As the death toll rises, the recovery total does, too. The vast majority of coronavirus cases have occurred near Wuhan and surrounding cities. Less than 15 per cent of the lab-confirmed cases in China to date have caused severe health complications.
As cases of the coronavirus mount in China and elsewhere, health officials are focused on containing its spread.
The Chinese government is restricting people’s movements as part of a “war of prevention of the epidemic,” said President Xi Jinping. Controlling its spread in China helps protect people there and may buy time for health officials in other countries to prepare.
The Public Health Agency of Canada stresses that the risk of contracting the illness in this country remains very low. Travellers returning from the affected area are asked to watch for flu-like symptoms and to call ahead before seeking health care.
Officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the goal of screening travellers from the epicentre of the outbreak near Wuhan, China, is to slow the entry of the virus into the U.S.
These graphics aim to put the outbreak into perspective.
As the death toll rises, the recovery total does, too. The vast majority of coronavirus cases have occurred near Wuhan and surrounding cities.
Less than 15 per cent of the lab-confirmed cases in China to date have caused severe health complications, like pneumonia, after infection.
Many have experienced symptoms similar to the flu and don’t require emergency medical attention.
Globally, as of Tuesday, there are an additional 159 cases, including one death in the Philippines, not shown in the above image.
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