US President Donald Trump accused the Chinese authorities of not informing the world community about the outbreak of coronavirus. He stated this during a briefing at the White House, reports RIA News.
“It would be much better if we knew about this a few months earlier,” Trump said. He noted that this way it would be possible to keep the virus in the area of China where it appeared. According to him, now the world “pays too much” for the fact that the Chinese authorities did not allow doctors to report an outbreak of coronavirus.
“As for what they are publishing now, who knows, I hope this is true,” Trump commented on the fact that for the first time in a day no cases of coronavirus infection were detected in China.
February 6 has become It is known about the death of Chinese ophthalmologist Li Wenliang, who was one of the first to report an outbreak of coronavirus. According to the publication of the South China Morning Post, the physician was one of eight doctors who in late December began to disseminate in the medical community a message about an outbreak of a new disease, which they mistook for SARS. On the same day, local authorities reported 27 cases of a new disease. However, Wenliang and his colleagues were summoned to the local police station and forced to give written obligations not to disclose further information about the virus.
The first cases appeared in Chinese Wuhan in December 2019. Currently, cases of infection are recorded in more than 100 countries. According to the latest data, the number of deaths due to coronavirus reached 9835, the total number of cases of infection was more than 237 thousand, of which 86 thousand people recovered.
Wash your hands regularly
Why is this needed? If there is a virus on the surface of the hands, then treatment with an alcohol-containing product or washing your hands with soap will kill it.
Keep your distance in public
Keep at least one meter away from people, especially if one of them has a cough, runny nose, or fever.
Why is this needed? Coughing or sneezing, a person with a respiratory infection, such as COVID-19, spreads tiny drops containing the virus around him. If you are too close, you can catch the virus by inhaling air.
If possible, do not touch your eyes, nose and mouth.
Why is this needed? Hands touch many surfaces on which the virus may be present. Touching the eyes, nose, or mouth can transfer the virus from the skin of the hands to the body.
Follow Respiratory Hygiene
When coughing and sneezing, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or bend of your elbow; immediately throw the napkin into the garbage container with a lid, treat your hands with an alcohol-containing antiseptic, or wash them with soap and water.
Why is this needed? This helps prevent the spread of viruses and other pathogens. If you cover your nose and mouth with your hand when coughing or sneezing, germs can fall on your hands, and then on objects or people you touch.
If you have a fever, a cough, or difficulty breathing, seek medical attention as soon as possible.
Why is this needed? Fever, coughing, and difficulty breathing can be caused by a respiratory infection or other serious illness. Symptoms of damage to the respiratory system in combination with an increase in temperature can have a variety of reasons, among which, depending on the trips and contacts of the patient, there may be a coronavirus.
Useful sites and phones:
– website stopcoronavirus.rf;
– information on coronavirus on the website of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare here;
– Rospotrebnadzor answers to the most popular questions about coronavirus here;
– a detailed section on the website of the Ministry of Health here;
– ambulance phone: 03, 103 (for a call from a mobile phone);
– Hotline of Rospotrebnadzor: 8-800-555-49-43;
– Rostrud hotline: 8-800-707-88-41;
– hotline of the Moscow Department of Health: +7 (495) 870-45-09.
A source: World Health Organization
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