Statistical data all over the world have shown that 910 people have died of the deadly coronavirus, just as 97 people yesterday died of the same virus in China. And the number of coronavirus patients have also risen to 40,600 world over.
While the popular Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, had claimed 774 lives in 2003, the reigning coronavirus which began December 31, 2019, has done worse in less than two months.
Also, around the globe, more than 40,500 infection cases of the virus have been confirmed, with the majority of the cases from China.
On Monday, China’s Health Ministry said another 3,062 cases had been reported over the previous 24 hours, raising the Chinese mainland’s total to 40,171.
Also, new cases were reported in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, the U.K. and Spain. More than 360 cases have been confirmed outside mainland China.
European authorities are assiduously working to contain the spread of the virus by tracking down people who came into contact with those infected. The U.K. cases of infection has doubled from four to eight, as the government announced new powers to detain people suspected of having the virus.
Spain has also reported its second case of infection. The first case was a German tourist diagnosed a week ago in the Canary Islands off northwest Africa.
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Spain’s National Microbiology Center has said that authorities are working to identify everyone who came into contact with a British man whose case was detected in Mallorca, a popular vacation island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Japan reported six more cases among 3,700 passengers and crew aboard the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess, bringing the number of infections on the vessel to 69. The figure takes the tally on board to 135, showing a rapid rise in the outbreak on the ship docked in the port of Yokohama.
The new cases are an American passenger in her 70s and five crew members – four Filipinos and a Ukrainian.
South Korea reported a new case in a 73-year-old woman whose, raising its total to 27. Vietnam reported its 14th case, and Malaysia its 17th case.
Assessing Nigeria has a high-risk country to the importation of the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO), over the weekend has said it will be supporting the country with diagnostic tools, equipment, and stockpiles like the PPE masks, protective clothing, some equipment and sample collection materials, etc., that we will need to monitor response.
Remember that Osagie Ehanire said that it will take N620m to monitor and detect the coronavirus. He stated this during a ministry preparedness.
Dr Osagie Ehanire set up an interministerial and multisectoral preparedness and response committee to develop strategies for the prevention of the coronavirus in the community.
The Minister also revealed that additional funds of N71 million was approved by the government for the port health services, and resources were being provided to scale up surveillance and screening activities that will be done.
Apart from the spread through droplets (coughs) and close personal unprotected contact with an infected person (touching, shaking hands), a lot still remains unknown about its spread.
