US 'ready and prepared' to help North Korea in combating coronavirus

United States promised to support and encour aid work in rth Korea to “counter and contain” spre of vel coronavirus, COVID-19, in region. Citing rth’s vulnerability to dely virus, State Department spokesperson Morgan Orgatus, in a statement, said that US “strongly support” and “encour” work of national and international health organisations to combat coronavirus.

“ United States is rey and prepared to expeditiously facilitate approval of assistance from se organizations,” said Orgatus.

death toll due to coronavirus has spiked to nearly 1,500 and around 65,000 confirmed cases have been detected till w. While most of cases are from Hubei province of China and city of Wuhan, epicentre of outbreak, several or countries have also w reported deaths related to COVID-19. 

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. China’s National Health Commission said that total number of cases soared to 64,894 with 5,090 new cases.

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WHO on coronavirus

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. 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.

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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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