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Coronavirus: Ukraine protesters attack buses carrying China evacuees
Image caption Protesters in Novi Sanzhary hurled stones at the buses carrying evacuees
Dozens of protesters in a Ukrainian town have attacked buses carrying evacuees from coronavirus-hit China.
The evacuees were brought to the hospital in Novi Sanzhary, in the central Poltava region, where they will be held in quarantine for 14 days.
President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the protesters to show empathy.
Ukraine's security service (SBU) said a fake email claiming to be from the health ministry falsely said some evacuees had contracted the virus.
SBU officials are now investigating the apparent hoax, a statement said.
Ukraine has no confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, which originated last year in China's Hubei province.
To show solidarity with the evacuees, Ukraine's Health Minister Zoryana Skaletska said she would be joining them in quarantine and would run her ministry by Skype.
"I hope that my presence there will calm those in Novi Sanzhary, as well as the rest of the country," she wrote in a Facebook post (in Ukrainian).
What happened in Novy Sanzhary?
On Thursday, 45 Ukrainians and 27 foreign nationals were flown from Wuhan in China, the epicentre of the deadly outbreak, to Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine.
Six buses then drove them to the hospital in Novi Sanzhary, where they were met by demonstrators lighting bonfires and hurling stones.
Armoured personnel carriers were seen deployed in the small town.
After a tense stand-off, police and the national guard manage to unblock the road to the building where the evacuees would be spending 14 days.
The country's health ministry said none of the passengers were sick.
Ukraine's diplomatic mission added that three Ukrainians and a resident of Kazakhstan had been left behind in China, because they had reported having a fever.
Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, Health Minister Zoryana Skaletska and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov all travelled to the city to try and calm tensions.
In footage published by local media, Mr Avakov was seen telling the protesters: "We are not talking about infected people, we are talking about healthy people."
One person then replied: "So far."
What did President Zelensky say?
In a statement, President Zelensky urged Ukrainians to show compassion and refrain from protesting.
"Most of the passengers are people under 30. They are almost like children to many of us," he said.
"But there is another danger that I would like to mention. The danger of forgetting that we are all human and we are all Ukrainians. Each of us - including those who ended up in Wuhan during the epidemic."
More than 76,000 cases of the disease named Covid-19 have been reported, and 2,247 related deaths.
The vast majority of the cases and deaths have been in China.
bluefete wrote:Allyuh know dat me doh know nutten.
Is it true that there are 2 cases and they are waiting until Ash Wednesday to tell us (if at all)? Or dat is Tantie Kams and dem trying to stir up mischief?
redmanjp wrote:And why not, ent dey send out a txt about Covid19 already. I just hope they probably quarantined for the 14 day incubation period and separately so no secondary infection bewteen each other can occur.
Kenjo wrote:redmanjp wrote:And why not, ent dey send out a txt about Covid19 already. I just hope they probably quarantined for the 14 day incubation period and separately so no secondary infection bewteen each other can occur.
Secondary infection ? Between each other ? What that supposed to mean ?
Tobago student gets threats over coronavirus fears
COREY CONNELLY 16 HRS AGO
Secretary for Health, Wellness and Family Development Dr Agatha Carrington has confirmed threatening messages have been posted on social media to the family of a returning Tobago resident over fears she may be carrying the dreaded coronavirus – Covid-19.
And she has asked that people stop posting messages to the family of the resident, who arrived in Tobago from China on Friday afternoon.
Carrington confirmed the resident does not have the coronavirus.
"The Division understands threatening messages have been posted on social media. We kindly ask that persons please cease and desist from doing such," she said.
"The Division wishes to assure the public that there is no need to panic and that there are currently no cases of Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago."
Carrington said the resident, who was studying on a scholarship in China, is being quarantined at her home, and is being monitored by a primary care team.
She added all protocols are being followed as a precautionary measure against the threat of novel coronavirus. Carrington stressed there is no known Tobago resident suspected of having the coronavirus.
Carrington said the student arrived at the ANR Robinson International Airport on Friday at around 5.21 pm.
She said the student was examined by a clinical team "who indicated that there are no such symptoms" relating to the coronavirus.
The Division of Heath, in a statement on Friday, said it had received advance notice on the woman's expected arrival and put measures in place to treat with any case of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19.The Division and the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) also assured all procedures and protocols were in place to respond, in the event the individual became ill.
It said upon arriving at the airport, the student was immediately isolated from all other passengers, interviewed and examined by port health officials. The other passengers were also screened.
"The individual did not have fever or any other symptoms and is currently in good health."
However, the Division said in keeping with the country's policy that returning nationals from China be quarantined and monitored at their home, the student was taken directly home by health officials.
The student will be quarantined for the next 14 days with security posted at her home to ensure she adheres to the policy to not leave home under such circumstances.
The public health authorities are expected to monitor the student on a daily basis to ensure she remains in good health.
rspann wrote:I thought is Caura is the quarantine hospital.
California Tells 7,600 People To Self-Quarantine Over Concern Of Coronavirus Spread
February 21, 2020 at 2:18 pmFiled Under:Coronavirus, COVID-19, Infectious disease, Novel Coronavirus, Public Health, Travis Air Force Base
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — People in California who have recently returned from visiting China are being asked to stay home for the rest of the month to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus.
The California Department of Public Health said Friday that 7,600 people have been urged to self-quarantine: stay home, monitor their health and limit interaction with other people.
The figure does not include those who visited the China’s Hubei province region where the virus is thought to have originated, as those travelers have flown on charter flights and been quarantined on U.S. military bases, including Travis Air Force base in Fairfield.
The self-quarantine directive applies to travelers returning to the U.S. on or after February 2.
The U.S. is funneling travelers from China to 11 airports, including San Francisco International Airport, to ensure they get medical screening and medical care. At least 34 people in the U.S. have tested positive for the virus, including 18 who returned home from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan, the Centers for Disease Control said during a conference call with reporters Friday.
Federal authorities at the San Francisco airport are informing the travelers who return from China that they should isolate themselves at home.
The CDC said it is not tracking how many people from each U.S. state who have returned from China have been asked to isolate themselves.
Federal officials share passenger details with states, who pass that information on to local health agencies. All those returning are advised to follow CDC recommendations to prevent possible transmission, the state agency said.
There are 10 people in California who have tested positive for the virus in lab tests performed by the CDC, the California Department of Public Health said.
California’s Humboldt and Sacramento counties reported their first cases of the virus Friday, both from people who had recently traveled to China.
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:This floating around and it is said the person is being treated for the virus
rspann wrote:I thought is Caura is the quarantine hospital.
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:This floating around and it is said the person is being treated for the virus
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