Hong Kong Records Its Biggest Rise in Coronavirus Cases as New Wave of Infections Crashes Into Asia

[yuiyoshida]

Hong Kong recorded what is by far its biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases on Friday—the latest in a new phase of infected travelers, many of whom are returning to the city from Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia.

The city is not alone in facing the increasing threat of imported cases. Taiwan, which also saw a daily record increase in the number of new cases, reported 27 additional infections on Friday—most of which are travel-related. In Singapore, 24 out of 32 newly infected patients had a history of travel to Southeast Asia, Europe and North America.

All three places managed to fend off the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak, when it was spreading across mainland China—despite having close economic ties and a large number of travelers from the mainland.

The new wave is crashing across the region as the number of officially reported new cases in the mainland has dropped to just a handful. On Thursday, Chinese officials reported zero new domestic coronavirus infections.

In Hong Kong, 36 of the 48 COVID-19 cases reported Friday had overseas travel records, Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection, said during an afternoon press conference. The cases involve travel to over a dozen countries, including Singapore, the Philippines, Austria, Portugal, United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. The newly confirmed cases brings the total in Hong Kong to 256.

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[emmaverybo]

1. People need to be tested coming through the airport, stopped and tested, then isolated if

asymptomatic or mild, hospitalized as needed. They might as well be carrying a bomb.

[BigmanPigman]

3. An infected doctor traveled outside of

his country of origin and he was the single person who spread SARS to others at the hotel he stayed at and they spread it to others. It was contained until he left his country...one person can have this affect.

[emmaverybo]

5. Wow. Always been said it comes on planes. One person, amazing.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Shit! I'm watching a special report on MSNBC

with Richard Engel and he said Singapore had it contained. This is how we will see it playing out. This is our future. I thought we needed a total US shutdown, test every single person and do contact tracking. If people are moving and traveling globally and countries are not in 100% lock down the recurring waves will continue until there is a vaccine I am afraid. This is not ending until everyone is infected and has immunity (which may last a full year). Those who are infected and recovered will be needed to pick up the slack in the work force.

[emmaverybo]

6. +1000

[uponit7771]

10. They still do have it contained, they're testing people from North America and they come in sick

Not HK residents

[BigmanPigman]

14. Smart move on their part.

[mr_lebowski]

4. Nice shot of Tsim Sha Tsui and the Ferry Terminals ...

Stay Strong Hong Kong!

[SunSeeker]

7. Damn. I though Hong Kong was getting a handle on it.

[uponit7771]

11. They are those are travelers from North America spiking thier count

[SunSeeker]

13. No, 12 of the 48 are community spread (no travel history). nt

[uponit7771]

16. That's not a resurgence, there's 8 million people in HK

[SunSeeker]

17. 12 was from community spread means it's still in the community. nt

[uponit7771]

18. Edited, 12 people out off 8 million isn't a resurgence. That's expected.

It's not expected to go to zero for s long time

Unrestricted test and isolate procedures keep the city relatively safe, we don't have that here.

[SunSeeker]

19. 17 was enough to lock down OC. We definitely don't have HK's testing. Hence our lockdowns.

Orange County, California has about 4 million people, but went into strict lockdown a week ago when it had only 17 confirmed cases of community spread Covid-19.

It is devastating the local economy. We are flying blind without adequate testing, so we have to assume everyone has Covid-19.

Same with LA County. They've given up:

Los Angeles County health officials advised doctors to give up on testing patients in the hope of containing the coronavirus outbreak, instructing them to test patients only if a positive result could change how they would be treated.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-20/coronavirus-county-doctors-containment-testing

[uponit7771]

21. +1, "were are the test !? " should be 24/7 screaming from every roof top by everyone with a voice

Without test then we're sheltering in place with sick people seeing half of the infected don't show symptoms.

[SunSeeker]

22. Trump did this to us by refusing the readily available WHO tests on January 11.

If he had accepted them, we'd have enough tests and we would not be destroying our economy right now with indescriminate lockdowns.

[uponit7771]

28. THANK YOU !!!

[CountMyVote4Reality]

8. Yikes! HK was a model for being ahead of the infection. Further proof of waves.

We are so f*ck*d.

Some stoic part of me believes this Trumpian madness will come to an end. It won’t be wrapped up neatly with a bow. No. That won’t do. It will be shut tight with a padlock and sealed over with concrete. And perhaps in the passing of time we’ll manage to convince ourselves that it never happened. Right. The practical part of me knows that is a luxurious pipe dream that is no longer possible. It must end now.

It must end now because this narcissistic cult of willful ignorance, overt racism and gleeful cruelty is killing us all. That includes the cult, but they are too beguiled (a generous descriptor on my part) to appreciate or even conceive that they play a role in their own demise by following their orange piper. Some might say that’s the silver lining to this very real pandemic. Sadly, the Covid-19 virus doesn’t care about our race, sexual preference, ideology or anything other than a host is a host is a host. I’m sorry, but their demise is not a fair trade off. Their flagrant disregard of all guidelines that slow the inevitable infection hurts the rest of us more than letting them die of “stupid.” I remain practical to a fault.

This is all about time. Flattening the curve. Delaying the infection. Waiting 12-18 months for a safe and tested vaccine. That’s AS IF most of us can afford to hold out 12-18 months before too, too many of us have unnecessarily succumbed to this plague because of “stupid.” There I go again.

Stupid is as stupid does. It must end NOW.

[uponit7771]

12. They are those are travelers from North America spiking thier count

[yuiyoshida]

25. I wonder if Trump will get the Virus....

Wouldn't that be something, if they found his body slumped over at the Presidential desk. It could be a possibility!

[still_one]

9. My understanding is that travellers coming into HK must be quarantined for 2 weeks, and must be

tested negative before they can be released out of quarantine

[BigmanPigman]

15. I think I heard that too.

Will this be what we do soon? Should we be doing it now?

[SunSeeker]

20. Hawaii is already doing that. nt

[BigmanPigman]

23. I wish that plan were contagious and spread

to the other states.

[EarthFirst]

24. Sounds like they've been hit with the America Virus... nt

[denem]

26. Australia closed its borders.

The majority of cases were trump-virusee's from the States, like Tom Hanks.

[GusBob]

27. They have 274 cases?

population is 7.5 million

[uponit7771]

29. Yes HK did what the WHO said do test test test. Every country that followed that common sense

... sense directive is operating as it should whilethe ones who ignored it their economy is crashing like ours