Apple took the lead in announcing aid to China's pneumonia-affected areas. Tencent, Ali and Kuaishou donated more than 1.6 billion yuan in total. Netizens: Ask Cook to join the party

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The spreading novel coronavirus epidemic has made Apple CEO Cook worried.

Last night, Cook posted a tweet announcing his intention to show love to areas affected by the epidemic.

As people in China and around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, we send our love and support to those affected by the coronavirus. Apple will donate to the affected areas through relevant organizations to help support those affected.

As a result, Apple became the first foreign technology company to provide assistance to the Wuhan epidemic area.

As for what specific support it will provide, whether it will be donations of money, materials or technical assistance, Apple has not yet announced it.

As soon as this tweet was released, many netizens expressed their gratitude and praise in Chinese and English:

There are even netizens on Weibo asking Cook to join the party:

Others mentioned that Apple has such a large business in China, and it is a very good thing that China took the initiative to donate when faced with the epidemic:

Some people also reminded Cook that it would be better to donate supplies directly, which would be easier to help people in the epidemic area:

Apple users in Wuhan, which is under lockdown, also left messages like they were looking for customer service: Can you donate an Apple Store? My XR is broken and I can’t find a place to repair it because of the virus.

Apple has previously made a number of donations to various disasters around the world, such as raising funds for the Australian wildfires. In 2018, it also donated one million US dollars each to Hurricane Florence in the United States, floods in Kerala, India, and tsunami-stricken areas in Indonesia.

Domestic technology companies have donated more than 1.6 billion yuan

Apple has decided to take action, and domestic technology companies have already launched various rescue operations.

This morning, Bilibili announced a donation of 10 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation and more than 300,000 yuan of medical protective supplies to several hospitals in Wuhan.

Xiaomi also donated more than 300,000 yuan worth of medical protective supplies to Wuhan, including N95 masks, medical masks and thermometers, from New Year's Eve to the first day of the new year.

Xiaomi's ecological chain companies such as ZMI, Zhimi, and iHealth have also invested a large amount of materials and funds. Huami also raised 10 million yuan that was originally intended for annual meetings, red envelopes, and team building and donated it to the epidemic area.

Kingsoft Software also donated 1 million yuan. Lei Jun is really a good alumnus of Wuhan University.

Douyu, which also has deep roots in Wuhan, has donated 10 million to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation.

Meizu, also a consumer electronics company, also donated 300,000 yuan.

JD.com donated 1 million medical masks and 60,000 medicines and medical supplies including hand sanitizer, disinfectant, amoxicillin, oseltamivir, etc. from its local warehouse in Wuhan.

The most popular short video content companies in 2019 have already taken action.

Previously, Kuaishou had donated 100 million yuan and sent 50,000 masks.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, ByteDance, the parent company of Tik Tok and Toutiao, announced a donation of 200 million yuan to the China Red Cross Foundation. If frontline medical staff are unfortunately infected, ByteDance will provide 100,000 yuan in aid. If there are other major contributions or efforts, ByteDance will provide up to 1 million yuan in aid.

And the giants still make big moves.

Tencent Charity Foundation announced a donation of 300 million yuan to establish the first phase of the new coronavirus epidemic prevention and control fund. The donation will be mainly used for front-line anti-epidemic and prevention work in epidemic areas such as Wuhan, including the purchase of masks, disinfectants, goggles and other supplies, as well as helping and encouraging front-line medical staff.

Alibaba has set up a 1 billion yuan special fund for the supply of medical supplies, directly purchasing medical supplies from home and abroad and delivering them to hospitals in Wuhan and Hubei.

In addition, all IT equipment of Wuhan's "Xiaotangshan" Huoshenshan Hospital was purchased by Lenovo, and home appliances were purchased by Midea.

However, apart from donating money, the most surprising thing is "donating classes", which is NetEase.

In addition to NetEase Yanxuan's one-cent masks specifically for Hubei, NetEase Youdao provides free winter vacation courses for primary and secondary school students in Wuhan.

It seems a little bit special, but:

It seems like studying at home is not a bad idea?

Foreign companies and researchers have extended a helping hand

Faced with such an epidemic, foreign companies and experts have also extended a helping hand.

In addition to Apple mentioned above, DMM , a Japanese company providing digital entertainment content, also announced that it will support Wuhan.

DMM Chairman Keiji Kameyama said:

Our list of supplies has been sent to a hospital in Wuhan to fight the novel coronavirus. Everyone is working hard to keep themselves safe. DMM will be responsible for delivering the supplies as quickly as possible, so if your hospital or manufacturer has any leftovers, we hope you will donate these supplies to Wuhan.

The DMM list includes a large number of medical supplies, such as N95 masks, surgical masks, disposable medical masks, medical tents, protective clothing, surgical gowns, etc.

A few days ago, we also reported that Professor Rolf Hilgenfeld, a top researcher at the University of Lübeck in Germany, flew to China with the most powerful coronavirus inhibitor he developed.

Hilgenfeld later clarified via text message:

We brought two synthetic substances that were developed for SARS and MERS, which are effective against both viruses in the cell structure.

