Meanwhile, Egypt’s health ministry
confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, making it the first in Africa.The nationality of the person was not given in the joint statement with the population ministry, which added that they had shown no “symptoms”.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/coronavirus-australian-horse-tra...Authorities have notified the World Health Organization and the patient has been placed in isolation in a hospital for treatment and monitoring.
Health researchers in the UK believe the peak in coronavirus infections in Wuhan may not be until the end of February.
And it comes as 1716 health workers in China have been infected by the coronavirus and six of them have died, as of Tuesday.
China National Health Commission Vice Minister Zeng Yixin, at a press conference about protecting medical workers, said the number of infected medical staff is increasing.
Chinese officials and hospitals have repeatedly noted a shortage of protective equipment, including face masks, as the disease took hold in Hubei and spread throughout the country.
In China the death toll has risen to 1383 among 64,441 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei.
On Thursday a huge spike in new cases – 14,800 in a single day – prompted alarm, but the increase was attributed to a new clinical definition.
Whereas previously cases had only been confirmed once laboratory tests had been carried out, from Thursday China started counting new cases as those that had been clinically diagnosed.