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The Public Health Agency of Catalonia investigates an eight-year-old boy from Wuhan , epicenter of the disease, for being a suspected case of coronavirus.
In principle, the child meets the clinical and epidemiological criteria but their contagion may be confirmed or not after the tests that will be performed at the Clinical Hospital of Barcelona, a reference hospital for high-risk diseases, the agency reported. The child is expected to be transferred to the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital because it is a children's center.
A 44-year-old man of Chinese nationality has died in Manila due to Wuhan's coronavirus, which makes him the first dead from this disease outside of China. He and his partner had traveled to the Philippines from the Chinese epicenter of the disease, stopped in Hong Kong and visited the Philippine cities of Cebu and Dumaguete. He died a week after entering the hospital .
From yesterday to today, the figures evolve rapidly. The death toll rises to 304 ( 45 more than Saturday) and the number of infected in Chinese territory reaches 14,380 (2,590 more than the day before), Efe collects.
A total of 85 people were cured in the last hours and were discharged from hospital, so the number of people affected by the disease that have exceeded it amounts to 328, according to the daily report of the National Health Commission, updated at 04.00 local time (20.00 GMT on Saturday).
In addition, in the midst of the expansion of the new Wuhan coronavirus, the Chinese government has reported a strong outbreak of H5N1 bird flu at a farm in Hunan province , bordering that of Hubei, whose capital is Wuhan.
The central province of Hubei, the center of the epidemic that emerged in a Wuhan market, is under a virtual quarantine, with roads sealed and public transport closed. In other parts of China, the authorities have imposed restrictions on travel and commercial activity.
In fact, the Central Bank of China will inject $ 175 billion to stimulate the economy against the coronavirus, reports France Press. It is the first response to the growing concern about the slowdown of economic activity in China and elsewhere. In addition, it will exempt taxes on imports of products related to the fight against the virus , as reported by the Ministry of Economy.
The virus has already reached at least 23 countries , a situation in which last Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO) decreed the international health alert.
From Wuhan to Manila
A man of Chinese nationality died on Saturday in the Philippines as a result of pneumonia caused by the Wuhan coronavirus, the first death by this pathogen that occurs outside the borders of China and today confirmed by the Philippine authorities.
The deceased is a 44-year-old man who was admitted to San Lázaro Hospital in Manila on January 25, according to a statement released Sunday by the Philippine Department of Health.
This agency reported that the deceased was the couple of the 38-year-old Chinese woman who had so far been the only confirmed case in the Philippines, where there are four other suspects .
The results of 24 other patients who were under observation have tested negative for the new coronavirus.
"In the course of the patient's admission, he developed severe pneumonia. In his last days, the patient remained stable and showed signs of improvement . However, the patient's condition deteriorated in the last 24 hours and he died," he explained. in a statement the Secretary of Health, Francisco Duque.
The Department of Health is in contact with the Chinese Embassy to incinerate the remains of the man and take them to their place of origin.
Although the death occurred in the Philippines, the health authorities of this country qualified that the contagion is not local , but that the man acquired the coronavirus in China .
The two members of the couple had traveled to the Philippines from Wuhan, with stopovers in Hong Kong, and before arriving in Manila they had visited the Philippine cities of Cebu and Dumaguete.
Duterte prohibits travel to China
Hours before this death was confirmed, the Government announced that Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered the ban on all trips from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao today, after vetoing only those coming from the province on Friday of Hubei, of which Wuhan is the capital, epicenter of the new coronavirus.
"With the safety and health of our country and its citizens as a primary consideration, and following the advice of the Department of Health after the virus has reached all the provinces of China , the president has adopted that measure," he said Sunday in a The presidential spokesman, Salvador Panelo.
The ban is temporary and affects citizens of any nationality , except Filipinos or foreigners with a permanent residence permit in the Philippines, who must undergo a mandatory quarantine of 14 days.
Since the health authorities confirmed on Thursday the first case of coronavirus in the Philippines, stocks of masks and hand sanitizers have been depleted in almost all of Manila's pharmacies.
Isolated Wenzhou City, the first out of the coronavirus
The nine million residents of Wenzhou City will be affected after the order of road closures and movement restrictions in the city, the first city outside Hubei Province, epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic.
