5th March 2020 – (Hong Kong) Total accumulated COVID-19 cases maintained at 104 as of 6pm today. Three paramedics who sent a couple from Un Chau Estate in Cheung Sha Wan to the hospital were not wearing protective suits on 28th February. The couple were subsequently tested for COVID-19. Many frontline medical staff are worried that the virus may be spread out.
As at noon today, public hospitals had reported to the Department of Health the admission of 33 patients (nine male and 24 female, aged 6 months to 86 years) in the past 24 hours who met the reporting criteria of COVID-19. Appropriate tests have been arranged for the patients.
There are 101 patients under isolation currently. So far, 46 patients with COVID-19 infection have been discharged upon recovery.
S. Korea’s COVID-19 cases top 6,000, another virus-hit city under special care. Of the 438 new cases detected on Wednesday, 321 are in Daegu and 87 in neighbouring North Gyeongsang Province, the two epicentres of the virus outbreak here, the KCDC said.
First death reported in Switzerland. Switzerland currently has 80 coronavirus cases. 5 more tested positive for coronavirus in Finland. Finland now has 12 coronavirus cases. Norway now has 62 coronavirus cases. The total cases in Austria are now 37. First 4 cases reported in West Bank in Palestine. First cases reported in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Italy to close all schools as deaths rise and all professional sport, including Series A football matches, will be played behind closed doors for a month.
5 new cases reported in Malaysia, bringing total to 55. 4 more cases reported in Thailand, bringing total to 47.
