Apple Reopens All Stores In China
03-13-2020, 11:30 AM
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Apple Reopens All Stores In China
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The tech giant listed the closures as one of the reasons for pulling the March quarter revenue outlook.
The stores reopened gradually with 38 stores open as of last week.
Related: Earlier this week, Apple closed all 17 of its retail stores in Italy due to the coronavirus quarantine.”
”Apple reopens all stores in China
Mar. 12, 2020 10:29 PM ET|About: Apple Inc. (AAPL)|By: Brandy Betz, SA News Editor Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will have all 42 of its retail stores in the region open for business on Friday, a month after the coronavirus-related closures.The tech giant listed the closures as one of the reasons for pulling the March quarter revenue outlook.
The stores reopened gradually with 38 stores open as of last week.
Related: Earlier this week, Apple closed all 17 of its retail stores in Italy due to the coronavirus quarantine.”
03-13-2020, 11:31 AM
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Wuhan city, ground zero of the new coronavirus outbreak, reported five new cases on Friday, the second day in a row the tally has been less than 10, while no locally transmitted infections were reported in the rest of the country.
Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province, registered the five new cases on Thursday, the National Health Commission said, down from eight cases the previous day. The commission routinely reports new cases the day after the data is collected.
Excluding Wuhan, Hubei has reported no new infections for eight consecutive days.
The commission said on Thursday China’s coronavirus epidemic had passed its peak, even as alarm over the virus intensified elsewhere with global markets suffering record falls and governments unveiling measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127,000 people worldwide.
The financial hub of Shanghai reported two new cases, while Beijing saw one, all imported by people traveling to China from affected areas abroad, the health authority said.
Those cases brought the total number of new infections in mainland China to eight on Thursday, down from 15 the previous day, and the lowest since the healthy authority started publishing nationwide figures in January.
Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province, registered the five new cases on Thursday, the National Health Commission said, down from eight cases the previous day. The commission routinely reports new cases the day after the data is collected.
Excluding Wuhan, Hubei has reported no new infections for eight consecutive days.
The commission said on Thursday China’s coronavirus epidemic had passed its peak, even as alarm over the virus intensified elsewhere with global markets suffering record falls and governments unveiling measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127,000 people worldwide.
The financial hub of Shanghai reported two new cases, while Beijing saw one, all imported by people traveling to China from affected areas abroad, the health authority said.
Those cases brought the total number of new infections in mainland China to eight on Thursday, down from 15 the previous day, and the lowest since the healthy authority started publishing nationwide figures in January.
03-13-2020, 11:41 AM
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This doesn't mean it's over in China. It means a month long nationwide quarantine was effective. This does not mean, that as everyone goes out and about that there won't be a resurgence of cases all over again. The world will be watching and waiting. If it comes back hot and heavy again, galactic yikes!
03-13-2020, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by saturn
This doesn't mean it's over in China. It means a month long nationwide quarantine was effective. This does not mean, that as everyone goes out and about that there won't be a resurgence of cases all over again. The world will be watching and waiting. If it comes back hot and heavy again, galactic yikes!
The quarantine may have kept a great number of people unexposed, in which case a resurgence is possible. (likely?)
Another interesting thing I read on one of the CDC pages:
"More cases of COVID-19 are likely to be identified in the United States in the coming days, including more instances of community spread. CDC expects that widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the United States will occur. In the coming months, most of the U.S. population will be exposed to this virus."
CDC Covid-19 information page (summary page)
03-13-2020, 02:14 PM
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Vaccine looks Promising
For all you doom porners and TP Hoarders out there; appears vaccine could be available in ~90days. Whether the FDA allows in this condensed timeline is unknown.
GRI (Galilee Research Institute)has been working on an IBV vaccine for over 4 years. This has been adapted for the CV. From Dr Katz of MIGAL;
"After 4 years of multi-disciplinary research funded by Israel’s Ministry of Science and Technology in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture, MIGAL has achieved a scientific breakthrough that will lead to the rapid creation of a vaccine against Coronavirus. This possibility was identified as a by-product of MIGAL’s development of a vaccine against IBV (Infectious Bronchitis Virus), a disease affecting poultry, whose effectiveness has been proven in pre-clinical trials carried out at the Volcani Institute. MIGAL has now made required genetic adjustments to adapt the vaccine to COVID-19, the human strain of coronavirus, and is working to achieve the safety approvals that will enable in-vivo testing, enable the initiation of production of a vaccine to counter the Coronavirus epidemic"
"scientific framework for the vaccine is based on a new protein expression vector, which forms and secretes a chimeric soluble protein that delivers the viral antigen into mucosal tissues by self-activated endocytosis, causing the body to form antibodies against the virus.”
GRI (Galilee Research Institute)has been working on an IBV vaccine for over 4 years. This has been adapted for the CV. From Dr Katz of MIGAL;
"After 4 years of multi-disciplinary research funded by Israel’s Ministry of Science and Technology in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture, MIGAL has achieved a scientific breakthrough that will lead to the rapid creation of a vaccine against Coronavirus. This possibility was identified as a by-product of MIGAL’s development of a vaccine against IBV (Infectious Bronchitis Virus), a disease affecting poultry, whose effectiveness has been proven in pre-clinical trials carried out at the Volcani Institute. MIGAL has now made required genetic adjustments to adapt the vaccine to COVID-19, the human strain of coronavirus, and is working to achieve the safety approvals that will enable in-vivo testing, enable the initiation of production of a vaccine to counter the Coronavirus epidemic"
"scientific framework for the vaccine is based on a new protein expression vector, which forms and secretes a chimeric soluble protein that delivers the viral antigen into mucosal tissues by self-activated endocytosis, causing the body to form antibodies against the virus.”
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03-13-2020, 03:46 PM
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10x Faster Testing from Roche
Roche got expedited approval from FDA for the improvement to their cv19 test. Results now 10x faster.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Roche/status/12383292
"Providing quality, high-volume testing capabilities will allow us to respond effectively to what the World Health Organization has characterized as a pandemic. Over the last weeks, our emergency response teams have been working hard to bring this test to the patients. CE-mark certification and the FDA’s granting of EUA supports our commitment to give more patients access to reliable diagnostics which are crucial to combat this serious disease.”
-Thomas Schinecker, Head of Roche's Diagnostic unit
https://mobile.twitter.com/Roche/status/12383292
"Providing quality, high-volume testing capabilities will allow us to respond effectively to what the World Health Organization has characterized as a pandemic. Over the last weeks, our emergency response teams have been working hard to bring this test to the patients. CE-mark certification and the FDA’s granting of EUA supports our commitment to give more patients access to reliable diagnostics which are crucial to combat this serious disease.”
-Thomas Schinecker, Head of Roche's Diagnostic unit
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