They were also detected 3 156 more cases in the same region, bringing the total number to 16 678.
The provincial capital of Hubei, Wuhan, reported 49 new deaths on Tuesday, 48 more than the previous day. A total of 362 people died in Wuhan due to the coronavirus.
Also in the last 24 hours, 1,967 new cases were confirmed in Wuhan, above the 1,242 announced Monday.
In China, 490 deaths have already been reported, Beijing said.
Prior to this update the virus had claimed a total of 425 fatalities and more than 20400 infected worldwide
The National Health Commission of China confirmed this Tuesday that the mortality rate due to infection with the new coronavirus in mainland China is 2.1 percent, with the majority of victims being male and over the age of 60.
CNN, the deputy director of the State Health Administration of the National Health Commissions, Jiao Yahui, said that precisely in Hubei province, the death rate is 3.1 percent. To date, 97 percent of fatalities have been confirmed in this region.
Quarantine passenger ship
Ten people on a cruise ship quarantined off the Japanese port of Yokohama tested positive for coronavirus infection, TV Asahi said, citing sources from the Japanese Ministry of Health.
Testing of about 3 700 passengers and crew on board the ship began this Tuesday, after a Hong Kong passenger, who traveled on the vessel in January, tested positive for the Wuhan virus.
Today, a first case was also announced in Belgium and the first fatal victim of the coronavirus in Hong Kong.
In Portugal, two suspected cases were hospitalized this afternoon.
The World Health Organization, WHO declared a world emergency due to the outbreak of this new virus, similar to that of
flu, and experts say there is much to be done
to discover, including the mortality rate and forms and routes of
streaming.
Most measures to prevent contagion are similar to those also used in influenza, and include washing your hands frequently and sneezing by covering your mouth and nose with your elbow.
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In the world
Already in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has authorized specialized laboratory centers across the country to apply a viral detection instrument until now reserved for the laboratories of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC.
Under the emergency authorization issued this Tuesday, the 2019-nCoV diagnostic panel may be used in patients classified as suspected for coronavirus testing.
“Negative results do not rule out an infection by 2019-nCoV and should not be used as the only means for treatment or other management of the patient,” cautioned the FDA.
Haiti has announced the imposition of new health controls at its airports. Brazil will however send two Air Force planes to withdraw its citizens from Wuhan, via Spain and Poland.
London announced the sending of a second civilian apparatus next Sunday, to repatriate British citizens and their dependents residing in Wuhan. The US Secretariat of States has also admitted to sending more air to remove Americans from the region.
This way
In Portugal, the two suspects identified this Tuesday were referred to the Curry Cabral Hospital in Lisbon. The analyzes will be carried out at the Instituto Nacional Ricardo Jorge.
According to the director-general of Health, Graça Freitas, the two cases are different, “they have different origins and different histories”.
The first suspicious case was known through a communiqué from the Directorate-General for Health and the second was revealed during the late afternoon press conference.
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For the DGS, at the moment in Portugal it is not necessary to use masks by the general population, to protect against the new coronavirus. The exception covers caregivers of any infected with the disease.
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