The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus reached a new milestone after a man in Brazil tested positive for the contagion. The Brazilian government said on Wednesday that a 61-year-old man was infected and became ill. It was South America’s first confirmed case of the disease, known as COVID-19, which originated in China in December and has since spread… Read More »
At least 34 people in the United States are infected with the coronavirus spreading from China, federal health officials said on Friday. “This new virus represents a tremendous public health threat,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said at a news briefing. But so far there has been… Read More »
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has risen above 40,000 with the number of deaths rising above 900 as of Monday morning. A staff member measures temperature of people entering Ping’an International Financial Center in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province. It has been reported by Chinese Authorities that on Sunday, 3,281 patients who were infected… Read More »
The latest figures reported by each government’s health authority as of coronavirus Wednesday in Beijing. * Mainland China: 2004 deaths among 74,185 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei * Hong Kong: 58 cases, 2 deaths * Macao: 10 * Japan: 614 cases, including 542 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 1 death… Read More »