The Director of the World Health Organization heads to China ... and reports of success in treating the deadly virus

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom said Sunday evening that he was on his way to Beijing for talks with Chinese officials and health experts about the new Coruna virus outbreak. This comes while the media said that the first success in treating HIV cases was achieved.

Adhanum added in a tweet on Twitter that he wanted to "strengthen the partnership" with China "regarding providing more protection in the face of this outbreak."

To date, the Chinese authorities say, the virus has killed 56 people and infected 2051 others.

The World Health Organization - based in Geneva - said that the editors of major scientific publications had agreed to send any research on the new Corona virus to the organization before it was published, after the approval of the research teams, adding that this would help it in evaluation and guidance.

And Sunday, official media outlets in China announced the first success in treating cases of coronavirus.

Xinhua reported that the condition of 11 medical personnel infected with the virus has improved, noting that the clinical symptoms of these people are under control.

The agency explained that the temperature of these patients and their complaints decreased, and the results of the tests on the virus were negative.

Deny entry
The agency did not give details of the treatment method in "Chi He" Hospital in Wuhan (central China), which is severely affected by the virus.

Hong Kong authorities on Sunday denied entry to residents of the Chinese province of Hubei, from which the outbreak of the Coronavirus has spread, in response to mounting pressure to implement preventive measures to contain the epidemic. The ban includes those in the Territory during the past 14 days, with the exception of Hong Kong citizens.

China has strengthened travel restrictions in an effort to stem the spread of the new Corona virus, while France and the United States are preparing to evacuate their nationals from the quarantined area.

China has isolated Hubei province, which has a viral disease, in an unprecedented operation affecting tens of millions of people.

Senior officials in the Chinese health sector announced today that the "capacity to spread the virus has been strengthened" even if it does not appear "as severe as SARS," another type of coronavirus that has killed hundreds in the early 2000s.

Chinese President Xi Jinping admitted Saturday evening that the situation is "serious", warning against the "acceleration" of the spread of the epidemic that emerged last December in Wuhan.

"Unnecessary" traffic was prevented from midnight in the city center, which is witnessing an unusual calm, according to the French Press Agency team.

Quarantine
Wuhan and its region have been under quarantine since last Thursday to prevent the spread of the disease. In all, 56 million people are cut off from the world.

In the city that has become a ghost town, loudspeakers broadcast a message inviting residents to go to hospital without delay if they feel they are not feeling well. "Wuhan is not afraid to face adversity ... do not hear rumors ... do not spread rumors," the message read.

For his part, the mayor of Wuhan said Sunday that he expects to record about a thousand other infections, based on the number of hospital patients who have not yet undergone a virus test.

HIV infections were recorded in Europe and Australia. A suspected injury was announced in Canada.

Evacuation
In the United States, where three casualties have been confirmed, Washington has announced the organization of the departure of its diplomatic staff and nationals stranded in Wuhan, hoping that next Tuesday it will take off the flight that will take them.

Other countries are communicating with Beijing to evacuate their nationals, especially France. There are 500 French people living in Wuhan.

The French car maker Peugeot-Citroen, which has a branch in Wuhan, indicated that its employees could be moved to Changsha, more than 300 kilometers south.

Studies of the first infections indicate that the death rate from the virus is very low.

The French professor Yazdan Yazdanbana, who is an expert with the World Health Organization and is responsible for treating people living with HIV in France, considers that the death rate "so far is less than 5%".

Referred to the deaths of the SARS virus (acute respiratory syndrome) which also started in China in 2002 and 2003, an average of 9.5%.