Eighty-six people die of coronavirus in a DAY in China as Beijing begins mass arrest of sufferers
Disturbing video apparently showing people suspected of having coronavirus being forcefully dragged from their homes has emerged, as the communist regime starts rounding up suffers in Wuhan and taking them to camps.
Officials in protective suits are seen holding onto two people by their arms before a third more resistive man is picked up from the floor and carried away in one shocking clip shared online.
The footage, thought to have been filmed in Wuhan, comes after China's Vice Premier Sun Chunlan called on a 'people's war' against the fast-spreading epidemic.
As of Saturday, more than 700 people have been killed by the virus, with 86 people dying on Friday alone, and more than 34,500 globally have been infected.
In the video, one person wearing a face mask is seen being quickly pulled along by officials and is soon followed by a woman in a winter jacket who is held underneath the arms by someone in a protective suit.
However, the officials have more trouble in removing a third person who is laying in a doorway and refusing to be picked up.
Two people try to lift him, but after having no luck are they are joined by a man in a blue apron and then two other officials.
Despite the manpower, the group still struggles to lift the man who kicks out at them and struggles from the floor. Eventually, three of the men manage to pick him up and carry the suspected patient down the stairs.
While in another video, said to have also been filmed in China, a woman is seen being detained by several police officers and struggling against them.
The clip was shared on Twitter claiming to show the woman being 'arrested and put in isolation for not wearing a mask against coronavirus.'
On Friday it was revealed that China's central government ordered Wuhan to round up all suspected patients as well as their close contacts in mass quarantine camps.
Vice Premier Sun also demanded Communist officials of all levels take active lead in this 'wartime condition', or face being 'nailed onto the pillar of historical shame forever'.
The city of Wuhan has around 14 million residents, but it remains unknown how many people will be quarantined or where they would be kept.
Wuhan officials are now carrying out door-to-door health checks to identify potential carriers who would need to be isolated.
Ms. Sun demanded four types of people in Wuhan be put into mandatory isolation in quarantine stations: confirmed cases, suspected cases, people who have close contact with the former two, and those who have a fever.
The death toll in China rose by 86 to 722 on Saturday, according to authorities, and is poised to pass the 774 deaths recorded globally during the 2002-2003 SARS pandemic, another coronavirus that jumped from animals to humans in China.
This new number brings the total number of people who have died from coronavirus to 724 worldwide, with one death in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines.
On Saturday it was also confirmed that the first American has died from coronavirus, with the 60-year-old passing away on Thursday.
Four Britons - a couple and their two children - have also been admitted to Son Espases hospital in the Palma, Majorca, this weekend after having tests for the virus.
The admissions occurred after the unnamed dad, who lives in Majorca, went to the hospital on Thursday to inform medics he had been in contact with a person who had tested positive for the virus in France.
The French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn said that there are now 11 recorded cases in the country. France was the first European country to begin reporting cases of the deadly virus towards the end of January.
As well as new suspected cases appearing in Europe, dozens of people have also been struck down who were on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
Newlywed Alan Steele was on board the cruise liner when it was quarantined in the port of Yokohama after 61 passengers tested positive.
He was transferred to the medical facility on Friday. His new wife Wendy was forced to remain on board the ship but has been in regular telephone contact with him.
Mr. Steele was one of 41 people who learned they had the virus after 171 remaining test results came back on Friday, trebling the ship's total of virus patients from 20 to 61.
The newly diagnosed also include 21 Japanese nationals, as well as eight Americans, five Canadians, five Australians, and an Argentine.
The ship's operator, Princess Cruises, said the vessel's quarantine was due to end on February 19 providing that there are no 'unforeseen developments'. They also confirmed all affected guests were being taken to hospitals.
While on Friday night a medical professor said the number of coronavirus cases around the world could be 10 times higher than currently thought.
The death toll in mainland China – the epicenter of the outbreak – reached 637 yesterday, with a total of 31,211 confirmed cases.
There have been a further 320 cases in 27 other countries, including three in Britain, and one death reported from the Philippines.
But scientists warned the spread of the virus across borders, coupled with its suspected two-week incubation period and the unreliability of testing methods, made it difficult to track.
John Edmunds, a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said modeling showed there were 'ten times more cases than have been reported – or even more'.
He added: 'It's a mild disease that might be missed if somebody doesn't seek healthcare. And none of the tests is going to be 100 percent sensitive so it is not unusual to only capture maybe 10 percent of the cases.'
Professor Edmunds acknowledged that predicting the true scale of the outbreak involved a degree of 'guesswork', adding: 'When there are very large numbers of cases it becomes very hard to confirm them all just because of manpower. Time will tell.'
He said the coming days would show whether the containment measures put in place by China had been effective.
Experts said it was too early to tell whether the declining number of cases in recent days was 'good news' because so much was unknown.
Roughly 3,900 new cases were reported worldwide on Wednesday, compared with 3,700 on Thursday and 3,200 yesterday.
Public Health England announced on Friday it would be possible to test more than 1,000 people a day for coronavirus in laboratories across the UK from next week.
