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• Study: people infected by new coronavirus 'likely' hundreds more than confirmed (2020/01/20 21:23)

  Monday, January 20, 2020 

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  On Friday, researchers at Imperial College London posted findings estimating the number of people infected with a new coronavirus may considerably exceed 1000. The SARS-like virus first appeared in December in Wuhan, China. As of today, Chinese officials confirmed it has infected over 200 people mostly in Wuhan and killed three people. Reported cases also appeared in Thailand, South Korea, and Japan.

  The study was conducted by Imperial College London's MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis pursuant to a strange case of pneumonia in China. The study accounts for air traffic flow and known cases outside China to construe the estimate, a "total of 1,723 cases" in Wuhan on January 12. The research team posted their findings online before official publication.

  "It is likely that the Wuhan outbreak of a novel coronavirus has caused substantially more cases of moderate or severe respiratory illness than currently reported", reads the report.

  Chinese authorities have speculated the virus was transferred to humans from animals in a seafood market in Wuhan, where most of the infected people were found. The study didn't exclude the possibility of human-to-human transmission.

  Singapore and Hong Kong have intensified screening for Wuhan airline passengers. From Friday, United States authorities declared similar measures for San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York major airports.

  
  

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  • "New China virus: Cases triple as infection spreads to Beijing and Shanghai" — BBC News Online, January 20, 2020
  • "Over a thousand 'likely' infected by Wuhan virus in China: Study" — Al Jazeera, January 19, 2020
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  • Natsuko Imai, Ilaria Dorigatti, Anne Cori, Steven Riley, and Neil M. Ferguson. "Estimating the potential total number of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases in Wuhan City, China" — Imperial College London, January 17, 2020
    

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• Ukrainian president rejects prime minister's resignation over leaked audio recording (2020/01/18 04:30)

  Saturday, January 18, 2020 

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  Yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declined Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk's offer to resign after the leak of an audio recording in which someone, seemingly Honcharuk, audibly says Zelensky "has a very primitive understanding of economic processes."

  Honcharuk filed his resignation after the audio recording was uploaded Wednesday on an anynomous YouTube channel. He said Zelensky is "a model of honesty for me"; however, "to remove any doubts about our respect and trust in the president, I wrote a resignation offer", he added.

  Zelensky said in a meeting with Honcharuk, "I decided to give you and your government a chance if you'll be able to fix some issues that are very important now and really worry our society".

  He also instructed security agencies to investigate who leaked the recording.

  
  

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  • "Ukraine’s Zelensky gives ‘another chance’ to PM taped saying president clueless on economy" — RT, 17 January, 2020
  • "Ukraine audiotape row: President rejects PM's offer to quit" — BBC news online, 17 January, 2020
    

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