The Philippines announced yesterday that it recorded the first death outside China due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus, while the number of confirmed cases of the disease in China, the origin of the virus, has risen to 14,000, and the number of deaths due to The virus in China has reached 304 cases, while the nationals of six Arab countries were evacuated: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya from Wuhan.
The Philippine Health Department said that the 44-year-old Chinese man, from Wuhan in Hubei province, was the focus of the virus, and died after his condition deteriorated to pneumonia. It was reported that the man was accompanied by a 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan as well.
China announced that large amounts of liquidity will be pumped into the economy to help it resist the shock of the new Corona virus, and from today, the Chinese central bank will pump 1200 billion yuan (156 billion euros) to reduce the impact of the epidemic, while German Health Minister Jens Young announced yesterday, The Group of Seven major industrialized countries intends to hold consultations on adopting a common approach to dealing with mutated Coronavirus infection.
A plane carrying 250 French and Europeans arriving from Wuhan landed yesterday at a military air base in Istres, southern France, and Russian news agencies reported that military aircraft will evacuate about 130 Russians from Hubei province.
On the Arab level, the Saudi Ministry of Health announced the reception of 10 Saudi students, after they were evacuated from the Chinese Wuhan region, and the students were transported accompanied by specialized medical teams to a suitable accommodation that was fully equipped for them, where they will be isolated for two weeks, until their safety is confirmed and all Lab tests to check on them.
An Egyptian plane headed to the Chinese city of Wuhan yesterday to evacuate the Egyptian nationals residing in it, and precautionary measures were taken by the quarantine team at Cairo Airport.
Yesterday, Algerian President, Abdel Majid Taboun ordered the evacuation of Libyan and Tunisian nationals on an Algerian plane that was sent to transport Algerian nationals from Wuhan, China.
A plane carrying Moroccan evacuees from Wuhan, numbering 167 people, including 52 women, arrived in Morocco yesterday, and will be under medical supervision for 20 days. They were received by a group of civilian and military doctors, and he will accompany them to a hospital in the city of Meknes and the military hospital in Rabat, according to A statement of the Moroccan Ministry of Health.
Jordan decided to prevent the Chinese, who had not been leaving their country for two weeks, from entering the territory of the Kingdom, in the framework of combating the spread of the new Corona virus, and Iraq announced that foreigners coming from China would not be allowed to enter the country, due to fears of the spread of the virus.