Alert: Mutant Virus Has Spread to Over 10 Countries

According to statistics, novel Coronavirus infected patients have been found in more than ten countries.

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According to the real-time statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2:22 PM on The 27th, Beijing time on the 27th, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has risen to 7,9232,555, with 434,779 more confirmed cases than the previous day. The total number of deaths has reached 17,54,493, with 7,393 new deaths.

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Novel Coronavirus infection found in more countries

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On July 27, more countries announced confirmed cases of novel Coronavirus infection in their own countries.

The Local government of The Portuguese island of Madeira on Wednesday confirmed that “tourists from the UK have been infected with the mutated strain of the virus found in the UK”, although it did not specify how many confirmed cases there were.

The Norwegian Public Health Department also confirmed that two tourists who had arrived from The UK earlier this month were infected with a novel coronavirus. The virus was found to have the same genetic sequence as the virus that is spreading rapidly in the UK.
Medical workers are investigating close contacts of the two patients.

Jordan’s Ministry of Health announced on the same day that a Jordanian couple travelling to The UK on The 19th of This month were confirmed to be infected with the mutated virus. They were diagnosed after returning to Jordan and had been quarantined.
According to statistics, novel Coronavirus infected patients have been found in more than ten countries.