The World Health Organization estimates that 225 cases have been diagnosed worldwide and at least 218 cases have been diagnosed in China. Guangdong province recently more than a dozen confirmed cases, the local eighth people`s hospital issued an emergency notice, all staff and workers to cancel leave, stand by, also stressed that ready to isolate the ward, China Weibo also out of the medical staff wearing isolation clothing film. China`s president and prime minister have also for the first time directed agencies at all levels to pay attention to the epidemic.
WHO:225 cases diagnosed Emergency meeting to be held on Wednesday
Combined land media reported that as a result of China`s Spring Festival, pneumonia spread everywhere, China`s cumulative number of cases as of Monday (20) has 224, at least 218 diagnosed. In addition to 198 cases in wuhan and three in death, there were five in beijing,14 in guangdong, five in zhejiang province and the first in shanghai, which confirmed that the epidemic had spread to other provinces and to the densely populated delta and delta.
The outbreak of the Hubei Wuhan Seafood Market has been closed. (NOEL CELIS AFP via Getty Images)
China has also spread abroad, with the exception of one confirmed case in japan and two in thailand, and the first confirmed case in south korea on monday, a chinese wuhan woman who entered from seoul airport on the 19th.
The Queensland Health Ministry said a man who returned to Brisbane from Wuhan, China, on Tuesday (21) was suspected to have contracted a deadly suspected new type of Wuhan coronavirus and is being tested.
Another british media report that a british man travelling to thailand is suspected of suffering the pneumonia, which, if diagnosed, will become the first case of infection among europeans.
Thai public health officials distributed disease surveillance information after a thermal scan of passengers arriving from Wuhan, China, at the Suvarnap airport in Bangkok on January 8,2020. (Pictured: Lauren Decicca/Getty Images)
So far, WHO estimates,225 cases have been diagnosed worldwide. The group tweeted on Monday that new coronaviruses are most likely to come from animals and will be passed on through more intimate contact. Wuhan Health and Health Commission did not mention the way of transmission of the virus in the latest announcement, but reminded people to wear masks and cover their mouths and noses to reduce the spread of germs.
The WHO will convene an emergency committee of experts on Wednesday to assess whether the outbreak in China constitutes an international health emergency and what measures should be taken, Reuters reported.
So far, WHO has not recommended any travel or trade restrictions. However, a committee of independent experts may make such recommendations or other recommendations to limit the spread of the epidemic.
Guangzhou Hospital Emergency Rest Medical staff fully armed
In response to a recent case of a new type of coronavirus in Guangdong, China, the president of the Eighth People`s Hospital of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, Yin Chi-biao, issued an emergency notice asking the staff of the hospital to cancel their leave and stand by in Guangzhou.
The eighth people`s hospital in guangzhou, china, announced that all staff were not on vacation, and the network also flowed out of the heavily armed film of medical staff. (Photo: Weibo)
In addition, the official social app of the eighth people`s hospital in guangzhou also issued a "letter to the people of guangzhou" showing that "the eighth people of guangzhou city is a general hospital characterized by the treatment of infectious diseases, with high level and experience in the treatment of infectious diseases and other diseases.
In response to the new strain of coronavirus, which had been replaced with a full set of quarantine clothing, Weibo also sent medical staff out of hospitals in China.
Emergency Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang Chief Opening Instructions
Xi Jinping, China`s president, gave his first directive on the outbreak of pneumonia on Monday (20th), demanding that authorities at all levels make every effort to prevent and control the epidemic, but also not forgetting to stress "resolutely maintaining overall social stability ".
In response to instructions from Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, China`s State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a conference call on Monday to deploy anti-epidemic work, and the National Health and Health Commission set up the "Leading Group on the Response to Pneumonia with New Coronary Virus Infection ".
At present, during the Spring Festival, the large-scale intensive movement of personnel, increased the difficulty of containing the epidemic. Screening for travelers from Wuhan has been stepped up worldwide, including in the United States and many Asian countries.
Photo A new type of coronavirus health check for people from Wuhan, China, in Los Angeles, USA. (Pictured: David McNew/Getty Images)
