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Inglés - Actividad Semana 1 Coronavirus: The World Secretary of Health

Nations around the world are preparing for a possible major outbreak of the new coronavirus that started in Wuhan, China. The virus has already killed 17 people in China and spread to several other countries in Asia and North America. More than 540 people have been infected and are hospitalized. The World Health Organization is meeting to determine if the outbreak constitutes a global health emergency. Wuhan has suspended its public transport to help contain the virus as millions in China will be traveling for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebration. Scientists believe the virus was transmitted from animals to humans at an illegally operated wildlife market in Wuhan and there are fears it could mutate further and spread more easily between people through the air.

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Inglés - Actividad Semana 1 Coronavirus: The World Secretary of Health

Nations around the world are preparing for a possible major outbreak of the new coronavirus that started in Wuhan, China. The virus has already killed 17 people in China and spread to several other countries in Asia and North America. More than 540 people have been infected and are hospitalized. The World Health Organization is meeting to determine if the outbreak constitutes a global health emergency. Wuhan has suspended its public transport to help contain the virus as millions in China will be traveling for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebration. Scientists believe the virus was transmitted from animals to humans at an illegally operated wildlife market in Wuhan and there are fears it could mutate further and spread more easily between people through the air.

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Inglés – Actividad semana 1

CORONAVIRUS

Nations around the world are preparing for a possible major outbreak of a new deadly virus.
The coronavirus, which started in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has already killed 17 people.
It has spread to the USA, Japan, Korea and Thailand. More than 540 people have caught
the virus and are in hospital. The World Health Organization (WHO) is meeting to decide
whether the outbreak is a global health emergency. China is urging people not to panic
ahead of the Chinese New Year next week. Millions of Chinese will be travelling across the
country to spend the holiday season with their families. Meanwhile, the city of Wuhan has
suspended its public transport systems to help stop the spread of the virus. The new
coronavirus is suspected to have come from illegally traded animals in a Wuhan market.
The virus mutated and spread from an animal to a human. There are fears it could mutate
and spread further. Scientists say the virus is contagious and can be passed from person to
person through the air. Dr Linfa Wang, a virologist at the Duke-National University of
ingapore, said the new coronavirus is in the same family as SARS, but it's different from
SARS. He said people needed to look for pneumonia-like symptoms, such as fever, cough
and difficulty breathing. Fu Ning, a 36-year-old woman from Beijing, said: "I feel fearful
because there's no cure for the virus."

COMPREHENSION QUESTION

1. What are nations doing for a possible major viral outbreak?

RTA: They are looking for a cure

2. How many countries has the coronavirus spread to?

RTA: 159 Countries

3. Who is meeting to decide if the coronavirus is an emergency?

RTA: The world secretary of health

4. What is China urging people not to do?

RTA: They are looking for a way to propagate no more


5. What has the city of Wuhan suspended?

RTA: public transport

6. Where do people suspect the coronavirus came from?

RTA: Of some dish made with animals especially made with a snake or bat

7. What are there fears the coronavirus might do?

RTA: To keep spreading around the world

8. How does the virus pass from person to person?

RTA: It is transmitted by physical and air contact

9. What is Linfa Wang's job?

RTA: She is a virologer so her work is to investigate the different types of viruses at this
time as the coronavirus

10. What is a Beijing resident fearful of?

RTA: he's afraid we can't find a cure

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