A History Of Quarantines, From Bubonic Plague To Typhoid Mary
January 26, 20207:01 AM ET Eleanor Klibanoff
China is building a quarantine center on the outskirts of the city of Wuhan, where a newly identified virus has infected many hundreds of residents.
The idea of putting a possibly sick person in quarantine goes back to the ancient texts. The book of Leviticus tells how to quarantine people with leprosy. Hippocrates covered the issue in a three-volume set on epidemics, though he came from a time in ancient Greece when disease was thought to spread from "miasmas," or foul-smelling gas that came out of the ground.
With this new quarantine effort in the news, we offer a look at quarantine use — and abuse — over the ages.
New Chinese city locked down over coronavirus, as death toll passes 300
"How the new coronavirus differs from SARS, measles and Ebola"
The coronavirus outbreak has killed more than 300 people and sparked mass evacuations from China. Source: AP
China has announced the death toll from a new coronavirus has increased to 304 as the Philippines reports its first casualty.
Updated Updated 9 hours ago
By SBS News
China has imposed a lockdown on a major city far away from the epicentre of a coronavirus epidemic, as its death toll from the disease soared to 304 and the first foreign fatality was reported in the Philippines.
The events added to deepening concerns about the potential for the virus to spread, as more governments around the world closed their borders to people from China.
China's new confirmed infections from the coronavirus outbreak has increased by a daily record, up by 2,590 cases on Saturday to top 14,000, as the quickly growing epidemic prompted global travel restrictions and evacuations.
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China had reached 304 as of the end of Saturday, state broadcaster CCTV confirmed on Sunday, citing the country's National Health Commission.
Meanwhile, six officials in the city of Huanggang, neighbouring the epicentre of Wuhan in Hubei province, have been fired over "poor performance" in handling the outbreak, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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