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Coronavirus Shows Signs Of Slowing In China But It Is Increasing Outside China

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While the coronavirus is still a major health issue in other countries, China reported a slump in the number of new infections and death in more than a month on Tuesday. Recently, three residents of a nursing care facility near Seattle died of coronavirus infection.

China records lowest number of coronavirus infections

There were only 125 confirmed cases and 31 coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours in China. And it is the lowest figure of officially confirmed coronavirus cases since January, when Xi Jinping issued his first public orders on coronavirus.

In Hubei Province, 2,410 coronavirus patients were released from medical facilities. Hubei is the area where the epidemic erupted and took enormous form. China restricted movement of 700 million people in order to contain the infection. But experts warned that the real test of coronavirus will be when China frees its citizens from the lockdown state.

Coronavirus outside China

South Korea had a total of 4,800 confirmed cases on Monday. It saw the second largest outbreak after China. In Europe, the people were warned to prepare for a bigger outbreak of coronavirus. In Iran that was the largest outbreak in Asia; there were 1,501 confirmed cases. Coronavirus has spread to 70 countries. The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world has reached 90,000 and number of deaths reported are 3,000. In the US, the infection has reached 100 mark.

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Coronavirus Killed 3000 people as it blowouts over 60 countries

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The most killer virus, Coronavirus has gradually increased the death rates in China that passed 3,000 people on Monday. Whereas China seeming gradual declining the death rates and conformed it is now under control, but still the symptoms are seeing outside the china, Hubei.

According to the national Heath commission, China has brought the troll of death globally and it crossed 3,000 people. They also said they have reported the decline in deaths and even health officials say, in last month 292 cases were diagnosed and it is an achievement.

This life-threating virus has been running China almost, and it is spread over 60 countries now. The USA and UK have reported the virus and also Italy. Europe is also in this loss.

WHO words about the virus

The world Health organization says, the coronavirus spreading often who have weak immunity and usually over the 60 age. The people with low immunity and COVID-19 illness experiencing the symptoms. While those who have pneumonia and mild fever have fewer chances. The mortality rate usually appears at 2-5%.

The various diseases like SARS and MERS are also becoming a threat to people. This has established a 9-10% rate of morality.

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Xi Jinping Visits Hospitals After Coronavirus Killed Over 1,000 And Infected Over 40,000 Across China

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With 103 new deaths reported from the hard-hit Hubei province, the total number of fatalities due the coronavirus in China crosses the one thousand mark. According to the latest figures it is 1,011. Also, Hubei health commission confirmed 2,097 new cases in its latest update.

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits hospitals

The president called for “more decisive measures” to contain the outbreak. He made this statement after meeting the medical workers and patients admitted in hospitals.

WHO sent team to China

World Health Organization sent an international expert mission under the leadership of Bruce Aylward to check China’s response to the coronavirus. Bruce had supervised the organization’s 2014-2016 response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

Meanwhile WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that there had been some “concerning instances” of coronavirus infection with no travel history to China. Britain said that the coronavirus in UK had been doubled from 4 to 8. It also said that the outbreak of novel coronavirus was a “serious and imminent threat”.

The US President Donald Trump expressed his belief that the novel coronavirus would disappear with onset of summer in April. But the top health officials in the US don’t agree with this prognosis.

Novel coronavirus

The virus is considered to have come out from the market that sells wild animals. Hubei in Wuhan province is the epicentre of the virus outbreak. The first cases of viral infection started coming in December last year and today there are more than 42,200 confirmed cases across China.

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