Atmospheric CO2 levels rise sharply despite Covid-19 lockdowns

Scientists find coronavirus crisis has had little impact on overall concentration trend

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have risen strongly to a new peak this year, despite the impact of the global effects of the coronavirus crisis.

The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere reached 417.2 parts per million in May, 2.4ppm higher than the peak of 414.8ppm in 2019, according to readings from the Mauna Loa observatory in the US.

Without worldwide lockdowns intended to slow the spread of Covid-19, the rise might have reached 2.8ppm, according to Ralph Keeling, a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He said it was likely they had played a small role, but that the difference was too small to show up against other factors causing year-to-year fluctuations.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/04/atmospheric-co2-levels-rise-sharply-despite-covid-19-lockdowns

Earth’s carbon dioxide levels hit record high, despite coronavirus-related emissions drop

There probably is more carbon dioxide in the air now than at anytime in 3 million years

The coronavirus pandemic’s economic downturn may have set off a sudden plunge in global greenhouse gas emissions, but another crucial metric for determining the severity of global warming — the amount of greenhouse gases actually in the air — just hit a record high.

Full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/06/04/carbon-dioxide-record-2020/

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Hong Kong Reponse to CORONAVIRUS DISEASE COVID-19 - Updated 15 May 2020

(To watch the full press briefing with sign language interpretation, click here.)

The Centre for Health Protection said saliva specimen bottles were distributed to residents of a housing estate block in Tsuen Wan today where two of the locally transmitted COVID-19 cases live.

Its Communicable Disease Branch Head Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan told a press briefing that close contacts of the latest confirmed case - a 62-year-old man who is the husband of the 66-year-old woman earlier confirmed infected - have been quarantined.

The couple’s five-year-old granddaughter had also tested positive for the virus.

“We have quarantined those close contacts in the quarantine centre or those who are symptomatic they are now staying in the hospital. So if they can be discharged from the hospital, they will be quarantined in the quarantine centre. That amounts to fewer than 20 close contacts altogether for the three cases.

“So far we have distributed more than 100 salivary bottles to those who might have some non-close contacts or actually some of them who did not have contact exactly with these three cases, to understand the situation.

“We are today, through the Housing Department, distributing the salivary bottles to over 800 units who live in Lei Muk Shue Estate, Block 5, at the residence, so that would have the number of residents in terms of thousands.”

For information and health advice on COVID-19, visit the Government's dedicated webpage.

Source: https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2020/05/20200514/20200514_172034_636.html?type=category&name=covid19

Data in Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Starting from 15 April 2020, the Department of Health will not publish the daily statistics on testing for COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Starting from 15 April 2020, the cumulative statistics on testing for COVID-19 in Hong Kong will be changed to monthly statistics on testing for COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Starting from 6 April 2020, the Department of Health will not publish the number of cases fulfilling the reporting criteria of Severe Respiratory Disease associated with a Novel Infectious Agent in Hong Kong, number of cases which were ruled out as COVID-19 in Hong Kong and number of cases still hospitalised for investigation. Starting from 6 April 2020, the Department of Health will publish the number of hospitalised cases in critical condition. Starting from 4 April 2020, open data for daily and cumulative statistics on testing for COVID-19 in Hong Kong are available. Starting from 3 April 2020, the filename of the open data for details of probable/confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Hong Kong and latest situation of reported cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong have been changed.

The following files provide important data related to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

Data Dictionar(ies) : https://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/nid_spec_en.pdf

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coronavirus covid 19 impact e-commerce business

The corona virus is spreading around the world rapidly in past months. Countries and cities has been lock-down and there is delay or even suspension for stock delivery. However, online sales expected to have over 50 % growth due to the change of shopping habit. Health product is one of the major category in the growth. Establishing online sales with online payment, logistics configuration become the hot topic since the start of 2020.

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Sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions alarming levels in Wuhan?

High sulphur dioxide levels at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak could be a sign of mass cremations, it has been claimed.

Satellite maps in recent days have shown alarming levels of SO2 around Wuhan, the Chinese city where the outbreak began.

In addition, there were high sulphur dioxide levels in the city of Chongqing which is also under quarantine.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7986553/Does-satellite-image-scale-Chinas-coronavirus-cremations.html