WHO Praises China’s Response to Outbreak

Asenior official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday praised China for its “proactive” effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. “WHO acknowledges the proactive role that China has played right from the beginning of this outbreak, transparently sharing information as it becomes available, sharing knowledge,” WHO Representative in the Philippines Rabindra Abeyasinghe said at a press conference.

“The identification of the pathogen per se, defining its whole genome sequence, and sharing diagnostics, also sharing information about the clinical presentations, the manifestations and how the patients are managed, all of that has been valuable in helping WHO better understand this disease,” he added.

“We are very appreciative of those efforts of the Chinese government,” Mr Abeyasinghe said. Chinese health authorities on Monday said it received reports of 17,205 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 361 deaths by the end of Sunday from the Chinese mainland.

Meanwhile, A total of 632 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Monday, Chinese health authorities announced on Tuesday.

Monday saw 157 people walk out of the hospital after recovery (101 in Hubei), the National Health Commission (NHC) said in its daily report.

By the end of Monday, a total of 425 people had died of the disease and 20,438 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection had been reported in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China.

632 patients infected with the novel coronavirus have been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Monday.

425 people have died from the disease as of Monday .

20,438 cases confirmed cases reported in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China.