03/18/2020

Coronavirus Tracker: Patient Organizations Push for Legislation

March 18, 2020

Current World Health Organization (WHO) statistics on incidence of COVID-19 worldwide and a roundup of conference, travel and business news and information.

CURRENT INCIDENCE STATISTICS

Worldwide: 179,112 cases, 7,426 deaths
China: 81,116 cases; 3,231 deaths
Outside China: 97,996 cases; 4,195 deaths, 158 countries/territories/areas

• United States: 3,503 cases, 58 deaths
• Canada: 424 cases, 1 death
• Mexico: 53 cases

Source: World Health Organization Situation Report, March 17, 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH GROUPS CALL FOR ACTION
Associations on the front lines of the COVID-19 outbreak in the medical world are calling for strong legislative action to protect the public.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Associations Now.