With 4400 Confirmed Cases worldwide,China refused CDC offer to help contain coronavirus
Story Updated- Current Confirmed cases are now as of 1-30-20, 7,711 according to BBC News with a new death toll of 170
It seems that there will not soon be an end to the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. They have now reported that there is over 4 thousand confirmed cases world wide most coming from China. The epicenter city of Wuhan, where the spread of the disease started, continues to have the most cases.
However the CDC is has been denide access to help China control the spread of this deadly virus. Fox News reported that –
Top U.S. health officials this week provided further details on the nation’s “coordinated public health response” to the China-linked coronavirus that’s killed more than 100 people and sickened thousands of others worldwide.
During a Tuesday news conference which included U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease (NCIRD) Director Nancy Messonnier, and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci, officials said the outbreak is a “potentially very serious public health threat” in the U.S., but the current risk to Americans remains low. To date, there are five confirmed cases of the novel virus in the U.S.
Azar said the Chinese have refused continued offers from the U.S. to send CDC officials to the country to help with the outbreak response. The offer was first made on Jan. 6, he said, adding U.S. officials have continued to urge more transparency from the country as the disease spreads.
“This is a major public health issue, and we need the best public health people in the world right now [to respond],” he said.
However, Azar noted that China’s overall response has been significantly better when compared to their response during the deadly outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2002-2003. At the time, China was accused of covering up the outbreak, which was not announced to the public until about five months after it began, according to The New York Times.
In recent weeks, Chinese government officials have said they’ve learned from “past mistakes” — top officials have reportedly warned lower-level officials to not cover up the spread of the new coronavirus, which has been linked to an animal and seafood market in the city of Wuhan and is now said to be transmissible between humans.
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