Fears Mount as Cases of Chinas Viral Pneumonia Surge Exponentially
January 22, 2020 20:54, Last Updated: January 22, 2020 21:04
By Eva Fu
FTA
It started with a light cough. He burped constantly, and complained of shortness of breath.
Family members thought it was no big deal. The doctor said he seemed to have heart problems and suggested him to stay in the hospital. He appeared healthy except for a minor infection in one lung area.
Two weeks later, he was dead, with both lungs infected and organ failure. His doctors at the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital determined the cause of death as unknown pneumonia.
It was days before Chinese health authorities identified the cause of the new viral pneumonia as 2019-nCoV, a coronavirus that first emerged in December in the commercial city of Wuhan, his home city.
As of press time, the virus has since sickened more than 540 people across China and around the world, with confirmed cases in South Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States.
Much remains unclear about the virus that has sparked fear around the world and cast a cloud over the upcoming Lunar New Year festivities, a major traditional holiday when millions of Chinese travel to their hometowns or go on vacations abroad. Experts say the mass movement of people could accelerate the diseases spread.
The virus has already spread across the country to 17 provinces and regions.
So sad.
Have you seen the video of how they transport these quarantined patients??
Reminds me of ET, at the end.
With the population of China only 17 have died and what were their ages, I mean we have very young and elderly people die from the flu all the time!! I am just not understanding this hysteria UNLESS there is something they are not telling us just seem WAY OVER THE TOP!!!