ກຳມາທິການດ້ານສາທາລະນະສຸກແຫ່ງຊາດຈີນ ກ່າວໃນວັນສຸກມື້ນີ້ວ່າ ມີອີກ 121 ຄົນ ໄດ້ເສຍຊີວິດຍ້ອນເຊື້ອໄວຣັສໂຄໂຣນາສາຍພັນໃໝ່ ຊຶ່ງໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ ຈຳນວນຄົນເສຍຊີວິດສູງຂຶ້ນເກືອບຮອດ 1,400 ຄົນແລ້ວ.
ກຳມາທິການດັ່ງກ່າວ ຍັງໄດ້ບັນທຶກວ່າ ມີອີກ 5,090 ກໍລະນີໃໝ່ ທີ່ໄດ້ຖືກ ຢືນຢັນວ່າຕິດເຊື້ອພະຍາດນີ້.
ຂະນະທີ່ກ່າວຕໍ່ພວກນັກຂ່າວຢູ່ນັ້ນ, ຮອງລັດຖະມົນຕີຂອງກຳມາທິການດັ່ງກ່າວ ທ່ານເຊງ ຕີຊິນ (Zeng Tixin) ເວົ້າວ່າ ພະນັກງານການແພດ 1,716 ຄົນ ກໍໄດ້ຕິດເຊື້ອໄວຣັສໂຄໂຣນານີ້ເຊັ່ນກັນ ແລະ 6 ຄົນໃນນັ້ນໄດ້ເສຍຊີວິດໄປ.
ອີງຕາມຂ່າວຫລ້າສຸດ, ຈໍານວນຄົນທີ່ຕິດເຊື້ອພະຍາດນີ້ໄດ້ຂຶ້ນຮອດ 63,851 ຄົນແລ້ວ ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນຂອງວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້.
ໂຄສົກປະຈຳອົງການອະນາໄມໂລກ ຫລື WHO, ທ່ານ ທາຣິກ ຈາຊາເຣິວິກ (Tarik Jasarevic) ກ່າວຕໍ່ອົງການຂ່າວຣອຍເຕີ ໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້ວ່າ ການເພີ້ມຂຶ້ນຂອງຈຳນວນຄົນຕິດເຊື້ອໄວຣັສນີ້ໃໝ່ ແມ່ນສະທ້ອນໃຫ້ເຫັນເຖິງ "ຄຳນິຍາມທີ່ກວ້າງກວ່າເກົ່າ" ຂອງການວິໄຈພະຍາດສຳລັບການຕິດເຊື້ອໄວຣັສໂຄໂຣນາ ແລະອົງການຂອງທ່ານ ຢາກໃຫ້ຈີນ ໃຫ້ "ຄວາມກະຈ່າງແຈ່ມເພີ້ມອີກ" ກ່ຽວກັບວິທີການໃໝ່ນີ້.
ຫົວໜ້າໂຄງການດ້ານເຫດສຸກເສີນຂອງ WHO, ທ່ານໄມໂຄລ ໄຣແອັນ ກ່າວຕໍ່ບັນດານັກຂ່າວ ຢູ່ໃນນະຄອນເຈນີວາໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້ວ່າ ຈຳນວນທີ່ເພີ້ມສູງຂຶ້ນບໍ່ໄດ້ "ເປັນການບົ່ງບອກວ່າ ມີການປ່ຽນແປງຢ່າງຫລວງຫລາຍ ຢູ່ໃນ ເສັ້ນໂຄຈອນຂອງການລະບາດ," ແຕ່ກັບເປັນການສະແດງໃຫ້ເຫັນເຖິງ "ການປ່ຽນແປງຢູ່ໃນວິທີທີ່ວ່າ ກໍລະນີຄົນປ່ວຍຖືກລາຍງານແນວໃດ" ຫລາຍກວ່າ.
ການລະບາດຂອງພະຍາດນີ້ ໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ທ່ານຈຽງ ຈ້າວຫລຽງ (Jiang Chaoliang) ຖືກປົດອອກຈາກຕຳແໜ່ງເປັນຫົວໜ້າພັກຄອມມູນິສທີ່ປົກຄອງແຂວງຫູເບ, ຊຶ່ງເປັນເວລາບໍ່ເທົ່າໃດມື້ ພາຍຫລັງທີ່ຫົວໜ້າຂະແໜງສາທາລະນະສຸກສອງທ່ານໄດ້ຖືກຍົກຍ້າຍໄປກຳຕຳແໜ່ງອື່ນ. ອົງການຂ່າວຊິນຫົວຂອງທາງການຈີນເວົ້າວ່າ ທ່ານ ຢິງ ຢົງ (Ying Yong), ເຈົ້າເມືອງຊຽງໄຮ ຈະໄປຮັບໜ້າທີ່ແທນທ່ານຈຽງ ທີ່ຖືກປະຊາຊົນຕຳໜິໃນເລື້ອງການຮັບມືຂອງທ່ານຕໍ່ການລະບາດຂອງເຊື້ອໄວຣັສໂຄວິດ (COVID)-19 ນີ້.”
