Corona epidemic on February 12: Hubei 94 new people died, the world had 1,112 deaths

As of 6:30 a.m. on February 12, the South China Morning Post newspaper, citing the authorities of China and other countries, said that the total number of people dying of corona virus in the world was 1,112, 44,794. Number of people recovering was 4,657.

According to the latest information posted on the website on the morning of February 12 of the health committee of Hubei province, as of the end of February 11, there were 94 more deaths from the new strain of corona virus, bringing the number of deaths in the province to 1,068. shift.

In addition, there were also 1,638 new cases of infection in Hubei province, the center of an outbreak of acute respiratory infections caused by a new strain of corona virus, bringing the total number of infected people in the province to 33,366 cases.

As of the end of February 11, Wuhan City had 72 deaths, up from 67 deaths on February 10. So far, 820 people in Wuhan city have died from the new strain corona virus. The number of new infections on February 11 in this city is 1,104 cases, down from 1,552 cases on February 10.

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The South China Morning Post newspaper, citing data from the National Health Commission of China, said as of 6:10 a.m. on February 12, the number of deaths in China so far was 1,110, bringing the total number of cases. deaths worldwide to 1,122 cases, including 1 death in the Philippines and 1 case in Hong Kong.

The total number of coronavirus infections in China is 44,318 cases, worldwide is 44,794. There have been 4,657 recovery cases and have been discharged from the hospital.

According to Reuters on the morning of February 12, Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said the country had recorded an additional 39 cases of corona virus infection of the new strain, including an isolation officer on board Diamond Princess.

So the total number of cases on the Diamond Princess yacht so far is 174 people, NHK Japan said.

Corona virus may affect China's purchase of US agricultural products Reuters

On the morning of February 12, White House security advisor Robert O'Brien said that an outbreak of a new corona virus strain in China could reduce the purchasing power of US agricultural products from China this year.

China's increase in purchases of US agricultural products is regulated in the first phase of the trade agreement.

“We expect the phase 1 agreement to allow China to receive more food and open these markets to American farmers, but it is certain that an uninterrupted outbreak of corona virus will affect. to American agricultural purchases, at least this year, ”said O'Brien at an Atlantic Council event.

The antiviral drug remdesivir shows promise

According to the South China Morning Post on the morning of February 11, the US government's biomedical research agency is preparing to test a number of drugs to deal with the new strain of corona virus, including the antiviral drug remdesivir of Gilead Sciences.

Accordingly, the US National Institute for Infectious and Allergy (NIAID) is preparing the regimens "experiment in vitro" (Invitro) and "in vitro experiments" (In vivo). Thereby, shows the "promise" of the antiviral Remdesvir in the fight against new corona virus strains in animal research models.

Source: tuoitre.vn