Though cases of the virus have been confirmed in other countries, no fatalities have been reported outside China.spreading across China claimed its first victim in Beijing, officials said on Tuesday, as the death toll climbed to 106, the United States warned citizens against trips to the country and financial markets recoiled again at the potential impact on the world’s second-biggest economy.
Global stocks fell, oil prices hit three-month lows, and China’s yuan dipped to its weakest level in 2020 as investors worried about damage to the economy from travel bans over the Lunar New Year holiday period, which China extended in a bid to keep people at home. Authorities in Hubei, home to nearly 60 million people, are taking increasing flak from the public over their initial response to the virus, while much of the province is now under travel curbs.
Guterres said the UN had “full confidence in China’s ability of controlling the outbreak, and stands ready to provide any support and assistance”. “If he can mess up the data multiple times, no wonder the disease has spread so severely,” said one user of the Weibo social media platform.
This thing has spread to over 18 countries in just a few days.. How long before it gets here is just a matter of time..
What a painful situation they find themselves in. Just in the beginning of the year