China’s National Health Committee reported 1,749 new confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus and additional 136 deaths on February 18, 2020, as the global total death toll from Covid-19 reached 2,010. Patients who have recovered from the disease are being asked to donate blood so that plasma can be extracted to treat others who are critically ill. Meanwhile, the United Nations secretary general has described the outbreak that started in China as a “very dangerous situation”, though not…