webfact Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 China agrees to WHO sending experts to study virus People ware masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun GENEVA (Reuters) - China has agreed that the World Health Organization will send international experts there as soon as possible to increase understanding of a new coronavirus and guide the global response to the outbreak, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday. In a statement after a two-day visit by WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who met Chinese President Xi Jinping as well as the health and foreign ministers, it said that a better understanding of the virus' ability to spread from person to person was urgently needed to advise other countries. "The discussions focused on continued collaboration on containment measures in Wuhan, public health measures in other cities and provinces, conducting further studies on the severity and transmissibility of the virus, continuing to share data, and for China to share biological material with WHO," the WHO said. This would contribute to developing vaccines and treatments. "The two sides agreed that WHO will send international experts to visit China as soon as possible to work with Chinese counterparts on increasing understanding of the outbreak to guide global response efforts," the WHO added, without giving a time frame. Xi said earlier on Tuesday that China was sure of defeating the "devil" coronavirus that has killed 106 people, spread across the world and rattled financial markets. Tedros can reconvene the WHO Emergency Committee on very short notice as needed, to consider whether the outbreak constitutes an international emergency, the WHO said in the statement, which made no reference to evacuations of foreigners that both sides say were discussed in the Beijing talks. The WHO's independent panel met twice last week, but declined to declare a global emergency. (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Emma Farge and Giles Elgood) -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-01-29 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/28/americans-evacuate-wuhan-china-charter-plane-amid-/ Quote SANTA ANA, California — An airplane evacuating as many as 240 Americans from a Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak departed Wednesday before dawn, and is en route to the U.S., a U.S. State Department official has told The Associated Press The U.S. government chartered the plane to fly out diplomats from the U.S. Consulate in Wuhan, where the latest coronavirus outbreak started, and other U.S. citizens. The plane will make a refueling stop in Alaska before flying on to Ontario, California, the U.S. Embassy in China has said. Wuhan is the epicenter of a new virus that has sickened thousands and killed more than 100 and the official said Tuesday that the plane left the city before dawn Wednesday, China time. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly. But now the L.A. Times has updated that news to say the arrival location has again been changed now to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-28/flight-evacuated-from-wuhan-will-not-land-at-ontario-airport Quote A flight carrying government employees evacuated from the U.S. Consulate in the Chinese city of Wuhan amid a coronavirus outbreak will land at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County instead of Ontario International Airport, officials announced Tuesday night. Curt Hagman, chairman of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, said in a video news release that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told local officials that the flight will be diverted to the base “for the logistics that they have.” Reached by phone Tuesday evening, Hagman said local officials weren’t given any additional details about the decision. Before reaching its destination in Southern California, the plane is expected to stop in Anchorage, Alaska to refuel, according to the CDC. Edited January 29, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 So a WHO computer virus expert is going to solve this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said: So a WHO computer virus expert is going to solve this? Medical experts with direct access to the virus itself will have a better chance of finding and identifying what treatments will be effective in treating those who have contracted the virus, and hopefully also finding a vaccine for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thongkorn Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Maybe real scientist may find the Virus a man made one. Edited January 29, 2020 by Thongkorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sucit Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 "People ware masks..." I really can't believe a day has come where I am reading <deleted> like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 18 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said: Medical experts with direct access to the virus itself will have a better chance of finding and identifying what treatments will be effective in treating those who have contracted the virus, and hopefully also finding a vaccine for it. Too late. Australians have already cloned it and hope for a vaccine by March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 17 hours ago, Thongkorn said: Maybe real scientist may find the Virus a man made one. Without doubt, but made by whom, that is the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, car720 said: Without doubt, but made by whom, that is the question. it started by monkeys in china Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 News just in >>>>>> AUST.30.01.2020.2.40PM. As of yesterday 8.53pm >>> In a major breakthrough in the global fight against coronavirus, scientists in Australia have developed a lab-grown version of the disease. Described as a "game changer" that will help scientists determine whether a future vaccine is effective, experts at Melbourne's Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity on Tuesday became the world's first scientific lab outside of China to copy the virus. They will now share it with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Europe, which will in turn share it with labs worldwide — including one from Queensland — involved in the worldwide race to develop a vaccine. The team of scientists grew the virus from a patient who had been infected since Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSam Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 20 hours ago, Thongkorn said: Maybe real scientist may find the Virus a man made one. There are a LOT of theories out there, that these "new" diseases are manufactured in a lab, because of-course they can be, with gene splicing and other new technologies available in many countries. A theory for AIDS was either to wipe out the African continent (first infections showed up there) or to wipe out homosexuals (fastest transmission by anal sex). Could this be a way to curtail China's rapid expansion into a world super power? Possibly. But the fact is, this strain of the virus kills only 1-2% of infected people. MERS a couple years ago, in the Middle East, killed 30% of infected people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 20 hours ago, steven100 said: it started by monkeys in china Damn monkeys, first HIV in Africa and now coronavirus in China. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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