{"id":203566,"date":"2020-02-16T08:07:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T05:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/coronavirus-updates-the-latest-from-around-the-world\/"},"modified":"2020-02-16T08:07:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T05:07:24","slug":"coronavirus-updates-the-latest-from-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/coronavirus-updates-the-latest-from-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus updates: The latest from around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This post has been updated as of 1:05 PM E.T. on Feb. 14.<\/em><\/p>\n

Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, 64,460 people have fallen ill worldwide.<\/p>\n

China is the epicenter of the outbreak. On Thursday, the country confirmed 15,152 additional cases of the coronavirus and 254 deaths in a press conference on Thursday. China\u2019s total number of cases is 63,866 and the death toll has now risen to 1,384.<\/p>\n

More than 1,700 medical workers have been infected by the virus, China said, according to CNN. Six have died.<\/p>\n

\u201cChina is facing an unprecedented health crisis,\u201d Secretary\u00a0of\u00a0Health\u00a0and Human Services Alex Azar told Yahoo Finance in an interview. \u201cSome of this may simply be the chaos involved in quarantining over 60 million people and trying to contain a an unknown, rapidly evolving, unknown virus spreading in your country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Azar added: \u201cBut we must ensure that the response is transparent and vigorous, and that’s something the World Health Organization has got to ensure that China is held to account for transparency and cooperation by the same standards that they would require of the United States or any other country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though the coronavirus outbreak remains contained largely in mainland China and its immediate regions, other parts of the world are also being affected.<\/p>\n

There are currently 15 confirmed cases in the U.S. The latest case was discovered in Texas, at the Lackland Air Force Base, according to the CDC. Japan has announced that one person has died due to the virus.<\/p>\n

The virus has taken more lives than the deadly Severe Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2002, and several industries like travel and hospitality are scaling back operations in China, while others \u2014 like Boeing \u2014 sound off on concerns their difficulties operating in China.<\/p>\n

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