Novel Coronavirus – China

[feb1991blizzard]

1 minute ago, bobbarley said:

Pity, as a Liverpool fan, that it wasn’t cancelled before last night

Its even more a pity Alisson wasn't in goal.

[lawrenk]

2 minutes ago, bobbarley said:

Pity, as a Liverpool fan, that it wasn’t cancelled before last night

You’d better hope we don’t cancel the remaining Premier League fixtures and declare this season null and void!

[northwestsnow]

3 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Spain have reported 2,968 new cases. 84 new deaths were announed earlier.

Jeeez.

That is alarming..

[Summer Sun]

Sorry. 691 new cases total 2,968

Edited March 12, 2020 by Summer Sun

[weirpig]

1 minute ago, Summer Sun said:

Sorry. 691 new cases total 2,968

Gavalar    thought that was high 

[summer blizzard]

8 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Spain have reported 2,968 new cases. 84 new deaths were announed earlier.

That's surely the total number.

[Summer Sun]

Football in the main leagues

• Serie A - suspended
• La Liga - suspended
• Ligue 1 - played behind closed doors
• Primeira Liga (Portugal) - played behind closed doors
• Bundesliga - some fixtures behind closed doors
• Premier League - fixtures as normal

[Guest Delete Me]

• 1st death in Poland, Austria, Algeria and Greece
• 4th death in Switzerland

[Boro Snow]

7 minutes ago, Paul Faulkner said:

Some of the questions being asked by the public on this sky news panel show are atrocious and makes people sound so thick, that's not the worse bit though...the so called expert in the studio is clueless.

Is it ok to eat chicken

[Beverley Lass]

The Scottish government is to advise that gatherings of more than 500 people be cancelled from next week.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said this was to free up emergency services, including police and ambulance crews, to deal with coronavirus.

Ms Sturgeon said the move was an attempt to "protect" the "resilience" of essential staff.

She added it was not necessary to close schools and universities yet, but said that advice would remain under review.

[Summer Sun]

All schools, nurseries and universities in the Madrid region shut until 23rd March. All gatherings of more than 1,000 people banned. Other regions in Spain expected to follow.

[kold weather]

Belgium our closest current analog in terms of numbers, has recorded 85 new cases, their biggest daily increase so far. 

I'd be surprised if we are below 100 today, and to be honest, the only reason maybe if we still aren't testing enough or the glut hasn't gone through yet.

[Guest Delete Me]

29 new deaths and 687 new cases in Spain.

• 2,968 Total
• Deaths: 84
• ICU: 126

Edited March 12, 2020 by Delete Me

[weirpig]

4 minutes ago, Beverley Lass said:

The Scottish government is to advise that gatherings of more than 500 people be cancelled from next week.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said this was to free up emergency services, including police and ambulance crews, to deal with coronavirus.

Ms Sturgeon said the move was an attempt to "protect" the "resilience" of essential staff.

She added it was not necessary to close schools and universities yet, but said that advice would remain under review.

Eh  But schools are gatherings of 500 people 

[northwestsnow]

2 minutes ago, Paul Faulkner said:

29 new deaths and 687 new cases in Spain.

• 2,968 Total
• Deaths: 84
• ICU: 126

Its looking really bad in Spain..

Dreading Italys numbers..

[The PIT]

Looks like we are going to dilly dally for a while at.

[kold weather]

1 minute ago, The PIT said:

Looks like we are going to dilly dally for a while at.

Unfortunately we are going to be looking back at this as a failed opportunity. I fear we may well end up getting well into the thousands of deaths by the mid April at this rate because we just haven't taken it seriously enough.

[Bristawl Si]

The 'herd immunity' strategy will likely continue to be followed by the UK govt; the narrative is that science will continue to shape policy.

Interesting that it is in direct contrast to a number of other countries. But like i posted earlier i dont see the point in closing schools if parents then choose to take their little darlings to shops, cinema, mcdonalds, etc.

One of ITV's 'expert' contributors said on the lunchtime news, what happens if those children are palmed off on grandparents for childcare because of sudden school closure, and those children are already 'spreaders'? Yes, grandparents, many at an increased risk, because of age, of catching the blimin' virus.

Edited March 12, 2020 by Bristle boy

[Ryukai]

2 hours ago, weirpig said:

What a year so far its  been   Constant talk of wars.  Fires raging over Austrailia    Floods,  Plague of locusts in Africa.   A asteroid to skim the earth in April  and a pandemic    Jeez 

*Dons doomsday clapperboard* *rings bell* The end times are upon us! Repent ye sinners!"

[kold weather]

By the way, the daily total is already nearly at 3,000...for reference the daily total just a week ago was 3,100. So within 13hrs of the day we've already nearly matched it, and that is without many afternoon European updates, nor anything from Italy or France...

Logarithmic graph showing something of an upswing again suggesting we back heading towards exponential growth again globally, not there yet obviously, but its bend that way...

[daz_4]

State of emergency declared in the Czech Republic for 30 days.

[kold weather]

6 minutes ago, Bristle boy said:

The 'herd immunity' strategy will likely continue to be followed by the UK govt; the narrative is that science will continue to shape policy.

Interesting that it is in direct contrast to a number of other countries. But like i posted earlier i dont see the point in closing schools if parents then choose to take their little darlings to shops, cinema, mcdonalds, etc.

Yes it seems that way. I suppose my quesiton would be why is nearly every other European government taking a different approach? Is it purely an econmic consideration (IE to allow people to keep working for as long as possible?) that we are not following. I mean given our economies size and the fact our SSP is a joke probably a factor in their minds?

Closing schools is a tricky one, but I think we will soon get to the point where those shops, cinemas will be SHUT as well, much like they are in Italy and soon in Madrid as well.

i'm not sure we are quite there either, but there really does need to be something done with regards to stopping gatherings.

Edited March 12, 2020 by kold weather

[Guest Delete Me]

111 new cases confirmed in the Netherlands

[Gray-Wolf]

original here;

http://www.siaarti.it/SiteAssets/News/COVID19 - documenti SIAARTI/SIAARTI - Covid19 - Raccomandazioni di etica clinica.pdf

Edited March 12, 2020 by Gray-Wolf

[Bristawl Si]

2 minutes ago, kold weather said:

Yes it seems that way. I suppose my quesiton would be why is nearly every other European government taking a different approach? Is it purely an econmic consideration (IE to allow people to keep working for as long as possible?) that we are not following. I mean given our economies size and the fact our SSP is a joke probably a factor in their minds?

Closing schools is a tricky one, but I think we will soon get to the point where those shops, cinemas will be SHUT as well, much like they are in Italy and soon in Madrid as well.

If they are TRULY following the science, via their advisory panel of.....erm.....scientists, then that is why the UK is doing what it's doing. As for the economy ref, most of Europe's economies were in a worse state than ours, before this crisis even kicked off.

Edited March 12, 2020 by Bristle boy