China's Foreign Ministry says the U.S. has failed to give China any substantive help on the coronavirus outbreak and has helped to create and spread panic across the globe, according to a report on Monday by Reuters.
Four U.S. military bases in California, Colorado and Texas were selected Saturday to house up to 1,000 Americans expected to be placed under quarantine upon arrival from China where they will be examined for up to one month for signs of the coronavirus.
Following the first confirmed coronavirus death outside China, the country’s defense military on Sunday deployed 1,400 medical personnel to staff a new hospital in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of the novel virus that’s now killed more than 300 people and sickened more than 14,000 in China alone.
A 44-year-old Chinese man visiting the Philippines is the first known fatality outside China to be linked to the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said Sunday.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved government housing for 1,000 people who may have to be quarantined as a result of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, following the appearance of the eighth case of the disease in the U.S.
China’s death toll from a new virus rose to 259 on Saturday and a World Health Organization official said other governments need to prepare for“domestic outbreak control” if the disease spreads in their countries.
UNICEF this week sent China 6 metric tons of supplies in a bid to help the country respond to the deadly coronavirus outbreak that’s killed some 213 people and sickened more than 9,000 others worldwide.
Hospitals across the U.S. are preparing to receive patients infected with the novel coronavirus, and have been given instructions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how they might accommodate such an influx.