The world health organization (WHO), on Thursday, after a spoedberaad to be an international health emergency is declared because of the new corona virus. In China, meanwhile, 170 people with the virus have died. Worldwide, there are nearly 8,000 infections, of which 98 are in the eighteen countries other than China.
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According to the WHO, have, countries do not have to go to the customized travel information in relation to China, and continue to trade with the Asian country. “The international community has mostly come together in order to support countries with weak health care systems, to protect against the virus, says the WHO.
The announcement of the formal health crisis means that countries at the international level need to work together to stop the spread of the virus from entering the system. The procedure was developed following the SARS epidemic in 2002 and 2003. Since 2009, there has been in this crisis for five times already been named, such as the Swine flu, ebola, and the zikavirus.
it’s now officially an international health emergency has been declared, this does not mean that the country is bigger and not having to worry about the virus here is up. In Europe there are only about ten of the infections, and there are no direct flights from Wuhan to Netherlands.
the Dutch, who, from Wuhan, is to be flown to the Netherlands in the first couple of weeks in quarantine. If they are sick, they can be isolated and further dissemination in the Netherlands, at all times.
Director-general of WHO, has praised the approach China
According to the director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO has, until recently, an unknown virus will have a huge impact is left behind. “Thanks to the hard work of the Chinese, the emergency services, the number of infestations from outside of China is relatively small and has remained,” says Ghebreyesus.
as He praised the Asian nation for its commitment to an economic and social blow” to pick up and its communication with the rest of the world. “The speed with which China and the virus is identified, addressed, and confirmed, it is very good. China’s move is an example of how a virus outbreak needs to be dealt with.” WHO: ‘China is not the reason for the emergency, corona virus the Virus is causing respiratory illnesses
The virus may be respiratory problems as the cause of the simple common cold to more serious lung infections. The majority of people who die from this impact, are older, or have underlying health conditions. Australian scientists have now succeeded for the corona virus to grow in a laboratory. This is a major breakthrough in the process towards the development of a vaccine.
in the Meantime, it is clear that the virus is transmitted from person-to-person. That is, outside of China, as well as what happened in Germany, Japan, the philippines, and the United States of america.
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