ເຊື່ອກັນວ່າ ເຊື້ອໄວຣັສນີ້ ໄດ້ເລີ້ມປາກົດຂຶ້ນມາໃນທ້າຍປີກາຍນີ້ ຢູ່ໃນຕະຫລາດຂາຍອາຫານທະເລຢູ່ໃນເມືອງວູຫານ ທີ່ຂາຍສັດປ່າຜິດກົດໝາຍນັ້ນ.
ລັດຖະບານຫວຽດນາມ ໄດ້ສັ່ງໃຫ້ບ້ານແຫ່ງນຶ່ງທີ່ມີປະຊາຊົນ 10,000 ຄົນນັ້ນປິດໄວ້ບໍ່ໃຫ້ຄົນອອກເຂົ້າໄປໄດ້ ໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້, ອີງຕາມການລາຍງານຂອງຂ່າວສານທາງການຂອງປະເທດນັ້ນ ຊຶ່ງເຮັດໃຫ້ປະເທດດັ່ງກ່າວກາຍເປັນປະເທດທຳອິດ, ນອກຈາກຈີນແລ້ວ, ທີ່ໄດ້ວາງມາດຕະການກັກຄົນເປັນຈຳນວນຫລາຍໄວ້. ໄດ້ມີການຕັ້ງປ້ອມກວດກາຄົນຢູ່ໃນບ້ານເຊິ່ນໂລ່ຍ (Son Loi), ທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ທາງຕາເວັນຕົກສຽງເໜືອຂອງນະຄອນຫລວງຮາໂນ່ຍນັ້ນ. ມີລາຍງານວ່າ ມີການເພີ້ມຂຶ້ນຂອງກໍລະນີຄົນຕິດເຊື້ອໄວຣັສນີ້ຢູ່ໃນບ້ານເຊິ່ນໂລ່ຍ (Son Loi) ນັ້ນ.
ອ່ານຂ່າວນີ້ເພີ້ມເປັນພາສາອັງກິດຢູ່ຂ້າງລຸ່ມນີ້
China’s National Health Commission said Friday that 121 more people have died from the new coronavirus, bringing the death toll to nearly 1,400.
The commission has also recorded 5,090 more confirmed cases of infections.
Speaking to reporters, commission Vice Minister Zeng Tixin said 1,716 health workers have also been infected by the coronavirus and six of them have died.
With the most recent update, the total number of infected people stands at 63,851 as of Thursday night.
World Health Organization spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told Reuters Thursday the increase in the number of new cases reflects a “broader definition” of a coronavirus diagnosis and that his organization wants China to provide “further clarity” about the new methodology.
WHO health emergencies program director Michael Ryan told reporters in Geneva Thursday the new, higher numbers do “not represent a significant change in the trajectory of the outbreak,” but rather “a change in how the cases are being reported.”
The outbreak has led to the firing of Jiang Chaoliang as the ruling Communist Party chief in Hubei, just days after the province’s top two health officials were removed from their posts. The official Xinhua news agency says former Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong will replace Jiang, who had been criticized by the public for his handling of the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.
The virus is believed to have emerged late last year at a seafood market in the city of Wuhan that was illegally selling wildlife. Wuhan is the capital of Hubei.
The Vietnamese government ordered the lockdown of a village of 10,000 people Thursday, official media reported, making it the first country except China to impose a mass quarantine. Checkpoints were established in Son Loi, located northwest of the capital of Hanoi. An increase in cases has been reported in Son Loi.
In Japan, officials say an 80-year-old woman who died in a hospital on the outskirts of Tokyo has become the nation’s first coronavirus fatality. She was the third person to die of the virus outside of China, with the other fatalities occurring in the Philippines and Hong Kong.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that a 15th case of the coronavirus has been confirmed in the United States. The person, along with other evacuated U.S. citizens, arrived at an Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 7 aboard a State Department-chartered flight from China. The person is being treated at an area hospital.
“There will likely be additional cases in the coming days and weeks, including among other people recently returned from Wuhan,” the CDC said in a statement.
The outbreak is also wreaking havoc on regional sporting events. World Rugby says the Singapore and Hong Kong rounds of the popular Sevens Series have been moved from April until October. The two events are among the many sporting events that are either being postponed or canceled, including the World Track and Field Championships scheduled for next month in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
But Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee of this year’s Tokyo Olympics, told reporters Thursday the committee is not considering postponing or canceling the Games, which begin in July.
The death toll from the coronavirus is higher than the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2002-03, which is believed to have killed 774 people and sickened nearly 8,100 in China and Hong Kong.
