A safety official stands guard as an ambulance arrives with a affected person to the Infectious Illness Centre of Princess Margaret Hospital on Jan
A safety official stands guard as an ambulance arrives with a affected person to the Infectious Illness Centre of Princess Margaret Hospital on January 22, 2020 in Hong Kong, China.
Anthony Kwan
The deadly flu-like coronavirus spreading shortly all through Asia has now killed at the least 26 folks and sickened greater than 900 worldwide, together with two sufferers within the U.S.
The vast majority of the reported circumstances are in mainland China, the place native authorities have quarantined a number of main cities and canceled Lunar New 12 months’s occasions in Beijing and elsewhere. A number of circumstances of the virus have been confirmed in Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, Japan and the US. Taiwan has confirmed one case.
France on Friday afternoon introduced two circumstances of the lethal virus, the primary circumstances in Europe.
U.S. well being officers identified the nation’s second affected person with the virus after a Chicago lady returned from Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. There are 63 “sufferers below investigation: within the U.S. which can be presently being monitored, they stated.
Journey bans have been in impact Friday for at the least 10 Chinese language cities, together with Wuhan, the place the virus emerged Dec. 31. China stated Thursday it was providing to refund home flights and practice tickets nationwide.
Medical groups have…