coronavirus sitreps

[redbird]

The World Health Organization is issuing daily coronavirus situation reports, addressed to researchers, doctors, and the general public. The first page is an executive summary: updated numbers of cases, risk assessments, and four short paragraphs about what's in the rest of the report.

Today's report includes a page on clinical management of patients with COVID-19, more detailed surveillance data, an article on preparedness for healthcare professionals, and recommendations and advice for the public. As of 1 March 2020, they're saying "If you are not in an area where COVID-19 is spreading, or have not travelled from an area where COVID-19 is spreading, or have not been in contact with an infected patient, your risk of infection is low."

Comments

[maellenkleth]

Thanks for the link!

Just spent the past four days in the Pacific Northwest / Cascadia, where panic buying has definitely set in. Toilet paper, paper masks, alcohol hand gel, and disposable gloves all either gone altogether or now only by request over-the-counter.

One drugstore I visited (in the eastern Fraser Valley), the manager there allowed as how hand gel was the most frequently-shoplifted item in the past week. :/

[bibliofile]

Thanks for the link.

Yes, I expect that it will spread to my area eventually, but it hasn't yet. And I know two local people who have/had the flu, which remains more of a danger in our area.