Leading epidemiologist of China told when to expect the peak of the pandemic COVID 19

BEIJING, 12 APR – RIA Novosti. Leading epidemiologist of China Zhong Nanshan believes that if the development of the epidemiological situation with coronavirus in the world will continue at the same pace as now, before a tipping point at least another two weeks.

He explained that unlike what it was during the 1918 pandemic, now the measures of the government play a very important role, if the measures taken are stiff, then the epidemic will decline.

the Chinese Authorities on 31 December 2019, informed the world health organization about the outbreak of an unknown pneumonia in Wuhan in the Central part of the country (Hubei province). Experts have established that the causative agent is a new coronavirus, and later the disease was officially called COVID-19. March 11, the who declared a pandemic of a novel coronavirus in the world. The state Committee on health of the PRC on 29 March announced that the spread of the epidemic in the country as a whole is stopped.

In total in China at the moment has infected over 82 thousand people, over 77,5 thousand recovered, died 3339 people.

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