{"id":13260,"date":"2020-02-19T19:39:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T03:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/13260\/uncategorized\/coronavirus-becoming-a-global-crisis\/"},"modified":"2020-05-02T23:11:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T06:11:43","slug":"coronavirus-becoming-a-global-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/13260\/news\/coronavirus-becoming-a-global-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus becoming a global crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization held an emergency meeting on Jan. 31 and declared a public health emergency of international measures over the global outbreak of 2019nCoV, the new name for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).<\/p>\n<p>The novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government started building a special emergency field hospital called Huoshenshan Hospital to isolate people with the virus on Jan. 23, and finished it by Feb. 2. The second field hospital, Leishenshan Hospital, using the same model, opened on Feb. 8.<\/p>\n<aside>\n    <div class='pullquote sno-pullquote-6a4ae62648fc2 sno-animate'>\n                <div class=\"quotebody\">\n                        <div class='largequote'>&ldquo;<\/div>\n                                    <p class='pullquotetext'>What we can do now is protect ourselves by wearing face masks, washing hands and abstaining from touching your eyes, nose and mouth.<\/p>\n                            <p class='quotespeaker'>&mdash; SJCC medical assistant Sonia Torres-Ramos<\/p>\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<style>\n.sno-pullquote-6a4ae62648fc2 {\n    display: flex;\n    float: left;\n    margin: 30px 30px 30px 0;\n    width: 50%;\n    border-color: #212121;\n    border-top-width: 0px;\n    border-right-width: 0px;\n    border-bottom-width: 0px;\n    border-left-width: 0px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a4ae62648fc2 p.pullquotetext,\n.sno-pullquote-6a4ae62648fc2 p.quotespeaker {\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a4ae62648fc2 .pullquotepic {\n    width: 33%;\n    margin-left: 25px;\n}\n.sno-story-body .sno-pullquote-6a4ae62648fc2 p.pullquotetext {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a4ae62648fc2 .quotebar {\n    background: #cccccc;\n    flex: 0 0 90px;\n    margin-top: -15px;\n    margin-left: -15px;\n    padding-left: 15px;\n    padding-top: 15px;\n    margin-right: 15px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a4ae62648fc2 .largequote {\n\tcolor: #ffffff;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a4ae62648fc2 .quotebody {\n    width: unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<p>Changjiang Daily of China reported on Feb. 2 that surgical masks and other protective supplies have been out of stock for a long time in China. Overseas, Chinese citizens organized donations of surgical masks.<\/p>\n<p>Jenny Jiang is an international student who studies at Foothill College. On Jan. 21, she along with several international students from the college donated 50 boxes of face masks to China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just did what I had to do,\u201d Jang said.<\/p>\n<p>Tencent News reported that in China there were 68,586 people diagnosed with the Coronavirus, 8,228 people suspected of being infected, 9,476 people were cured and 1,666 people died.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, 15 people were diagnosed with the virus, three were cured and no one died. On Feb. 3, the first U.S.citizen infected by the coronavirus was discharged from hospital. He developed symptoms after traveling back to the U.S. from Wuhan, China.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14192\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/13260\/news\/coronavirus-becoming-a-global-crisis\/attachment\/torres\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14192\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14192\" src=\"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Torres.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Torres.jpg 679w, https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Torres-359x475.jpg 359w, https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Torres-300x397.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"photocreditinline\">Junjie Qiu, Times Staff<\/span><br \/>SJCC medical assistant Sonia Torres-Ramos answers questions at her desk in the Health Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hospital infections control center expert Rongmeng Jiang said, \u201cThe inflection point will not come soon; there will be an incubation period later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 6 is the first incubation period, and Feb. 20 will be the next one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At present, the number of suspected cases is growing; and we won\u2019t know whether the virus is under control until Feb. 20,\u201d Jiang said.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose City College medical assistant Sonia Torres-Ramos said there is considerable panic because of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s instinctive when life is at stake. It\u2019s normal,\u201d Torres-Ramos said. \u201cWhat we can do now is protect ourselves by wearing face masks, washing hands and abstaining from touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Trust that doctors and experts will find a solution.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization held an emergency meeting on Jan. 31 and declared a public health emergency of international measures over the global outbreak of 2019nCoV, the new name for the coronavirus. 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