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#China  #Coronavirus #Outbreak  #SARS #WashYourHands 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 Americans are watching with alarm as a new  coronavirus spreads in China  and  cases pop up in the United States . They are barraged with information about what kinds of masks are best to prevent viral spread. Students are  handing out masks  in Seattle. Masks  have run out  in Brazos County, Tex. Hang on. I’ve worked as an emergency room physician. And as a New York Times correspondent in China, I covered the  SARS outbreak  in 2002 and 2003 during which a novel coronavirus first detected in Guangdong sickened more than 8,000 people and killed more than 800. My two children attended elementary school in Beijing throughout the outbreak. Here are my main takeaways from that experience for ordinary people on the ground: 1. Wash your hands frequently. 2. Don’t go to the office when you are sick. Don’t send your kids to school or day care when they are ill, either. Notice I didn’t say anything

#China  #Coronavirus #Outbreak #Quarantine #Wuhan  #SARS #Epidemic  By James Griffiths, CNN The number of Wuhan coronavirus deaths in mainland China has overtaken the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in the country, as  Beijing injected billions of dollars  into an economy hit by weeks of effective shutdowns to major cities. More than  360 people have died  of the disease in China, the country's health authorities said Monday. The total number of cases in mainland China stood at 17,205 as of Sunday evening, an increase of over 2,800 on the previous day, or almost 20%. The 2003 outbreak of SARS -- another coronavirus strand -- infected 5,327 people in mainland China, with 349 deaths. The first death from the virus outside China  was confirmed over the weekend . Philippine health officials said that a 44-year-old Chinese man died Saturday after flying into the country from Wuhan. So far, more than 175 cases have been reported outside

Commuters wearing protective masks walk through Hong Kong Station, operated by MTR Corp., in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images                        #Coronavirus #Outbreak #China #Wuhan #SARS This is a live blog. Please check back for updates.  All times below are in Eastern time. by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.    @BERKELEYJR 9:00 am: GM extends manufacturing shutdown in China through Feb. 9 General Motors , the largest U.S. automaker in China, told employees there that it will keep its Chinese factories shut down through Feb. 9, a company spokesman said in an email to CNBC. China’s factories have been closed as part of a nationwide manufacturing break to celebrate the Lunar New Year, but were originally due to reopen this week. Chinese officials have extended the plant shutdown to Feb. 9 as the nation tries to contain the coronavirus outbreak. GM’s decision follows on Honda’s announcement late Tuesday t