{"id":14545,"date":"2020-02-17T12:06:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T03:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/feb\/17\/coronavirus-live-updates-us-citizens-japan-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-china-wuhan-hubei-cases-death-toll-latest-news"},"modified":"2020-02-18T04:07:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T19:07:22","slug":"coronavirus-updates-us-flies-out-its-diamond-princess-passengers-as-china-cases-pass-70000-live-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=14545","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: 99 more cases confirmed on cruise ship &#8211; live news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diamond Princess evacuations begin as Japan warns outbreak \u2018entering new phase\u2019. Follow latest updates<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/17\/coronavirus-russian-court-orders-woman-who-fled-quarantine-back-to-hospital\">Russian court orders woman who fled quarantine back to hospital<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/17\/what-is-coronavirus-symptoms-infection-covid-19-wuhan-china\">What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2020\/feb\/17\/tokyo-marathon-restricted-to-elite-runners-over-coronavirus-scare-athletics\">Tokyo marathon cancels mass race over coronavirus scare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2020\/jan\/23\/tell-us-have-you-been-affected-by-the-coronavirus\">Share your experiences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-02-17T18:55:29.143Z\">6.55pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Here is quick summary of the latest coronavirus developments across the globe over the past few hours:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-02-17T18:20:06.584Z\">6.20pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Doctors in Shanghai are using infusions of blood plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus to treat those still battling the infection, with some encouraging results. <\/p>\n<p>A top emergency expert at the World Health Organization said that using convalescent plasma was a \u201cvery valid\u201d approach to test, but it was important to get the timing right to maximise the boost to a patient\u2019s immunity.<\/p>\n<p>It is a very important area to pursue. Because what hyperimmune globulin does is it concentrates the antibodies in a recovered patient. You are essentially giving the new victim\u2019s immune system a boost of antibodies to hopefully get them through the very difficult phase.<\/p>\n<p>So it must be given at the right time, because it mops up the virus in the system, and it just gives the new patient\u2019s immune system a vital push at the time it needs it. But it has to be carefully timed and it\u2019s not always successful.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/feb\/17\/coronavirus-live-updates-us-citizens-japan-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-china-wuhan-hubei-cases-death-toll-latest-news\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diamond Princess evacuations begin as Japan warns outbreak \u2018entering new phase\u2019. Follow latest updatesRussian court orders woman who fled quarantine back to hospitalWhat is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms?Tokyo marathon cancels mass&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":378,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,43,50,1069,48,914,88,299,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-australia-news","category-china","category-coronavirus-outbreak","category-hong-kong","category-infectious-diseases","category-japan","category-science","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/378"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14545"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14609,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14545\/revisions\/14609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}