The number of new cases from China's coronavirus epidemic dropped for
a third consecutive day on Sunday, as the World Health Organisation
chief warned it was "impossible" to predict how the outbreak would
develop.
Global concern remains high about the spread of the virus, which
first emerged in China's central Hubei province in December, with the
first death outside Asia reported in France this weekend.
The death toll jumped to 1,665 in mainland China on Sunday after 142
more people died from the virus. More than 68,000 people have now been
infected -- but the number of new cases of the COVID-19 strain continued
to decline.
In hardest-hit Hubei, the number of new cases slowed for a third
consecutive day and at 139, the number of deaths was level with
Saturday's toll.The number of new cases in other parts of the country
has dropped for twelve straight days.
The WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned however that it was
"impossible to predict which direction this epidemic will take"."We ask
all governments, companies, and news organisations to work with us to
sound the appropriate level of alarm without fanning the flames of
hysteria," he said, speaking at the Munich Security Conference.
"China has bought the world time. We don't know how much time."The UN
health body has asked China for more details on how diagnoses are being
made.An international team of WHO experts will arrive in Beijing this
weekend for a joint mission with Chinese counterparts.
Quarantined cruise ship
The scale of the epidemic ballooned on Thursday after authorities in
Hubei changed their criteria for counting cases, retroactively adding
thousands of new patients to their tally.
Hubei added more than 14,000 cases in a single day after officials
there started counting people clinically diagnosed through lung imaging,
in addition to those with a positive lab test result.
Chinese authorities have placed some 56 million people in Hubei and
its capital Wuhan under quarantine, virtually sealing off the province
from the rest of the country in an unprecedented effort to contain the
virus.
Local authorities around the country have introduced measures to try and stop the virus spreading.
Beijing's municipal government has enacted a rule requiring all
people coming to the capital to quarantine themselves for 14 days,
warning that violators would be punished, according to official media.
Outside mainland China, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist in France was
the fourth person to die from the new coronavirus, with the other deaths
in the Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan.
The biggest cluster outside China is on a quarantined cruise ship off
Japan, with 335 infections now as dozens more cases were confirmed.
A US State Department spokesperson said Americans stranded on the
vessel would be evacuated, and would face a further quarantine of two
weeks in the United States.
Hong Kong authorities also announced it would charter a flight for
city residents on the ship, who would stay at a quarantine centre for 14
days on their return.
Several countries have banned arrivals from China and major airlines have cut services to the country.
Social stability
The virus spread last month as millions travelled across the country for
the Lunar New Year holiday, which was extended to try and prevent more
infections.
People have slowly started to return to work in the past two weeks,
though many are doing their jobs from home and schools remain
closed.With the government facing criticism over its handling of the
crisis, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for tighter policing to
protect social stability.
The government must "increase use of police force and strengthen the
visible use of police", to ensure stability during the crisis, Xi said
in a February 3 speech published by state media on Saturday.
China's central bank said it will also disinfect banknotes with
ultraviolet light or high temperatures and store them for up to 14 days
before they are put back into circulation.
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