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Casos de nueva enfermedad respiratoria viral aumentan agudamente en China

January 22, 2020 - Las autoridades de salud chinas instan a los habitantes de la ciudad de Wuhan a evitar multitudes y reuniones públicas, tras advertir que la nueva enfermedad viral que ha infectado a más de 400 personas y matado a por lo menos nueve podría continuar propagándose.

The appeal came as World Health Organization experts were meeting to determine whether the outbreak should be declared a global emergency.

The number of new cases has risen sharply in China, the centre of the outbreak. There were 440 confirmed cases as of midnight Tuesday in 13 jurisdictions, said Li Bin, deputy director of the National Health Commission. Nine people have died, all in Hubei province, since the outbreak emerged in its provincial capital of Wuhan late last month.

“There has already been human-to-human transmission and infection of medical workers,” Li said at a news conference with health experts. “Evidence has shown that the disease has been transmitted through the respiratory tract and there is the possibility of viral mutation.”

Authorities in Thailand on Wednesday confirmed four cases, a Thai national and three Chinese visitors. Japan, South Korea, the United States and Taiwan have all reported one case each. All of the illnesses were of people from Wuhan or who recently travelled there.

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PUBLISHED: 22/01/2020; STORY: Graphic News
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