Saturday, March 21, 2020

Coronavirus: China marks major milestone with zero domestic infections

Source Website: https://www.tnp.sg/news/world/coronavirus-china-marks-major-milestone-zero-domestic-infections
By The New Paper, Reuters, AFP, 20 March 2020 at 06:00 am


WUHAN: China yesterday marked a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus
PHOTO: WUHAN: China yesterday marked a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus as it recorded zero domestic infections for the first time since the outbreak emerged, but a spike in imported cases threatened its progress.
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The stark reversal comes with more people now infected and having died abroad than in China.

There were no new cases in Wuhan - the central city where the virus first emerged in December - for the first time since the authorities started publishing figures in January, according to the National Health Commission.

Chinese scientists and health experts involved in the country's fight against the virus believe the worst is now over.


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PHOTO: WUHAN, CHINA: Members of a medical assistance team from China’s Jiangsu province chant slogans at a ceremony marking their departure after helping with the COVID-19 coronavirus recovery effort, in Wuhan, China on March 19, 2020. Medical teams from across China began leaving Wuhan this week after the number of new coronavirus infections dropped. China, on March 19, reported no new domestic cases of the coronavirus for the first time since it started recording them in January, but recorded a spike in infections from abroad.
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Medical advisers have expressed confidence that the country's strict containment measures have done enough to ensure the outbreak can be brought under complete control, domestically at least, within weeks.

Though they remain wary of the risks of "importing" cases from overseas, they say China should be capable of eliminating Covid-19.

However, "imported" infections reached a record 34, and have outnumbered domestic transmissions for five consecutive days.


Medical advisers have expressed confidence that the country's strict containment measures have done enough to ensure the outbreak can be brought under complete control, domestically at least, within weeks.
PHOTO: Medical advisers have expressed confidence that the country's strict containment measures have done enough to ensure the outbreak can be brought under complete control, domestically at least, within weeks.
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Director of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland Ian Henderson, said China's actions to contain the virus have been "extraordinary", but there could be a second outbreak, this time imported.

"(What) remains possible is that as controls around isolation are relaxed in China... the virus may re-surge if it has not been eradicated elsewhere," he said.


Director of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland Ian Henderson
PHOTO: Director of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland Ian Henderson, said China's actions to contain the virus have been "extraordinary", but there could be a second outbreak, this time imported.
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South Korea meanwhile posted a jump in new cases yesterday, reversing days of slowing infections after a new outbreak emerged in a nursing home in the hardest-hit city of Daegu.

The Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reported 152 new cases, taking the national tally to more than 8,560. - REUTERS, AFP
 

South Korea meanwhile posted a jump in new cases yesterday, reversing days of slowing infections after a new outbreak emerged in a nursing home in the hardest-hit city of Daegu.
PHOTO: We face growing fear and anxiety due to the Coronavirus pandemic. God is ALWAYS our source of protection, strength and peace during unknown times.
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Reference
[1] The New Paper, Reuters, AFP, Coronavirus: China marks major milestone with zero domestic infections, posted on 20 March 2020 at 06:00 am, https://www.tnp.sg/news/world/coronavirus-china-marks-major-milestone-zero-domestic-infections

[2] BibleStudyTools Staff, Bible Verses For Faith in Hard Times, posted on 19 March 2020,
https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/bible-verses-for-faith-in-hard-times/


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