The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 continues to increase. While there are positive developments in China, the situation in Iran is getting worse.
- New infections with the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 continue to increase worldwide.
- Iran is currently particularly affected - however, there is good news from other countries.
- Numerous people around the world have become infected - we now speak of a pandemic .
Update 1:52 p.m .: The spread of the novel corona virus is dramatic in Iran . The authorities reported 611 deaths on Saturday afternoon. The number of officially recorded infections with Sars-CoV-2 rose in one day by 1365 to 12,729. If the figures are to be believed, the mortality rate in the country, which is also suffering from severe sanctions, is around five percent. This means that just over ten percent of the world's known deaths due to a coronavirus infection are reported in Iran (611 in Iran from 5,429 worldwide). Critics see a state failure in the corona crisis and speak of far higher infection numbers.
On Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Ruhani discussed with his advisers new instructions on how to deal with the corona crisis. Speculation revolved around the question of whether schools would reopen after the Persian New Year celebrations on April 2 or, as planned by the Ministry of Education, remain closed until May. Then the date of the entrance exams for the universities would be postponed. When the universities reopen remained unclear.
The possible closure of other facilities was also supposedly on the agenda. The focus was supposedly on the banks with 17 fatalities and hundreds of infected so far. The fire department is to disinfect all roads across the country.
The government wants to get the Corona problem under control by the end of the New Year holidays on April 2, which many find difficult to reach. With the help of the army, all 83 million Iranians are to be tested on Corona. According to army chief Mohammed Bagheri, the tests should be carried out over the Internet and by telephone and, in an emergency, personally at the place of residence. It remained unclear how the results will be evaluated. Since disinfectants and masks are still not sufficiently available in Iran, the initiative is in doubt.
According to Bagheri, the army also wants to ensure that the streets in the cities and the country roads become empty. However, the government itself is vehemently against nationwide quarantine because it fears an even greater panic in society.
Coronavirus: Turkey makes a short-term decision - which could cause many problems
Update March 14, 2020, 12:08 p.m .: The number of registered corona infections in South Korea has recently increased to more than 8,000 in the new cases. On Friday, 107 new infections were found, the health authorities said on Saturday.
The total number of people in the country who were infected with the novel corona virus thus reached 8086. So far, 72 deaths have been linked to the pathogen. South Korea reported more recoveries from the virus than new infections on Friday, for the first time since the outbreak began in January. Despite the slower increase in the number of infections, the authorities recently warned of the risk that other virus cases could be brought in from abroad.
Update of 6:25 p.m .: Turkey continues to resist the spread of the corona virus and takes a tough precautionary measure in aviation. As of Saturday morning at 8 a.m. local time (6 a.m.CET), there will be no more flight connections to Germany *, Austria *, Belgium, Denmark, France, Norway, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. For the time being, the new travel regulations apply until April 17 . The Turkish Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan announced on Friday.
Turkey has already responded to the outbreak of the corona virus * and previously ceased all flights to China, Iran, Iraq, Italy * and South Korea. Turkey has so far reported only five infected people .
Corona virus: first corona infected in November?
Update, 4:00 p.m .: As the situation in Iran worsens dramatically, a report by the South China Morning Post is causing a stir. According to the report, the first confirmed Covid 19 * case in China was said to have occurred on November 17. This information is based on documents from the Chinese government in the South China Morning Post. As a result, the infected person is said to be a 55-year-old from the severely affected Hubei province.
From this day on, one to five further cases are reported to have been reported daily. By December 15, the total number of people infected should have been 27. On December 17, the number of known cases then rose in double digits for the first time. None of the first nine cases of coronavirus * could be identified as "patient zero", according to the South China Morning Post .
Update, 3:45 p.m .: Iran is the country with the third highest death toll in the coronavirus pandemic . Now the military wants to crack down rigorously. The country's shops and streets should be completely "emptied" within 24 hours and all citizens tested for the coronavirus * , the army said. "Within ten days, the entire Iranian nation will be monitored, whether from space, over the phone or - if necessary - personally," army chief Mohammed Bagheri announced. Those suspected of being ill would be identified.
