Lets You Scroll Through COVID

A novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19) - a pneumonia-like respiratory illness - has come to spread rapidly across the globe ever since it first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December 2019. Yes, as of Saturday, March 7, there are five confirmed cases in Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health They include individuals who live in Fulton County with at least one of them recently traveling to northern Italy and spreading the virus to another person living in the same household.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli told Fox News on Monday that the origin of the coronavirus outbreak remains virtually unknown — and refused to rule out a startling theory that the virus may have originated in a high-security biochemical lab in Wuhan, China.



Thailand and Hong Kong have each reported eight cases of infection; the United States, Taiwan, Australia and Macau have five each; Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia each have reported four; France has three; Canada and Vietnam have two, and Nepal has one.
British supermarkets have announced newly-formulated contingency plans in an effort to ensure that the public will have access to produce, live count and status worldwide should the potential of panic-buying amidst the coronavirus outbreak take place, according to retail tech firm Ubamarket.

In Minnesota, the state's Department of Health said in a press release that their patient is a presumptive positive case, who the department described as "an older adult resident of Ramsey County who recently traveled on a cruise ship with a known COVID-19 case." The patient began developing symptoms on February 25 and sought health care on March 5, according to the statement.
Messonnier, the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said these people should make sure they have supplies on hand such as medications and groceries and avoid going out more than needed and cancel or reschedule non-essential travel.

Xi admitted obvious shortcomings in the response to the epidemic,” but did not give details, according to The New York Times Xi also said officials should learn lessons” and improve China's ability to respond to public health emergencies, the newspaper reported.