Exactly correct.
ok, thank you for telling me. I wouldn’t like to be a North Korean.
I’ve just seen a video of a young girl who had fled North Korea and was speaking out of the horrors of being North Korean, I don’t know if you have seen it but if not here is the link.
Italian PM has put entire country into lockdown.
That’s very powerful LQ. I didn’t realise China are repatriating those who escape. That’s tragic because they may as well shoot them based on this video. It’s impossible to comprehend but it just makes it so important to protect our liberties.
The Department of Foreign Affairs says Australians planning to take cruise ship holidays should think again.
“We advise you to reconsider taking an overseas cruise at this time, particularly if you have underlying health concerns,” the department said in an update published on the Smart Traveller advisory website.
Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne urged Australians to follow the new directives.
“Disruptions due to quarantine and denials of entry to ports can have significant effects on travellers,” she said.
Everything has an upside.
I think we are likely to go into “delay” phase in the next week or so.
My grandson is supposed to be going on a College trip to Naples in June and I’m quietly hoping the College will cancel it. 
The Italian PM has just put the whole country in “ lock down”Mags .
That may have stopped my worrying, thanks Zuleika 
On March the 2nd, the U.S. had 62 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Today, 7 days later, the count is up to 611.
That is an increase of 1,000 % in a single week. You don’t need to be a mathematician to realize that if that continues, the numbers will be in the millions in another month.
Is that likely ? Heck, I have no idea.
A local hospital chain (Scrips) has announced that no one will be allowed inside the hospitals if they have a fever and/or trouble breathing. What the **** do they expect us to do ? Just walk out into the parking lot and die ?
That’s the problem with having a private health care system rather than a public one. We are told not to go to the GP but go to the hospital if you have a respiratory illness.
Having said that at the moment the message seems to vary from state to state, this is one area where the Federal Government needs to take the lead even though health is a state responsibility.
Interesting statistic of cases per one million population.
Australia 3.6
UK 4.7
USA 2.1
I heard on the radio this morning a call to introduce more widespread quarantine in Sydney because it is the only place affected with the virus in NSW.
Since writing the above I came across this:
Updated health advice for Australians
The symptoms of coronavirus include:
Fever
Cough
Shortness of breath; and
Breathing difficulties
If you suspect you or a family member has coronavirus you should call (not visit) your GP or ring the national Coronavirus Health Information Hotline on 1800 020 080.
We have exactly the same advice here Bruce. Except the call centre is 111.
My daughter was booked to go to Dubai for a holiday this week
She cancled and lost the money… no refund.
It would be interesting to compare those figures with the sizes of the country’s:
Australia: 7.692 million sq km
UK: 242,295 sq km
USA: 9.834 million sq km
Population density is obviously a factor. :shock:
The drastic rise of new cases is concerning, 1000% rise in a week should signal a million next a month.
Only two weeks ago China were recording 3000 new cases a day.
Today China has only recorded around 47 new cases.
Hopefully this will be the trend for the rest of the world.
Good I am at present sat in Hong Kong airport.
Could be thats the best place to be…
Australia
Cases 103
Deaths 3
Recovered 22
Critical 1
Cases per Million 4
U.K.
Cases 321
Deaths 5
Recovered 18
Critical
Cases per Million 4.7
USA
Cases 729
Deaths 27
Recovered 15
Critical 8
Cases per Million 2.2
Global Cases 114643
Global Deaths 4031
Mortality Rate 3.5%
(Flu Mortality Rate 0.1%)