Charismatic

You need to look at the rate of new infections to judge progress (second derivative of the chart above.)

Robbie2010

"The number of coronavirus deaths and cases reported in the Chinese province at the centre of the outbreak spiked dramatically on Thursday, dashing hopes that the virus’s spread was stabilising."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a9332871.html

Charismatic

It's because they changed what they are measuring rather than any material change in the situation.

Robbie2010

Have they changed the way they record deaths too?

MrsFychan

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...LVBPtp72gNvXZM

"The Ministry of Health said anyone who was on the final leg of the person's flight - Emirates EK450, which arrived in Auckland on 26 February - and is concerned should contact the Covid-19 Healthline number on 0800 358 5453"

Charismatic

Well, it appears we have our first case imported through Iran.

Cheap airline tickets though, every cloud and such...positive thoughts.

Bo-Jangles

Well that escalated pretty quickly; my local Pak n Sneeze was chocka-block full of people wearing masks piling up trolley loads with sacks of rice, Dettol, bottled water, coca cola, tissues, toilet paper and tinned food.

FFS it was to totally mental and pretty damned scary!! God help anyone who is really is in need of some toilet paper tomorrow; i expect the shelves will be bare. It's like the apocalypse has arrived, so best y'all grab some weapons, batten down the hatches and protect your resources at all cost for I fear we are just days away from seeing some marauding looters.

Charismatic

A dose of phosphoric acid and high fructose corn syrup a day keeps the China flu away.

​​​​​They'd be better off buying a boat or a holiday somewhere remote.

spouse of scouse

Next there'll be a shortage of laundry detergent, all those unwiped bums will see a huge increase in undies with skid marks*

* It's not my fault I'm crude, I'm Australian

Mishclark

😂😂

Justcol

I have a holiday to Italy booked for May and it looks like I'm going to have to self isolate on my return

I'm just seeing it as an extra two weeks paid leave

BEVS

Will you get paid for definate?
If that was for MrBEVS it would have to be unpaid or taken from the 4 week annual allocation.

Justcol

I raised it with the union vice President, and was later informed the Govt cover it
if not, I'll simply go back in and potentially infect the lot of em

BEVS

Go to it MrJustCol.

hallie_day

The new case is related to a family with kids at Westlake Boys and Girls which is our zone. Lucky I stocked up on loo rolls.

Maybe I'll die of coronavirus and be put out of my homesick misery!