O B S: There are still many questions about the coronary

So far, the total figures are about 31,200 people infected and 636 who have lost their lives. As the virus continues to spread, the World Health Organization said on Thursday it is still too early to say whether the outbreak of the virus has reached its peak, even though Wednesday the total number of new cases dropped for the first time.

The World Health Organisation said Thursday that the figures have suffered a slight decline.

When you look at this graph, it looks like the number from day to day is increasing, but the actual figure reported today, compared to the number reported yesterday has declined. It doesn't mean anything, but at least we're not going in the wrong direction”Says Mike Ryan of the World Health Organization.

Official media reported that in Wuhan, China, a baby was diagnosed with coronary 36 hours after birth, infected at an early age until now.

The baby's mother proved positive after the test for the virus before birth. Dr. Zeng Lingkong of the Children's Hospital in Wuhan said it is impossible to confirm whether the virus was transmitted to the womb or after birth.

We immediately separated the baby from the mother after birth and were feeding it”Says Zeng Lingkong, of the children's hospital in Wuhan.

On Thursday, a British national was confirmed to have been affected by the Coronavirus following his return from an Asian country. Cases like this show that the risk of contracting the virus is high for a wider area.

The previous risk of getting infected outside China was very low, and only under very limited circumstances did we recommend conducting tests. But now we recommend testing for a wider geographical area”, Says a senior medical officer in London Chris Whitty.

Officials still need more information that would help them put an end to the virus' further spread, says WHO General Director.

“We don't know the source of the explosion, we don't know what its natural reservoir is, and we don't understand its ability to transmit or scale its risk. To stop it, we need to answer all these questions”Says Tedros A. Greesters, director general of WHO.

That's why he says why O The BSH is hosting a world forum several days that will serve to identify and co-ordinate efforts in the field of research, finding as soon as possible therapy or vaccine fighting the virus.