Death toll from China’s new coronavirus scourge moved past 1,100 on Wednesday however the number of new cases reported fell for a second consecutive day, as the World Health Organization asked worldwide solidarity to battle the “grave threat“.
As Beijing’s working to contain the infection, the total of individuals contaminated on a cruise ship off Japan’s coast rose to 174. It is the greatest number of infected people outside the Chinese territory.
Another 97 individuals lost their lives in China, raising the country’s death toll to 1,113, while in excess of 44,600 individuals have now been tainted by the recently named COVID-19.
The WHO chose to name the infection COVID-19 with regards to rules meant to abstain from connecting a disease/infection to a creature or a geographic area. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus stated a clear warning that the virus was a “very grave threat”. He was addressing the scientists at first international conference on the fight against virus. He spoke to the conference in Geneva.
However, he said there was a “window of opportunity to hit hard and stand in unison to fight this virus in every corner.” “We are not defenseless,” Tedros said. He further added that “If we invest now… we have a realistic chance of stopping this outbreak.”
“Viruses can have more powerful consequences than any terrorist action,” he said while talking to the reporters.
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