Sunday, March 01, 2020

Day 30: Looking Fully Incubated Now

NBC News reports that yesterday's death in Washington State turned out to be not just a domestic case, but also another unsourced infection in a non-traveller. In more disturbing news (from the same source), the CDC is responding to "the first possible outbreak" in a long-term care facility, the Life Care Center of Kirkland, WA.

In local news, the first Rhode Island "presumptive" case has been confirmed, a man in his 40's who'd travelled to Italy in February. Forty of his contacts are being monitored and/or quarantined at home by the RI Department of Health, but the patient himself is in an undisclosed hospital "nearby".

The US stands at 73 cases with one death. Canada has 20 cases. Mexico has 4, the fourth is ex Italy. Italy has jumped to 1,694 cases, though only 34 deaths. Unfortunate neighbors Germany and France are at or above 100 cases. Spain is at 76, the UK at 35, and Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands have at least 10 cases each.

Iran reported 11 new deaths today, bringing their total to 978 cases with 54 deaths. Kuwait and Bahrain are now in the 40's, although Bahrain has only a quarter the population of Singapore.

South Korea has 3,736 with 21 deaths. Japan has 241 cases with 5 deaths. Hong Kong and Singapore have at least 100 cases each. Thailand, currently at 42 cases, has reported their first death.

P.S. PlagueBlog neglected to mention a canine case identified on Thursday: a pet Pomeranian in Hong Kong tested positive for the disease after her owner, Yvonne Chow Hau Yee, fell ill. The dog initially showed no symptoms; PlagueBlog has been unable to find any updates on its disease status, but Hong Kong is now quarantining pets.

P.P.S. New York has reported a case, and Washington State a second death.

P.P.P.S. Another Washington State case is a postal worker. PlagueBlog will refrain from "going postal" puns.

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