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Colombia

I don't know how to make a new section on the talk, but there is a suspected case in Colombia, and someone could write about it on here and add it to the map at the top, that would be great. https://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/cali/chino-que-llego-a-cali-proveniente-de-wuhan-esta-aislado-por-dolencias-455690 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josh Theta (talk • contribs) 15:44, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Daniel.Cardenas (talk) 17:52, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Israel and Saudi

Where are the reports about cases/suspected cases in Israel and Saudi Arabia?--180.129.83.227 (talk) 07:10, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SOFIXIT. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:42, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

United States - Should Suspected States be Removed if Results Turn Out Negative?

Colorado was colored blue after the CDPHE announced a case in northern Colorado, as well as Lakewood, Colorado. Both have resulted in negative tests now. Should the blue color on Colorado be removed, or should a new color be added to represent regions with suspected cases that were later confirmed negative? Codered999 (talk) 14:17, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IMO - If it has been reported that no confirmed or suspected cases exist in a state, it make sense to remove the blue color. I would leave the red. The high level details should be in the article. It would be nice to see all the blue states slowly change back. Zygerth (talk) 15:03, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It should be removed because it is outdated infomation Vonwin (talk) 00:47, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sri lanka and Canada confirmed cases

http://www.adaderana.lk/news/60461/chinese-female-at-idh-tests-positive-for-coronavirus Nickayane99 (talk) 15:46, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And Canada https://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2020/01/ontario-confirms-second-presumptive-case-of-wuhan-novel-coronavirus.html --180.129.83.227 (talk) 16:30, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Already added Sri Lanka case. – NirvanaToday^t@lk 20:17, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Portugal

Portugal had a suspicios case that turn out negative, is shoud be aded here. Miglix519 (talk) 23:43, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Peru susp. case added

Added the news regarding the coronavirus possibly reaching Peru. Will update once they finish testing the guys. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamingjusamur (talk • contribs) 02:27, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

False alarms

I've again removed reports that turned out to be false alarms. Please only add positive or currently-suspected cases. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:21, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unnecessary stuff in the Sri Lanka column

Can someone edit it with new information, I heard there's more than 10 suspects cases in Sri Lanka rn Nickayane99 (talk) 19:52, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a source? To add any new information you have to have a credible source. Also what would you change? The list of suspected cases has its own page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Wuhan_coronavirus_outbreak_by_country_and_territory --Colin dm (talk) 19:57, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.newsfirst.lk/2020/01/28/container-ship-sailing-from-china-reported-6-crew-with-fever/, https://www.newsfirst.lk/2020/01/28/the-corona-virus-what-has-gosl-done-about-it-thus-far/ Nickayane99 (talk) 20:37, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Map of countries with confirmed human to human transmission

I think adding a category to the world map of countries with h2h would be informative. If not maybe a separate map. --Colin dm (talk) 19:59, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Updating transmission maps

Given that cases keep coming in daily, would someone be able to edit the maps to reflect new changes? Thanks. TheGreatSG'rean (talk) 01:59, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Suspected case in Sudan

Should be added to outbreak map? https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2105306/sudan-suspects-2-infections-new-coronavirus

Yes

Vonwin (talk) 02:12, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WHO Situation Reports

Currently, the World Health Organization is releasing daily reports on confirmed cases in the countries that report to them. It lists that China has 5997 confirmed cases (including 8 from Hong Kong, 7 from Macau, and 8 from Taipei. I think we should use this for the table data because if any source should know confirmed cases, it should be the WHO. It also has other countries like the US, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Etc. Thanks for reading. Mase268 (talk) 20:49, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mongolia

Some of the refences in the Mongolia section have |last=iKon.mn |first=Г. Өлзийхутаг. what should these be? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:59, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Check this out - Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/ Nickayane99 (talk) 02:00, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of suspected cases that turned out negative

I wanted to confirm what should be done about suspected cases (with valid news sources) that turned out negative (based on updated sources, and not just in the maps as a previous discussion mentioned, but the article text as well). I think they should be removed as it would no longer be relevant, and would look awfully bloated and silly especially in the long term, but it also leaves the possibly awkward situation where sources are needed for the absence of content. Should we just delete the entire entry and cite the source in the edit summary then?T.c.w7468 (talk) 03:48, 30 January 2020 (UTC) edited 03:49, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that we should keep the countries that have reported suspected cases as blue in the world map, and keep them listed in Section 2 with sources to show that there is no absent content like you mentioned. I think it's too tricky to designate a third colour for "Countries with suspected cases that turned out negative", which will require constant updating, and may then have to be reverted back to the initial blue colour if a new suspected case is to appear. Overall I believe it's easier to keep the reports of suspected countries the way it is, as well as making sure the map is updated. We can always decide later down the line if a countries that have had negative cases of the virus should be designated a new colour. Polar bear garlic bread (talk) 04:13, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Supposed 2nd Nepal case

Hi folks. This article claims "On 27 January, an American national who had arrived from Wuhan was confirmed as the second case" in Nepal. WHO's January 29 situation report disagrees; it still only shows one case in Nepal.

This article is probably why somebody changed the table of cases this evening, to show Nepal having two. Can you folks either confirm this second case, or remove it so it doesn't cause further confusion? Thanks. --Jw 193 (talk) 05:58, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]