The number of deaths from proven cases of viral pneumonia in China continues to increase like that of the affected countries. The Hubei Province Health Commission in central China, where the coronavirus epicenter is located, announced Sunday that 45 people had died in the past 24 hours.
A total of 14,568 people were affected, including 14,391 in China and 305 died.
First death outside of China
For the first time, the Philippines reported the first death outside China of a person with viral pneumonia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this patient came from Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, and was not infected in the Philippines. The man, who died in a hospital in Manila, arrived in the Philippines with a Chinese woman who also tested positive for the virus. This woman is recovering in a hospital.
Wenzhou city placed in containment
In China, after Wuhan, it is the city of Wenzhou (east) which imposed this Sunday the confinement of its more than 9 million inhabitants and drastically restricts car traffic.
With 265 cases of contamination, this city, more than 800 km from Wuhan, is one of the most affected by the epidemic. Residents are now obliged to stay at home. Only one person per household is allowed to go out once every two days to do the shopping.
Public transport is suspended as well as long distance coaches. The main highways are almost entirely closed to automobile traffic.
Finally, public places such as cinemas or swimming pools are closed. Companies will not have to return to work before February 17 and schools will remain closed until March 1.
Restrictions for Chinese tourists
Faced with the spread of this coronavirus with nearly 150 infections in more than 20 countries, some including the United States or Australia but also Russia have taken measures concerning travelers.
The United States will ban from this Sunday at 22:00 GMT the entry on their territory to foreigners who have visited China in the last 14 days. And a quarantine of up to 14 days will be imposed on Americans who have been in the past two weeks in Hubei.
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For its part, Australia has not accepted since Saturday on its soil non-residents arriving from China. Same thing in Italy, Singapore, Israel or even in Mongolia. Vietnam has decided to suspend all air links with China.
In Russia since midnight Saturday, all Chinese must obtain a visa for tourism so people in groups have been exempt since 2000. In addition, no more work visa will be granted.
Chinese authorities annoyed
A situation that irritates Beijing. "There is no need to panic unnecessarily, nor to take excessive measures," said Xu Chen, the Chinese ambassador to Geneva, assuring that the World Health Organization (WHO) "fully trusted the China. The World Health Organization (WHO), which said on Thursday that the epidemic was "a public health emergency of international concern", warned that restrictions on the movement of people and goods could prove " ineffective ”and could disrupt aid distribution and wipe out the economies of affected countries.
However, many Chinese accused the authorities of having delayed disseminating information on the virus, the main political official of Wuhan admitted to "blaming himself" for having ordered travel restrictions too late. "I am overcome by a feeling of guilt, by remorse," said Ma Guoqiang, the local secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
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