China is reporting another encouraging number in the virus epidemic, with a daily tally of 125 new cases. But there are mushrooming outbreaks in Iran, South Korea and Italy. In the U.S., there are also more infected people with over 100 in 11 states.
Medical staff members in protective gears arrive for a duty shift at Dongsan Hospital in Daegu, South Korea, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. China's coronavirus caseload continued to wane Tuesday even as the epidemic took a firmer hold beyond Asia, with three countries now exceeding 1,000 cases and the U.S. reporting its sixth death.
Mushrooming outbreaks in the Mideast, Europe and South Korea contrasted with optimism in China, where thousands of recovered patients were going home. A growing outbreak in the United States led schools and subways to sanitize, a search for a vaccine to be pushed, and fears of vulnerability for nursing home residents spread.
In the capital of Seoul, drive-through virus testing centers began operating, with workers dressed head-to-toe in white protective suits leaning into cars with mouth swabs, a move meant to limit contact with possible carriers of the illness. Troops were also dispatched across the city to spray streets and alleys with disinfectants.
In Iran, WHO experts arrived to help local health workers and deliver supplies. France, Germany and the United Kingdom said they would urgently fly test supplies, protective body suits and gloves to Iran, and offered about 5 million euros in support., and urged prosecutors to show “no mercy for hoarders.
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