Coronavirus outbreak: China reports drop in new cases for third consecutive day

China has reported a drop in new cases of vel Coronavirus, COVID-19, for third consecutive day after witnessing a spike. According to China’s National Health Commission, 2,009 new cases with 142 more deaths worldwide have been reported because of dely Coronavirus, which was declared as a global health emergency by WHO.

death toll due to Coronavirus has spiked to nearly 1,665 and around 68,000 confirmed cases have been detected till w. While most of cases are from Hubei province of China and city of Wuhan, epicentre of outbreak, or countries, including Japan and Philippines, have also w reported deaths related to COVID-19.

Cases with travel history to China

latest cause of concern has been deaths of people with travel history to China. On February 13, Japan confirmed death of an 80-year-old woman who was t even part of quarantined cruised off Japanese coast. World Health Organisation (WHO) has claimed that sharp rise in number of cases did t represent any kind of trajectory shift in epidemic but was because of a change in counting methods.

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Speaking at a press conference in Geneva, Michael Ryan, he of WHO's health emergencies programme, said that increase in number of cases is due to a change in how cases are being reported. "We have said consistently that we need to be cautious when drawing conclusions from daily reported numbers," said Ryan.

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Meanwhile, WHO has been frequently releasing situation report on COVID-19 and have found increasing evidence that established a link between vel coronavirus and or similar kwn coronaviruses. Referring to Rhilophus bat sub-species, WHO said that y are abundant and widely present in Sourn China, and across Asia, Middle East, Africa and Europe.

“Recent studies indicate that more than 500 CoVs have been identified in bats in China,” report re.

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