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medical mask, CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS SURGE IN ITALY, SOUTH KOREA AS VIRUS KILLS AT LEAST 8 IN IRAN I think there was a lot more deaths than reported ... in South Korea, 800 cases and we don't know yet, but it looks like it's pretty deadly in Iran too ... several cases dying in Iran ... and Italy, Siegel explained. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I think it may be more than the 2 percent case rate that they're saying but I will tell you one thing, a lot of people are ending up with pneumonia from this virus, the doctor added. This is a very, very serious virus that puts people in the ICU.
medical mask - Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel speaks with Acting DHS Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli about a possible pandemic. China has banned the consumption and trade of wild animals in an effort to halt the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, which is believed to have originated at an animal and seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, according to a Monday report. China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed a resolution Monday banning the “illegal wildlife trade, abolishing the bad habit of overconsumption of wildlife, and effectively protect the lives and health of the people,” AFP reported, citing state media.
medical mask, FILE: Police look at items seized from store suspected of trafficking wildlife in Guangde city in central China's Anhui Province. (Anti-Poaching Special Squad via AP) The ban comes after Chinese leader Xi Jinping said earlier this month that China should “resolutely outlaw and harshly crackdown” on the illegal wildlife trade because of the public health risks it poses. Officials say some 1.5 million markets and online operators nationwide have been inspected since the outbreak began. About 3,700 have been shut down, and around 16,000 breeding sites have been cordoned off.
medical mask - Before the outbreak, it was legal in China to sell 54 species like pangolins and civets – as long as they were raised on farms. Jinfreng Zhou, of China Biodiversity, Conservation and Green Development Foundation, an environmental group in Beijing, said anything less than a total ban on all wildlife trading would fail to address the problem, given the lucrative nature of the industry. “The profit is huge … like drugs,” Jinfeng said. Others expressed doubt that such overreaching measures could work,
medical mask - Li Shuo, a senior global policy adviser with Greenpeace, told Bloomberg that the ambiguities in defining “wildlife” would make to difficult to stop people from trading and consuming products like traditional medicines and fur. ‘MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7’ MOVIE PRODUCTION PAUSES OVER CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS The coronavirus, or COVID-19, first emerged in China late last year. As of Thursday, some 79,570 cases have been reported, with nearly 2,500 deaths. The majority of these have taken place in mainland China.