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Aggressive measures announced as COVID-19 fear grips world

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New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Countries around the world including India are now pushing aggressive social distancing measures as the novel coronavirus cases have multiplied in many affected countries with every passing week.

In France, the number of coronavirus cases jumped from 12 in the first week of infection to nearly 4,500 in the fourth week. Iran saw the number of cases rising from just two in the first week to over 12,700 in the fifth week.

Similarly, the number of cases in Italy grew from three in the first week to over 24,000 in the fifth week. In Spain, the number of confirmed cases rose from 8 to over 6,000 in just about four weeks.

Compared to most other affected countries, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India has been quite low at 110.

But policy makers know well that the window to contain the spread of the virus is quite narrow, prompting several states to announce the closure of schools, movie theatres, gyms, and pubs in a bid to prevent large gatherings of people, disrupting day-to-day lives in a major way.

In Europe, Spain and Italy have even ordered a complete national lockdown, forcing people to stay at home for a few days.

As coronavirus cases go over 3,000 in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday said events of 50 people or more should be cancelled for the next eight weeks.

Similar measures were announced by the Delhi government on Monday which directed the closure of all gymnasiums, nightclubs and spas in the city till March 31, apart from gatherings of more than 50 people.

Increased isolation measures are now being implemented across the world as they have proved to be effective in containing the spread of the infections in China where it all started late last year.

As of March 15, the total number of global cases reached 153,517, out of which 81,048 were reported from China, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

However, on March 15, only 27 cases were reported from China, while 333 new cases were reported from countries outside China, the world health agency said.

China restricted the travel of almost half of its population during the peak of the spread of coronavirus cases in the country, according to media reports.

While the total death toll crossed 6,500 globally on March 15, more them half of them – 3,204 – were reported from China.

The COVID-19 Tracker from Microsoft Bing currently lists 168,835 as total confirmed cases, 84,558 active cases, 77,761 recovered cases and 6,516 deaths.

–IANS

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