The expansion of the new coronavirus out of China could increase with the transmission of the disease by people who have never traveled in this country, warned, Monday, February 10, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, at a press conference in Geneva on February 5, 2020. | SALVATORE DI NOLFI / EPA / MAXPPP
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“There have been disturbing cases of the spread of # 2019nCoV by people with no travel history” in China, tweeted this Monday, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus using the provisional scientific name of coronavirus. “Detection of a small number of cases may indicate more widespread transmission in other countries; in short, we may only see the tip of the iceberg, “ added the Ethiopian.
There’ve been some concerning instances of onward # 2019nCoV spread from people with no travel history to . The detection of a small number of cases may indicate more widespread transmission in other countries; in short, we may only be seeing the tip of the iceberg.
– Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) February 9, 2020
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While the spread of the epidemic outside of China seems rather measured, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that it could accelerate: “Containment (of the virus) remains our goal, but all countries must use the window of opportunity created by the containment strategy to prepare for the possible arrival of the virus”.
More than 350 patients in thirty countries and territories
Outside mainland China, more than 350 patients have been recorded in some 30 countries and territories, and there have been two deaths, the first in the Philippines, the second in Hong Kong. Several countries have banned arrivals from China and major airlines have suspended flights in connection with that country. Air China has canceled some of its flights to the United States.
A WHO “international expert mission” led by Bruce Aylward, a veteran who worked on other health emergencies, left for China on Sunday evening, where it plans to help coordinate a response to the health crisis that started in late 2019. in the city of Wuhan, in the center of the country.
In mainland China, the new coronavirus has killed 908, and the number of people infected exceeds 40,000, according to the assessment established Monday by the authorities. President Xi Jinping himself appeared for the first time with his face covered with a protective mask.
A large majority of Chinese have been covering their faces for weeks for fear of catching viral pneumonia, but the strong man of the communist regime has so far been careful not to imitate his compatriots in public.
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