TOPIC: CURRENT
UPDATE ON CORONAVIRUS
Center of origin:
Non-veg market Wuhan, China.
Recently noted: 30th December 2019.
Known as: nCov
How it transmits:
from animal like snakes, bats to humans. And then from humans to humans
Affected countries:
China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore
and other countries.
Death due to this virus: Approximately 500 (05.02.2020)
Facilities to deal with this disease: China has just set up a
separate hospital to treat patients affected by this disease. It has 1000 bed
capacity which was set up within 10 days.
Global view: WHO has declared this disease as “Global Emergency”.
India’s position: Three cases have been identified in Kerala
India’s position: Three cases have been identified in Kerala
India’s action on this: Started 24X7 helpline to solve queries/doubts
related to the disease
Actions from different countries: The U.S., Australia, India and
some other countries have called their citizens from Wuhan, China. Some
precautionary guidelines have been prepared for the people going to China. India
has stopped issuing visas to the citizens of China.
