China reported that the death toll from the new Wuhan coronavirus has risen to 213 and that of infected people to 9692.
At the epicenter of the virus, in Wuhan, in the province of Wuhei, the numbers are staggering. 204 people died and those infected in Chinese territory exceed the 5800. Also this Thursday Italy entered the map of the infected countries, with two people infected. Two Chinese tourists.
Italy is the fourth European country to confirm cases of viral infection, after France, Germany and Finland. There are also cases to report in Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, United States of America, Singapore, Vietnam, Nepal, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, India, Philippines and the United Arab Emirates.
Additional analyzes rule out infection of Chinese couple on board ship in Italy
Additional analyzes carried out on Thursday in Rome, the capital of Italy, ruled out any presence of the new coronavirus in the Chinese couple who had symptoms associated with this infection and which forced them to retain thousands of passengers on board a cruise ship.
According to the agency France-Presse (AFP), the 7,000 passengers who were stranded on board a cruise ship Costa Cruises in the port of Civitavecchia, a coastal city near the Italian capital, were allowed to disembark as soon as they were suspicions of contagion of the new coronavirus were raised.
The preliminary medical tests carried out on the Chinese couple had been negative to the presence of viral infection, the Italian Ministry of Health reported.
World Health Organization opposes travel restrictions
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the international public health emergency the outbreak of the new coranavirus in China. An international public health emergency requires the adoption of prevention and coordination measures worldwide. To declare it, WHO considers three criteria: an extraordinary situation, with a risk of rapid expansion to other countries and a coordinated international response.
Still, and despite the alarm, WHO was opposed to travel restrictions, despite the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China being an international public health emergency.
“WHO does not recommend restricting travel, trade and movement [de pessoas] and even opposes all travel restrictions, “said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press conference at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Justifying the international public health emergency declaration, decided today by the organization, the director-general of WHO said that “the major concern is the possibility of the virus spreading to countries where health systems are more fragile”.
“This is not a vote of no confidence in China,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, quoted by AFP news agency.
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