Coronavirus: Situation in Iran worsens drastically - death toll rises again
Update, March 13, 12.45 p.m .: The number of coronavirus * deaths and infections in Iran has risen again dramatically. The number of deaths increased from 429 to 514 within a day, said the spokesman for the Ministry of Health Kianush Jahanpur in Tehran. The number of officially recorded infections with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 11,364 cases on Friday (March 13) - 1,289 infections more than the previous day. Most infections were again in the capital, Tehran .
Coronavirus: Significant increase in Iran - China with a new low in new infections
Update, 6.44 a.m .: In India, a patient infected with the novel coronavirus died for the first time. It is a 76-year-old man with the pre-existing diseases of high blood pressure and asthma, as the Indian Ministry of Health said. Before he started coughing and developing a fever last week, he had spent the whole of February in Saudi Arabia. When he returns to India, according to the authorities, he initially has none
Symptoms shown. A suspicion of Covid-19 was found in the hospital, but the patient passed away on Tuesday before the final confirmation was available.
Because of the corona pandemic , India had canceled all tourist visas for a month this week. Only those who are already in the country are allowed to stay. The entry restrictions also apply to all other visas - with a few exceptions, for example, for diplomats and people with a work visa. There are special rules for people who are still allowed to go to India but who come from high-risk countries like Germany: they have to be quarantined for at least 14 days. There are now 73 confirmed Covid-19 cases in India with a population of 1.3 billion. This number has more than doubled in the past few days.
Coronavirus: Significant increase in Iran - China with a new low in new infections
Update of March 13, 2020, 6:10 a.m .: With only eight newly detected virus cases , China's authorities have once again reported a new low in infections since the daily reports of the epidemic began seven weeks ago. Seven other people also died of Covid-19 lung disease, the Beijing Health Commission reported on Friday. The daily increase in deaths was also the lowest in weeks.
The health agency had already announced on Thursday that China had passed the peak of coronavirus spread . "Overall, the peak of the current epidemic in China has been exceeded," said a spokesman for the commission. The number of new infections with Sars-CoV-2 continues to decrease. The extent to which the official statistics reflect the true situation and the number of unreported cases is still unclear. Since the outbreak of the corona virus, 80,813 infections and 3,176 deaths have been reported in mainland China.
The number of new corona infections recorded every day has also continued to decrease in South Korea . On Thursday, 110 further cases were detected, the health authorities said on Friday. It was the smallest daily increase in more than two weeks. Overall, almost 8000 infections with the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen have been reported in the East Asian country. To date, 67 deaths have been linked to the virus.
Coronavirus: Significant Increase in Iran - Top Adviser to Quarantine Spiritual Leader
Update from 23.07 clock : In Iran, a top advisor to the spiritual head Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been placed under corona quarantine . Former Foreign Minister and current adviser Chameneis, Ali Akbar Velajati, has "mild coronavirus symptoms," the Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday. The trained pediatrician Velajati is the head of the hospital that treats most coronavirus patients in the Iranian capital.
The 74-year-old Velajati suffered from coronavirus symptoms for the first time on Wednesday evening and underwent a test. It remained unclear whether the test was positive or negative. Velajati is one of the closest advisors to Khameni. From 1981 to 1997 he was Iranian Foreign Minister .
Iran is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic worldwide. According to official information, more than 10,000 people have been infected with the novel virus so far, 429 patients have died. Several senior Iranian politicians and government officials are also infected with the corona virus.
Coronavirus: significant increase in Iran - WHO chief with serious accusation against many countries
Update at 3:22 p.m .: The head of the World Health Organization ( WHO ), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has accused several countries of inadequate measures to contain the corona pandemic . Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on Thursday that the WHO was "deeply concerned" that some countries "are not addressing this threat with the level of political commitment that is needed to control it". Which countries he wanted to address specifically remained open.
Coronavirus: WHO chief warns of "dangerous ideas" in some countries
Ghebreyesus further warned: "The idea that countries should move from containment to mitigation is wrong and dangerous ." To save lives, the transmission would have to be reduced. This would require identifying and isolating as many infected people as possible and quarantining their contacts .
