The coronavirus epidemic in China, responsible for more than 1,100 deaths, has known, according to President Xi Jinping, “a positive development” since February 12. The number of new cases recorded during this day is down compared to previous days.
It was renamed “Covid-19” by the WHO and the epidemic that this coronavirus triggered in China would know from Wednesday February 12 “a positive development”, according to President Xi Jinping. According to the Chinese National Health Commission, the number of new cases of infected people (2015 on February 12) would be decreasing compared to the previous days. On February 10, 3,062 new cases had been recorded and 2,478 the next day, Tuesday February 11.
Faced with this optimism from the Chinese president, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to speak of a “serious threat to the rest of the world” based on the case of a British man infected in Singapore and who, on his return to Europe, transmitted the virus to 11 people, 5 in France, 5 in the United Kingdom and 1 in Spain to consider that nothing allows to say whether this epidemic which has already claimed more than 1,100 lives can be easily controlled.
Two French people hospitalized in Clermont-Ferrand
France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes also announced on February 12 that a French couple returning from New Zealand and having passed through a Chinese airport had been hospitalized at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital. The woman would present symptoms comparable to those observed in other people infected with the Covid-19 virus. European health ministers are due to meet on February 13 to consider new measures to limit the spread of the virus in the European Union.
Furthermore, this epidemic continues to have consequences for the global economy. A 19% drop in global demand growth forecasts was announced by the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries. Several sporting events planned in China such as the world indoor athletics championships which were to take place in China in March or the Formula 1 automobile grand prix in Shanghai which was to take place on April 19 have been postponed.
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