Bloomberg
CDC Confirms First Human-to-Human U.S. Coronavirus Infection
Jan.30 -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first case of human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus in the U.S., after a woman who traveled to China and had already been diagnosed infected her husband. Max...
Bloomberg
Can Ebola Fear Factor Impact U.S. Economic Growth?
Oct. 20 -- In today's ""Single Best Chart,"" Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu displays the impact of prior health risks to retail sales in light of fears over the Ebola virus in the United States. She speaks on ""Bloomberg Surveillance.""
Curated Video
SARS security and WHO comment
1. Wide temperature monitoring station at Beijing airport domestic
departure area
2. Sign in English and Chinese advising passenger about temperature
checking
3. Computer monitor screen and images of people being scanned
4. Close up...
Bloomberg
WHO Regional Director on Pneumonia Outbreak in China
Jan.19 -- Takeshi Kasai, regional director for the Western Pacific at the World Health Organization, talks about the outbreak of a new SARS-like virus that’s killed two and sickened dozens in China. The surge in cases “is the result of...
Curated Video
Travel Warnings Intensify As First U.S. Coronavirus Patient Confirmed
CDC and Washington state health officials told reporters the first U.S. patient is a 30-year-old man from Washington state north of Seattle.
Bloomberg
Surging Demand for Temeprature Scanning as Businesses Re-open
Jun.01 -- The Pentagon is working with Flir Systems, Inc. to install thermal imaging cameras in its building to scan visitors' temperature. In an exclusive interview, James Cannon, chief executive officer at Flir, discusses the company's...
Bloomberg
Wong: Singapore Budget to Contain ‘Strong Package’ for Virus Fallout
Feb.12 -- Singapore will roll out a “strong” economic package next week as part of its national budget to mitigate the economic fallout from coronavirus in the trade-reliant city-state, Lawrence Wong, Co-chair of Singapore's Virus Task...
Bloomberg
Virus Containment Efforts Are Buying Time, Johns Hopkins' Pekosz Says
Feb.25 -- Andrew Pekosz, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance (JH-CEIRS) and director of the Center for Emerging Viruses and Infectious Diseases (CEVID) at the Bloomberg School of...
Curated Video
Study: Coronavirus Can Remain Viable On Some Surfaces For Days
It can remain viable anywhere from three hours in the air to up to three days on plastic and stainless steel surfaces.
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Hong Kong bun festival goes ahead despite fears over swine flu
VOICED: Hong Kong bun festival goes ahead despite fears over swine flu
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : China vulnerable to Ebola outbreak: expert
China is vulnerable to the deadly Ebola outbreak due to the soaring number of Chinese working in Africa and poor infection control at home a co discoverer of the virus warns
Bloomberg
Hong Kong Calm Ends as Rally Turns Violent
Jan.19 -- Hong Kong’s government again pushed back on a key demand of protesters as a downtown rally turned violent, showing the unrest that began last June still has no end in sight. Stephen Engle reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak:...
Curated Video
Why Nigerians Are Taking To The Streets In Protests
SARS or the Special Anti-Robbery Squad was started as a way to combat crime.
Curated Video
Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds That Of SARS Outbreak
Chinese officials reported 89 new deaths in their Sunday brief, bringing the total death toll to more than 800.
Bloomberg
Coronavirus Spreads Faster Than SARS, Says Professor Wang
Jan.30 -- Linfa Wang, emerging infectious diseases program director at the Duke-National University of Singapore, discusses the difference between coronavirus and SARS and the measures taken to stop the outbreak. He speaks on “Bloomberg...
Bloomberg
Nomura’s McCafferty Likes Asian Equities
Feb.10 -- Jim McCafferty, joint head of APAC equity research at Nomura, discusses Asian equities and where he sees markets heading. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets.”
Bloomberg
First Eastern's Chu on Coronavirus Outbreak, Hong Kong
Jan.24 -- First Eastern Investment Group Chairman Victor Chu discusses the economic implications of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, the future of Hong Kong and where he is seeing investment opportunities in synthetic biology. He speaks...
Bloomberg
China Puts City on Lockdown After Deadly Virus Outbreak
Jan.23 -- Chinese officials halted travel from a city of 11 million as they try to stop the spread of a new SARS-like virus. The coronavirus, which first appeared last month in the city of Wuhan in central China, has killed at least 17...
Bloomberg
Virus Update: Outbreak Spreads to India, Threatens China Economy
Jan.30 -- The coronavirus death toll rose to 170 and confirmed cases in China soared past 7,700, as the outbreak spread to India and the Philippines for the first time. Stephen Engle reports on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Bloomberg
Is it Time to Buy Chinese Stocks?
Feb.03 -- Andrew Sullivan, director at Pearl Bridge Partners, discusses how the virus outbreak is affecting Chinese stocks. He speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets: China Open."
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Expert: coronavirus transmission rates very similar to H1N1
A coronavirus expert from Imperial College London who has studied transmission and mortality rates from the new virus says that it is spreading at a very similar pace to H1N1 or SARS but that the key factor which will decide how serious...
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WHO presser says SARS is on retreat in all countries bar China
1. Wide shot WHO press conference on SARS
2. Cutaway man in audience
3. Screen with world map entitled SARS: cumulative number of cases worldwide
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Heymann, WHO chief of Communicable Diseases
"So we believe...