The new strain of coronavirus has officially spread to every part of the Chinese mainland — prompting Russia to close its long border with China today.
A worker in a protective suit uses a large fogger to disinfect outdoor areas in a village in Qingdao, Shandong province, as the deadly new coronavirus continues to spread in China.A worker in a protective suit uses a large fogger to disinfect outdoor areas in a village in Qingdao, Shandong province, as the deadly new coronavirus continues to spread in China.The deadly strain of coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, has now spread to every part of the Chinese mainland, from Shanghai to Tibet.
"Ben Cowling, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong, says that in the last few days the trajectory of this outbreak has grown much clearer," NPR's Jason Beaubien reports from Hong Kong. He adds,"Cowling says the outbreak is just getting started and he expects to see increased levels of transmission globally including in the United States.
The ship's medical staff placed both the woman and her traveling companion into isolation in the Costa Smeralda's shipboard hospital Wednesday night after suspecting that she might have the coronavirus, Costa Cruises tells NPR. The company is a subsidiary of Carnival Cruise Line. The Costa Smeralda is the cruise line's newest ship in the Mediterranean, having made its first cruise just before Christmas.
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