The diagnostic test currently used in London – where only 100 cases can be tested per day – will be available at 12 centers across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to increase capacity and speed up results.
Officials in protective suits are seen holding onto two people by their arms before a third more resistive man is picked up from the floor and carried away in one shocking clip shared online.
The footage, thought to have been filmed in Wuhan, comes after China's Vice Premier Sun Chunlan called on a 'people's war' against the fast-spreading epidemic.
As of Saturday, more than 700 people have been killed by the virus, with 86 people dying on Friday alone, and more than 34,500 globally have been infected.
In the video, one person wearing a face mask is seen being quickly pulled along by officials and is soon followed by a woman in a winter jacket who is held underneath the arms by someone in a protective suit.
However, the officials have more trouble in removing a third person who is laying in a doorway and refusing to be picked up.
Two people try to lift him, but after having no luck are they are joined by a man in a blue apron and then two other officials.
Despite the manpower, the group still struggles to lift the man who kicks out at them and struggles from the floor. Eventually, three of the men manage to pick him up and carry the suspected patient down the stairs.
While in another video, said to have also been filmed in China, a woman is seen being detained by several police officers and struggling against them.
The clip was shared on Twitter claiming to show the woman being 'arrested and put in isolation for not wearing a mask against coronavirus.'
On Friday it was revealed that China's central government ordered Wuhan to round up all suspected patients as well as their close contacts in mass quarantine camps.
Vice Premier Sun also demanded Communist officials of all levels take active lead in this 'wartime condition', or face being 'nailed onto the pillar of historical shame forever'.
The city of Wuhan has around 14 million residents, but it remains unknown how many people will be quarantined or where they would be kept.
Wuhan officials are now carrying out door-to-door health checks to identify potential carriers who would need to be isolated.
Ms. Sun demanded four types of people in Wuhan be put into mandatory isolation in quarantine stations: confirmed cases, suspected cases, people who have close contact with the former two, and those who have a fever.
The death toll in China rose by 86 to 722 on Saturday, according to authorities, and is poised to pass the 774 deaths recorded globally during the 2002-2003 SARS pandemic, another coronavirus that jumped from animals to humans in China.
This new number brings the total number of people who have died from coronavirus to 724 worldwide, with one death in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines.
On Saturday it was also confirmed that the first American has died from coronavirus, with the 60-year-old passing away on Thursday.
Four Britons - a couple and their two children - have also been admitted to Son Espases hospital in the Palma, Majorca, this weekend after having tests for the virus.
The admissions occurred after the unnamed dad, who lives in Majorca, went to the hospital on Thursday to inform medics he had been in contact with a person who had tested positive for the virus in France.
The French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn said that there are now 11 recorded cases in the country. France was the first European country to begin reporting cases of the deadly virus towards the end of January.
As well as new suspected cases appearing in Europe, dozens of people have also been struck down who were on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
Newlywed Alan Steele was on board the cruise liner when it was quarantined in the port of Yokohama after 61 passengers tested positive.
He was transferred to the medical facility on Friday. His new wife Wendy was forced to remain on board the ship but has been in regular telephone contact with him.
Mr. Steele was one of 41 people who learned they had the virus after 171 remaining test results came back on Friday, trebling the ship's total of virus patients from 20 to 61.
The newly diagnosed also include 21 Japanese nationals, as well as eight Americans, five Canadians, five Australians, and an Argentine.
The ship's operator, Princess Cruises, said the vessel's quarantine was due to end on February 19 providing that there are no 'unforeseen developments'. They also confirmed all affected guests were being taken to hospitals.
While on Friday night a medical professor said the number of coronavirus cases around the world could be 10 times higher than currently thought.
The death toll in mainland China – the epicenter of the outbreak – reached 637 yesterday, with a total of 31,211 confirmed cases.
There have been a further 320 cases in 27 other countries, including three in Britain, and one death reported from the Philippines.
But scientists warned the spread of the virus across borders, coupled with its suspected two-week incubation period and the unreliability of testing methods, made it difficult to track.
John Edmunds, a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said modeling showed there were 'ten times more cases than have been reported – or even more'.
He added: 'It's a mild disease that might be missed if somebody doesn't seek healthcare. And none of the tests is going to be 100 percent sensitive so it is not unusual to only capture maybe 10 percent of the cases.'
Professor Edmunds acknowledged that predicting the true scale of the outbreak involved a degree of 'guesswork', adding: 'When there are very large numbers of cases it becomes very hard to confirm them all just because of manpower. Time will tell.'
He said the coming days would show whether the containment measures put in place by China had been effective.
Experts said it was too early to tell whether the declining number of cases in recent days was 'good news' because so much was unknown.
Roughly 3,900 new cases were reported worldwide on Wednesday, compared with 3,700 on Thursday and 3,200 yesterday.
Public Health England announced on Friday it would be possible to test more than 1,000 people a day for coronavirus in laboratories across the UK from next week.
The diagnostic test currently used in London – where only 100 cases can be tested per day – will be available at 12 centers across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to increase capacity and speed up results.
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