Showing posts with label contagious. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contagious. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Dire warning that coronavirus could infect billions of people



The chief of the World Health Organisation has urged countries to work together against the "grave threat" posed by the coronavirus outbreak as an expert revealed there was potential for billions across the world to be infected by the deadly virus.
The WHO is holding a conference in Geneva on combating the virus, which has killed more than 1100 people in China and spread to dozens of countries around the world.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said viruses could have "more powerful consequences than any terrorist action".

https://au.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-outbreak-has-potential-to-infect-billions-044053533.html



'Tip of the iceberg': Fears grow after terrifying new coronavirus death milestone

https://au.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-spread-fears-death-toll-surpasses-1000-042139861.html

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Coronavirus Outbreak News

Current status
As of 6 February 2020, more than 28000 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) have been detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province and other parts of China, including 563 deaths.
The first death outside of China was reported on 2 February 2020, in the Philippines.
Other cases have been detected in a number of other countries including Australia. Most of these individuals have reported travel to Wuhan.
The situation is evolving rapidly – please see the WHO Updates for current outbreak information.​​​
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/alerts/Pages/coronavirus.aspx