Newsletter from #ChineseConsulateLA 2020-06

Newsletter/2020-06 Feb. 12, 2020

China's Battle Against COVID-19 (6)

World Health Organization (WHO) announced the name for the new coronavirus disease: COVID-19 .

“Having a name matters to prevent the use of other names that can be inaccurate or stigmatizing.” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced Tuesday.

According to WHO, the naming of the virus should avoid any stigmatizing by not referring it to any specific geographic locations, animal, individuals' names, species of animal, culture, population, industry or occupation.

Facts & Updates

As of midnight on Feb 11 (Beijing Time), China's National Health Commission (NHC) had received 44,653 reports of COVID-19 confirmed cases and 1,113 deaths on the Chinese mainland, and in all 4,740 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 38,800 confirmed cases (including 8,204 in serious condition) and 16,067 suspected cases. New confirmed cases outside Hubei Province on the Chinese mainland had been dropping for eight consecutive days, from 890 on Feb. 3 , to 377 on Feb. 11 .

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Chinese authorities are carefully balancing efforts to control the COVID-19 and minimize its impact on the economy.

Companies providing epidemic control supplies and services are among the first groups to resume work.
Courier companies are also resuming service.
Logistics companies are expected to restore over 40% of their normal handling capacity by mid-February.
Most foreign trade enterprises are resuming production capacity. Central government departments and local governments are implementing policies to create a sound business environment and alleviate the burden on enterprises.
As of Feb.10, more than 7,000 enterprises in China's high-tech hub Zhongguancun, Beijing had resumed work. Over 80% of software and information service enterprises in Shanghai had returned to work.

Severe or critical pneumonia patients account for 10% of diagnosed cases.
Children who contact the disease have relatively mild symptoms.
Antibiotics are NOT effective against the COVID-19.
Elderly people or those with chronic diseases account for most fatalities. Over 80% of death cases are people above 60 years old.

Voice of China's top respiratory expert

Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and leading respiratory exper t tackling the COVID-19, gave his assessment of the current situation.

The inflection point is still undetermined.
The peak should appear in mid-to-late February.
COVID-19 pneumonia is different from SARS. More exploration is needed.
The problem of human-to-human transmission has still not been solved in Wuhan. It is still difficult to treat infected patients in critical condition.
There’s not enough evidence to regard 24 days as the longest incubation period for the virus. Based on Zhong's research, the median incubation period is three days.

Video Clip: Aloha! Stay Strong China!

This is a touching message from President of MaryKnoll School in Honolulu, Hawaii.

In cooperation with Beijing Foreign Languages School affiliated with Beijing Foreign Studies University, Maryknoll School has initiated the Chinese Immersion Program to allow the students to learn Chinese and create global opportunities for educational and career aspirations.

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