With nearly three thousand proved to have been affected, the number of deceased individuals has advanced to 81.
In an effort to hold the advancement of the disease, the national New Year holiday has been stretched by three days to Sunday.
Li Keqiang, Chinese premier on Monday inspected Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei province and the center of the outbreak.
In the Hubei province, the number of deceased went up to 76 from 56, along with five deceased in different places.
Until the tenth of February, the government of Shanghai has halted the businesses from going back to work. This official restriction has a bearing on all companies with the exception of medical firms, supermarkets, medical supplier and utility services.
At the same time, to talk about the epidemic with the Chinese government and medical professionals, the director-general of the W.H.O Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is in Beijing.
It has been reported that extending the major holiday of the year is a much unexpected action. However, following the pre-new year travel rush, the likelihood of half a billion individuals retreating on planes, buses, and trains and cutting across the country again is not what governments fancy.
Along with Australia, the United States and Thailand, a minimum of 44 cases have been reported and validated. However, till now there are no deceased cases elsewhere apart from China.
Till now there is no particular treatment or vaccine for this virus. The coronavirus leads to SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
But it has been observed that the majority of the individuals who are dead were aged or people who have respiratory conditions prior to the onset of this disease.
Update on Wuhan
Place of residence to eleven million people, the transportation has been extremely blocked and unnecessary vehicles have been prohibited from moving on the roads.
All the emigration services have been delayed, which suggests that Chinese people individuals are approved with new visas or passports.
Since the past four-days, no individual has left the city, as per the local government of Wuhan. The people who went as tourists from Wuhan are still not allowed into the country.
The hospitals are engulfed with the state of emergency. Medical employees of more than half a million have merged prevention, regulation and treatment activities in the region.
The factories are hurrying to manufacture defensive clothing lines and masks.
As per a government declaration, on Monday, Chinese Premier Li examined the current attempts and had a word with the individuals who are affected and the medical workers.
As per the mayor of the city Zhou Xianwang, the number of incidences persists to increase and cautioned that almost five million travelers departed from the city prior to the quarantine.
Present Scenario in China
Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Xian have canceled their New year Celebration due to the Coronavirus effect and also banned long-distance buses.
Schools and Official Institutions will not work until Sunday. People have to wear Face masks compulsorily in certain cities. Disney Parks will remain closed in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Hong Kong has declared a city-wide emergency due to eight confirmed cases. By keeping this in mind, Schools will remain closed until 17 February. Situations are better in Mongolia as there were no cases of Coronavirus has been recorded. Public functions are banned and also schools will remain closed until 2 March in Mongolia.
Some areas had failed to control this epidemic, says He Qinghua, a top official with China’s National Health Commission told to reporters. Officers have to take initiation and educate the people in the rural village regarding this virus.
Chinese officials said it will be difficult the control the virus as it is spreading in its incubation period and it will be hard to control the disease.
Generally, in the incubation period, humans don’t feel any symptoms of the virus and the duration of this period is one to fourteen days.
What is the Situation Internationally?
Except for China, 44 confirmed cases have been registered outside of China based on the data given by the World Health Organization and National Authorities.
Eight cases have been recorded in Thailand, five in USA and Australia, four in Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, and South Korea, three in France and Japan, two in Vietnam and only one case registered in countries like Nepal, and Canada.
These people affected with coronavirus as they were recently traveled to Wuhan or had been in close contact with someone who had.
Origin of Virus
The virus has emerged at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, and officials thought that the virus emerged from illegally traded wildlife.
With immediate effect, the sale of all wildlife has banned by the authorities in China for a short period of time.
China experienced this kind of virus in the year 2003, and it is known as Sars (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) and globally 8,098 cases had been recorded and 774 people died due to its major outbreak in the year 2003.
Precautionary Measures to be taken
Workers removing bacteria in Subway Carriages once a day, and when it comes to escalators and ticket machines, they are being disinfected from bacteria three times a day in Beijing.
After each and every passenger, taxi drivers are disinfecting their vehicles in the city of Tianjin, near Beijing.
We would advise you to wash your hands and consult the doctor immediately if you think you are suffering from Coronavirus. Even, the World Health Organization also advising people to focus on their hand and respiratory hygiene.
It means you need to wash your hands after every activity you do with it or use disinfectants, and make sure you are wearing a face mask while speaking with other people.
It’s important to keep in mind that, don’t contact with live animals during this time and also we are recommending you to not to eat raw or uncooked animal products.
Sirisha B