Published 12:14 IST, January 27th 2020
China: Deadly coronavirus claims 80 lives, 2,700 people affected
Ma Xiaowei, National Health Commission Minister of China told the media that the incubation period of coronavirus can range from one to 14 days.
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death toll in China has risen to at least 80 and over 2,700 are reportedly infected from Wuhan Coronavirus as country initiates an emergency to curb contagion of dely SARS-like disease. Mayor of Wuhan has said that approximately 5 million people have evacuated city for countries abro, causing fear of pathogen’s global spre as number of global cases of infection has spiked to more than 2000 on Monday, as per reports.
Ma Xiaowei, National Health Commission Minister of China told media that incubation period can range from one to 14 days as was t case with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak that killed 800 people in 2003. He said that virus’s ability to spre is going stronger.
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769 infection cases emerge in city of Hubei
About half of verified infection cases inflated by 769 have emerged in city of Hubei where 461 are said to be critically serious, as per information disclosed by National Health Commission. Hubei, city located in medial of mainland China has reportedly been sealed in an unprecedented operation in view of mounting crisis, that has impacted tens of millions.
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Three cases in NSW and one in Victoria has been detected as vel Coronavirus reached Australia confirming its first infection case on Saturday, reports suggest. Australian man in his 50’s from Melbourne h reportedly visited Hubei. Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Marise Payne told media that over 100 Australian children, d 6 months to 16 years, are stranded in Hubei, China in lockdown.
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Australia’s Health Minister, Greg Hunt said that country was working to repatriate its citizens from Wuhan, as per reports. US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reportedly confirmed five cases of Wuhan coronavirus, one new case in Arizona and two in California as mysterious virus transmits. Wuhan has been strictly quarantined placing millions of people on lockdown, all routes in and out of city highly regulated with over 1,335 military medics deployed, reports suggest.
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12:14 IST, January 27th 2020