As fears of the novel coronavirus present in China -- as well as multiple other nations at the time of writing -- spread, an Indian teacher working in the country has been announced as the first non-Chinese individual to contract the condition. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stepped back from declaring the situation regarding the disease to be an international emergency, though has opted to hold further meetings today to discuss the evolving situation. The number of cases of the disease -- which presents pneumonia-like symptoms and has in numerous cases now proven to be fatal -- stands at 540 in China at the time of writing. A further two cases have been documented in Thailand, with one in Japan and one in South Korea. The cases have been speculated to have originated in a seafood market in Wuhan, though the respiratory illness has now spread and has been detected in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Preeti Maheshwari, a 45-year-old teacher in an … Read Full Article about Indian teacher contracts coronavirus in China
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