March 11, 2020 World Health Organizationannouncedabout the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Now in 114 countries of the world there are 169 thousand. cases of infection with this infection. 90% of all cases occur in four countries - China, South Korea, Iran and Italy, while in two of them there is a significant decrease in the number of cases. Since the end of 2019, 6 thousand people have died from coronavirus infection, more than 77 thousand people have been cured.
The first cases of COVID-19 infection wererecorded in the Chinese city of Wuhan. If before the epidemic the authorities successfully disposed of 40 tons of medical waste that cannot be recycled into new things, then after the outbreak the volume of waste increased six times - up to 240 tons. We are talking about medical masks, gloves, suits and disposable gloves.
First, the waste was sent to treatment facilitiesin 28 cities closest to Wuhan, however, after they were fully loaded, 46 mobile waste disposal units were delivered to the city. In addition, the authorities in 15 days built a new waste recycling plant with a capacity of 30 tons.
Previouslywas reportedthat scientists did not record cases of transmission of COVID-19 from mother to child by examining the genome of four newborns in the homeland of the pandemic in Wuhan.