{"id":18646,"date":"2020-03-11T08:31:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T08:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=18646"},"modified":"2020-03-11T08:31:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T08:31:20","slug":"covid-19-china-reports-new-infections-turkey-bolivia-confirm-1st-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/covid-19-china-reports-new-infections-turkey-bolivia-confirm-1st-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: China reports new infections; Turkey, Bolivia confirm 1st cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0A medical staffer on a hoverboard sprays disinfectant at a residential area in Wuhan, in China\u2019s central Hubei Province, on March 11, 2020. (Photo by AFP)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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China has reported an increase in its new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, reversing four consecutive days of decreases, and more countries are reporting their first infections.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chinese health officials on Wednesday reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 infection and 22 deaths in mainland China over the previous 24 hours.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s National Health Commission said that of the new infections, 10 were imported cases, bringing the overall cases from abroad to 79.<\/p>\n

Those figures bring China\u2019s totals to 80,778 infections and 3,158 deaths since the outbreak emerged in Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei, in December last year.<\/p>\n

Officials reported just 13 new infections in Wuhan \u2014 a city of 11 million people \u2014 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Wuhan and several other cities had been under lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus. Amid the decreases in tallies over the past days, a few cities in Hubei started to loosen restrictions on the movement of people and goods. But, at least one reversed that decision as new increases emerged on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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This aerial photo, taken on March 10, 2020, shows deserted streets in Wuhan, China. (By AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The outbreak of the new coronavirus continues to grow in other countries, and some nations have reported their fist cases.<\/p>\n

According to the latest figures from\u00a0John Hopkins University, 98 out of the 195 countries in the world have so far reported cases of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

More than 4,200 people have died of COVID-19 across the world, and more than 113,000 people have also been infected, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). About 64,000 people have also recovered from the illness, globally.<\/p>\n

Turkey reports first case<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turkey announced its first case of the new coronavirus infection on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The patient is a male who had returned from Europe, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, without providing further personal information, citing the patient\u2019s right to privacy.<\/p>\n

Koca said the patient was isolated and his family members and other people who had come into contact with him had been quarantined.<\/p>\n

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Workers wearing protective gear disinfect a train at the Seoul Metro Gunja Train Depot, in Seoul, South Korea, on March 11, 2020. (Photo by AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bolivia detects first cases<\/strong><\/p>\n

The coronvirus has also reached South America, with Bolivia reporting its first two cases on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Health Minister Anibal Cruz said the patients were two women over 60 years of age who arrived in the country from Italy initially without symptoms of the disease.<\/p>\n

Panama registers first death<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Panama\u2019s Health Ministry confirmed the country\u2019s first death from the coronavirus, along with seven new cases of infection in the Central American nation.<\/p>\n

South Korea reports jump in new cases<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Korea, the worst-hit country after China, reported a jump in new cases on Wednesday, after health officials detected a cluster of viral infections at an insurance company in the capital, Seoul.<\/p>\n

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported 242 new cases of coronavirus infection from the past 24 hours, bringing its total to 7,755.<\/p>\n

Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Europe, Italy has been hit the worst by the new coronavirus, with more than 10,000 infections and 631 deaths so far.<\/p>\n

Authorities have imposed drastic quarantine measures to contain the spread of the\u00a0pathogen.<\/p>\n

Trains, planes, and vehicles leaving the country faced new restrictions on Tuesday;\u00a0and many other countries, including Spain and Portugal, suspended air traffic to and from Italy for two weeks.<\/p>\n

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Italian PM puts whole country in lockdown over COVID-19 outbreak<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Italian prime minister has put the entire country in a lockdown over the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which has killed over 450 Italians so far.<\/a><\/div>\n

Austria, meanwhile, ordered a halt to flights and trains from Italy;\u00a0and Slovenia said it would impose controls at its border with the country.<\/p>\n

British Airways said on Tuesday it had canceled Italian flights. Air France and some low-cost carriers said they would scrap flights from the country\u2019s airports until early April as well.<\/p>\n

Air Canada also suspended flights to Italy until at least May 1.<\/p>\n

Indonesia reports first death<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indonesian health officials reported the first death from the coronavirus in the country on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A 53-year-old woman, a foreign national, who had already been in critical condition when she was admitted to hospital, died on Wednesday, said Achmad Yurianto, an official with the Health Ministry.<\/p>\n

Yurianto did not say where the woman was from, but said her home country\u2019s embassy was aware of her death and would arrange to have her body returned.<\/p>\n

(This is a developing story and is updated as new information is obtained.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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