continue to take steps away from the past two years. I’ve decided to put off the third booster for a few weeks.
WaterGirl
@Baud: I kind of agreed, but you know more history than I do. Can you name a couple of bigger ones to set me straight?
Soprano2
@Baud: Well, I think the history of pandemics shows that he is right. The effects might not be top of mind, but they’ll be there.
I think China messed up with their “zero Covid” policy, especially because they didn’t require people to get vaccinated. How exactly was that supposed to work with the rest of the world? Were they going to keep the rest of the world locked out of China forever? Because that’s the only way zero Covid without widespread vaccination could have worked, especially without widespread vaccination of the most vulnerable populations. It also pisses me off because it’s partly responsible for all of the supply problems we’re having now, but instead of blaming them on lockdowns in China the press blames them on Biden, as if he can do something about it.
Baud
@WaterGirl: I’m not sure what you mean.
@Soprano2: Everything effects everything else. If that’s what he means, then it’s not very incisive. I don’t think supply chain issues and inflation are destined to last for decades.
YY_Sima Qian
I partly disagree w/ Patrick Chovanec. While all eyes (especially foreign ones), are on the sh*tshow in Shanghai, numerous Chinese cities have contained/suppressed/eliminated Omicron BA.2 clusters & outbreaks. What separates Shanghai, Jilin City & Changchun is that they had allowed the outbreak to become widespread in the community before taking the tougher actions, & now they are dealing w/ huge case loads. They were forced to resort to sudden citywide lock downs w/o adequate preparation for logistics of food delivery.
It is actually the number of positive cases & close contacts that are stressing the system, because Chinese strategy has always been isolating all positive cases (regardless of severity) & centralized quarantine for all F1 & F2 close contacts. Hospitals are actually not stressed even in Shanghai, at least not in the way the Hong Kong’s or other places’ have/had been. The number of active serious/critical cases in China have been dropping, while the the number of active positive cases have been increasing by close to 9K a day.
I think the Chinese government should seriously consider a cordon sanitaire around Shanghai, as exports from the city is continuing to put pressure on jurisdictions across China. W/ Omicron BA.2, all it takes is 1 case to seed a cluster. Almost no transmission chain dies out on its own.
Chovanec is correct, however, that the situation has changed. Shanghai is dealing w/ much higher case incidence than Wuhan during the 1st wave. If the city cannot building/maintain enough temporary hospitals to isolate the mild/asymptomatic cases, then asymptomatic cases should be allowed to isolate at home when the situation permits (& monitored & supervised), w/ the understanding that w/o medical staff on hand they may not receive medical attention quickly should their situation worsen suddenly. If the city cannot convert enough hotels into quarantine facilities for close contacts, then at least F2 close contacts should be allowed to quarantine at home if the situation permits (& monitored & supervised). Other cities that are not yet stressed by high case incidence can continue w/ standard practice.
Ultimately, the reason China is still taking all measures to minimize viral transmission is due to the relatively low vaccination/boosting rate of the most vulnerable population. The example of Hong Kong is frightening, but Shanghai, Changchun & Jilin City should serve as harbingers for the Mainland China context. All 3 cities are some of the oldest in China (Jilin City & Changchun in particularly have been suffering from flight of the young for years). The case incidence in Shanghai has been so high that a significantly number of the most vulnerable must have been infected.
WaterGirl
@Baud: You said “Don’t agree with Yung, especially about the decades part.”
I assumed you were disagreeing with the part where he said this was the greatest US labor victory in a generation.
So I was asking you to name the US labor victory/victories that you thought were bigger than that.
But maybe that wasn’t the part you disagreed with?
Baud
@WaterGirl: No, I was disagreeing with the decades-long effects of the pandemic.
WaterGirl
@Baud: Ah. I think this Amazon union win in a big Joe Biden deal.
I loved the way Biden referenced the “big fucking Joe Biden” deal when he signed the Emmett Till law. Just like his Infrastructure Week, he may be old but he is not out of touch.
gwangung
@Baud: Despite Republicans’ best efforts?
sab
@Soprano2: Locking the rest of the world out wouldn’t work because so many Chinese travel into the rest of the world. They brought Covid variants back bsck homel
YY_Sima Qian
In the 2 weeks between mid-Mar. & end of Mar., the number of people in the > 60 y.o. cohort in China that have taken at least 1 shot has only increased by ~ 2.5M, & those fully vaccinated has only increased by ~ 1M. That still leaves > 40M people in the cohort completely unvaccinated, the bulk of which are likely to be in the > 80 y.o. segment. So, not nearly fast enough. There is considerable regional variation, though.
John Amussen
FYI, it looks like the Jacinda Arden quote re: Fox News is false…
Not that the concept isn’t correct…