Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)

[plawolf]

The increase in Hong Kong is fairly concerning. I hope the Shenzhen government will take the appropriate measures to staunch imported cases from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan since there is no 14 days quarantine period for people from those areas.

I thought there was a mandatory 14 quarantine for all arrivals from outside of China, irrespective of nationality?

 

[KYli]

I thought there was a mandatory 14 quarantine for all arrivals from outside of China, irrespective of nationality?

That isn't the case as each province has its own policy.

 

[plawolf]

Czech Republic sends face masks to Italy after China shipment 'stolen'

Absolutely disgusting behaviour!

On a semi-related note, has anyone got news about private postal packages containing masks and other medical equipment being quietly seized by European governments?

I ordered a batch of masks from China a while back, and just got an update from the seller than the package is now MIA, with last update of them arriving in the uk over a week ago. He could get no more information on the package after that. Doesn’t seem like a scam as he is offering a full refund, but isn’t willing to try sending another replacement shipment, as apparently a lot of packages with masks and other medical equipment have been going missing once they arrived in Europe since early February, and he is going to stop offering to ship to Europe now as it is going to make him bankrupt.

My sister ordered masks earlier than myself from a completely different seller, and her package is also MIA.

Would make sense if European governments placed standing orders to confiscate certain items of particular importance during the Covid19 crisis, but I am surprised I haven’t heard anything about it if true.

Or is secrecy part of the plan, to try and milk this source for as long as possible? Because companies will stop sending shipments immediately if it became common knowledge that the European governments are doing this.

I have a second shipment of higher grade N95 masks due from China via Amazon due early next month. I would be very interested to see if that arrives.

 

[plawolf]

That isn't the case as each province has its own policy.

Thanks for the information. That cannot he allowed to stand! There needs to be mandatory 14 day minimum quarantine on all international arrivals full stop. China has sacrificed too much to control the virus to throw all that progress away with lax boarder controls now.

 

[Tam]

Yes, hopefully my friend, and it seems to be about to get wound up and going here in the states, you keep your lovely wife and babies safe my friend, best wishes for the coming storm.... it should be warming up here soon, and Canada has lots of "wide open spaces".

Australia gets cooler as the Northern Hemisphere gets warmer.

 

[SteelBird]

I think it's time the Japanese government should consider delay or cancel the Olympic event. The Covid19 will not ease any time soon. Huge crowd gathering will only worsen the already very bad situation.

CNN:
Canada will not send athletes to Tokyo Olympics
Canada won't be sending teams to the Olympics this year.
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) are also calling for the games to be postponed by one year.
"While we recognize the inherent complexities around a postponement, nothing is more important than the health and safety of our athletes and the world community," the committee said in a

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[Tam]

in my opinion, hot weather may slow the spread of the virus, however, if you're in aircon space, the virus may spread.

Australia gets cooler as the Northern Hemisphere gets warmer.

 

[Tam]

Absolutely disgusting behaviour!

On a semi-related note, has anyone got news about private postal packages containing masks and other medical equipment being quietly seized by European governments?

I ordered a batch of masks from China a while back, and just got an update from the seller than the package is now MIA, with last update of them arriving in the uk over a week ago. He could get no more information on the package after that. Doesn’t seem like a scam as he is offering a full refund, but isn’t willing to try sending another replacement shipment, as apparently a lot of packages with masks and other medical equipment have been going missing once they arrived in Europe since early February, and he is going to stop offering to ship to Europe now as it is going to make him bankrupt.

My sister ordered masks earlier than myself from a completely different seller, and her package is also MIA.

Would make sense if European governments placed standing orders to confiscate certain items of particular importance during the Covid19 crisis, but I am surprised I haven’t heard anything about it if true.

Or is secrecy part of the plan, to try and milk this source for as long as possible? Because companies will stop sending shipments immediately if it became common knowledge that the European governments are doing this.

I have a second shipment of higher grade N95 masks due from China via Amazon due early next month. I would be very interested to see if that arrives.

The ultraviolet disinfecting lamps I ordered from Amazon have also gone MIA.

 

[Dolcevita]

Call it COVID 19.

Yes. Not too difficult really unless one has ulterior motives in defending use of China Virus.

 

[SteelBird]

Australia gets cooler as the Northern Hemisphere gets warmer.

Yesterday (Mar 22, 2020) we, Cambodia, got 31 cases positive with covid-19. 29 of those are French tourist and the other are Khmer tourist guide. Apparently the two Khmer guys got their viruses from the French guys/women. It is the highest one day surge in Cambodia make the total confirm case up to 84. Hot weather may slow the virus but it will not stop it. Especially you have a lot of air-con environment in hot countries.

For Tam, if I'm not mistaken, you're a Vietnamese ethnic living in the US, right? You know, cases in Vietnam are mostly imported by those "Viet Kieu" coming back home from oversea. What worse, some of them escape or ignore quarantine order and spread the virus around communities.