We hope to work with our colleagues in China to verify whether they are effective against the new coronavirus. This does not involve direct use on patients, and years of testing are needed before this.

Although the inhibitors are of no use in this viral outbreak, we should still say thank you to the professor.

We should also express our gratitude to other international organizations, enterprises and scientific researchers for their support and help.

Academician Zhong Nanshan: Several drugs are ready for clinical treatment

Domestic experts and researchers are also working hard on the front line.

△ Academician Zhong Nanshan

Yesterday, Academician Zhong Nanshan said:

Currently, there are several drugs with confirmed safety ready for clinical treatment, but their specific efficacy needs further observation.

So far, the epidemic has not yet broken out in the country, and there has been no very obvious chain reaction. As long as this is under control, everything will be easy.

However, we still cannot take it lightly and still need to be extremely careful, because no one can guarantee that a super spreader will not emerge.

Academician Zhong Nanshan emphasized that the most effective means of prevention and control at present is early detection and early isolation:

Once discovered, isolate them! As long as people infected with the new coronavirus are isolated in time, there will be fewer patients in the later stages.

The number of confirmed cases reached 1,975, and Beijing had its first case with no history of contact with Hubei

As of 24:00 on January 25, the number of confirmed cases nationwide has reached 1,975 , with 56 deaths and 96 cured .

△ Data source: Sina News

According to the People's Daily, from 0:00 to 24:00 on January 25, 2020, 29 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) reported 688 new confirmed cases, 87 new severe cases, 15 new deaths (13 in Hubei Province, 1 in Shanghai, and 1 in Henan Province), 11 new cured and discharged cases, and 1,309 new suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on January 25, the National Health Commission has received reports from 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) on a total of 1,975 confirmed cases, 324 severe cases, 56 deaths, 49 cured and discharged cases, and 2,684 suspected cases.

A total of 23,431 close contacts have been traced so far, 325 people have been released from medical observation on the same day, and 21,556 people are currently under medical observation.

A total of 5 confirmed cases have been reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan: 2 cases in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2 cases in the Macao Special Administrative Region and 3 cases in Taiwan.

In addition, a total of confirmed cases have been reported from abroad: 4 cases in Thailand, 2 cases in Japan, 2 cases in South Korea, 2 cases in the United States, 2 cases in Vietnam, 3 cases in Singapore, 3 cases in Malaysia, 1 case in Nepal, 3 cases in France, and 1 case in Australia.

As of 17:00 on the 25th, among the 5 new cases of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus in Beijing, 3 had a history of contact with Hubei and 2 had a history of contact with other provinces.

This is the first time that Beijing has reported a case with no history of contact with Hubei .

As of 21:00 on the 25th, except for Tibet, where no suspected or confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus have been found, all provinces where new pneumonia cases have been found have launched a level-one response to major public health emergencies.

Including Guangdong, Hunan, Zhejiang, Hubei, Tianjin, Anhui, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Shandong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Fujian, Hebei, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Hainan, Xinjiang, Henan, Heilongjiang, Gansu, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Jilin, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, a total of 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have launched a level 1 response to major public health emergencies, covering a total population of more than 1.3 billion .

Public health emergencies are classified into four levels according to the nature of the event, the degree of harm, and the scope involved:

Extremely serious (Level I), serious (Level II), relatively serious (Level III) and general (Level IV).

Among them, Level I response is the highest level of response. Level I response is when a particularly serious public health emergency occurs, and the provincial headquarters organizes and coordinates emergency response work within the administrative area according to the decision-making deployment and unified command of the State Council.

Shantou, Guangdong, has decided to "lock down" the city, making it the first city outside Hubei Province to do so. This afternoon, all passenger buses, city buses, taxis (cruising, online booking), ride-sharing, and ferries in Shantou were suspended.

At 0:00 tomorrow, vehicles, ships and people are prohibited from entering Shantou City. The passages between the districts and counties in Shantou City will be closed (except between Jinping and Longhu), except for emergency, special and material support needs. In addition, people entering Shantou from Shantou Railway Station and Chaoyang Railway Station need to be strictly checked, identified and persuaded to return.

Finally, let’s synchronize the major channels again:

1. Sina News Special, which will update reports from various media quickly:
https://news.sina.cn/zt_d/feiyan1231

2. Tencent News real-time case data statistics table, with curve chart:
https://news.qq.com//zt2020/page/feiyan.htm?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0

3. Dingxiangyuan real-time epidemic map, with the latest news updates:
https://3g.dxy.cn/newh5/view/pneumonia?scene=2&clicktime=1579582238&enterid=1579582238&from=timeline&isappinstalled=0

4. Caixin News Special: A Complete Record of Wuhan Pneumonia Defense. There are many expert interviews, free to read for a limited time:
http://m.app.caixin.com/m_topic_detail/1473.html?cxw=Android&Sfrom=Wechat

5. Tencent News Fact Checking Platform, real-time rumor refutation of novel coronavirus pneumonia:
https://vp.fact.qq.com/home?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0