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Yotsubaaa edited this page 2020-03-20 20:24:23 +00:00
# 01/22/2020
500+ confirmed coronavirus cases! Wuhan goes into lockdown and shuts its airports and public transportation, but that won't stop some plucky Chinese women from escaping the quarantine and bragging about it on social media! Will they unwittingly spread the coronavirus to all corners of the globe? (Spoiler: **Yes**.)
Developments
- China imposes a ban on travel to North Korea
- Taiwanese lady quarantined after ignoring doctor's coronavirus diagnosis and leaving China to return to Taiwan
400+ confirmed cases of coronavirus, 6 deaths all in Wuhan- 500+ confirmed cases of coronavirus, 17 confirmed deaths (source) (archive)
- Potential coronavirus case reported in the Philippines (source) (archive)
- Wuhan hospitals overwhelmed by citizens panicking that they've caught the virus, city on lockdown (source) (archive) (video archive)
- Video: Wuhan citizen shows off the makeshift tents in a Wuhan hospital to treat coronavirus patients (source) (archive) (video archive)
- CNN reports that the Chinese krait or cobra snakes may have been the original source of this coronavirus (source) (archive)
- Wuhan under quarantine; airports and public transportation shut down (sources: 1 2) (archives: 1 2)
- Police start to block roads into Wuhan (source) (archive) (video archive)
- Bioinformatics analysis research paper claims the coronavirus originated from Chinese Horseshoe Bats (source) (archive)
Extra intel
- New York Times piece on China's recent swine flu outbreak and pig culling (source) (archive)
- Video: Wuhan apartment complex being blasted with disinfectant amid coronavirus outbreak (source) (archive) (video archive)
- (LOST) Video: More residential areas in Wuhan being blasted with disinfectant (source) (archive) (video archive: DNE)
- Chinese women bragging about escaping the Wuhan quarantine on social media
- Pictures and videos of China's 'Bat Soup'
Informative takes by Kiwis
- @AltisticRight: on the difference between Chinese fake news and American/Western fake news, and the odd things Chinese people eat
- @Otterly: on Chinese work ethic and accountability