Commission of Health: China's number of known cases of contagious respiratory disease has risen to 440 • World Health Organization will look into global emergency
China tightens virus-blocking measures in hospitals // Photo: Reuters
The number of people killed as a result of the mysterious corona virus, first detected in China, has risen to nine victims, with 440 more cases of infection. That's how senior Chinese health officials are announcing Wednesday, while state authorities have stepped up efforts to control the outbreak of the virus, which has already emerged from China's borders and has caused a major panic that has already affected Chinese markets.
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China's Deputy National Health Commissioner Lin Bin told reporters in the country that an additional 2,197 people who had come in contact with those identified as virus carriers were isolated from the public and placed under the authority's scrutiny when 765 people were released from the isolation after being denied the threat of being infected with the corona virus.
"There has recently been a significant change in the number of infections related to deepening our understanding of the disease, improving diagnostic techniques, and streamlining the distribution of exam kits," the Chinese National Health Commission's deputy minister told reporters after emphasizing that the virus, which causes severe respiratory illness, is in contact.
The virus has spread, infecting 2,197 people in China // Photo: Island. times. Islands
The said corona virus, whose outbreak was detected last month in Chinese Wuhan City, and researchers linking the virus infection center to the city's fish market, has led China to tighten its containment measures in hospitals. The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to hold an emergency meeting today to determine if the new virus outbreak, already detected in several countries outside China, is a global health emergency.
Yesterday, the American Center for Disease Prevention (CDC) reported that a Washington state resident has been diagnosed as the carrier of the Corona virus, and has been identified as the first case in the state. According to the center's estimates, the patient was infected with the dangerous virus while traveling in Wuhan, China, where the disease was first identified.
Following the Corona virus: Ministry of Health has published new guidelines for travelers to China // Photo: Ministry of Health
In addition to the US report and known cases in China, in Thailand four cases of virus infection in South Korea, Taiwan and Japan have reported a single infection case in each country, all of which were related to people passing through or staying in the city of Wuhan.
Along with the outbreak of disease in several locations around the world, the Israeli Ministry of Health also addressed the new virus and published new guidelines for travelers to China. Dr. Emilia Ennis, Director of the Department of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Health, said the ministry is in contact with the World Health Organization and other organizations to get an accurate assessment