The Chinese government confirmed today, Tuesday the death of 106 people affected by the Wuhan Coronavirus. This is an alarming number as the figure has risen significantly from merely 81 deaths on Monday.
The Chinese National Health Commission aid that there are already 4,515 confirmed cases. The Commission noted that the number would increase or double up as there are about 7,000 sick people who are awaiting a Wuhan Coronavirus diagnosis.
Wuhan Coronavirus Halts Spring Semester
There is no returning to normal life for Chinese as of the moment. As the Wuhan Coronavirus spreads quickly, the Chinese government is also trying its best to control its human to human transmission. This week, students are supposed to start a new life, but instead, they will be staying home for their protection as the start of classes was postponed until further notice.
Universities are also closed, and classes are all suspended across the country. Although it is a normal routine for students to be on holiday for the Chinese New Year, the Education Ministry did not schedule a date for classes to resume.
Local news sources in China said that the ministry has informed that that educational institution will open in a case to case basis.
Administrators of educational institutions were also advised to require students not to gather nor participate in outdoor and centralized school activities.
Today, China’s National Health Commission has deployed about 6,000 medical personnel to assist in the outbreak in Hubei.
The World Alarmed
The spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus is something the whole world is taking seriously after cases are confirmed from across the continents.
As of Tuesday, Bangkok has confirmed 14 cases of the Wuhan Coronavirus. Thailand’s Health Secretary Sukhum Kanchanapimai said that the infected patients are aged 6 to 60 years old.
Kanchanapimai said all of these patients are Chinese, and all have traveled from Hubei- the most Wuhan Virus-infected town in China.
The discovery of the virus has prompted Thailand authorities to have
The Cambodian government has also confirmed its first case through its Health Minister Mam Bunheng. Bunheng said the patient is also a Chinese resident who traveled with his family from Wuhan earlier this month.
Canada has also joined the United States among Western countries with confirmed Wuhan Coronavirus cases. Ontario health officials told Canadian news sources that the patients are couples.
Aside from the couples, they are also investigating 19 possible cases and are still waiting for the result.
Ontario’s Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Barbara Yaffe, told reporters that laboratory tests done to the patients were confirmed at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.
In the first cases, the couples traveled from Wuhan.
Where did the virus come from?
Experts from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the Wuhan Coronavirus initially started and “jumped” from animals to humans. It was reported by News.Com.Au citing a local Chinese News Source.
The origin of the virus was said to be at Huanan Seafood Wholesales Market- a place known for trading of wild animals for pets and food. Animals such as fox, rats, peacocks, turtles, and even bats are sold in this market.
In their report, the Chinese CDC said the virus most likely originated from bats. The center’s report said the deadly coronavirus was detected in 31 of the 33 samples collected from the western zone of Huanan Market. The result of the tests is relevant to the selling of wild animals.
Meanwhile, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention said the virus is identified as a beta coronavirus. It is a virus similar to the MERS and SARs virus. It is known that all of these viruses shave their origins in bats.
US CDC said the virus is linked to the recent emergence of the virus in an animal reservoir.
Meanwhile, it has been a fact that the first two cases of the Wuhan Virus did not have any contact with the infected Market. Because of this, Chinese health authorities are still trying to figure out where exactly the patients contracted the virus.
The Chinese government has banned the trade of wildlife in the country.
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Read more about the origin of the Wuhan Virus as cited by the US CDC: CDC Information Site.
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