Important Takeaways:
- So far, one human case of West Nile virus has been reported in the county, affecting a resident of south Fort Collins
- A map on the Colorado department of health website says three people have confirmed infections statewide
- The health department says there’s an “unprecedented risk” of West Nile virus this summer.
- Those age 60 and older and those who have serious diseases and immune disorders are more likely than younger patients to have the most severe forms of the disease, according to Larimer County health department.
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it was too early to say that China’s coronavirus outbreak was peaking, but noted that Wednesday was the first day that the overall number of new cases in China had dropped.
Executive Director of the World Health Organisation’s emergencies program Mike Ryan, Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the Technical Lead for the WHO’s emergencies program Maria Van Kerkhovespeaks at a news conference on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The death toll from the virus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563, with more than 28,000 confirmed infections inside the world’s second-largest economy.
WHO official Mike Ryan said there had been a constant increase in cases in Hubei province, at the centre of the outbreak, but that that increase had not been seen in other provinces.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; writing by Nick Macfie; Editing by Toby Chopra)
