China's coronavirus epicenter sees single-digit cases for first time

[webfact]

China's coronavirus epicenter sees single-digit cases for first time

 

Women wears face masks outside an office complex in Beijing as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, China, March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China had eight new coronavirus infections in Hubei province, the first time the epicenter of the epidemic recorded a daily tally in single-digits, as more businesses reopened with local authorities cautiously easing strict containment measures.

 

The capital of Hubei, Wuhan, reported all of the new cases on Wednesday, the National Health Commission said on Thursday.

 

The domestic spread of the disease has slowed markedly in the past seven days, a result of weeks of strict measures imposed to control the movement of people and traffic, including the virtual lockdown of Wuhan, a city of 11 million people.

 

Outside of Hubei, mainland China had seven new cases, including six cases imported from abroad.

 

Of the six imported cases, Guangdong province accounted for three, while Gansu province and Henan province were responsible for two and one, respectively.

 

Overall, the 15 new confirmed cases in mainland China on Wednesday was a drop from 24 cases a day earlier.

 

That brings the total number of confirmed cases recorded in mainland China to 80,793. As of Tuesday, 62,793 people have recovered and been discharged from hospital, or nearly 80% of the overall infections.

 

As of the end of Wednesday, the death toll in mainland China had reached 3,169, up by 11 from the previous day. Hubei accounted for 10 of the new deaths, including seven in Wuhan.

 

The ruling Communist Party newspaper, the People's Daily, warned in an editorial that while the number of new virus cases in China is falling, conditions were still difficult and there were risks of further outbreaks.

 

As the spread of the virus slows, China is focusing on restarting factories and businesses hit by strict containment policies which prevented millions of people from traveling and returning to work after extended China Lunar New Year holidays.

 

Factory activity plunged to its worst level on record in February, and while more businesses have reopened in recent weeks as containment measures are eased, analysts do not expect activity to return to normal levels till April.

 

Local governments must do their utmost to ensure people return to work as soon as possible, the official China Daily said in an editorial.

 

Many businesses are still facing labor shortages and supply-chain disruptions, the China Daily said.

 

"The epidemic control measures have put an enormous strain on China's enterprises, especially the small and medium-sized ones in the service sector," it said.

 

"Any further delay in their return to normal operations will entail widespread bankruptcies and job losses, which will threaten social stability."

 

(Reporting by Ryan Woo, Se Young Lee, Lusha Zhang, David Stanway and Cate Cadell; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Michael Perry)

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-03-12

Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info

[Laughing Gravy]

The headline is a little misleading, surprise, surprise. In Wuhan. How come that important fact was omitted.

 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Edited March 12, 2020 by Laughing Gravy

[Coremouse]

Now hopes China gov could boost consumerism. Import / Export really taken toll recently. Now other countries panicking over Corononsense it's golden opportunity for China recover its economy also prevent world into another #2008

[Isaan sailor]

So they’ve crashed world economies with their Wuhan virus—and now we should thankful their economy coming back?

[Coremouse]

27 minutes ago, Isaan sailor said:

So they’ve crashed world economies with their Wuhan virus—and now we should thankful their economy coming back?

What kind of person could sounds like a naturally occuring virus, eg. a natural disaster belongs to a group of people? Should we blame US & North America for 2009 H1N1 pandemic? (https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17025-deadly-new-flu-virus-in-us-and-mexico-may-go-pandemic/?ignored=irrelevant) Should we blame people for hurricane/earthquake/flood? Basic decency, man, basic decency. Oh, don't tell me you're trumpus bois believe in man-made virus theory, I'm no conspiracist thank you

 

China had executed most extreme self-isolation it could. Say it happend first in land of freedom and it'll be much, much worse like 2009 H1N1 death toll or more: (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html) Out of current ~1.3k reported cases, 710 could not identify or track infection source. Some missing links have more than 6 weeks gap(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/health/coronavirus-washington-spread.html), mind you incubation period is ~2 week that means virus most likely already spreaded out and we get from CDC only incorrect, eg. fake <deleted> number. (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html "But most U.S. patients — and more every day — have now been diagnosed without any history of overseas travel, signaling that the illness was circulating within the United States and that people were being exposed in schools, offices and medical facilities.") This is when China self-sacrificed to buy the world 2 month of time, imagine it first happend in some other place. 

[ChouDoufu]

11 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:

The headline is a little misleading, surprise, surprise. In Wuhan. How come that important fact was omitted.

 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

the city of wuhan, in hubei province, is where the virus is said to have started.  it was the worst affected area.

 

the epicenter, the city of wuhan, had fewer than ten new cases for the first time since it started.

 

China's coronavirus epicenter sees single-digit cases for first time

 

where is the headline misleading?  i don't suspect anyone read that as "wuhan has fewer than ten active cases."

 

[EricTh]

Europe has become the new epicenter now.

 

Many European countries are now posting total cases much more than Thailand.

 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Edited March 12, 2020 by EricTh

[Artben]

The Chinese punished the doctors who reported the virus and only started to take action when it spread.  And you believe them when they say it is now contained?  I have a bridge I'd like to sell you.

[UbonThani]

12 hours ago, Isaan sailor said:

So they’ve crashed world economies with their Wuhan virus—and now we should thankful their economy coming back?

Smart. Big con all along. They want to buy up big. They fooled the dumb westerners.

[shdmn]

14 minutes ago, UbonThani said:

Smart. Big con all along. They want to buy up big. They fooled the dumb westerners.

Is there nothing people will not try turn into a conspiracy theory?  This place is always good for a laugh.

Edited March 12, 2020 by shdmn

[UbonThani]

15 minutes ago, shdmn said:

Is there nothing people will not try turn into a conspiracy theory?  This place is always good for a laugh.

You probably thought y2k was real too or co2 was ruining the planet.

 

Con jobs. Follow the $$$

[metisdead]

An inflammatory post and the replies have been removed. 

[Jufum]

I'am checking data daily on https://www.coronavirus-symptoms.info

Edited April 7, 2020 by Jufum