Coronavirus: towards a pandemic?

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By: Caroline Paré Follow

On December 31, 2019, the 1st report of coronavirus cases was reported to WHO in central China. Despite the preventive measures taken, and in particular the containment of suspected cases, the number of countries affected by the epidemic is only increasing. WHO is particularly concerned about the sudden increase in new cases in Italy, South Korea and Iran. Italy is the first European country to have set up a health cordon around ten cities. South Korea has the highest number of infections, while Iran reports the highest number of deaths outside of China. In total, more than thirty countries are now affected by the epidemic of viral pneumonia. It is in this context that the WHO evokes a risk of pandemic.

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• Pr Arnaud Fontanet , Head of the Epidemiology Unit for Emerging Diseases at the Institut Pasteur and Professor at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts.

• Dr Anne-Marie Moulin , doctor and philosopher, specialist in tropical diseases, emeritus research director at CNRS
• Stéphane Lagarde, RFI permanent special envoy, in Beijing (in South Korea)
• Dr Amadou Sall, Head of the Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses Unit (WHO Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and VFH) at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal
• Dr Massamba Sassoun Diop, Emergency doctor and President of SOS-doctor in Dakar, Senegal. SOS-doctor has detected the first case of Covid-19 in Senegal.

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