Coronavirus Infects Every Continent Except Antarctica
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It looks like we might have to move to Antarctica because it’s the only continent that currently has no cases of the coronavirus infection.
The infectious coronavirus outbreak started in the city of Wuhan in China and has now spread to every continent.
According to CNN, these are the continents that have reports of outbreaks;
Africa: Algeria’s first case of coronavirus was reported.
Asia: The vast majority of cases come from Wuhan Chine after an outbreak surfaced at a local market. There are 78,064 cases and 2,715 deaths.
Australia: The country has confirmed a total of 22 cases of the novel coronavirus as of Saturday, officials said.
Europe: Europe’s biggest outbreak is in Italy, where over 320 have been infected and 12 have died.
North America: At least 59 Americans have tested positive for coronavirus, US health officials say. Cases have also been reported in Canada.
Tuesday, Brazil’s Ministry of Health also confirmed that a man in São Paulo tested positive for COVID-19, adding South America to the list.
Yesterday, @SecAzar refused to promise that a #coronavirus vaccine would be affordable to all.
House Democrats passed the #LowerDrugCosts Now Act to give HHS the power to negotiate lower prices for lifesaving medicines.
Time to put American lives over Big Pharma’s profits. pic.twitter.com/kbi4nG0U0k
— Jan Schakowsky (@janschakowsky) February 27, 2020
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