How coronavirus (Covid-19) spread day by day

hundreds of dead, thousands of infected on several continents, millions in quarantine with entire cities closed, but how did the corona virus

spread

so quickly? We will track the virus day by day during the first month of the outbreak, following its path from patient zero and China to around the world and what could happen next as people everywhere celebrate the beginning of a new decade, to The World Health Organization is told that a handful of people in the city of Wuhan and China had pneumonia with no other clear causes or origin, but there is a common theme connecting the patient's wound and the wholesale seafood market, many of these First cases are linked to market workers selling live fish, birds and other animals As a precaution, the market is closed on January 1, almost a week later on January 7, Chinese authorities say. have identified the cause of pneumonia, a new virus in the broader group of

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es, which includes the common cold and stars, now this is raising serious concerns. 17 years ago, the SARS epidemic began in China and killed 800 people, the new virus is temporarily called 2019 and CoV, which is popularly known as the corona virus, seen here, we sure do a few days later, on the 9th January, the first death is confirmed, a 61-year-old man who was a regular visitor to the market in Wuhan who is now 41.

People are known to be infected with the virus at this stage. Wu Han Health Commission says no There is evidence that the virus can

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between humans, but in week 2 the new

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is not only affecting China on January 13 Thailand reports its first case now at To understand how and why the infection spread, it is key to observe the moment it occurred. Reports of China's first death came just before Chinese New Year, the country's most important holiday and a time when millions travel across the country and abroad as planes left Wuhan. Apple also did it with the virus on January 15.

Japan reports its first case. Then, on January 20, South Korea does it too. On the same day that South Korea reports its first case, it is confirmed that the corona virus can be transmitted from person to person and it is official. The numbers are becoming clearer as the World Health Organization begins publishing daily reports. That's when the numbers explode with 282 cases reported in four countries the next day. 314 cases are confirmed, including 16 healthcare workers, and then jumps to 581, with the majority still in China. On January 23, with numbers rising, the city of Wuhan is quarantined. This is usually a busy street.

Another beautiful day in quarantine ruins. Anyone in public is told to wear a mask, and the Chinese government is sending an additional 300,000 masks to help. 2:00 a.m. It is announced that all public transportation will be closed and anyone who wants to leave the city has 8 hours before all exits are closed starting at 10:00 a.m. Wuhan, a city with a population larger than London, is on lockdown as a new 1,000-bed hospital to treat the virus begins to be built with the aim of completing everything. It's just a matter of days. China has history here amid the SARS epidemic in 2003, as Beijing battled severe acute respiratory syndrome.

A new facility for patients. was built in just one week, almost a month after first learning about the virus on January 13, the WHO is now declaring a public health emergency, with the main reason being its global spread outside of China. There are now 82 cases in 18 countries, but no deaths. outside China yet and in Germany, Japan, Vietnam, France and the United States, people who have been to China and are now infecting those who have not come On the last day of January, the virus spread to England, where two members of the same family tested positive in Meanwhile, in China there are two thousand new cases in just the last 24 hours and the virus has reached all the states of the country, bringing the world total to nine thousand eight cases in 21 countries.

The largest quarantine in history is currently taking place in China. I think you'll see that more amplified now as a result of this statement: The United States declares a public health emergency and says it will begin temporarily suspending entry for foreign nationals who have traveled to China in the last 14 days, which goes against the advice. According to the WHO, there have yet been no deaths outside China as of the beginning of the month, three more countries report having the virus, bringing the total to 24, following the US lead, Australia says it will also deny entry to all non-citizens who arrive. from China Australian citizens arriving from China will be quarantined for two weeks, something the United Kingdom, South Korea, Singapore and New Zealand are also beginning to do as they evacuate citizens from China and monitor them for quarantine symptoms .

On Sunday, February 2, the first death occurred. Outside mainland China, a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan is reported to die from the virus in the Philippines and then on February 4, a second death was confirmed outside mainland China in Hong Kong, so looking back from the beginning of the year until February. As of the 11th, the new coronavirus has infected more than 43,000 people worldwide, most of them in China, and Chinese authorities now say it has killed more than a thousand people in the country, although the number of new infections day by day has begun to decrease. It means more people have died from the new coronavirus than during the SARS outbreak in China, but is it just as deadly?

