China isolates entire cities in an effort to control the spread of the Coruna virus

Arab Weather - Sinan Khalaf - In an attempt to control the spread of the new Corona virus, the Chinese authorities have isolated entire cities, including Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, declaring quarantine over its entire population, and prevented entry and entry into and out of the city, and imposed wear Protective masks are on everyone, while mobility is prohibited except for the most urgent need.

The Chinese authorities have announced that the number of deaths due to the viral epidemic in China has risen to 26 out of 830 cases that were recorded during the past 48 hours, and the first new infection of the deadly virus was recorded last December in a wholesale market of seafood in a city Wuhan central China.

Who talks about Corona

For its part, the World Health Organization confirmed that China is working hard to prevent the spread of the deadly corona, but considered that it is too early to speak of a global health emergency caused by the disease.

The organization stressed that there is no evidence so far of the transmission of infection from one person to another outside China, adding that the matter "so far is limited to family groups and health care workers."

The organization does not require travel restrictions, but rather checks for passengers at airports. It also calls on "all countries" to put in place measures to detect HIV cases for which there is currently no treatment or vaccine to prevent it.