In China alone there are 34 598 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with 3401 new cases.
WHO, also reports that the novel coronavirus has 6101 people in a severe state as of 08 February. China has 723 deaths.
Outside China, there are 288 confirmed cases in 24 countries – and only 1 person died outside China of this deadly virus. According to the WHO RISK ASSESSMENT, China has a VERY HIGH state, whereas the regional and global levels are on the HIGH state.
WHO’s strategic objective to minimize the spread of the coronavirus is to “Limit human-to-human transmission including reducing secondary infections among close contacts and health care workers, preventing transmission amplification events, and preventing further international spread from China” and one of the other objectives is to detect the virus early and so infected patients can be taken care of.
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“Identify and reduce transmission from the animal source” added WHO is in a report on Saturday. WHO, wants communities to learn about the virus and communicate critical risk.
“Communicate critical risk and event information to all communities and counter misinformation”
“WHO is working closely with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and have jointly developed a guidance document to provide advice to cabin crew and airport workers, based on country queries.”
Hubei is a province with the most confirmed cases, a total of 24 953confirmed cases. In South China, the coastal province, Guangdong comes second with 1075 confirmed cases. The eastern coastal province, Zhejiang, comes third with 1048 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus as of 08 February according to WHO.
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