The number of infections in China now stands at nearly 14,500 and 304 people have died.
China is still struggling to contain the spread of the virus, which began in December in a market in the Hubei provincial capital of Wuhan, where exotic animals including bats, civets and snakes were sold for consumption. Bats and the catlike civets have been linked to previous mutations in viruses that have jumped from animals to humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome , which began in southern China in 2002.
that presented leader President Xi Jinping as “commanding this fight” against the coronavirus outbreak.In trying to contain the outbreak, Hubei officials continue to speak in terms of an epic battle against what Xi has called a “devil” virus.Sunday after a meeting at the provincial pneumonia prevention headquarters.
Anticipating a sharp sell-off, China’s central bank and other financial regulators said Sunday that they had prepared an emergency package totaling an astronomical $173 billion to support companies and markets during the coronavirus crisis.said the outbreak could be even worse than it appears and could get dramatically worse over the next week or two.
Researchers from the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University and the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported this weekend that there had been fecal-oral transmission. It warned medical workers to “protect themselves against vomit and feces of patients.” As the virus continues to spread and new cases continue to emerge, anger is mounting about the lack of access to protective equipment, especially the face masks that authorities are urging to be worn in public places.
One Wuhan doctor said that his hospital had not received a single mask from the Red Cross, one of the few officially recognized organizations permitted to handle civic donations.
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