Hundreds have died, tens of thousands are infected, and the illness has spread to dozens of countries as officials try to contain the infection.
, and hundreds of American citizens have been evacuated from the area near Wuhan by plane.
. “This declaration is not a vote of non-confidence in China...on the contrary, WHO continues to have confidence in China’s capacity to control the outbreak.”. Chinese health minister Ma Xiaowei said the virus is infectious even in its incubation period, which means carriers can transmit the disease to others even before they experience initiation symptoms, which makes the disease harder to contain.
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