The number of people affected by the coronavirus is constantly increasing and the epidemic is now present in 23 countries. Thanks to a tool developed by scientists, you can now follow the progress of the virus in real time.
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With all the information flowing in the media, it is sometimes difficult to follow the evolution of the coronavirus, the epidemic from China that is gradually spreading to the rest of the world.
Every day, the public is afraid of learning about new cases and follows the news closely to find out more. To facilitate access to information related to the epidemic, scientists at Johns Hopkins University in the United States have created a dashboard allowing to follow the progress of the coronavirus in real time.
The tool compiles information obtained from the Centers for American, European and Chinese Disease Control and Prevention and from the World Health Organization. A first section displays the total confirmed cases worldwide, thus the number of people carrying the virus in each country. In France, the number of cases today stands at 5. Only three cases had been officially confirmed by the Ministry of Health in France. However, the media have been reporting for a few hours the existence of a new patient. He is said to be a general practitioner contaminated directly on French soil.
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The progress of the coronavirus in detail
Two other sections of the dashboard respectively indicate the number of deaths and the number of patients cured of the disease. These two numbers are both increasing. Finally, a world map provides a global overview of the spread of the virus. A zoom function also makes it possible to visualize the extent of contamination in each region. The most affected area of course remains China with, at the time of writing, a total of 5,806 confirmed cases and 204 deaths.
Although Hong Kong researchers have recently developed a potential vaccine against the virus, it will first need to go through a testing phase that will last at least a year. WHO Director Qualified Coronavirus Yesterday “Public health emergency of international concern”. This definition had been used in the past for the H1N1 virus, Zika or even Ebola fever.
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Source: Johns Hopkins University
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