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Wuhan mayor, provincial leaders criticized for not taking the outbreak seriously
At a news conference Thursday at the provincial government buildings, a respiratory expert from Hubei People’s Hospital recommended people make prevention tea following the principles of traditional Chinese medicine. To control the spread of the coronavirus, resources also need to be focused at the state and local levels, where front-line health officials are trying to rapidly identify cases, said Martin Cetron, director of CDC’s division of global migration and quarantine.WHO envoy: Health workers preparing for outbreak that could last months
WASHINGTON — Animal rights activists are calling for bans on live animal markets like the one in Wuhan that Chinese authorities have cited as the likely source of the latest coronavirus outbreak. Waltzer said that from a public health perspective, one of the main concerns is that a wide array of animals are kept in cramped and stressed conditions in which “they all exchange excretions and secretions.”
Officials said they expect to see additional cases. Although the outbreak is a “very serious public health threat, the immediate risk to the U.S. public is low at this time,” said Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. “She has not had any extended close contact with anyone outside her home since returning, and that should be very reassuring to the public,” Allison Arwady, Chicago’s public health commissioner, told reporters Friday.Science is moving with lightning speed to keep up with the emerging coronavirus threat
Fauci noted that antiviral treatments that showed promise against MERS are being tested in animal models to see if they could be used as a treatment for the new coronavirus. Vaccines are also being pursued at the NIAID. The CDC said its concern is “low” that she spread the disease. She has had limited close contacts and little movement outside her home since returning from China.January 24, 2020 at 10:20 AM ESTWASHINGTON — In sealed-off Wuhan, crews are scrambling to build a 1,000-bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients.
The lockdowns now extend to a total of 14 cities in Hubei province with a population of more than 35 million as part of extraordinary measures amid growing fears of greater contagion.NEW DELHI — Nepal became the first country in South Asia to report a confirmed case of coronavirus in a sign of the widening reach of the illness.
SEATTLE — There is only one confirmed case of a coronavirus patient in the United States, in Snohomish County, Washington. But the patient’s contacts who are being monitored for signs of the illness jumped from 16 to 43. The contacts are people in both Snohomish and King counties and represent individuals who have had “prolonged contact” with the patient — eating meals or holding meetings together, for example.
BEIJING — Amid calls for people to avoid public gatherings during the Spring Festival, the state broadcaster, CCTV, led its midday news program with a report about a huge banquet in Beijing attended by President Xi Jinping and other Communist Party leaders.January 24, 2020 at 5:30 AM ESTHe had no chronic diseases or other existing health conditions, and had been treated with anti-virus medication and antibiotics since being admitted to a hospital on Jan. 9.
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