By Joseph Almer Pedrajas
No new country reported a confirmed case of 2019-novel coronavirus acute respiratory syndrome (2019-nCoV ARD) over the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday evening, as thousands more have been recorded in countries with existing cases.
WHO said that as of 10 a.m Central European Time or 5 p.m. Philippine time, no new case in other country has been reported.
However, more people continued to be infected with nCoV as 2,838 new patients were confirmed in countries with pre-existing cases.
Of the latest tally, China recorded the most number, with 2831 new cases and 57 deaths. It was followed by USA, with 3, and Germany, with 2. They add to the 17,391 already confirmed cases around the world since the virus was first reported in December in Wuhan, China.
The death toll has reached 362, according to the same WHO report.
The Philippines still has no new reported case, although the Department of Health announced in its Monday briefing that 80 patients have been under investigation for showing nCoV ARD symptoms.
WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the organization "is reaching out to countries who aren’t consistently sharing surveillance information" as required under the 2005 International Health Regulations.
" asking them to improve the balance between current containment measures and protecting the flow of travel and trade," he added.