2019-nCoV fatalities far lower than H1N1, Ebola
The
fatality rate of confirmed novel coronavirus-related pneumonia cases in China
was 2.1 percent as of Monday night, February 3, far below previous
international outbreaks of H1N1 flu, MERS and Ebola viruses, Chinese officials
said.
The
death rate for this novel coronavirus epidemic is around 2.1 percent in China,
much lower than other epidemics, and since Saturday, we have seen more people
recovering from the disease than dying from it, Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks on Tuesday’s online media
briefing.
The
death rate from the 2009 H1N1 flu in the US was 17.4 percent, and the 2012 MERS
death rate was 34.4 percent, while the number for Ebola was 40.4 percent.
However,
the fatality rate of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Wuhan was 4.9
percent, significantly higher than the national rate of 2.1 percent, the
Chinese National Health Commission (NHC) said at a press conference on Tuesday,
explaining that the gap was due to the fact that Wuhan's early treatment
capacity was way below demand.
There
were only three designated hospitals to treat severe novel coronavirus-related
pneumonia patients in Wuhan at the early stages, with only 110 beds which were
far from enough, said Jiao Yahui, an official with the NHC.
Apart
from the designated hospitals, patients infected with novel coronavirus were
distributed in more than 20 medical institutions across the city, lacking
unified management and efficient distribution of high-quality medical
resources, causing a relatively high fatality rate, Jiao said.
The
shortage of medical supplies in the fight against the novel coronavirus is
still very prominent at the frontline, especially the shortage of medical
protective suits and N95 masks, the commission confirmed.
The
number of medical personnel dispatched to Wuhan in efforts to combat the
outbreak is expected to reach 10,000 in total by Wednesday, Jiao said.
A total
of 15,000 fever clinics and 2,092 designated hospitals were set up across the
mainland to fight the epidemic, meeting basic needs of patients, except for
Hubei, center of the epidemic.
More
than 3,000 medical staff from major hospitals in a dozen of provinces will be
dispatched to take over the newly designated inpatient wards in Wuhan that
receive critical patients suffering from the virus, Jiao said.
Source:Global Times
On February 4, 2020, in a
community in Nanfeng Street, Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, volunteers are using
small speakers to publicize epidemic prevention knowledge. (Photo by Wang
Huabin from People’s Daily Online)
2019-nCoV fatalities far lower than H1N1, Ebola
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