Hong Kongers fear coronavirus could spread through pipes | DW News

Exhausted but relieved that their nightmare came to an end last week, these residents were dragged from their beds in the middle of the night after two people who lived floors away tested positive for covert 19, sparking

fear

s of that the virus

could

be traveling through the pipelines taking over Hong Kong. a collective

fear

that we were about to see history repeat itself This is a Moy Gardens in 2003 became synonymous with tragedy 42 residents lost their lives to the SARS epidemic hundreds more were infected faulty

pipes

had been carrying the virus directly to people's homes the horrible Garden has become the polar city, there are no people there to return home, to the other garden.

I feel so sad and so helpless, even those after seven years, the image will still arrive in Hawaii tomorrow. The horror of what happened here is still etched in people's minds. Many minds are still haunted by the magnitude of the tragedy and it is that which is fueling fears today Mr Yip says lessons have been learned and additional hygiene measures have been introduced, but that has done little to calm nerves with masks and hand sanitizer, both in short supply. Toilet paper rolls are now the latest target of panic buyers' concerns, so great that an online rumor about a shortage was all it took to Empty the Shelves is actually justified - how would they know who wouldn't?

I can be talking to a friend that seems like a movie opportunity and then I can get infected and die. Professor Lai treated SARS victims. He sees echoes of past mistakes and believes more must be done to prevent another devastating outbreak, already happening again. I think at least at least if the Hong Kong authorities encourage everyone to wear masks and also supply appropriate equipment for the method with which we start to protect ourselves. sales victims this outbreak is particularly painful Alex Lamb leads a network of survivors as they prepare for the worst, says SARS is proof Hong Kong can recover from the abyss in 2003, we spent four to five months fighting This Maybe we may have more time to fight the disease and we should not let ourselves be carried away by the fear within us, even those of us who have the past experience, we should tell all of us here, that we are going through the most difficult time of life, but they are standing here at home, a home that the authorities have given the residents the go-ahead, but the caution here was born from experience, given Hong Kong's past, the

spread

of fear can be so difficult to contain Like the virus itself, another doctor in China died after contracting the new corona virus in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, the doctor's death comes as health officials in China released details of a study on 70,000 cases of the virus, The report suggests the number of new infections is declining so far, the virus has killed just over 2 percent. of those infected with older people and those with existing conditions are more likely to die, but Beijing warns that

could

change as people begin to return to daily life for more.

Let's go to our correspondent Mateus Bolinger, who is waiting in Beijing, so Mateus, according to this study, The number of new infections is decreasing, does this mean that the worst is over? The report does indeed take an optimistic tone by saying that the number of new infections is not increasing at the same rate as before, but if we look at the data more closely, the data has increased. Until February 11, now two days into this status, we had a massive increase in new infections that was caused by a change in the count by including probable cases that have not yet been confirmed in the statistics.

That day, the number increased by 15,000 in Hubei province. and then the next day again 5,000 part of these probable cases are included in this study, but not all, so all of this should be taken with caution. What is certain is that we do not see this pattern of increase in other provinces outside. of who pays, but it is still too early to make a prediction. Matías, who has been most affected by the virus, are mostly people between thirty and thirty to seventy-nine adults. Some scholars have already commented that this notable finding is that few children seem to pay. be affected and for deaths we can say that mostly older people with more deaths proportionally most deaths in the age group of over 70 and over sixty this is not a surprise this is what doctors have been Saying before and of course for those affected by infections, the number of medical workers is quite remarkable. 3,000 medical workers infected or suspected of infection so far you mentioned some numbers there, how does this outbreak compare to previous virus outbreaks like the stars for example?

Well, I think the main difference with Salsa and MERS is Another similar virus is that it

spread

s much faster, it is much more contagious than SARS. The death toll is lower, therefore it is spreading faster, but it is less deadly than service. Bowling guard Matthias joins us from Beijing, thank you.