Latest stats on the corona virus
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
February 3, 2020 12:12am CST
There are 361 dead and 17,205 contaminated. Now this is alarming to me because the number keeps on growing. Yesterday it was only 14,000 confirmed contamination. But I won't use a face mask for now, I am reserving it for the worst of the times. What do you think?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
The number of contaminated people is what alarms me. It is growing fast which means the spreading is not controlled yet.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
@cacay1 the travel ban is funny to me. In the evening news the ban to China, HK and Macao is not only for the arrival but also for departure. That really looks crazy to me.
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@JudyEv (361458)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 20
@Alexandoy I know they are trying to get Australians out of China. I don't know what the current status is.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
The number is only in China. I got that from the Philippine Inquirer today so that is almost factual.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
3 Feb 20
It must be very worrying for you as you are not that far from the infected area.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
4 Feb 20
@Alexandoy We thought we had an infected person here because he had a sore throat and a cough but it turned out not to be Coronavirus.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
4 Feb 20
@Alexandoy Hopefully there won't be any more. Fingers crossed
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
@sprite1950 that is nice to hear that it was a false alarm. In our country, there is just 1 contaminated person officially as of today.
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@jobelbojel (36840)
• Philippines
3 Feb 20
Been out for two days without a mask now. In China, though, there were around 300+ who were discharged.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
Even here, the latest from the health department are 24 of the 36 under observation have been cleared of the virus. But I know being cleared is not the same as being cured or getting healed.
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
3 Feb 20
Oh it's really scary now.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
Not yet for us but only in China. You can relax for now, no need for the face mask yet.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
@resukill22 your worrying can only make you sick. The numbers I posted are only from China. Here in our country there is only 2 confirmed contaminated patient. Just one. Relax, enjoy life for now.
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
3 Feb 20
@Alexandoy but still I'm worried 
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
Yes, those numbers are from our major newspaper.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
@Ladanger we have to avoid people for now. Don't go to crowded places.
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@Ladanger (14575)
• United States
3 Feb 20
@Alexandoy how can we protect ourselves from this?
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@snowy22315 (194813)
• United States
4 Feb 20
It really sounds like a bad virus.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Feb 20
Yeah, for sure it is bad since it has overtaken the numbers of SARS that was lethal in 2002.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Feb 20
@snowy22315 yes, in my list yesterday it is 1,018 already and the contaminated is 43,000 from Al Jazeera news channel.
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@May2k8 (18725)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 20
@Alexandoy Nope, I already got fever when the weather not going well.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
Do you check the arriving people for fever?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
@May2k8 I hope you get well soon.
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@crossbones27 (51072)
• Mojave, California
3 Feb 20
Is it a problem in your country? They say its here also but has not hit out west from what I have seen. These times with over population and climate change. Scientists say this is more or less going to be common.
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@crossbones27 (51072)
• Mojave, California
3 Feb 20
@Alexandoy Yeah they do like to try to scare us.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
@crossbones27 some people here are easily scared. I was surprised to see children playing in the street this morning, the 3 of them were wearing face masks. Come on, that is a fashion now.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
It is not alarming here. Some people are just imaginative.
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@louievill (28849)
• Philippines
3 Feb 20
Washing the hands often and hand sanitizers for now but I wear a mask when going to places where there are large concentration of people that I seldom do now. I have n95 masks and I ordered non-disposable n95 respirators which I am waiting for to arrive in case situation in our country gets out of hand.
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@louievill (28849)
• Philippines
3 Feb 20
@Alexandoy here is a good short video that would help explain a lot of things, hope you watch it from beginning to end. Yes I'm also ignorant although I have a medically related course BS but situations like this virus necessitates that we learn and learn it fast, I'm forced to reeducate myself
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
May I ask what is the n95 respirator? I am curious with the name.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
@louievill thank you for the information. I have to admit that I am ignorant of the face mask because I have used it only once when I went to visit a relative in the hospital. I am keeping that face mask as a souvenir but I haven't really checked it.
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@averygirl72 (38641)
• Philippines
10 Feb 20
I hope this will be controlled and will not spread here in the Philippines
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@averygirl72 (38641)
• Philippines
12 Feb 20
@Alexandoy It starts from small. I hope we will soon be declared free from this virus
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Feb 20
For sure it would be scary when there would be many contamination here.
@amitkokiladitya (172000)
• Agra, India
4 Feb 20
This is definitely a very high figure
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
I still have to read the news today about it.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
@amitkokiladitya that's only for China.
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@amitkokiladitya (172000)
• Agra, India
4 Feb 20
@Alexandoy omg.....are these stats of China only or all around the world
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@Shivram59 (45030)
• India
3 Feb 20
@Alexandoy The deadly virus has entered India.The first case was found two days back.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
We are now on the same boat. The good thing is that we are doing the isolation of the potential contaminated people.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
@Shivram59 I hope all those students are certified clean of the virus. The bringing back of the citizens from China is not a good move. It is like bringing home the virus.
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@Shivram59 (45030)
• India
3 Feb 20
@Alexandoy That's exactly what's being done here in India either.Our students are being airlifted from China and being checked here properly.
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@Nakitakona (58405)
• Philippines
3 Feb 20
We're using it right now. We never give any chances. As of now face is running out of supply. Here's the latest update from DOH.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
The shortage of face masks started when Taal erupted and continued until now.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
@Nakitakona we are talking of the generic face mask. Ordinary people like me do not understand the surgical from the n95.
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@Nakitakona (58405)
• Philippines
4 Feb 20
@Alexandoy I think it's a different ask used by the Taal residents. It's N95 mask for respiratory not a surgical face mask.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
Nice to hear that you still feel safe there.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
@ramapo17 you are right that it can be sudden with the numbers and coverage of areas.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
4 Feb 20
@Alexandoy All that can change quickly. I will post if it gets closer to us.
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@aninditasen (17564)
• Raurkela, India
4 Feb 20
When the contamination is increasing I think you should use a face mask to protect yourself from the virus.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
That is right. But now that we have only one contamination so it is not necessary to wear a face mask.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
But the quick rising numbers are only in China.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
@Janet357 do you mean school is out because of the corona virus?
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
Same with me, I don't wear although I now have 5 pieces of face masks given to me. There's no need to use them now.
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@Janet357 (75645)
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4 Feb 20
@Alexandoy some schools have no classes because of it.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
We only have 1 contaminated patient here so I don't think it is necessary to use fhe face mask.
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@ExplorewtMe (6332)
• Nairobi, Kenya
3 Feb 20
I heard one casualty in Philippines due to corona virus. So it is alarming there's too.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
@ExplorewtMe so far we are not alarmed although the wearers of face mask are growing.
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@ExplorewtMe (6332)
• Nairobi, Kenya
3 Feb 20
@Alexandoy ok, But you can't take that easy.
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