The disease has already claimed the lives of more than 2,300 people worldwide.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (CDC, for its acronym in English) have confirmed this Friday that there are 34 cases of infected with the new covid-19 coronavirus throughout the country, while preparing for a possible pandemic, reports Reuters.
Sanitary authorities are preparing for a possible spread of the coronavirus in US territory, which would entail the temporary closure of schools and businesses to contain the disease.
Nancy Messonnier, a CDC official, revealed that medical personnel across the country are being prepared in case this happens. “We still don’t see a spread here in the US, but it is very possible, even likely, that it will finally happen,” Messonnier said. “Our goal remains stop the introduction of the virus in the US“he added, stressing that this would give them more time to prepare society and for a” possible sustained spread “to occur.
Messonnier also indicated that the CDC is taking the necessary measures to ensure that health care workers have the necessary supplies.
“A serious problem”
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For its part, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that “the window of opportunity” is closing to contain the international spread of the coronavirus, which has already claimed the lives of 2,360 people worldwide. “If we waste the opportunity, we will have a serious problem in our hands,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, general director of the WHO.
Currently, a total of 34 people are infected with coronavirus in the US: 13 tested positive within their borders, while the others 21 cases they are repatriated Americans from Wuhan (Hubei, China), the epicenter of the outbreak, and from Japan, where they were part of the passage of the Diamond Princess cruise.
The FBI has ordered disinfectant for hands and masks worth $ 40,000 as a preventive measure in case “the coronavirus becomes a pandemic in the US,” reports CNBC. The US agency also indicated that the “strategic arsenal” that they will receive before next Friday “should be stored throughout the country for distribution in the event that a pandemic is declared.”
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