Two cases of the coronavirus have been 'confirmed' in France, the first in Europe, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn has announced
On Saturday morning, French officials confirmed two cases of the The first case involved a patient in hospital in the southwestern city of Bordeaux while the other was in Paris, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Friday.
With more than 800 cases logged in China so far, a range of Lunar New Year festivities have been cancelled, with temporary closures of Beijing's Forbidden City, Shanghai's Disneyland and a section of the Great Wall to prevent the disease from spreading further. The previously unknown virus has caused alarm because of its similarity to SARS , which killed hundreds across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003. The Shanghai Disney Resorts says tickets will be refunded after the company decided to temporarily close in response to the coronavirus outbreak.The World Health Organisation said China faced a national emergency but stopped short of declaring a global health emergency, which would have prompted greater global cooperation. The outbreak emerged in late December in Wuhan, an industrial and transport hub of 11 million people in China's centre, spreading to several other countries including the United States. A woman in Chicago in her sixties became the second patient on US soil, with 50 other suspected cases under investigation. The woman was doing well and was in stable condition, a city health official said on Friday.The first case in South Asia was reported in Nepal on Friday. The 32-year-old male patient, who had arrived from Wuhan, was treated at a hospital in Kathmandu and discharged, officials said. China is in the midst of its Lunar New Year holiday, a typically joyous time of family gatherings and public festivities.As reports surfaced of bed shortages in Wuhan hospitals, state media said authorities were rushing to build a new facility devoted to the outbreak in a mind-blowing 10 days. Hospitals visited by AFP journalists bustled as worried patients arrived to be screened by staff wearing full-body protective suits. At a temperature-check station, a medical staffer in a white bodysuit, face mask and goggles took a thermometer from a middle-aged woman, pausing to examine the reading before quickly turning back to the patient.One 35-year-old man voiced the fears of many.
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