Global spread of China’s Wuhan coronavirus continues to accelerate as it’s now affecting 90% countries and territories. Total infections reached 98424, with 3386 deaths. China’s increase in cases continue stabilize at low level, with 143 new cases yesterday to accumulated total of 80552. 30 new deaths were reported, bringing total to 3042.
South Korea remains the most affected country with 6284 cases and 40 deaths. Italy’s cases surged to 3858, with 148 deaths. Iran reported a total of 3513 cases with 108 deaths. Other countries are also catching up, including Germany (545 cases), France (423 cases, 7 deaths), Japan (364 cases, 6 deaths), Spain (282 cases, 3 deaths), USA (226 cases, 13 deaths), Switzerland (120 cases, 1 death), Singapore (117 cases), UK (116 cases, 1 death) and Hong Kong (105 cases). Sweden (94 cases), Norway (91 cases), (Netherlands 82 cases), will break 100 level soon.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged the world to pull out “all the stops” top slow the spread of the coronavirus. He said, “This is not a drill. This is not the time for giving up. This is not a time for excuses. This is a time for pulling out all the stops.” “Countries have been planning for scenarios like this for decades. Now is the time to act on those plans.” There is a global online petition calling for resignation of Tedros for breaking WHO’s political neutrality. More than 440k people have signed.
