COVID-19 cases jump to 716 in France

22:05, March 07, 2020

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  Number of COVID-19 cases in Australia jumps to 41

  SYDNEY, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Australia jumped to 41 on Wednesday, with a female aged care worker in Sydney becoming the third person infected while on Australian soil.Passangers arrive at Sydney airport wearing masks after landing on January 25, 2020. (Photo: AFP)It is not known exactly how the woman, who is in her 50s, contracted the virus and authorities said that the aged care residents she had been in contact with had been placed in isolation.One of the residents, aged 95, had subsequently passed away, however experts are not certain her death was related to the virus."Whether or not it was related to corona, we dont know at this point," New South Wales (NSW) Health Minister Brad Hazzard said.Official deaths from COVID-19 in Australia remained at one, after a 78-year-old man passed away in Perth on Sunday having been evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship which was docked in Japan.Health authorities in NSW recorded 11 new cases of the virus since Sunday, taking the total number to 15, and said they were continuing to isolate all those who have been in contact with the infection.NSW Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kerry Chant emphasised that aside from the three people who contracted the disease within Australia, the majority of cases were still people travelling from overseas.A 20-year-old Chinese man was confirmed to have COVID-19 by health authorities in the State of Queensland on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases there to ten.He arrived in Australia on February 23 and had been in Dubai for at least 14 days before entering the country, after which he became ill.The man was in a stable condition in hospital isolation while officials attempted to determine where he contracted the disease.Meanwhile the number of cases in the State of Victoria also rose to 10 after a man in his 30s arrived in Melbourne from Iran and was later diagnosed with the disease."We have obviously had an increased number o...

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  Confirmed COVID-19 cases in UK jumps to 798

  LONDON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Britain has reached 798 Friday, an increase of 208 over 24 hours, according to the Department of Health and Social Care.Great Ormond Street childrens hospital is pictured in London on March 10, 2020. (Photo: AFP)It is by far the biggest rise in cases of COVID-19 in one day, according to official figures.The British government announced on Thursday that the country has switched from the "containment" phase to "delay" in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, which will see more "social distancing" measures.The COVID-19 outbreak is "the worst public health crisis for a generation," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday after an emergency COBRA committee meeting on Thursday.

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  Number of cases of COVID-19 rises to 73 in France

  Paris (People’s Daily) – The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in France has risen to 73 from 57 on Friday, announced French Health Minister Olivier Veran during a press conference on Saturday.Special measures have been taken at French train and bus stations, such as this one in Lyon, where vehicles are arriving from Italy, the hub of the European outbreak. (Photo: AFP)Out of the 73 cases, two people had died, 12 were cured and 59 are hospitalized.