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WHO: novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak has global pandemic characteristics
On the 11th local time, WHO announced that the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic has the characteristics of a global pandemic, which is the first global pandemic caused by the spread of a coronavirus. On the same day, Italy added 2,313 cases in a single day, with a cumulative confirmed infections passed 12,000 cases, and stopped all non-essential commercial activities nationwide. Iran’s First Vice President Jahangiri was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. The city of Washington in the United States declared an emergency.
As of 11:00 am Central European Time on March 11th, 37,371 infection cases were confirmed outside of China (4596 new cases), a total of 1,130 deaths (258 new cases), and 4 new countries / Territories / areas (Bolivia, Jamaica, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo) report new cases of coronavirus pneumonia to WHO.
“In the past two weeks, the number of cases of COVID-19 outside China has increased 13-fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. According to the latest WHO epidemic report, more than 110,000 cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed worldwide, causing more than 4,000 deaths.
2313 new cases in Italy in a single day and 12462 cumulative infection cases
Stop all unnecessary business activities nationwide
At 18:00 local time, Angelo Borelli, leader of the Italian Civil Defence Department and Commissioner of the Novel Coronavirus Emergency Committee, said at a routine epidemic news conference that there were 10590 cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia in the country, including 1028 severe cases; a total of 1045 cases were cured, with 196 new deaths and 827 deaths. As of now, a total of 12,462 cases have been confirmed in Italy, an increase of 2313 cases over the previous day.
At that night, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte post a online speech, demanding that the country stop all commercial activities except necessary stores such as pharmacies and food stores, maintain basic public services such as postal services, transportation, finance, and encourage flexible office and vacation. Manufacturing enterprises can continue to work under the guaranteed protection.
Iran’s First Vice President confirmed with the COVID-19
According to Iran’s Fars News Agency on March 11, Iran’s First Vice President Jahangiri was confirmed with the novel coronavirus and has now been quarantined. Earlier, Iranian Vice President Ebtkar was confirmed and she was also a doctor of immunology. The day before her confirmed, she had not wore a mask, and she attended a cabinet meeting in Tehran with Iranian President Rouhani and a number of ministers.
According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency on the 11th, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has built a quarantine wards with 36 isolated beds in the southern Iranian city of Abbas.
Washington, U.S. enters state of emergency
On the 11th local time, the mayor of the US capital Washington announced that Washington has officially entered a state of emergency and a public health emergency. This will facilitate Washington’s mobilization of resources to respond to the outbreak. As of that day, a total of 212 confirmed infections in the United States and 4 deaths in California have been announced. San Francisco has announced that parties of more than 1,000 people will be banned for at least the next two weeks.
At the same day, the United States White House released news that the Trump Administration’s Novel Coronavirus Epidemic Task Force officially recommended that California and Washington State adopt an outbreak mitigation strategy in the next 30 days to respond to community spread in related areas.
At the same time, the “Grand Princess” cruise ship docked in Oakland, California has disembarked 1,406 passengers, and more than 1,000 passengers will continue to disembark. The California government hopes that this ship will leave the port within 72 hours, and next docking location has not been announced. At present, the Chinese staff on board are healthy, and some Chinese passengers holding US Green Cards go ashore and quarantine according to the US arrangements, and then return to their US residence.
Over a thousand confirmed infections in three Nordic countries
Nearly 4,000 confirmed infections in France and Germany
On the 11th local time, more than a thousand cases were confirmed in the three Nordic countries. Among them, 145 new cases were confirmed in Sweden with a total of 500 confirmed cases; 212 new cases were confirmed in Norway with a total of 489 confirmed cases; and 252 new cases were confirmed in Denmark with a total of 514 confirmed cases.
On the evening of the 11th local time, 497 new cases were confirmed in France in a single day, 2281 cumulative confirmed cases, and a total of 48 died. Untill 15:00 of 11th local time, a total of 1567 cases have been confirmed in Germany, of which 3 have died.
Philippine president to test for novel coronavirus pneumonia
Philippine presidential palace to close on 12th
In the early morning of the 12th, Philippine Senator Christopher Wu said that Philippine President Duterte will conduct a novel coronavirus pneumonia virus test.
In addition, the Philippine Presidential Palace Guard said that due to several Philippine cabinet officials coming into contact with confirmed cases and quarantine themself, the Philippine Presidential Palace will be closed to employees and visitors on the 12th for disinfection.
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