Chinese officials said that the virus would temporarily be named the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, or NCP

The number of people killed by the novel coronavirus globally (814) has now overtaken the total death toll for the SARS outbreak in 2003, which killed 774 people across the world.

20 German citizens and their family members landed in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday after being repatriated from Wuhan, China

Chen Qiushi, a citizen journalist who had been doing critical reporting from Wuhan, went missing Thursday evening

Many doctors believe that deaths and infections from the current epidemic are undercounted in China because testing facilities are under severe strain.

Many chinese citizens are not happy with the way their government handled the novel coronavirus crisis

The World Health Organization has announced it will send a team to China to investigate the outbreak of the deadly virus

A total of 16 people have tested positive for Wuhan coronavirus in Malaysia, according to a report from state news agency Bernama today

Novel Coronavirus – Sunday February 9 – 2020

Source: Worldometer

Coronavirus Cases: 37,606

 Severe Condition: 6196

Deaths: 814

Recovered: 2966

Novel Coronavirus Cases Outside of China

Australia : 15

Belgium : 1

Cambodia : 1

Canada : 7

Finland : 1

France : 11

Germany :13

Hong Kong : 26 cases, 1 death

India : 3

Italy : 3

Japan : 90 cases, including 64 in cruise ship quarantine

Macao : 10

Malaysia : 16

Nepal : 1

Philippines : 3 cases, 1 death

Russia : 2

Singapore : 40

South Korea : 25

Spain :1

Sri Lanka : 1

Sweden :1

Taiwan :17

Thailand :32

United Arab Emirates : 7

United Kingdom : 3

United States : 12

Vietnam : 13

WHO : How to Prevent Novel Coronavirus Infection Spread?

The World Health Organization published in its website the Following standard recommendations to prevent coronavirus infection spread:

• Regular hand washing
• Covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing
• Thoroughly cooking meat and eggs
• Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing

What is Novel Coronavirus?

Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.  

Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people.  Detailed investigations found that SARS-CoV was transmitted from civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. Several known coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans. 

Source: World Health Organization

Symptoms

Common signs of infection include :

Fever

Cough

Respiratory symptoms

Shortness of breath and breathing difficulties

In more severe cases infection can cause :

• Pneumonia
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome
• Kidney failure
• Death