CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: VIRUS SPREAD TO 16 COUNTRIES

Coronavirus has killed over 100 people until now, and with each passing day the threat is just getting bigger.

It started in China’s Wuhan and it has now reached more than 16 countries, and this figure is changing fast. According to the recent reports, the total number of confirmed cases in China were 4,535-Tuesday whereas on Monday it was 2,835. This is an increase of over 1700 cases in 24hours. This is an increase of 62% and china is trying to control this as soon as possible.

These are visuals of under-construction hospital in Wuhan China. The country wants to build a 1000-bed hospital in the shortest time possible.

Other then China, Thailand has more than 14 confirmed cases of Coronavirus.

India’s neighbors Nepal and Shri Lanka have also confirmed the case of Coronavirus in the Country. The threat in India gets bigger because of this. There’s is no confirmed case yet in India, but 100s of peoples have been kept in isolation. Either they have returned from China or they have been in close contact with patients. Tuesday morning, three people walked into Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, they had symptoms of this virus. All of them have just returned from China.

But what about peoples who are stuck in China? What happening with them?

We all know that China is rushing to control the spread of this virus. China has shut down many cities including WUHAN where this outbreak started. Around 60 million people are stranded in China because of travel restrictions. Flights have been canceled, buses and train are not playing to stop people not to travel. But what about India citizens who are stuck in China because a lot of Indian students’ study in Wuhan. And how are other countries dealing with it?

As per the reports, the US government has already started evacuating its citizens and diplomats from Wuhan. Japan and South Korea have also sent their planes for evacuation even Sri Lanka is also trying to do the same. But what about India? According to some estimates, around 45 Indian medical students are stuck in medical university in Wuhan. They have requested Indian embassy for immediate evacuation but they haven’t been brought here. Air India said that plans to evacuate Indian students are on hold. Many other countries like Philippines and Sri Lanka have even suspended Visa on arrival for the Chinese citizens. This is specifically a dangerous time in China, because tis is the time when the country is celebrating lunar New Year or Spring Festival, this is the time when millions of people travel to see their families and celebrate it. But many celebrations have been cancelled due to this virus and the country is facing a loss of billions of dollars. This reminds every one of the scary Year of 2002-2003 when severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which killed over 700 people in China and other countries. That virus was also similar to Coronavirus. That virus also started from China and then spread everywhere else in all over the world. For now, there’s no vaccine available for this virus but yes there are some precaution measures that you can take. These measures include,

· Washing your hand regularly and thoroughly.
· Staying away from the people with respiratory illnesses.
· And the most important one is wearing a surgical mask.

Scientists are working on the virus but it is might take up to a year after the clinical trials. Till then the best solution is to control this spread.

Milan Tomic

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