18 New Coronavirus Cases in China

China ‘s National Health Commission announced on Monday that it registered 18 new Coronavirus cases, including 9 in Beijing during the past 24 hours.

Last week, Beijing announced the imposition of quarantine on 10 other districts in the Chinese capital, as it recorded dozens of new cases in recent days, according to “Sky News.”

An official in Beijing said that a district in the Chinese capital is on “wartime” emergency after the number of Coronavirus cases have risen  due to a wholesale market there, Reuters reported.

“Testing involving 517 people in the Xinfadi market in the region showed that 45 of them were infected with the virus,” said a Chinese official.

“Beijing will immediately suspend sporting events and inter-regional tourism,” another official revealed.

It is worth mentioning that, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease COVID-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.

People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.

Transmission of virus between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.

It can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.