Health Desk- 6 March, 2020: Almost 300 million
students worldwide faced weeks at home with Italy the latest country to shut
schools over the deadly new coronavirus, as the IMF urged an all-out global
offensive against the epidemic, reports AFP.
More than 95,000 people have been infected and over 3,200
have died worldwide from the virus, which by Thursday had reached some 80
countries and territories.
In California, Governor Gavin Newsom declared an emergency
following the state’s first coronavirus fatality—raising the US death toll to
11 — and a cruise ship was kept offshore after passengers and crew members
developed symptoms.
Switzerland reported on Thursday its first death from the
outbreak, a 74-year-old woman, while Bosnia confirmed its first two cases.
The vast majority of global deaths and infections are in
China, where the virus first emerged late last year, prompting the country to
quarantine entire cities, temporarily shut factories and close schools
indefinitely.
As the virus has spread, other countries have also
implemented extraordinary measures, with UNESCO saying Wednesday that 13
countries have closed schools, affecting 290.5 million children, while nine
others have implemented localised closures.
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