Jamaica has confirmed its first imported case of COVID-19 in Kingston.
The patient is a Jamaican woman who was in isolation.
The female patient returned from United Kingdom on March 4.
She has been in isolation since yesterday after showing respiratory symptoms.
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Wow! We need to be in triple prayer We have that power my Caribbean family. Decree and Declare “no evil shall come near my dwelling ” and anoint your houses like Moses did in the plague. When I see the blood I will pass over you.
Amen
What we need to do is take proper precautions to prepare ourselves for when it ends up here. None of that other nonsense you mentioned is going to work.
The corona virus should not be a major concern.
facts 116,657 contracts the virus 4.091 persons died, 64,750 recovered.
compare these facts to
Flu 49,000,000 contracts the virus 64,000 deaths these figures are in the USA only
Cancer 1, 762, 450 contracts cancer 606,880 deaths in the USA only
What is wrong with that picture?
n Italy, where there are more than 12,000 confirmed cases, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has announced the closure of schools, gyms, museums, nightclubs and other venues across the country.
On Wednesday, Italian health officials said the death toll there had risen to 827 from 631. Nearly 900 people with the virus in Italy were in intensive care, the WHO’s emergencies head Michael Ryan said.
Dr Ryan said the situation in Iran – where there were 354 deaths among 9,000 cases – was “very serious”. The WHO had sent 40,000 testing kits to Iran but there was still a shortage of ventilators and oxygen.
“Iran and Italy are suffering now but I guarantee you other countries will be in that situation very soon,” he said.
France said there had been 48 deaths in the country, an increase of 15 from Tuesday. There are 2,281 confirmed cases. Coronavirus-linked restrictions have been extended to two more areas, France’s health minister said.
In the western US, Washington state is banning some large gatherings in certain areas and has told all school districts to prepare for possible closures in the coming days. The governor of Seattle’s King County said he expected a serious coronavirus outbreak within weeks.
In the eastern US, New York’s governor announced that troops would be sent into New Rochelle, in an attempt to contain an outbreak of the virus, as the total number of US cases passed 1,000 on Wednesday.
one-mile (1.6km) containment zone was in force around the town north of Manhattan. Some individuals have been quarantined.
A number of countries have imposed sweeping travel restrictions. India has suspended most visas for foreigners until 15 April. Guatemala is banning European citizens from entering from Thursday.
Music festivals and other major events in the US, including Coachella festival in California, have been cancelled or postponed. The E3 gaming show set for Los Angeles in June is among those cancelled.
Thousands of flights have been cancelled worldwide as airlines struggle to cope with a slump in demand.
Most importantly Today self…..WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold over the past two weeks.
He said he was “deeply concerned” by “alarming levels of inaction” over the virus.
A pandemic is a disease that is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time.He called on governments to change the course of the outbreak by taking “urgent and aggressive action”.
“Several countries have demonstrated that this virus can be suppressed and controlled,” he said.
“The challenge for many countries who are now dealing with large clusters or community transmission is not whether they can do the same – it’s whether they will.”
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