>>>ANSA/ Rome school helps Palermo counterpart amid COVID
(by Lara Sirignano) Palermo, April 13 – A task force set up by the Italian education ministry to help teachers during the COVID-19 emergency has brought in “twinning” between …
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All the latest breaking news on coronavirus. Browse Shangahai Traveler’s complete collection of articles and commentary on coronavirus. A new Chinese coronavirus, a cousin of the SARS virus, has infected hundreds since the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December. Scientist Leo Poon, who first decoded the virus, thinks it likely started in an animal and spread to humans. (Source: CNN)
“What we know is it causes pneumonia and then doesn’t respond to antibiotic treatment, which is not surprising, but then in terms of mortality, SARS kills 10% of the individuals,” Poon, a virologist at the School of Public Health at The University of Hong Kong, said.
It’s not clear how deadly the Wuhan coronavirus will be, but fatality rates are currently lower than both MERS and SARS. Experts stress that it will change as the outbreak develops.
A coronavirus is a kind of common virus that causes an infection in your nose, sinuses, or upper throat. … Often a coronavirus causes upper respiratory infection symptoms like a stuffy nose, cough, and sore throat.
One study, based on data collected between 10 and 21 January, estimates that each person with the virus can pass it to between 3 and 5 other people. The work, by Shi Zhao at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and his colleagues suggests that the virus is much more contagious than originally thought.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231453-new-coronavirus-may-be-much-more-contagious-than-initially-thought/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231453-new-coronavirus-may-be-much-more-contagious-than-initially-thought/
14 days
The United States’ CDC estimates the incubation period for 2019-nCoV to be between 2 and 14 days. This means that symptoms of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) may appear in as few as 2 days or as long as 14, during which the virus is contagious but the patient does not display any symptom (asymptomatic transmission).
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Related to the Coronavirus People also ask
Coronaviruses are types of viruses that typically affect the respiratory tract of mammals, including humans. They are associated with the common cold, pneumonia, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and can also affect the gut.
Transmission. MERS-CoV, like other coronaviruses, likely spreads from an infected person’s respiratory secretions, such as through coughing. … Infected people have spread MERS-CoV to others in healthcare settings, such as hospitals.
Among the infections raising concern is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, caused by a type of coronavirus, which emerged in 2012. Infection with the MERS virus can cause fever, cough and shortness of breath, and is particularly dangerous in older people or people with weakened immune systems or other illnesses.
Common human coronaviruses
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How long does the virus survive in the environment? Outdoors, the virus can usually only survive for hours or days. Indoors, in dried-up cat litter, it can survive for up to seven weeks.
Diagnosis. Your healthcare provider may order laboratory tests on respiratory specimens and serum (part of your blood) to detect human coronaviruses. Laboratory testing is more likely to be used if you have severe disease or are suspected of having MERS.
Coronavirus: deaths pass 7,000 mark
Rome, March 25 – The number of coronavirus sufferers to have died in Italy has passed the 7,000 mark, but the rise in the number of new cases of …
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Coronavirus:Milan orders use of soldiers,Veneto closes parks (5)
Milan, March 20 – The Milan prefecture on Friday ordered the deployment of 114 Italian soldiers in the Safe Streets campaign to control containment measures in the coronavirus crisis. …
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Expo 2020: Work on Italian pavilion progresses as scheduled
(ANSAmed) – Rome, March 19 – Construction work for the Italian pavilion for Expo 2020 in Dubai is continuing as scheduled, with stringent security measures to ensure the opening …
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Coronavirus: I’ve asked God to stop epidemic say pope
Rome, March 18 – Pope Francis said in a frontpage interview with La Repubblica Wednesday that he had asked God to stop the coronavirus epidemic during his recent ‘pilgrimage’ …
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>>>ANSA/ Coronavirus: Don’t make mistakes now says WHO Europe
Rome, April 17 – World Health Organization (WHO) Europe Director Hans Kluge has warned countries that they “must not make mistakes now – although spring has come, we are …
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ANSA/ Coronavirus: Relax restrictive measures gradually says WHO
Rome, April 17 – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated on Friday that countries should be careful when easing lockdown measures to contain the spread of …
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>ANSA-FOCUS/ Traces of virus found in Paris’s non-drinking water
(di Tullio Giannotti). Paris, April 19 – Traces of the coronavirus has been found in the water in Paris, but only the water used for fountains and to wash …
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ANSA/ WHO Europe launches vaccines week, says don’t drop guard
Rome, April 20 – Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, the WHO Regional Director for Europe, said that the authorities must keep attention high on vaccinations amid the coronavirus emergency …
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Over 167,000 COVID victims worldwide,2,000 in 24 hours in US
Rome, April 20 – While the number of contagions worldwide crossed the 2.4 million mark and the number of deaths passed (John Hopkins University figures) on Monday, the World …
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