- The coronavirus has killed 2,761 people and infected more than 80,000 people worldwide. The daily number of new patients outside China is now higher than that recorded in this country.
- Forty countries are now affected, including Italy, hit by the epidemic in record time, which now has 400 cases and deplores twelve deaths.
- In France, six new cases have been identified, including one fatal in the Oise. The health authorities are preparing for the same explosive scenario as in the neighboring Alps.
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"Nothing is inevitable" for Donald Trump. The American president spoke about the spread of the coronavirus in the United States, which currently has fifteen detected cases. The president assured that his country was ready to face "a much larger scale". "There is a chance that it will worsen, a chance that it will worsen significantly," admitted Donald Trump in a press conference. But nothing is inevitable ”. Vice President Mike Pence has been appointed to coordinate the fight against coronavirus in the United States.
Looking for patient 0 in France. Two people were infected with the coronavirus without having visited China or Italy. They are the sixties of the Oise who died on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday at the Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris, and the patient of 55 currently in intensive care in Amiens (Somme). The Minister of Health announced Wednesday evening the 18th case of contamination in the country: the wife of a patient hospitalized in Annecy, whose state does not inspire concern.
Forty affected countries. Cases have recently been identified in Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Greece, Norway, North Macedonia, Romania, Georgia, Algeria, Pakistan, Brazil. In total, around forty countries are facing the epidemic.
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South Korea, the second country most affected by the epidemic after China. 334 new cases of coronavirus were reported on Thursday, bringing the total number of patients to 1,595. The country deplores twelve dead.
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Fewer deaths in China. China has announced 29 new deaths from the coronavirus epidemic: the lowest number of daily deaths in nearly a month. New infections have increased slightly.