What does the first month of this outbreak tell us about the nature of the coronavirus? Currently, experts believe the virus has killed about 3 percent. of those it has infected, that is a lower mortality rate than SARS, which had a mortality rate of just under 10 percent, and other diseases like Ebola, which kills about 50% of those infected; However, the corona virus has infected more than five times as many people as SARS. crucially, what might happen next depends a lot on how well the virus is contained, but we can use it right now or we would register non-pharmaceutical mentions preventing mass gatherings, potentially closing schools, potentially even introducing travel restrictions, it will be a real challenge to contain it.

The Chinese have been applauded by the whu-oh for their response to the virus and the CEO said they have set a new standard for their reaction to the outbreak the speed with which China detected the outbreak isolated the virus sequenced the genome and shared it with whu-oh and the world is very impressive now that the Chinese have admitted their own shortcomings in their initial dealing with the virus in the early days and weeks. Officials have been accused of downplaying the seriousness of the virus. A doctor in Wuhan tried to warn his colleagues in late December and authorities accused him of spreading false information, although they later apologized and then in early February the doctor himself died from the same virus he tried to warn against, which sparked outrage against the Chinese government.

Many experts now believe that by not alerting the public and health professionals much earlier, a crucial opportunity was missed to prevent the disease from becoming an epidemic. The corona virus has been contained to such an extent through widespread health interventions that mean quarantining those infected to stop the spread that it depends on enormous international cooperation and identifying who is infected, where they have been and who might also have contracted it. Countries are already taking big steps to control it, such as monitoring airports, banning travel and isolating patients, but these methods depend on the virus only spreading when people show symptoms, something scientists aren't sure.

Another way to end it is simply with a vaccine or a cure. Researchers in several countries are trying to find a vaccine, but at the moment there is none and it could be months or even a year before there is a breakthrough. What we do know is that the greatest risk comes from the virus spreading to countries that do not have such advanced healthcare systems. These countries will be less able to cope with an outbreak and will be less effective at quarantining and controlling the spread. Our biggest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems and that are unprepared to deal with it, the key message from the whu-oh is to prepare all countries for the possibility of an outbreak and ensure that Be prepared to contain it as soon as possible. whu-oh also says that the world is not yet prepared for a global pandemic and that we often operate in a cycle of panic and neglect, so we basically throw money at problems when they arise, but do nothing to make sure we are prepared to prevent them. next the world remains dangerously unprepared for a global pandemic for too long the world has operated in a cycle of panic and negligence we throw money at one outbreak and when it's over we forget about it and do nothing to prevent the next one, this one is dangerously short-sighted and frankly difficult to understand if we do not prepare, we are setting ourselves up to fail as China and other countries continue to try to contain the virus.

What is the best advice for you regarding the outbreak that the UK Department of Health has called out? Coronavirus is a serious and imminent threat to public health, but the overall risk in the UK remains moderate for those who have visited China, Thailand, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia or Macau in last 14 days and have a cough, fever or difficulty breathing public health England says you should contact your GP by phone several experts have said it is not necessary for the general public to wear masks in places where the risk of infection is Under the current WHO advice on infection control for the general public does not mention masks or glasses, focusing instead on washing hands, covering your mouth when sneezing and avoiding raw and undercooked foods to stop the transmission of this virus.

It is very important for sick people to wear masks. That's clear for people who don't have symptoms, masks won't necessarily protect. them 100% because if they do not apply other measures it is not enough, so my message is more that the mask alone is not enough, it is a package of measures that must be implemented and if people use the complete package it is fine If you just wear masks I think it's not enough, here's how the new coronavirus went from an unknown infection in the Wuhan market to a global health issue that has dominated news headlines for most of 2020.

What's next It then depends on how countries around the world cooperate to ensure the virus is contained.