Chinese health authorities said there were 7,711confirmed case in the country as of 29 January, infections have also spread to at least 15 other countries.
The world health organization (WHO) will meet on Thursday to again consider whether the virus constitutes a global health emergency”in the last few days the progress of the virus, especially in some countries,human to human transmission, worries us,”WHO director-General tedros adhanom ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
He named Germany, Vietnam and Japan, where there have been cases of people catching the virus from others who have been to China, although the numbers outside China are still relatively small, they hold the potential for a much larger outbreak”the who chief said.
More people have now been infected in China than during the SARS outbreak in the early 2000s,but the Death Toll remains far lower,SARS also a Corona Virus cause acute respiratory illness one lab in California has plans for a potential to enter human trials by June or July .
Around 200 US citizens have been flown out of human and are being isolated at a military base in California for at least 72 hour’s,two aircraft are due to fly EU citizens home with 250 french national leaving on the first flight.