The WHO chief called for any suspected case of the coronavirus to be tested. "Even if you can't stop the transmission, you can slow it down and protect healthcare facilities, retirement homes, and other important areas," said Ghebreyesus. The corona virus would be "a controllable pandemic " if the countries stepped up their measures to combat them, the WHO chief warned.
Corona virus: Number of infected and dead in Iran increased significantly
Update at 1:27 p.m .: The number of coronavirus infections and deaths in Iran rose significantly again eight days before the Persian New Year on March 20. With a further 75 victims , the number of deaths increased to 429 , the spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Kianush Dschahanpur, announced in Tehran on Thursday. In addition, the number of infections detected rose by a good 1,000 to more than 10,000 in one day.
The good news: A majority of the sick have already been released from the clinics, said the spokesman on state television. The capital, Tehran , remains the most severely affected . The situation is also said to be bad in the northern provinces of Gilan and Masanadarn . According to local authorities, there are many doctors and nurses among the victims and infected. The spread of coronavirus is also progressing in Austria. In Vienna the first CoVid 19 death was reported on Thursday morning. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz immediately took measures to slow the further spread of the virus.
Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia imposes entry ban for EU citizens
Update at 12.50 p.m .: As the next country, Saudi Arabia has now imposed an entry stop from all 27 countries of the European Union as well as from other countries in Asia and Africa due to the spread of corona virus . Switzerland, India, Pakistan, Sudan and Ethiopia were also affected, the Saudi Arabia-funded news channel Al-Arabija reported on Thursday. Travelers who visited these countries up to 14 days before their arrival in Saudi Arabia are also not allowed to enter for the time being.
And the sports world is also increasingly affected by the Corona crisis . Football matches in Germany are currently taking place without an audience and a Real Madrid basketball professional has tested positive for Corona. For this reason, it was decided to " quarantine both the first basketball team and the first football team ". Due to a positive corona test, the Formula 1 season opener is also about to be canceled.
Coronavirus: Fourth death recorded in Germany
Update at 12.05 p.m .: Only shortly after it became known that the Czech Republic was introducing strict border controls, including Germany, Germany reported its fourth coronavirus death. It is a 67-year-old man with previous illnesses. He lived in Baden-Württemberg and is the first corona death in Germany outside of North Rhine-Westphalia .
Update at 10.16 a.m .: In the midst of the Corona crisis , the Czech Republic also introduced sharp border controls on neighboring Germany and Austria on Thursday. Interior Minister Jan Hamacek said on Twitter that crossing outside of eleven designated border crossings is prohibited. The measure will apply from midnight on Friday, Hamacek announced. The reason given is concerns about a further spread of the novel corona virus. The cabinet of populist ANO and social democratic CSSD met for a crisis meeting at which further measures are to be decided.
Coronavirus: peak of spread in China exceeded
Meanwhile, good news is coming from China again: According to information from the Beijing Health Commission, China has passed the peak of coronavirus spread . "Overall, the peak of the current epidemic in China has been exceeded," said a spokesman for the commission on Thursday. The number of new infections with Sars-CoV-2 continues to decrease. In fact, according to official statistics, China has reported significantly fewer new infections and deaths in recent days. Thursday (local time) only added 15 infections , the lowest since daily epidemic reports started.
The number of new fatalities also rose on Thursday, the lowest in weeks, with eleven cases. Since the Corona outbreak, 3169 deaths have been reported in China, according to the official count, and 80,793 infections have been reported in mainland China . How high the number of unreported cases remains, however, remains unclear.
Corona virus: India also imposes an entry ban - visas declared invalid
Update 8.12 a.m .: After several countries, such as Italy and the USA, have already announced a pronounced entry ban, India is now following suit.
The South Asian country with just under 1.4 billion inhabitants has invalidated all tourist visas for one month due to the corona virus. Only travelers who are already in the country are likely to stay on, it said late Wednesday evening from the Indian Ministry of Health. From Friday, the entry ban should last until April 15th.
