China: Death toll rises to 56 as coronavirus continue to wreak havoc

death toll in China's Hubei region, epicentre of dely coronavirus, has risen to 56 and number of people infected by disease is close to 2,000, authorities confirmed to international press on Sunday. Out of 56 people that died, 52 were from Hubei, province where outbreak took place, two deaths took place in central Henan province, while one person died in Heilongjiang and Hebei respectively. 

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virus that h taken its roots in China is w grually spreing across globe. According to international media reports, virus has spre to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Tokyo, South Korea, Beijing, Shanghai, Vietnam, Taiwan, France, US, and Singapore. While disease is mainly concentrated in central Chinese city of Wuhan, re have been five reported cases in Thailand and three in Japan and France respectively.

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Preventive measures

China reported its first medical professional casualty from highly contagious coronavirus on Saturday. medical professional fell victim to dely disease in Hubei province of China. According to reports, authorities have deployed military medics to set up treatment in region and 13 cities in country are under complete lockdown. Chinese government has banned all public transport in Hubei, where 12 out of 13 locked down cities are located. 

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Chinese state media h earlier reported that authorities will build two hospitals in Wuhan region with a capacity of an estimated 1,500 beds to treat patients infected by dely disease. construction of first hospital has alrey started with 35 diggers and 10 bulldozers reaching site of construction on Thursday night. hospital that will be erected on a 25,000-square-metre lot is supposed to be completed in a record time of 10 days, state municipal board confirmed. China has previously taken similar measures when it was hit by SARS in 2003. 

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