Coronavirus Outbreak: All the Secrets Revealed About the Covid-19 Pandemic. A complete Rational Guide of its Evolution, Expansion, Symptoms and First Defense

CHAPTER 6: PREVENTIVE MEASURES BY COUNTRIES
Scientists and health specialists around the globe are trying to stop the spread
of a deadly virus that originated in December in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
The new corona virus has already been contracted by thousands of people
which cause respiratory disease. The death toll is 213, and increases regular.
The outbreak was declared a "public-health emergency of international
concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 30 January— a
warning it reserves for incidents that pose a risk to multiple countries and that
involve a concerted international response.
How Many People will the Virus Infect?
The Chinese authorities have locked down cities at the center of the outbreak,
and researchers have been swift to share virus data with the World Health
Organization and with researchers. But the numbers of cases have increased,
and past 9,000 have surged in the past day, mostly in China. This has resulted
in one estimate that the virus could infect about 39,000 of the 30 million
people living in the Wuhan region. It seems like the virus got out of hand in
China, spreading too far, spreading too quickly to really be controlled.
In the best case, fewer people will get infected because the results of the
control measures will start kicking in, says University of Hong Kong
epidemiologist Ben Cowling. But it's too early to tell if efforts are working to
quarantine men, and the common use of face masks. The virus incubation
period-up to 14 days is longer than most prevention measures are in place, he
notes.
In a worst-case scenario, according to another prediction model, some
190,000 people could get infected in Wuhan. Scientists are particularly
concerned by the appearance of fresh outbreaks outside China. The virus has
already spread in small, scattered clusters in Vietnam, Japan, Germany and
the U.S., but officials were able to isolate the affected people. As of January
30 fewer than 100 cases were reported outside China.