Admin Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) Malaysia cluster 65F 11M and 2M linked to Singapore cluster 66M 37M Edited January 25, 2020 by niman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Wuhan virus: Malaysia confirms 4 cases, 3 patients related to Singapore's first confirmed case 1 of 2 Malaysian health officers screen arriving passengers with thermal scanners at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, on Jan 21, 2020.PHOTO: AFP PUBLISHED JAN 25, 2020, 12:01 PM SGT UPDATED 1 HOUR AGO FACEBOOKTWITTER Hazlin Hassan Malaysia Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR - Four people have been confirmed to have the Wuhan coronavirus in Malaysia. Three were initially confirmed by Malaysian Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad on Saturday (Jan 25) - marking the first cases of the potentially deadly disease in Malaysia. Hours later, a fourth case was confirmed by Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah, Reuters reported. The first three Chinese citizens, who entered Malaysia via Johor Baru, are the wife, 65, and grandsons of a 66-year-old man from Wuhan, who is currently being treated in Singapore for the same virus. The children are aged 11 and two. “The three positive cases are related to the 66-year-old man from Wuhan, China who was confirmed positive (for the virus) in Singapore,” Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly told a news conference. The fourth case is a 40-year-old man from Wuhan, China, who was part of a tour group that travelled by bus to the southern state of Johor from Singapore on Wednesday, Noor Hisham said. The man had suffered from fever the next day and sought treatment at a hospital in Johor. Tests by Malaysia’s Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre confirmed he was suffering from the coronavirus. Get exclusive insights of Asia from our network of correspondents Keep up with the latest in the region with the ST Asian Insider newsletter, delivered to your inbox every weekday Sign up “He is currently experiencing fever and cough, but his condition is stable,” Noor Hisham said in a statement. The three earlier patients have since been transferred to Sungai Buloh Hospital in Selangor, and are being treated in isolation wards, he said. All three are in stable condition and exhibiting light symptoms such as a dry cough, he added. The boys’ mother, who tested negative for the virus, is staying in the hospital to take care of them. The patients were reported to have boarded a plane from Guangzhou to Singapore on Jan 20, said Dr Dzulkefly. The 66-year-old man and his son tested positive for the virus and were admitted to hospital in Singapore on Jan 22. Asian Insider: Ground Zero Wuhan - China battles to contain new coronavirus | The Straits Times There were a total of nine people in the group who were travelling together with the first male patient: his wife, son, daughter-in-law, two grandsons and another family of four comprising husband and wife and two children. Apart from the 66-year-old man and his son who were hospitalised in Singapore, the seven other travellers were allowed to leave Singapore and on Jan 23 travelled to Johor, where they were quarantined while awaiting test results for the virus. Initial tests had found that they were not exhibiting fever or any other symptoms. Apart from the three confirmed cases, the other travellers tested negative for the virus and were sent back to China on Saturday morning, said Minister Dzulkefly. Despite the spread of the disease globally, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the government did not plan to ban China tourists from entering the country. “We will not block (China’s tourists) but we will check them, we will make sure,” he told reporters. “We are able to detect very early stages (of the virus) even if there is no increase in their temperature but there is evidence they suffer from this virus,” he said. Malaysia has designated several hospitals nationwide to handle such cases, and prepared isolation wards. Doctors and nurses will wear personal protection equipment to ensure safety. “We will intensify our level of preparedness, we are on high alert,“ said Dr Dzulkefly, adding that the Finance Ministry has also pledged additional funds in the event of an outbreak. The ministry urged Malaysians to avoid travelling to China and advised the public to maintain personal hygiene, avoid crowded areas, farms, live animal markets, slaughterhouses and eating raw meat. Malaysia Airports said in a statement today that it was working closely with the ministry to screen international passengers at its airports, including carrying out thermal screening and allocating special medical bays for quarantine purposes. It also reminded travellers to be safe and wear a mask at all times and to use hand sanitiser. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-confirms-first-cases-of-wuhan-coronavirus-infection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterJedi Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Admin said: Malaysia cluster 65F 11M and 2M linked to Singapore cluster 66M 37M How serious is this transmission linkage now referenced above? Does this mean it has multiple mutations that are now becoming more easily transmissible person to person? What is the % chance in your opinion that this is not from a animal vector, but escaped or was released from the Wuhan BSL-4 lab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 54 minutes ago, MasterJedi said: How serious is this transmission linkage now referenced above? Does this mean it has multiple mutations that are now becoming more easily transmissible person to person? What is the % chance in your opinion that this is not from a animal vector, but escaped or was released from the Wuhan BSL-4 lab? The transmissions are serious and have produced 900 new cases on Thursday and 1500 new cases on Friday. All of the sequences released are very closely related to each other and a few matches on the most recent raise the possibility of adaptation. Release from a lab makes no sense because a viral release can't be controlled, so virus are not serious candidates for bio-weapons outside of parallel universes created online. I have been asked about bioweapons for a couple of decades and each outbreak with a novel virus generates the bioweapon speculation/propaganda,ranging from H5N1 to H7N9 to H1N1 swine flu to SARS to nCoV. Chance of bioweapon is same as prior viruses (Zero) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterJedi Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 33 minutes ago, niman said: The transmissions are serious and have produced 900 new cases on Thursday and 1500 new cases on Friday. All of the sequences released are very closely related to each other and a few matches on the most recent raise the possibility of adaptation. Release from a lab makes no sense because a viral release can't be controlled, so virus are not serious candidates for bio-weapons outside of parallel universes created online. I have been asked about bioweapons for a couple of decades and each outbreak with a novel virus generates the bioweapon speculation/propaganda,ranging from H5N1 to H7N9 to H1N1 swine flu to SARS to nCoV. Chance of bioweapon is same as prior viruses (Zero) Thank you for the candor and the response. That is a massive jump in cases with 24 hours. How bad do you estimate this will get over the next few months? Infections; Infection rate and fatality rate? Do we know how long this virus can live on surface items? Do any of the retrovirals that are currently on the market show any effectiveness against these novel strains? What is the point where are tipping point is reached when it cant be contained anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted January 26, 2020 Report Share Posted January 26, 2020 22 minutes ago, MasterJedi said: Thank you for the candor and the response. That is a massive jump in cases with 24 hours. How bad do you estimate this will get over the next few months? Infections; Infection rate and fatality rate? Do we know how long this virus can live on surface items? Do any of the retrovirals that are currently on the market show any effectiveness against these novel strains? What is the point where are tipping point is reached when it cant be contained anymore? Unfortunately,the spread is exponential. There are plans to limit movement,but it seems that it is rather later because all of the major cities have already been seeded. Each day there are more deaths than discharges. Today in Hubei there were 10 discharges and 13 deaths, but the hospitals are full and I suspect deaths at homes will not be tested. Next few months seems to be a VERY long time. China is trying out antivirals. They say they are working, but the drugs are designed for retroviruses,not coronaviruses, so I am a bit skeptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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