In addition to tourist visas, the block also affects all other visa categories with the exception of visas for diplomats, civil servants and employees of international organizations as well as work and project visas. Special rules apply to people who are still allowed to enter the country and come from certain countries severely affected by the coronavirus: they must be in quarantine for at least 14 days.
Coronavirus: WHO classifies outbreak in the highest possible category
Update 7.19 a.m .: After the collapse of a hotel used as quarantine accommodation in the eastern Chinese city of Quanzhou, the death toll has increased to 29. 42 people were saved alive, Chinese state media reported on Thursday after the rescue and salvage work was completed. The Xinjia Hotel in the metropolis of southeast China's Fujian Province collapsed on Saturday. After initial investigations, renovation work could have been the trigger. The seven-storey hotel with around 80 rooms had been used to quarantine and observe people from other provinces because of the new type of corona virus.
Coronavirus: WHO classifies outbreak in the highest possible category - nevertheless good news from Asia
Update from March 12, 6:41 a.m .: Most countries are now reacting more and more violently to the pandemic of the coronavirus: The USA impose an entry stop for most people from Europe, the NBA interrupts their season, in Italy restaurants and shops remain In Germany, the education ministers of the federal states will deal with the effects of the epidemic on schools starting this Thursday. Among other things, it is about whether the virus endangers the upcoming high school exams. Some countries such as Italy, Austria, Poland, Greece, the Czech Republic, Denmark and the Ukraine are planning to close schools across the country or have already closed them.
But there is also a reaction in Spain: the Ministry of Culture in Madrid announced that the world-famous Madrid Museo del Prado would be closed. After all, there will be a ceremony in honor of the Olympic Games still planned for the summer - but in a slimmed-down form.
Coronavirus in Asia: Falling numbers in China and South Korea
Meanwhile, China reported only a few new coronavirus infections on Thursday. The Beijing Health Commission said 15 infections were added - the lowest since daily epidemic reports began seven weeks ago.
South Korea also reported falling numbers - despite this, the health authorities warned of the risk of further mass infections. On Wednesday, 114 further infections with the Sars CoV-2 pathogen were found, they said. It was the smallest daily increase in more than two weeks. The total number reached 7,869. The number of deaths rose by six to 66.
Coronavirus: WHO classifies outbreak in the highest possible category
Update of March 11, 10:16 p.m .: Due to several suspected coronavirus cases, a cruise ship with around 2300 people on board is to be quarantined off the French Caribbean island of Martinique. "Because of its planned stopover in Martinique on Thursday, the cruise ship 'Costa Magica' reported several cases of sick people on board who may have contracted Covid-19," said the local authorities. The ship should be "provisionally" quarantined about six kilometers off the coast from Thursday.
Update of March 11, 7:13 p.m .: Israel has banned gatherings of more than 100 people for fear of further spread of the corona virus . "We are in a worldwide epidemic," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday evening. So you have no choice but to take drastic steps. "We have to protect the elderly," he said. According to media reports, the ban on assembly will affect institutions such as cinemas, synagogues and theaters.
More than 31,000 citizens are currently in quarantine in Israel. According to the Ministry of Health, the Sars-CoV-2 virus has now been detected in 82 people in Israel. No deaths have been recorded so far. According to media reports, the background to the new decisions is that some people have now contracted the corona virus directly in Israel . Previously, this had mainly been returnees from abroad.
Update of March 11, 6:56 p.m .: Even more than three months after the outbreak of the corona virus, public life in the Chinese city of Wuhan is still. This is documented in a drone video recorded on Tuesday. Not even a handful of the more than eight million inhabitants can be seen during the flight.
Coronavirus: WHO describes the spread of the new as a pandemic
Update of March 11, 2020, 5:37 p.m .: The World Health Organization now classifies the spread of the new coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 as a pandemic . That said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva on Wednesday.
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Update of March 11, 2020, 12:43 p.m .: The Chinese province of Wubei is considered the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic . The novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 first appeared in the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan in December 2019. Since then, the corona virus has spread around the world. A total of 121,124 people worldwide (as of March 11) were infected with the corona virus, as an interactive map shows the current number of wads. Accordingly, 4366 died on the Covid-19. 65,977 people have recovered from a coronavirus infection.
