Will Wuhan's new coronavirus pneumonia become a global epidemic.

Will Wuhan's new coronavirus pneumonia become a global epidemic?

More than a month ago, a new coronavirus outbreak broke out from China and has now spread to more than 20 countries. The key question for experts is how wide the spread will be and how many people will get sick. No global epidemic has yet been announced, but the new coronavirus pneumonia may become the next epidemic that has to be faced globally. Governments and various institutions are preparing for this. What is a global epidemic? A global epidemic refers to an infectious disease that threatens many people around the world at the same time. The most recent example is the 2009 H1N1 flu (swine flu), which experts believe has caused thousands of deaths. If it is a completely new virus that can easily infect humans and spread from person to person in an effective and sustainable manner, then it is more likely to trigger a global epidemic. The new coronavirus appears to meet all of the above conditions. With no vaccines or effective treatments available to prevent the disease, controlling its spread is vital. When will the global epidemic be announced? According to the World Health Organization's description of the "global epidemic," the new coronavirus is only one step away from becoming a global epidemic. The new coronavirus is transmitted from person to person, and cases have occurred in many neighboring countries in China and beyond. If we start to see ongoing community-level outbreaks in multiple locations around the world, this will be a global epidemic. How likely is it? It is not clear how serious the infectious disease is and how far it can spread. The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tan Desai, said the spread of the virus outside China so far looks "less and slower." Currently, there are more than 20,000 confirmed cases of new type of coronavirus pneumonia in China, and the death toll has reached more than 420. There are more than 150 confirmed cases outside China, and one infected person in the Philippines has died. "If we strike at the source and center of the epidemic, it will rarely be very slow to spread to other countries," Tandersee said on Monday. Every global epidemic is different, and it is impossible to predict the full impact of the virus before it begins to spread. Experts suspect that the lethality of the new coronavirus may be lower than other infectious diseases that have broken out in recent years, such as atypical pneumonia (SARS). The World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee held a meeting last Thursday (January 30) to announce that China's new coronavirus epidemic constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The decision was made by the WHO mainly because of human-to-human transmission outside of China and concerns about the consequences of the virus reaching countries with weak health systems. The World Health Organization says that while countries should take action to prevent and limit the further spread of the virus, there is no reason to take unnecessary measures to interfere with international travel and trade.