W***n Plague: China hits 20,000 infected no containment death toll rising...
Feb 3, 2020 21:48:27 #
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C****av***s cases hit 20,000 as first death reported outside of China
UPDATED ON: FEBRUARY 3, 2020 / 8:53 PM / CBS NEWS
Three more cases of the new c****av***s were confirmed in the U.S. on Sunday, all in California, bringing the total number of people in the country with the disease to 11. The weekend also saw the first death blamed on the flu-like illness outside of China.
As of Monday evening there were more than 20,000 confirmed cases in more than two dozen countries, the vast majority of them in China, according to the World Health Organization. There have been at least 425 deaths in China, and one in the Philippines.
U.S. officials declared a public health emergency last week and, as a result, foreign nationals who have traveled to China in the last two weeks and aren't immediate family members of U.S. citizens or permanent residents will be temporarily banned from entering the U.S. Under the orders of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, anyone entering the U.S. who has been in China's Hubei province in the last two weeks will be subject to a two-week quarantine.
The first 195 Americans evacuated from W***n, the epicenter of the outbreak, are under federal quarantine and will remain at a military base in Southern California until mid-February. The government hasn't issued such a quarantine order in more than 50 years.
Of the 11 confirmed cases in the U.S., six are in California, one is in Washington state, one is in Arizona, two are in Illinois, and one is in Massachusetts.
The State Department has warned Americans to avoid all travel to China due to the "rapidly spreading" outbreak. The decision came after the WHO designated the outbreak a global public health emergency.
UPDATED 52M AGO
U.S. State Department organizing more flights out of China
The State Department is organizing more charter flights out of China. CBS News has learned four military bases will be used to quarantine evacuees while they're monitored for symptoms.
That's good news for American Priscilla Dickey and her daughter Hermione, who are stuck in W***n and desperate to come home.
"Everybody's getting really antsy about just getting out," Dickey said. "It's one thing to have this situation in your own home. It's a total other one where you're kind of isolated, by yourself."
— Mola Lenghi contributed reporting.
7:11 PM
C****av***s cases in China top 20,000
Chinese officials announced Monday that 20,438 cases of the novel c****av***s have been confirmed in the country, an increase of 3,235 cases from Sunday evening. Officials also reported that 64 people died in the Hubei province, bringing the country's death toll to 425.
BY VICTORIA ALBERT
UPDATED 7:05 PM
Hubei province announces 64 new deaths
Officials in China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, announced 64 new deaths from the novel c****av***s on Monday. That brings the overall death toll from the v***s to at least 426: 425 deaths in China, and one in the Philippines.
Officials also announced 2,345 new cases of the v***s, bringing the total number of cases to more than 19,700.
C****av***s cases hit 20,000 as first death reported outside of China
UPDATED ON: FEBRUARY 3, 2020 / 8:53 PM / CBS NEWS
Three more cases of the new c****av***s were confirmed in the U.S. on Sunday, all in California, bringing the total number of people in the country with the disease to 11. The weekend also saw the first death blamed on the flu-like illness outside of China.
As of Monday evening there were more than 20,000 confirmed cases in more than two dozen countries, the vast majority of them in China, according to the World Health Organization. There have been at least 425 deaths in China, and one in the Philippines.
U.S. officials declared a public health emergency last week and, as a result, foreign nationals who have traveled to China in the last two weeks and aren't immediate family members of U.S. citizens or permanent residents will be temporarily banned from entering the U.S. Under the orders of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, anyone entering the U.S. who has been in China's Hubei province in the last two weeks will be subject to a two-week quarantine.
The first 195 Americans evacuated from W***n, the epicenter of the outbreak, are under federal quarantine and will remain at a military base in Southern California until mid-February. The government hasn't issued such a quarantine order in more than 50 years.
Of the 11 confirmed cases in the U.S., six are in California, one is in Washington state, one is in Arizona, two are in Illinois, and one is in Massachusetts.
The State Department has warned Americans to avoid all travel to China due to the "rapidly spreading" outbreak. The decision came after the WHO designated the outbreak a global public health emergency.
UPDATED 52M AGO
U.S. State Department organizing more flights out of China
The State Department is organizing more charter flights out of China. CBS News has learned four military bases will be used to quarantine evacuees while they're monitored for symptoms.
That's good news for American Priscilla Dickey and her daughter Hermione, who are stuck in W***n and desperate to come home.
"Everybody's getting really antsy about just getting out," Dickey said. "It's one thing to have this situation in your own home. It's a total other one where you're kind of isolated, by yourself."
— Mola Lenghi contributed reporting.
7:11 PM
C****av***s cases in China top 20,000
Chinese officials announced Monday that 20,438 cases of the novel c****av***s have been confirmed in the country, an increase of 3,235 cases from Sunday evening. Officials also reported that 64 people died in the Hubei province, bringing the country's death toll to 425.
BY VICTORIA ALBERT
UPDATED 7:05 PM
Hubei province announces 64 new deaths
Officials in China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, announced 64 new deaths from the novel c****av***s on Monday. That brings the overall death toll from the v***s to at least 426: 425 deaths in China, and one in the Philippines.
Officials also announced 2,345 new cases of the v***s, bringing the total number of cases to more than 19,700.
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