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Has China already turned the corner on the Wuhan Virus?
By Kent R. Kroeger (January 31, 2020)
The news on the Wuhan Virus (2019-nCov) outbreak has been mostly negative in the barely two weeks it has been on the daily news agenda.
Here is a sampling just from this morning:
The New York Times reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) is now declaring a global health emergency due to 2019-nCov, after declining to make that declaration a week ago.
CNN reports on a German study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine showing how people can spread the Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCov) when they are asymptomatic. “There’s no doubt after reading this paper that asymptomatic transmission is occurring,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “This study lays the question to rest.”
CNN also reports 62 countries have implemented some form of immigration control on Chinese citizens. “Six countries have tightened visa rules for Chinese citizens, four have restricted Chinese citizens’ entry into their countries, and five have launched restrictive measures on anyone from Hubei or with recent travel history to the province,” according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
