Coronavirus is now in Finland with 1 reported case
It is the first case in the Nordic region
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BEIJING — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China that has sickened thousands of people and killed more than 100:
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Officials say Finland has its first case of a person who has tested positive for the new virus from China.
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The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare said Wednesday that the 32-year-old woman was being treated at an isolation ward at a hospital in Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland.
It is the first case in the Nordic region.
Passengers wearing masks wait in a line to check in to a flight to Shanghai at the Vaclav Havel International Airport in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Thousands of people have been sickened by the virus and more than 100 have died. Of the more than 6,000 cases globally, 99 percent percent and all deaths have been in China.
Officials say the death rate from the virus is about 2 percent.
With fluctuating numbers of cases and deaths, scientists are only able to produce a rough estimate of the fatality rate and it's likely many milder cases of the virus are being missed.
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The World Health Organization's emergencies chief says that the U.N. health agency estimates the death rate of the new virus that emerged in China is about 2 percent.
Dr. Michael Ryan told reporters Wednesday that most people infected with the new virus seem to only experience mild illness. In comparison, the genetically related SARS virus killed about 10 percent of people who caught it.
Ryan says the few cases of human-to-human spread of the virus in Japan, Vietnam and Germany is one reason why the U.N. health agency is reconvening its expert committee to determine whether the epidemic merits being declared an international emergency.
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Of the more than 6,000 cases globally, 99 percent percent and all deaths have been in China.
With fluctuating numbers of cases and deaths, scientists are only able to produce a rough estimate of the fatality rate and it's likely many milder cases of the virus are being missed.
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