Its residents will only be allowed to send a member of their family out of the city for matters of necessity once every two days, and all have received the recommendation to stay in their homes except to seek medical treatment or issues of similar urgency, as has let the local government know in a statement.
At the same time, it has been announced that the central government has decided to assign 1,400 new soldiers to the city of Wuhan , the place where the epidemic began, to help doctors in the treatment of the sick.
The contingent will carry out its work in the new Huoshenshan hospital , specifically raised to attend a thousand patients of the epidemic, according to the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua.
Economic injection
The Chinese central bank announced on Sunday an injection of 1.2 billion yuan (156 million euros) to support the country's economy, affected by a pneumonia epidemic, reports France Presse.
The operation will take place on Monday when the financial markets are reopened after the New Year holidays, extended due to the Wuhan coronavirus.
The central bank said in a statement that the operation will serve to maintain "reasonable and abundant liquidity" for the banking system , as well as to stabilize the exchange market.
The bank already announced on Saturday several measures to facilitate credit to companies that contribute to fighting the coronavirus epidemic.
The epidemic has paralyzed China and its economy, with part of the population locked up at home for fear of the disease. On Monday, the Shanghai and Shenzhen bags will be opened , closed for ten days.
Last balance
The number of deaths from the new coronavirus that causes Wuhan pneumonia in China rose today to 304 (45 more than Saturday), while the number of infected in Chinese territory stood at 14,380 (2,590 more than the day before) .
According to the daily report of the National Health Commission, updated at 04.00 local time (20.00 GMT on Saturday), a total of 85 people were cured in the last hours and were discharged from hospital, so the number of people affected by the disease that has overcome it amounts to 328 .
All deaths recorded in the last 24 hours occurred in the province of Hubei (center-east of the country), the epicenter of a virus for which more than 163,000 people have been put under observation and there are still a total of 19,544 suspected cases, which they correspond to people who have symptoms but it has not yet been confirmed that they have contracted the coronavirus.
In addition, among the confirmed cases there are a total of 444 people whose status is critical and 1,118 in severe conditions.
Although more than 99% of the patients are in China, the virus has already reached at least 23 countries , a situation where last Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO) decreed the international health alert.
Avian influenza is added to the coronavirus
In the midst of the expansion of the new Wuhan coronavirus, the Government of this country reported a strong outbreak of H5N1 bird flu at a farm in Hunan province, bordering that of Hubei, whose capital is Wuhan.
The outbreak is located on a farm located in the Shuangqing District of Shaoyang City, where 4,500 chickens died from the spread of the almost 8,000 they have.
Local authorities have slaughtered 17,828 poultry after the outbreak, which at the moment has not affected any person .
The H5N1 avian influenza virus causes severe respiratory disease in birds and is contagious to humans, although according to the World Health Organization (WHO) it is possible, but difficult, to transmit avian influenza from person to person.
Contagion in humans usually occurs in people who have contact with birds for a long time.
Avian influenza is very deadly for humans who get it, with a mortality rate of more than 50% , very high compared to that of Sars (10% percent) or the new coronavirus (approximately 2%).
Affected Territories
Apart from China (more than 14,000 cases), Macao (7) and Hong Kong (14), more than 150 cases (1 in Tibet) have been confirmed in about 20 countries, reports France Presse.
In Asia Pacific the relationship is: South Korea (12), Japan (20), Taiwan (10), Cambodia (1), Malaysia (8), Philippines (1), Singapore (18), Thailand (19), Vietnam (6), India (1), Nepal (1), Sri Lanka (1) and Australia (12).
The cases detected in America are in Canada (4) and the United States (8). As for Europe, Germany (8), Spain (1), Finland (1), France (6), Italy (2), Sweden (1), United Kingdom (2) and Russia (2) while in the Middle East they have occurred in the United Arab Emirates (5).
Spanish in quarantine
A new Coronavirus Evaluation Committee meeting is planned, after which the situation of the only positive case in Spain will be reported, a German tourist in La Gomera with a mild cadre traveling with five friends, and the follow-up of returnees from China, who pass the quarantine on the 17th floor of the Gómez Ulla hospital in Madrid.
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