Corona virus: China case numbers remain low
Update of March 11, 2020, 8.42 a.m .: The number of coronavirus diseases in China rose slightly again on Wednesday night with 24 newly detected cases . According to figures presented by the Beijing Health Commission on Wednesday, five cases more were registered nationwide than on Tuesday, when the lowest number of new Covid-19 diseases since the outbreak of the epidemic had been announced. The number of new deaths also increased slightly from 17 to 22 compared to the previous day. Nevertheless, according to official figures , the total number of cases remained at a low level .
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Coronavirus in China: More than 80,000 people on the mainland now infected
According to official statistics, a total of 80,778 people in mainland China have been infected with the new corona virus since the epidemic began in December 2019. So far, 3158 deaths have been reported in the People's Republic. While the number of new cases continues to be low in China, the number of newly recorded coronavirus infections in South Korea has increased significantly in recent days following declining developments. 242 other cases were diagnosed on Tuesday, the health authorities said on Wednesday. This brought the total number of corona cases in South Korea to 7755. The number of deaths associated with the novel coronavirus rose from six to 60.
Update, 11:00 p.m .: French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the EU to act. "Europe must do everything that is necessary in terms of health and economy," the 42-year-old wrote on his Twitter account during a video conference between EU heads of state and government. The virtual meeting, at which two and a half hours of discussions about how to deal with the corona crisis, was arranged at short notice.
Face on corona virus, ne laissons aucune place à la speculation et à l'instabilité. L'Europe devra faire tout ce qui est nécessaire sur le plan sanitaire comme sur le plan économique. pic.twitter.com/oaOLYTv50A
- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) March 10, 2020Macron made a request to the French and asked “to leave no room for speculation and instability in the face of the corona virus”. Prime Minister Xavier Bettel of Luxembourg called on his colleagues to coordinate national measures. Common guidelines on how to proceed are essential to stop the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 virus .
Germany expects more and more people to be infected by the corona virus. But the mortality rate is far behind other countries - such as Italy. *
Corona virus in the USA: "containment area" in the state of New York
Update, 8:50 p.m .: The US state of New York braces itself against the spread of the corona virus. A containment area has recently been set up north of the metropolis of New York. The area measures around one and a half kilometers and surrounds the small town of New Rochelle, where there were an unusually large number of infections. Governor Andrew Cuomo decided to close all facilities in the area within the zone from Thursday through March 25. Schools and religious institutions are affected, shops are likely to remain open.
With 142 cases of infection recorded, New York has the most in Washington (162 cases). According to US health officials, there are already 647 registered infected people in the United States, and 25 people have died so far. However, the number of unreported cases is likely to be much higher due to difficulties with the test and reporting procedures.
Coronavirus in China: head of state Xi Jinping calms the situation
Update, 2:15 p.m .: While the number of people infected with the coronavirus is increasing worldwide, the situation in the country first affected, China, may have stabilized. As head of state Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, according to the official Xinhua news agency, the situation is now “essentially contained”. Accordingly, the number of new infections in the severely affected Hubei province is now increasing more slowly, the tide has "turned".
As the news agency said, citing local authorities, the restrictions should now be relaxed. Healthy people should therefore travel within the province again.
Coronavirus in Iran: number of infected and fatalities continues to rise
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 it has been proven that more than 2100 people were infected with the Coronavirus * Sars-CoV-2. At the same time, 2,731 patients were cured from the hospitals, the spokesman said.
Austria is taking drastic measures in the fight against the corona virus. After a travel warning for the whole of Italy, the government wants to largely stop entry from the neighboring country.
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 French man 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 global 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 new 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, said a spokesman for the Federal Foreign Office 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, 2020Coronavirus: 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 found 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 increases the death toll in mainland China to 3,119, which is about 80 percent of the worldwide deaths caused by 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 alone.
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. Meanwhile, the search for “patient zero” continues. The trail allegedly leads to a Bavarian coronavirus patient.
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