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- Appeared on a market in Wuhan in China in December, the new coronavirus has already killed nine people in Asia and is spreading to other countries, raising fears of a global health crisis.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) is scheduled to meet this Wednesday from noon to determine whether to declare a "public health emergency of international concern".
- The virus, which is transmitted through the respiratory tract, "could mutate and spread more easily," said Deputy Minister of the National Health Commission Li Bin as hundreds of millions of Chinese travel. for Chinese New Year.
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10:02 am: A first case detected in the United States
After Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Macao and Taiwan, the first case has been identified in the United States, authorities announced on Tuesday evening.
He is a man in his thirties, originally from Wuhan and living near Seattle, in the northwest of the United States. Arrived on January 15 without fever at Seattle airport, he himself contacted local health services after finding symptoms. He was hospitalized as a precaution and will remain in solitary confinement for at least another 48 hours, according to health officials.
10am: What is the balance sheet?
According to Chinese authorities, this new coronavirus has already killed nine people and has been diagnosed in 440 patients. The previous count on Tuesday reported six deaths and about 300 cases identified.
9:58 am: What do we know about this mysterious pneumonia that spreads to Asia and the United States?
If you haven't followed, our journalist Anissa Boumediene explains everything in this article just below.
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Viruses in China: What do we know about this mysterious pneumonia that spreads to Asia and the United States?
9.50 am: Hello and welcome to this live
We will be monitoring the situation together after the appearance of a new coronavirus, which has killed nine people and infected hundreds of people in China. The virus could mutate and spread more easily, Chinese authorities warned on Wednesday, exacerbating global concern already heightened by the report of a first case in the United States.
This first case of contamination outside Asia comes at a time when an ad hoc committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to meet Wednesday from 11:00 GMT in Geneva to determine whether to declare a "health emergency public service of international significance ”.
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