Coronavirus cases increase in China; Europe also gets affected
Kathmandu, January 25
China’s National Health Commission on Saturday informed that 41 people died and more than 1,000 people have been affected by the new coronavirus.
As per the news of Bloomberg, the U.S. and Europe also confirmed new cases as travelers return home from the outbreak’s center in Wuhan.
China’s NHC said that there are 1,287 confirmed cases, including 444 new ones. The organization also reported that there are 237 severe cases.
The dramatic rise in the death count in China signals that the virus isn’t yet under control despite aggressive steps by authorities there to limit travel for millions of people who live in the cities at the center of the outbreak. Still, the latest official statement gave grounds for optimism, noting that two of the four victims in Thailand are better now and that one case has been cured in Japan, as per the Bloomberg.
Although, movement from the heart of the cases in Wuhan and nearby areas has been limited, thousands of people left the region for other points before the bans took effect.
The virus, which was first detected in the city of Wuhan last month, created fears that the disease could rival SARS, the pandemic that claimed almost 800 lives 17 years ago.
It has been reported that the Chinese authorities also announced closure of public events to mark the New Year, Shanghai Disneyland and cinema chains.
Late Friday, France’s Health Ministry confirmed three cases of the coronavirus, the first reported infections in Europe. The first case is in Bordeaux, and the other two are in Paris -- all three had been on a trip to China.
The virus is believed to have emerged last month in a seafood and wildlife market in Wuhan, spreading from infected animals to humans. It has an incubation period of about two weeks before infected people start to show symptoms, which resemble a cold or flu.
