The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 is now over 110,000. Nevertheless, there are positive developments from the particularly affected regions of China and South Korea.
- New infections with the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 continue to increase worldwide.
- In addition to China , South Korea and Iran are particularly affected.
- Around 110,000 people worldwide have been infected with Sars-CoV-2 .
Update, 12.15 p.m .: The number of coronavirus deaths and infections in Iran has risen again dramatically. Within a day, the death toll increased from 237 to 291, Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in Tehran on Tuesday. The number of officially recorded infections in the country increased to 8042 - 881 more than the previous day. Most infections were again in the capital, Tehran, where more than 2100 people have been shown to be infected with the Coronavirus * Sars-CoV-2. At the same time, 2,731 patients were cured from the hospitals, the spokesman said.
Coronavirus: Tourists have to leave Israel
Update, 11.35 a.m .: After tightening the entry requirements due to the spread of the corona virus , tourists now have to leave Israel within a few days. "Tourists staying in Israel will be given time to travel in an orderly manner over the next few days," said a statement from the Ministry of Health. An exact date was not given.
Should tourists show symptoms of illness beforehand, they should immediately report to the emergency services, it said. Otherwise, they should follow hygiene rules, avoid crowds, and document their itinerary in Israel. A return to neighboring countries after departure * is not possible.
Corona virus: China with a hammer message! The number of infected people drops enormously
Update of March 10, 6.53 a.m .: For the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic , China's head of state Xi Jinping has traveled to the metropolis Wuhan , from which the pathogen originated. Xi arrived by plane on Tuesday for the unannounced visit to the capital of Hubei province , the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. He wanted to inspect the measures to contain the epidemic there during the day.
The head of state was scheduled to meet with health care workers, patients and residents, as well as members of the military and police, according to the information. The visit was another sign that the Chinese government apparently believes that it has now brought the epidemic under control .
Corona virus: glimmer of hope from China? Lowest number of new infections reported
The previous foreclosure measures seem to have had an effect, since the number of new infections in China has been showing a downward trend for a while. On Tuesday, the government announced only 19 newly confirmed contagion cases nationwide since the previous day. This was the lowest number of new infections since the government began publishing daily coronavirus reports on January 21.
According to official statistics, more than 80,750 people have contracted the coronavirus in China, and the official number of fatalities there was 3,136 on Tuesday. However, according to Xinhua, most of the 16 provisional hospitals set up in Wuhan after the outbreak of the pathogen have since been closed again.
Coronavirus: first infected in Mongolia
Neighboring Mongolia, meanwhile, reported its first case of coronavirus infection. According to the government, this is a Frenchman who works for an energy company in the country. For six days, entry and exit were prohibited in all cities in Mongolia. Mongolia had already closed its borders with China before the first known corona case occurred in the country.
ARD woman reports on the coronavirus crisis: Iran releases 90,000 prisoners
Update 3:09 p.m .: The worldwide spread of the new coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 has also led to major losses on the stock exchange. Trading on Wall Street was temporarily suspended due to a price drop.
Update 1:01 p.m .: Due to the measures taken by the North Korean government against the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 , the German government has temporarily closed the German embassy in Pyongyang. North Korea has discontinued all flight and train connections and put foreigners under forced quarantine. A "normal operation of the embassy" was no longer possible due to the "disproportionate" anti-epidemic measures of the North Korean government, a spokesman for the Federal Foreign Office said in Berlin on Monday.
The embassy staff were flown out of the Russian city of Vladivostok on Monday morning. North Korea has not previously reported a case of Sars CoV-2 infection .
Update 12.51 p.m .: Iran, which is also very badly affected by Sars-CoV-2 , has now taken further measures to combat the spread of the novel corona virus * . According to Natalie Amiri, the ARD correspondent in Tehran, the government has decided to release 90,000 prisoners to protect them from the virus. There are currently 7,161 registered cases of Covid-19 in Iran. The death toll is 237.
#Iran releases 90,000 prisoners to protect them from #coronavirus. According to my information, political prisoners are not being released. The number of corona infections in Iran today reaches 7161, 237 deaths, 43 of them in the last 24 hours (official figures). https://t.co/70xJSKb4Ye
- Natalie Amiri (@NatalieAmiri) March 9, 2020Corona virus: New infections in China are declining - over 100,000 cases worldwide
Original message from March 9, 2020:
Good news on Covid-19 comes from the People's Republic of China on Monday. The number of officially registered new infections with Sars-CoV-2 * has dropped to its lowest level since the publication of the numbers in January. Within a day, "only" 40 new cases of infection were detected in mainland China, as reported by the government health committee in Beijing .
Coronavirus in China: number of new infections at its lowest since January
This means that the number of infected people in China is over 80,000, but the decline in new infections is still a good sign. Most of the new cases were registered in the central Chinese province of Hubei , where the virus first appeared *. The province, in which the city of Wuhan known by Covid-19 is located, was largely closed off by the Chinese government at the end of January in order to slow the spread of Sars-CoV-2 . The number of infected people worldwide is over 110,000. The search for a possible vaccine * will probably take longer.
The majority of the 22 new deaths were also recorded in Hubei. This brings the death toll in mainland China to 3,119, which is about 80 percent of the worldwide deaths from Sars-CoV-2 *. Here too, however, the downward trend of the past few days has continued. Eleven of the 16 hospitals that were provisionally set up in Wuhan have since been closed again and the number of recovered patients in the provincial capital rose to over 31,000.
Corona virus: foreclosure of Hubei before the end? Figures also declining in South Korea
As a result of these developments, a Chinese government official has indicated that the closure of the province in central China could soon be ended. Government action affects approximately 56 million people.
Declining numbers regarding new infections with Sars-CoV-2 are also reported from South Korea, where the second most cases of infection were registered after China . There have been 248 cases of infection since Sunday, the lowest level in two weeks. In total, over 7,400 people in South Korea have been infected with Sars-CoV-2 . The official death toll is 51.
Less good news has come from Italy in the past few days, where the Sars-CoV-2 situation is coming to a head.
* merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network
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