PHOTOS-COVID19 PANDEMIC?- 12.01.2019 -Day 97: WHO: ‘Long list’ of countries not doing enough to combat bug.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gestures during a coronavirus press briefing at WHO headquarters.PHOTO: AFP
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Coronavirus: latest developments worldwide
More than 95,000 people have been infected and over 3,200 have died worldwide from the virus, which by Thursday had reached more than 80 countries and territories.
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GENEVA (AFP) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Thursday (March 5) that too many countries were not taking all the steps needed to fight the spread of the deadly new coronavirus.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva he was concerned that a “long list” of countries were not showing “the level of political commitment” needed to “match the level of the threat we all face”.
“This is not a drill,” he said.
More than 95,000 people have been infected and over 3,200 have died worldwide from the virus, which by Thursday had reached more than 80 countries and territories.
Most deaths and infections are in China, where the virus first emerged late last year, prompting the country to quarantine entire cities, temporarily shut factories and close schools indefinitely.
But it has quickly spread beyond China’s borders.
“This epidemic is a threat for every country, rich and poor,” Dr Tedros said, warning that “even the high-income countries should expect surprises”.
He lamented that a number of countries did not appear to be taking the
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THE EPICENTER: CHINA
China reports 143 new cases, 30 new deaths
BEIJING (REUTERS)- Mainland China had 143 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Thursday (March 5), the country’s National Health Commission said on Friday, up from 139 cases a day earlier.
That brings the total accumulated number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 80,552.
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The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China was 3,042 as of the end of Thursday, up by 30 from the previous day.
The central province of Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 29 new deaths. In the provincial capital of Wuhan, 23 people died.
The north-western Chinese province of Gansu reported 11 new confirmed coronavirus patients, all of whom entered China on commercial flights from Iran, while Beijing reported four new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, all imported from Italy.
A total of 311 passengers arriving at the provincial capital of Lanzhou from Iran have now been quarantined, state broadcaster CCTV reported late on Thursday (March 5).
Before the new cases, Gansu had reported a total of 91 infections, with two deaths, it added.
Last month, it became the first province to lower its emergency response measures from level I to level III, reflecting the lack of new infections.
Beijing reported four new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, all imported from Italy, the city’s municipal health commission said in a statement on Friday. The city now has a total of 422 cases.
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Authorities in Beijing, Shanghai and the province of Guangdong have all promised to quarantine travellers from countries hit the hardest by the coronavirus, which Beijing identified as South Korea, Japan, Iran and Italy.
Shanghai has also been tracing people who came into contact with a traveller from Iran who was found to be carrying the virus.
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SINGAPORE: 5 new Covid-19 cases in S’pore: 4 linked to new cluster involving Safra Jurong private dinner
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SINGAPORE – Five new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed, with a new cluster identified involving a private dinner function at Safra Jurong on Feb 15.
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The dinner function at Joy Garden Restaurant in Safra Jurong has been linked to eight confirmed cases in total, including four of the five new cases announced on Thursday (March 5). The Raffles Institution student and staff member at Creative O Preschoolers’ Bay pre-school previously identified as confirmed cases are also linked to this sixth cluster.
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SINGAPORE- Parliament: Prepare for significant increase in Covid-19 cases, and for it to stay long term, says Gan Kim Yong
SINGAPORE – Singapore needs to prepare to live with Covid-19 for a long time, and brace itself for significantly more new cases here as the number of those infected outside China continues to grow at “alarming rates”, warned Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Thursday (March 5).
“This is worrying, as they pose a high risk of importation of cases into Singapore,” he said. “Even among our closest neighbours, the situation is also evolving. Therefore, it is likely that this disease will stay with us for a long time.”
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ASIA
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SEOUL- South Korea confirms 196 new coronavirus cases, total 6,284; deaths up by 7 to 42
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TOKYO (REUTERS) – South Korea confirmed a total of 6,284 coronavirus cases on Friday (March 6), up by 196 cases from late Thursday.
The Korea Centres for Disease and Control and Prevention also said seven more deaths from the virus were reported, bringing the total to 42.
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