Blog categorized as Health risks

LESSONS FROM SARS 2003, XI JINPING, TRIPLE TRANSPARENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The 1st communication on SARS was a disaster to HK and Vietnam. For HK, -1.8% of GDP.  For Vietnam, 5 deaths over 6 weeks of quarantine cost 0.7% of GDP as the country was shut down by WHO and press announcement. Tourism fell -...

HERE STARTS THE FAKE NEWS, BUZZ, FOOLISH AND DEADLY SELFIE FOR FB LIKES

Summary: The new interference FB buzz: foolish bravery, more noise or politics

100,000 death hidden, by a HK facebooker: HK activist?

Building a giant hospital in 10 days: How serious is the death number of contaminated patients -o...

THE VIRUS IS SPREADING RAPIDLY-EVEN THIS LATEST MAP IS NOW OUTDATED

Back in 2003 the main information was coming from professional journalists of Hong Kong and the WHO World Health Organization, who sent their experts in infectious diseases like Dr Carlo Urbani,  -as ther epicenter of the SARS o...

Outbreak of Viral Pneumonia in Wuhan:

What you need to know

What we know about the virus 

• The China National Health Commission has confirmed that the cause of the pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan is due to a newly emerging strain of Coronavirus (CoV).
• Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cau...

In this ‘blogchain’, I will relate a vivid souvenir both personally and professionally impacted by the event. As I was involved in all aspects of the outbreak as a medical insurer but also based in Vietnam back then, I share my insider view of the past and current developments.

I have been fascinated...