GLOBAL IMAGES: COVID19 PANDEMIC- 12.01.2019 -Day 93: Worldwide, nearly 3,000 killed, 87,000 infected since first detected in Wuhan City
A girl wearing a facemask to protect against the COVID-19 coronavirus looks on at the Beihai park in Beijing. China reported a fresh spike in coronavirus infections. PHOTO: AFP
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WHO sounds highest alert on COVID-19
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COVID 19 WORLDWIDE UPDATE- THE EPICENTER: CHINA
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BEIJING- Virus cases in China rise again.
BEIJING (AFP) – China reported a fresh spike in coronavirus infections yesterday, as United States (US) President Donald Trump urged calm after the first death on US soil and Australia registered its first fatality.
The virus has spread to more than 60 countries around the globe, prompting the World Health Organization to raise its risk assessment to its highest level.
Worldwide, nearly 3,000 people have been killed and about 87,000 infected since the virus was first detected late last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
China yesterday reported 573 new infections, the highest figure in a week after a dip. All but three of them were in Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital.
While the numbers in China are still far lower than the huge daily increases reported during the first two weeks of February, COVID-19 has spread rapidly across borders, with South Korea, Italy and Iran emerging as hotspots.
South Korea, which has the most infected people outside China, reported 586 new cases yesterday, bringing its total to 3,736.
Australia reported the first death on its soil – a 78-year-old man who had been evacuated from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.
There are fears the disease could hammer the global economy, and stock markets last week plunged to their lowest levels since the 2008 financial crisis.
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ASEAN
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BRUNEI- Is Brunei doing enough to prepare against COVID-19?
File photo of workers from the Korea Pest Control Association, wearing protective gear, prepare to spray disinfectant to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus at a market in Seoul. PHOTO: AFP
READ MORE: https://borneobulletin.com.bn/brunei-enough-prepare-covid-19/
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VIENTIANE, Laos- Health ministry warns public against coronavirus rumours
The Ministry of Health has urged the public to get information about the coronavirus from only reliable and official sources so that they avoid the snare of fake news.
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KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysia records four new COVID-19 cases
KUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – Four more positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Malaysia, bringing the number to 29. More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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MANILA- Duterte plans school shutdown
President Rodrigo Duterte
May follow Japan lead if outbreak worsens in PH; 10 repatriates show symptoms
President Rodrigo Duterte might consider replicating the move of Japan to ask schools to close for a month to control COVID-19 after the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the risk assessment to “very high,” the Palace said Sunday.
READ MORE: https://manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/318631/duterte-plans-school-shutdown.html
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SINAGPORE- Another Filipino in Singapore tests positive for coronavirus
A traveller, wearing a protective facemask amid fears about the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, walks past the Rain Vortex display at Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore on February 27, 2020. (AFP)
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MANILA, Philippines — Another Filipino in Singapore has tested positive for the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Singapore’s Ministry of Health said.
READ MORE: https://globalnation.inquirer.net/185759/another-filipino-in-singapore-tests-positive-for-coronavirus
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HO CHI MINH CITY- HCM City plans emergency hospitals in fight against COVID-19.
A quarantined area at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City for treatment of patients infected with the new coronavirus. — VNA/VNS Photo
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HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Health plans to transform one or two hospitals into emergency hospitals to quarantine and treat patients infected with the new coronavirus.
READ MORE: https://vietnamnews.vn/society/652922/hcm-city-plans-emergency-hospitals-in-fight-against-covid-19.html
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HÀ NỘI — Shares may continue falling as no signs of disease control
A customs official checks the temperatures of passengers at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City. The most positive information that could help stock markets would be the effective control of coronavirus. — VNA/VNS Photo Đinh Hằng
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HÀ NỘI — The stock market is expected to continue experiencing strong corrections, while the market bottom cannot be determined until there are clear signs of effective control over the COVID-19 epidemic, said market analysts.
READ MORE: https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/652917/shares-may-continue-falling-as-no-signs-of-disease-control.html
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ASIA
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SEOUL- South Korea wages ‘all-out responses’ to virus with 586 new cases
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Sunday the government was waging “all-out responses” to contain the novel coronavirus as the country added 586 more cases, taking the total to 3,736.
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AMERICA
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WASHINGTON, USA- Trump urges calm after US death
Global attention turned to the US on Saturday after the first fatality on American soil was confirmed.
“We’ve taken the most aggressive actions to confront the coronavirus,” US President Donald Trump said at a hastily arranged White House press conference.
“Our country is prepared for any circumstance… There is no reason to panic at all.”
The fatality occurred in Washington state’s King County, which includes Seattle, a city of more than 700,000 people, health officials said.
The victim was in his 50s and had “underlying health conditions,” officials added, as they also announced a possible outbreak in a Washington state nursing home, where a health worker and a resident in her 70s were both confirmed sick with the virus.
Other residents and staff were “ill with respiratory symptoms or hospitalised with pneumonia of unknown cause,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.
The death and two confirmed Washington cases all involved patients who had not travelled overseas or come in contact with anyone known to be ill, indicating the virus was spreading in the US.
“We will see more cases,” Health Secretary Alex Azar said at the White House.
“But it’s important to remember, for the vast majority of individuals who contract the novel coronavirus, they will experience mild to moderate symptoms.”
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EUROPE
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LOMBARDY — Vietnamese people in EU countries stay calm despite COVID-19 cases increasing
LOMBARDY — Thanh Hà is still taking her six-week-old baby outside for a breath of fresh air in Italy’s northeast region of Lombardy, despite the jump in coronavirus cases there.
READ MORE: https://vietnamnews.vn/society/652924/vietnamese-people-in-eu-countries-stay-calm-despite-covid-19-cases-increasing.html
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VATICAN CITY- Colds-stricken Pope scraps 6-day retreat.
Pope Francis said Sunday he was canceling a planned six-day spiritual retreat south of Rome after coming down with “cold.”
READ MORE: https://manilastandard.net/news/world-news/318632/colds-stricken-pope-scraps-6-dayretreat.html
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AFRICA
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LAGOS- Nigeria moves coronavirus patient for better healthcare
LAGOS (AFP) – Nigerian health authorities said an Italian who tested positive for the coronavirus in Lagos, the first case in Nigeria, has been relocated for better care, a health official said.
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