Hello John and Doves,
The Global Times has a
"Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak".
Here is the link to
their February 22, 2020 update:
WHO is leading a team
of experts to Wuhan on Saturday, 2/22/2020. (I
don't expect much to be made public.)
Wuhan is planning to
build another 19 'makeshift' hospitals. (Are their
'draconian' isolation attempts even working?)
Israel is reporting
it's first COVID-19 case - brought to Israel from that
Princess cruise ship. (Hopefully Israel will do a
better job with their cruise ship evacuees than the U.S.
has done.)
(end info from global
times)
I received two recent
USAlerts today:
1) US Embassy
S.Korea issues Health Alert re dangerous incr in number
of COVID-19 cases and warns community-based
transmission is occurring.
As of 5:00pm on
February 21, the Korea Center for Disease Control has
confirmed 204 positive cases of COVID-19 in the Republic
of Korea, including one death. This is a
substantial increase over the past 48 hours largely due
to a cluster of cases in the city of Daegu, which is
located 148 miles south east of Seoul. Authorities
have confirmed that community-based transmission is
occurring in Korea. The U.S. Embassy in Seoul
continues to closely monitor developments related to
COVID-19 in the ROK.
2) USGOV warns international
repatriation flights SHOULD NOT be relied upon as an
option by those under poss risk of quarantine due to
COVID-10.
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Info:
The
following is a partial transcript from
a telebriefing held a short time ago
by the CDC and U.S. State Department:
"Many countries have
implemented strict screening
procedures to prevent the spread of
the COVID-19 virus. This is a dynamic
situation and U.S. citizens traveling
by ship may be impacted by travel
restrictions affecting their
itineraries, or may be subject to
quarantine procedures implemented by
local authorities. While the USGOV has
successfully evacuated hundreds of our
citizens in recent weeks, such
repatriation flights do not reflect
our standard practice and should not
be relied upon as an option by U.S.
citizens under potential risk of
quarantine by local authorities."
"We urge US citizens to evaluate the
risks associated with choosing to
remain in an area that may be subject
to quarantine and to take all
appropriate proactive measures."
"We encourage all U.S. citizens
traveling overseas to enroll their
travel plans in the Smart Traveler
Enrollment Program so they
can receive important messages about
their destination, including timely
alerts and update to travel
advisories."
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While the message
above was delivered in the context
of cruise ships, the
coronavirus outbreak has spread to at
least 30 other countries around the
globe. More than 200 countries have
screening and surveillance efforts
underway at airports, seaports and
land ports of entry.
Regardless of your
location, if you are identified by
foreign authorities as a possible
public health threat, you may be put
into mandatory quarantine.
Caution is urged..
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What is being done by
the U.S. is only delaying the spread of this in
America.
Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance