China: Wuhan mayor asks citizens not to travel outside as deadly coronavirus spreads

mayor of city of Wuhan in China has reportedly urged citizens t to travel outside China during Chinese Lunar New Year holiday that witnesses largest annual migration of citizens. authorities have issued a travel visory and warnings in backlash of Wuhan pneumonia outbreak, coronavirus, which is a mysterious SARS-like disease that has spre around China and three or Asian countries. One case of infection each has also been reportedly discovered in US and Taiwan.

Cases soared past 200

government and dedicated authorities worldwide are grappling to control dely virus as cases soared past 200 in approximately 2 days that were earlier 136, as per reports. A sharp spike in cases has been detected as travelling in China intensifies ahe of weekend’s New Year holidays in Chinese city of Wuhan.

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Wuhan Municipal Health Commission h reported one death and 59 new infections last Saturday that inflated to 77 new cases on Sunday, bringing total number of infections in city to 198, according to reports. Meanwhile, two new cases emerged from within capital Beijing, and one in sourn Chinese city of Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong.

Daxing Municipal Health Commission, Sourn Beijing told media that two patients in Beijing h travelled to Wuhan and returned from city’s sprawling international airport. A total of nine people have been killed and 440 cases of infection have emerged in China until w, as per reports.

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Health Commission of Guangdong Province revealed similar details, as per reports, 66-year-old man infected in Shenzhen h visited Wuhan on Dec 29 and fell ill beginning January after he returned home.

President of US, Donald Trump was questioned about new coronavirus on sidelines of World Ecomic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day after Centres for Disease Control confirmed first US case of infection of virus in Washington state. He told media that United States h situation totally under control and he was t at all concerned about any possibility of a pandemic, it is only one person infected who was coming from China.

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(with inputs from ncies)