Health Desk- 19 Feb,
2020: The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose again on
Tuesday but Chinese and international health officials sought to calm global
nerves, citing a study showing most cases are mild and warning against
excessive measures to contain the epidemic, reports AFP.
Nearly 1,900 people have now died and more than 72,000
people have been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in
some 25 countries.
The epidemic has triggered panic-buying in Singapore and
Hong Kong, concerns about cruise-ship travel and the postponement of trade
fairs, sports competitions and cultural events in China and abroad.
The outbreak is threatening to put a dent in the global
economy, with China paralysed by vast quarantine measures and major firms such
as iPhone maker Apple and mining giant BHP warning it could damage bottom
lines.
Several countries have banned travellers from China and
major airlines have suspended flights. The World Health Organization, which has
previously said travel restrictions were unnecessary, rejected the suggestion
that all cruises should be halted after hundreds of passengers were infected on
one vessel off Japan.
“Measures should be taken proportional to the situation.
Blanket measures may not help,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told
reporters in Geneva.
The WHO has praised China for taking drastic measures to
contain the virus.
Authorities have placed about 56 million people in hard-hit
central Hubei under an unprecedented lockdown.
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