Hola MaHigh-School - February 2020

overall death toll at 1,868 and 72,436 infections.
• The report by the CCDC shows the Hubei province’s death rate is
2.9% compared with 0.4% in the rest of the country.
• China’s latest official figures released on Tuesday put the overall
death toll at 1,868 and 72,436 infections.
• More than 12,000 people have recovered, according to Chinese
authorities.
Looking forward, the paper finds that “the epidemic curve of onset of
symptoms” peaked around 23-26 January before declining up to 11
February.
It might mean that isolation actually has worked.
Of course we see some rather unexpected consequences:
The Diamond Princess cruise ship was
quarantined in the Japanese port of Yokohama
on 3 February, after a man from
Hong Kong tested positive. More than
450 of the 3,700 people on board have
since become infected.
A second ship, the MS Westerdam, was turned away by multiple ports
around Asia over fears it could be carrying the virus.
But the danger is that the staff still needs to move around. Confining
passengers to their cabins might not work. Lines will still have to be
changed, food prepared and distributed. And just one infected person
going from cabin to cabin with fresh towels ….
Have we got it under control?
Well, it has impacted 170 million
people in terms or travel restrictions,
quarantines and so on.
Science is telling us that it will die
out in May. But ….