WHO calls for emergency meet over Coronavirus
The mysterious coronavirus is spreading from person to person in China. It has led to six deaths so far. An alert has been issued across the country after the number of people suffering from this virus has crossed 300. The virus has spread to other Chinese cities, including Beijing after Wuhan. Realizing the seriousness of the matter, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called an emergency meeting on it.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his first statement on the crisis, “The new Coronavirus pneumonia spread in Wuhan and elsewhere is to be taken seriously.” The head of the expert team in China has appealed to the government to do everything possible to control the virus.
According to information from Geneva, the WHO will decide in its meeting whether the disease spread by the coronavirus needs to be declared an international health emergency. The Wuhan Medical and Health Commission has become cautious in this matter and has given instructions to identify people suffering from the virus in every area. So far four people have died and another 25 people have been discharged from the hospital. But more than 900 people are under medical supervision.
Source of infection not detected
The Chinese State Medical and Health Commission informed about the prevention of corona virus-infected pneumonia epidemic that the current epidemic is possible to prevent and can be controlled. But the source of the new virus infection has not yet been discovered and the means of infection have not been fully detected. Hence there is a dire need to keep a close watch on the mutations of viruses.
