Deaths from coronavirus rise to 910 and infections exceed 40 thousand

Number surpasses the balance of SARS, a disease that killed 774 people worldwide between 2022 and 2003

The new coronavirus killed 908 people in mainland China (910 in total), where the number of contagions has surpassed 40,000, authorities said on Monday, 10, (Sunday night, 9, in Brazil), confirming that the progression of epidemic has stabilized.

The 2019-nCoV virus, which appeared in a market in December in Wuhan (central China), killed 97 people in the country on Sunday, 91 in Hubei province, the most affected by the outbreak, bringing the total number of fatalities to 908. all over the country.

To the deaths in mainland China, which imposed a quarantine over part of its territory, one is added in Hong Kong and the other in the Philippines .

The worldwide figure of 910 deaths exceeds the balance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed 774 people worldwide in 2002-2003.

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On Saturday, the World Health Organization (WHO) had reported that the number of cases of daily contamination in China had stabilized, but that it was too early to say that the epidemic had passed its peak.

An “international mission” of experts left for China on Sunday night, announced the director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In charge of the mission is Bruce Aylward, who was in charge of other international health emergencies.

Stability

“We recorded a four-day stability period, in which the number of reported cases has not increased. This is good news and may reflect the impact of the control measures implemented, “said the head of WHO’s emergency health programs, Michael Ryan.

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With more than 3,000 new infections, there are now 40,171 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus across China, compared with 2,600 the day before.

For American scientist Ian Lipkin, from Columbia University, the epidemic could reach its peak in the next two weeks before receding sharply, although a punctual increase is expected when people massively resume work.

On the other hand, the Chinese Central Bank (PBOC) announced on Sunday that it will allocate 43 billion dollars to help companies involved in fighting the epidemic.

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Worldwide spread

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The epidemic continues to spread across the world. More than 320 cases of contamination have been confirmed in about thirty countries and territories. Five new cases (four adults and one child, all of whom are British nationals) were announced in France on Saturday, bringing the total to 11 in the country.

In China itself, the death on Friday of a young doctor who had been reprimanded for giving the warning in late December continued to be controversial in a country where information is strictly controlled.

The doctor, who died of the new coronavirus, is now a martyr to local authorities accused of hiding the outbreak.

Intellectuals have released at least two open letters that have been circulating on social media since the death of Dr. Li Wenliang in a hospital in Wuhan.

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“No more restricting freedom of expression,” ask ten teachers from Wuhan, in a letter that was later deleted from the Weibo social network.

“Central authorities are determined to get to the truth and find those responsible” for the sanctions on Dr. Li, reported the official English newspaper China Daily .

Another letter from anonymous alumni at the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing asks the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to stop making “political security the only priority”.

The communist regime responded by announcing on Friday that it would send a commission of inquiry to Wuhan.

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In addition to the Wuhan region, isolated from the rest of the world since January 23, confinement measures remain stringent in several cities, where tens of millions of people are locked up at home.

Suspended flights

In Hong Kong, 1,800 tourists confined to an ocean liner five days ago were allowed to land on Sunday after 1,800 crew members tested negative for the virus.

The authorities feared that some crew members had contracted the virus from a previous trip.

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On the other hand, six passengers on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, which is off the Japanese coast, contracted the virus, bringing the total number of sick people on board to 70 this Sunday.

Other countries are strengthening their security measures and most international airlines have suspended their flights to mainland China.

Finally, the 34 Brazilians repatriated from the city of Wuhan arrived this Sunday at the air base of Anápolis , near Brasília, where they were quarantined.

The two aircraft landed around 6 am, the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) reported on Twitter.