The Good & Bad about COVID-19, aka Coronavirus

#WORLD, February 24, 2020 — The bad news is Coronavirus or CoVid-19 has spread to 36 countries with significant spikes in cases recorded in Italy and South Korea.

Twelve towns in Italy are on lock down; over 200 cases are confirmed and seven elderly people have died say media reports.

Samsung factory in South Korea is reeling following an outbreak, Fortune reports.  Samsung was to reopen the factory today following a weekend lock-down and scour of the facility in Gumi.  Shares fell more than three percent due to fears.

Nineteen people have died in South Korea, some 11,600 are being monitored and cases have soared past 800.

The good news, CoVid-19 has not yet being labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, WHO but independent health experts say its pretty (dern) close.

WHO says as long as most cases can be traced back to China, their reluctance to declare a “pandemic” is justified.

Turks and Caicos remains Coronavirus free; the Caribbean region remains clear as well even though several of our countries have quarantined travellers with recent ties or trips to the CoVid-19 hot spot of China.

Deaths worldwide are recorded at 2,593 people.

The best news is that 24,847 people have “recovered” from Coronavirus.