After one case has been reported in the country, people rushed to get a mask. After two days, the panic ebbed following the government’s information campaign. PIME missionary notes that Cambodians do not resent the Chinese.
The virus is already damaging consumer rates and tourism. Economies that depend on Chinese demand are at risk. The multinationals are evacuating the employees of the plants located in the areas affected by the epidemic. Wuhan generates a turnover of 214 billion US dollars, approximately 1.6% of Chinese GDP.
About half of the citizens who applied for evacuation. Internally displaced persons without symptoms will have to spend 14 days in isolation inside two public provincial structures. The authorities confirm four other cases of contagion: 11 people are infected in the country. Popular resistance to housing the sick in quarantine facilities.
In the Philippines and Singapore, the bishops say communion must be distributed by hands. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines launches an Oratio Imperata for victims of the virus. In Malaysia, people with flu-like symptoms who cannot attend Mass are encouraged to perform an act of spiritual communion.
The 7th Philippine Conference on the New Evangelisation ended yesterday. The new prefect of Propaganda Fide gave a speech summarising the event. “Everyone has needs but everyone also has a gift. Your gift is the response to the needs of the others,” Tagle said.
Seoul is preparing to evacuate the first group of about 720 citizens from the epicenter of the emergency. Officials and residents of Jincheon and Asan raise the barricades against their transfer to two public facilities. The total number of infected people in South Korea has reached six.
The World Health Organization (WHO) meets today to discuss whether or not the virus represents a "global health crisis". In these hours, the voluntary evacuations of hundreds of foreign citizens residing in the epicenter of the emergency are underway.
The meeting is set for 31 January-1 February. Participants will include people from 160 different parishes, the private sector and policy experts who will work to develop recommendations and solutions. The event is a key part of the celebrations of 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines.
The National Health Commission reports that the death toll for the virus identified as "2019-nCoV" has risen to 132. Confirmed cases of infection are 5,974. In 2003, Sars infected 5,327 people and killed 349 in mainland China; another 299 in Hong Kong.
The country’s TB medication inventory will not run out in June 2020. The Eugene Bell Foundation will be the only provider of multidrug-resistant medication. Treatment may soon be available to all North Koreans who need it.
Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, announces seven new measures to contain the outbreak. China’s latest health crisis coincides with Lunar New Year celebrations. Tourists have been spreading the virus, causing panic in Southeast Asia.
4,515 The confirmed cases, almost 7 thousand await confirmation. In just 24 hours, 1,680 more people contract the lung infection. Another 6,000 medical staff members have been mobilized to combat the spread of the virus in Hubei province. Foreign governments devise ways to extract their citizens from the capital of Wuhan.
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