Around 60 countries are affected by the corona virus worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), that was around ten more on Sunday than the previous day. There were also four new confirmed diseases in Austria. Nevertheless, most people keep a cool head, as an SN survey shows. Does the corona virus affect your travel plans?
As expected, the number of people infected with the coronavirus continues to rise in Austria. In Vienna, four other people have tested positive for the novel corona virus. The Ministry of Interior’s staff announced this at the daily press conference on Sunday. The number of Covid-19 sufferers in Austria thus rises to 14.
Where the four people may have been infected and where the patients are, was not yet known. The task force received the message “only in these minutes”, the responsible head of department for communicable diseases in the Ministry of Health, Bernhard Benka, told journalists.
This means that there are currently eight people with Covid 19 in Vienna, two in Tyrol and Lower Austria and one each in Salzburg and Styria. According to the Ministry of Health, tests had been carried out across Austria by 1826 by Sunday morning.
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Austrians remain calm
Despite the first confirmed infections, the Austrians remain calm. Only 15 percent are “very worried” about the current situation, another 34 percent “rather worried”. This was the result of a survey by the polling institute “Unique Research”, which was carried out on behalf of the news magazine “profil” (500 respondents). Half of the Austrians are therefore more or less unimpressed. 37 percent are “less worried”, 13 percent “not worried at all”.
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In Europe, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic were added with the first cases
In Europe, Italy remains the most affected country in Europe with more than 1,100 infections. The Italian government is now planning an aid package for the economy additionally impacted by the coronavirus outbreak in the amount of EUR 3.6 billion. The regions of Lombardy and Veneto are affected. Another case of coronavirus has been confirmed in the hotel, which has been quarantined in Tenerife since Tuesday. The number of infected people on the holiday island rose to five. The patient is also a member of an Italian travel group. The number of people infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus had recently risen to over 70 in Spain.
With the confirmed infection of a 40-year-old, the virus also reached the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The man had been in Italy and had returned by plane to Charleroi (Belgium) earlier this week to Luxembourg. The first cases also occurred in the Czech Republic, where three infected people were reported on Sunday afternoon. Health minister Adam Vojtech said that none of the patients had a severe course. There were two Czechs who had been in Italy and an American who was studying there.
China declares half of the sufferers healed again
In China, the country of origin of the pathogen, another 35 people died of lung disease Covid-19 within a day, the previous day there were 47. In addition, 573 new diseases were reported, compared to 427 on Saturday. This means that 2,870 people are new to China Coronavirus fell victim. The total number of infections in mainland China was almost 80,000, of which, according to official information, around half has already been cured. The death rate of Chinese Covid 19 patients was 1.4 percent in the first two months after the onset of the disease. This was shown by an analysis of the data of 1099 patients by the Chinese Covid-19 therapy study group. The evaluation was published on February 28 in the “New England Journal of Medicine”.
South Korea calls the highest alert
South Korea has declared the highest alert level given the rapid spread of the virus. The government will take all necessary measures to curb the epidemic, President Moon Jae In said on Sunday. The South Korean health authorities announced that more than 580 new infections had been registered on Sunday alone. This means that a total of more than 3,700 people in South Korea have contracted the virus. This is by far the most cases worldwide outside of China. The number of infections is likely to increase further as the authorities want to examine more than 260,000 people who are related to a Christian sect that first appeared in South Korea.
Iran admits more cases, opposition doubts the numbers
In Iran, the number of deaths increased from 43 to 54 within 24 hours. During the same period, the number of infections detected increased by 385. It is currently 978 in total. 175 coronavirus patients have been discharged from the hospital as cured. However, this official information is challenged by opposition forces. In truth, there are already over 500 dead, said representatives of the opposition People’s Mujahideen (MEK). At least 150 people are said to have died in Qom, 100 in Tehran.
Source: APA
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