W.H.O recognised coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic.

There are more coronavirus cased confirmed and death tolls outside china especially in Europe as the World Health Organisation recognised coronavirus (COVID-19) as pandemic.

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World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised that coronavirus (COVID-19) was in the state of pandemic and global governments should be prepared as this illness spreads to around 188 countries in the world now. There are over 120,000 COVID-19 cases confirmed worldwide and 4,600 have died from this disease across the world. Most of the countries that are contaminated with this virus are China, Italy, Iran, Germany, France, Spain and the US, while many countries around the world has more confirmed cases and death cases.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announce the AUD 17.6 billion COVID19 stimulus package on the 12 of March 2020 (Thursday) aiming to stop Australian economy from recession and keep going on, helping Australia SMEs, welfare recipients along with its AUD 2.4 billion to tackle coronavirus. 


Watch Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt talking about  coronavirus (COVID-19) package:

Here are some of the coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms:

  • Dry coughing.
  • Fever.
  • Sore throat.
  • Runny nose.
  • Fatigue.
  • Body aches.
  • Short of breath.
  • Nausea.
  • Some confirmed diarrhoea.
You can call this number 1800 020 080 for more information COVID19 or you can call 1800 022 222 to speak to nurses who deal with this matter or you can check this website.

You can check COVID-19 from the Australian government's website, or you can  watch  Dr. Kean-Seng Lim the New South Wales president of the Australian Meidical Association branch video about coronavirus (COVID-19) here. Or you can check more information from NSW Health Department or from VIC Health or from the World Health Organisation-(WHO) .

During this time countries of the world has restricted travelling from inbound and outbound, business and shops, stores, community, crowds and sports festival are cancelled, town and cities are lock-down, mandatory quarantine, self-quarantine, mobile clinic are to set up, while some of the world political leaders are susceptible to this virus, in order to minimize coronavirus outbreak.

This is the WHO video clip explaining about the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): 


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Source: World Health Organization, Al-Jazeera

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