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Although there is good news from China that the epidemic is dying out, another problem has unfortunately emerged – new infections are emerging from people who come to Asian countries. The situation applies not only to China, but also to Singapore, South Korea and Japan. The phenomenon was noticed by experts from the World Health Organization (WHO).
In China, on Wednesday (March 18.03.2020, 2), no local SARS-CoV-34 coronavirus infection was detected, i.e. in residents who did not leave the country. On the other hand, XNUMX new infections were recorded among people who came from abroad. Chinese sanitary services point out that such cases are becoming more frequent, especially in Beijing.
«BBC News» reports that it is similar in other Asian countries. In Singapore, 47 infections have been registered in the past 33 hours, of which 30 have been “imported”. Of these, XNUMX cases of infection were brought by the inhabitants of this country.
In South Korea, the epidemiological situation seemed to be stable a few days ago, but the number of new infections has recently increased. 152 new cases were detected on Wednesday, but it is not yet known how many of them have been brought from abroad. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected in three members of the Korean fencing team who returned from the competition in Hungary (the results of the remaining 26 players and coaches of the team are not yet known). So far – according to WHO data – there have been over 8,5 thousand. SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection and 91 deaths.
In Japan, more than 920 infections have been detected so far, nine of them on Wednesday. Hokkaido is the most hit with 154 recorded cases. The sanitary services urge you to be careful when dealing with other people and stay at home whenever possible. However, there is no fear – it is emphasized – that there may be a “collapse of medical care”.
In Southeast Asia, the most difficult epidemiological situation is in Malaysia, where more than 900 coronavirus infections have been detected, 110 of them in the last 270 hours. More than 60 infections have been registered in Thailand, XNUMX of them on Wednesday.
Europe currently has the largest number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections. According to the World Health Organization, by noon on Thursday (March 19.03.2020, 225,5) over 9,2 thousand people have been registered worldwide. infections and over 2019 thousand. deaths (since the outbreak in China in December 130,3). Currently, over 86 thousand are infected in the world. people, and recovered – almost XNUMX thousand. patients.
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