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The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?
BEIJING, Jan 31, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has
killed 213 people and spread around the world since emerging in a market in
the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
On Friday, China’s National Health Commission said nearly 10,000 people
have been infected by the novel coronavirus.
Outside mainland China, there have been more than 100 infections reported.
The World Health Organization has declared an international emergency over
the outbreak.
Here are the places that have confirmed cases of the 2019 novel
coronavirus:
– CHINA –
As of Friday, around 9,700 people have been infected across China, the
majority in and around Wuhan.
Most of the 213 who have died were in that region, but officials have
confirmed multiple deaths elsewhere, including in the capital Beijing.
– ASIA-PACIFIC REGION –
– Australia –
Nine patients have now been confirmed in Australia. Most of them arrived
in the country from Wuhan or Hubei province.
– Cambodia –
Cambodia’s health ministry reported the country’s first case of the virus
on Monday, a 60-year-old man who arrived from Wuhan and is now stable.
– Hong Kong –
In Hong Kong, 12 people are known to have the disease. Of those, about
half arrived via a newly built high-speed train terminal that connects the
city to the Chinese mainland.
– India –
Officials confirmed the first case in Kerala, southern India, on Thursday.
The woman, a student at Wuhan University, is stable and in isolation at a
hospital.
– Japan –
As of Thursday, Japanese health authorities said they had registered 14
cases, including two cases of human-to-human transmission.
The driver and tour guide of a bus carrying visitors from Wuhan were both
infected despite not having recently visited China.
– Macau –
Macau, a gambling hub hugely popular with Chinese mainland tourists, had
confirmed seven cases as of Tuesday.
– Malaysia –
Malaysia confirmed a new case Thursday, bringing the total to eight. All
are Chinese nationals, according to the health ministry.
– Nepal –
Nepal said a 32-year-old man arriving from Wuhan had the disease. He was
initially quarantined, but recovered and was discharged.
– The Philippines –
The Philippines reported its first case of the virus on Thursday, a 38-
year-old woman who arrived from Wuhan and is no longer showing symptoms.
She came to the Philippines on January 21, sought medical help four days
later and was admitted to hospital for testing.
– Singapore – Singapore has confirmed 13 cases, all arrivals from Wuhan. –
South Korea –
South Korea on Friday confirmed four more cases of the deadly SARS-like
virus, bringing the total in the country to 11.
Five of the cases had travelled from Wuhan, Seoul authorities said.
But one of the newly confirmed individuals was diagnosed after being in
contact with the nation’s third confirmed patient, they added.
– Sri Lanka –
Sri Lanka confirmed its first case on Monday — a 43-year-old Chinese
tourist from Hubei province.
– Taiwan –
Taiwan has uncovered eight cases so far, including two female Chinese
nationals in their 70s who arrived in the country as part of a tour group.
– Thailand –
Thailand has announced 14 confirmed infections — the highest number
outside China.
Health officials said that of the six new cases — all Chinese visitors
from Wuhan — five belonged to the same family, with ages ranging from six to
70.
– Vietnam – Hanoi confirmed three new cases of the virus on Thursday, all
Vietnamese citizens who had returned from the Chinese city of Wuhan, raising
the overall number reported to five.
– NORTH AMERICA –
– Canada –
Canada has confirmed two cases so far, and is calling a third case
“presumptive”, meaning officials are awaiting final confirmation of the
results from a national laboratory.
– United States –
The United States has confirmed six cases, including the first human-to-
human transmission on US soil from a woman to her husband in Chicago.
There are two cases in California, two in Illinois, one in Arizona and one
in Washington state.
– EUROPE –
– Britain –
British health officials on Friday announced that two people had tested
positive for the virus, the country’s first confirmed cases.
Authorities said they were “working rapidly to identify any contacts the
patients had, to prevent further spread”.
– Finland –
A tourist from Wuhan tested positive for the virus on Wednesday and was
being treated in isolation in hospital, officials said.
– France –
There are six known cases in France, the first European country to be
affected.
– Germany –
Germany now has five confirmed cases, including the first of human-to-
human transmission on European soil — a 33-year-old man who fell ill after
attending a training session hosted by a visiting Chinese colleague.
All five patients are in isolation in a Munich hospital.
– Italy –
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced the first two cases in his
country on Thursday — two Chinese tourists who recently arrived in Italy.
– MIDDLE EAST –
– United Arab Emirates –
UAE health officials said Wednesday a Chinese family of four had all
tested positive for the virus after arriving from Wuhan several days ago.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1730 hrs