World Health Organization: 1,320 cases of coronavirus so far
Source: the hill
By J. Edward Moreno - 01/25/20 06:24 PM EST
The World Health Organization (WHO) released an updated report Saturday evening on the status of the latest coronavirus outbreak.
According to WHO, of the 1,320 confirmed cases worldwide, 237 of them have been reported as severely ill. Forty-one deaths have been reported so far, all of which occurred in China.
Since its last update on Friday, the number of confirmed cases has increased by 474. The outbreaks are centered in Wuhan, China, and only two confirmed cases have been in the U.S. so far.
Along with the report, WHO noted that they updated their advice page for international travel.
On Saturday it was reported that the U.S. government is preparing a charter flight this weekend to evacuate American citizens and diplomats from Wuhan. ...........................................
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/479934-world-health-organization-1320-cases-of-coronavirus-so-far
Just a few days ago, they were reporting a litter over 300!!.
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riversedge
(70,224 posts)Delphinus
(11,830 posts)and it says 1,438 as of the latest refresh on my browser.
Thanks for posting from the WHO.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)Both in and out of China.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Hong Kong declared a state of emergency on Saturday in response to growing concern over the spread of a coronavirus that first surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan, announcing it will close schools for three weeks and impose a limited transportation ban.
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/25/21081400/coronavirus-number-cases-hong-kong-emergency
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that's one way to end street protests
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Interesting background. A couple of days old.
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Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)This looks really bad.
Any time the Chinese quarantine 10 cities with over 33 million citizens over the New Years holiday is MAJOR!
NickB79
(19,243 posts)It's getting worse fast.