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Coronavirus LIVE tracker: Live map allows you to TRACK spread of virus


Coronavirus has now claimed the lives of at least 132 people and infected nearly 6,000 worldwide since its outbreak in December. Despite efforts to try and contain the virus, it is still spreading rapidly, with it now having made its way to Europe and the US.

Panic has outpaced the virus so far, with health authorities in every country concerned about coronavirus.

Now researchers from the prestigious Johns Hopkins University in the US have created a live map of the virus, which allows you to track in real-time.

Using data from the World Health Organisation and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the map shows where the virus has reached, the death toll and even how many people have recovered from the virus – 63 at the time of writing.

Lauren Gardner, a civil engineering professor at Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering, who helped to create the map, said: “We built this dashboard because we think it is important for the public to have an understanding of the outbreak situation as it unfolds with transparent data sources.

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“For the research community, this data will become more valuable as we continue to collect it over time.”

According to the map on January 28, there were a total of 4,473 confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide, with 107 deaths, at the time of writing.

Mainland China is by far the worst affected, with 4,409 cases, followed by Hong Kong and Thailand (eight each).

Only two countries in Europe have confirmed the disease is present, with France having two and one more in Germany.

On January 28, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the killer virus has been confirmed in 14 countries outside of China.

The WHO said: “Patients with 2019-nCoV infection, are presenting with a wide range of symptoms. Most seem to have mild disease, and about 20 percent appear to progress to severe disease, including pneumonia, respiratory failure and in some cases death.

“Clinical care of suspected patients with 2019-nCoV should focus on early recognition, immediate isolation (separation), implementation of appropriate infection prevention and control (IPC) measures and provision of optimised supportive care.

“WHO is convening a bi-weekly call with clinical experts around the globe, to better understand, in real-time, the clinical presentation and treatment intervention.”

Symptoms of the disease are generally flu-like, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) listing the following symptoms:

  • Runny nose
  • Headache
  • Cough
  • Sore throat
  • Fever
  • A general feeling of being unwell

The CDC added: “Human coronaviruses can sometimes cause lower-respiratory tract illnesses, such as pneumonia or bronchitis.

“This is more common in people with cardiopulmonary disease, people with weakened immune systems, infants, and older adults.”



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