{"id":18200,"date":"2020-01-31T14:58:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T22:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=18200"},"modified":"2020-01-31T13:42:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T21:42:06","slug":"chinas-viral-death-toll-hits-grim-new-high-as-world-health-agency-declares-a-global-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/chinas-viral-death-toll-hits-grim-new-high-as-world-health-agency-declares-a-global-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s Viral Death Toll Hits Grim New High as World Health Agency Declares a Global Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Newsmax – January 30, 2020<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has spread to more than a dozen countries a global emergency after the number of cases spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the record number of deaths in 24 hours reported Friday.<\/p>\n

China counted 9,692 confirmed cases with a death toll of 213, including 43 new fatalities. The vast majority of the cases have been in Hubei province and its provincial capital, Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. No deaths have been reported outside China.<\/p>\n

The U.N. health agency defines an international emergency as an \u201cextraordinary event\u201d that constitutes a risk to other countries and requires a coordinated international response.<\/p>\n

China first informed WHO about cases of the new virus in late December. Eighteen other countries have since reported cases, as scientists race to understand how exactly the virus is spreading and how severe it is.<\/p>\n

Experts say there is significant evidence the virus is spreading among people in China and have noted with concern instances in other countries \u2014 including the United States, France, Japan, Germany, Canada, South Korea and Vietnam \u2014 where there have also been isolated cases of human-to-human transmission.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Thursday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted the worrisome spread of the virus between people outside China.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in China but because of what is happening in other countries,” he said. \u201cOur greatest concern is the potential for this virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems which are ill-prepared to deal with it.”<\/p>\n

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