Person in Japan who has not visited Wuhan contracts coronavirus - ministry

 

Pedestrians wearing masks stand in front of a crosswalk at a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - A person in Japan who had not visited the Chinese city of Wuhan has contracted the new coronavirus, Japan’s health ministry said Tuesday.

 

The infected man is a tour bus driver in his 60s in the city of Nara, who had contact with visitors from Wuhan between Jan. 8-16, the ministry said on its website. He began showing symptoms on Jan. 14 and was hospitalized on Jan. 25 before being diagnosed, according to the statement.

 

Another man in his 40s who lives in Wuhan was also confirmed to have contracted the virus, the ministry said.

 

The new infections bring the total number of confirmed Japanese cases to six.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-01-28

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It's just a scam IMO. The normal flue has infected and killed ten times more than this has. Stay away from Disney parks and Macau Casinos, buy some stakes in Clorox. 

 

 

How can anyone be certain the Japanese driver - or any other of the alleged victims worldwide - actually has the latest corona virus, and not just "ordinary" flu or one of the many other infections which can produce similar symptoms?

 

According to a UK newspaper, Britain has developed a test which distinguishes 2019-nCOV from all the other viruses in the same family. But the report was suspiciously short on specifics.

 

Presumably, to be certain of its origins, one would need to find the Wuhan virus or specific antibodies in a patient's blood sample. Has this been achieved, or are we being fed fake news to prevent panic?

 

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

 

 

How can anyone be certain the Japanese driver - or any other of the alleged victims worldwide - actually has the latest corona virus, and not just "ordinary" flu or one of the many other infections which can produce similar symptoms?

 

According to a UK newspaper, Britain has developed a test which distinguishes 2019-nCOV from all the other viruses in the same family. But the report was suspiciously short on specifics.

 

Presumably, to be certain of its origins, one would need to find the Wuhan virus or specific antibodies in a patient's blood sample. Has this been achieved, or are we being fed fake news to prevent panic?

 

 

 

 

 

It's estimated around a trillion Dollars changed hands out of this. You tell me.

2 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

How can anyone be certain the Japanese driver - or any other of the alleged victims worldwide - actually has the latest corona virus, and not just "ordinary" flu or one of the many other infections which can produce similar symptoms?

You can test for it. They use something called PCR tests for specific virus types. I read somewhere that Japan and Thailand were the first in Asia to develop local testing.

 

Thailand? Actually Thailand has a well funded gene research industry, in part because genome research is important in agriculture, but also their medical industry.

Edited January 29, 20206 yr by rabas

2 hours ago, rabas said:

You can test for it. They use something called PCR tests for specific virus types. I read somewhere that Japan and Thailand were the first in Asia to develop local testing.

 

Thailand? Actually Thailand has a well funded gene research industry, in part because genome research is important in agriculture, but also their medical industry.

Thanks for that.

3 hours ago, car720 said:

The Australians have isolated the guilty fellow and are trying to replicate it in order to find a vaccine.  I am led to believe that the results we are hearing of are based on blood tests of those involved.

Interesting. By the sound of it Big Pharma is in for a not entirely unexpected windfall.

 

https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2020/01/26/vaccine-for-the-china-virus-the-planet-is-the-guinea-pig-for-a-vast-experiment/

4 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

 

It's estimated around a trillion Dollars changed hands out of this. You tell me.

It's an ill wind. . . 

 

https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2020/01/26/vaccine-for-the-china-virus-the-planet-is-the-guinea-pig-for-a-vast-experiment/