China reports first COVID-19 related death in months as mass testing continues

China, on January 14, recorded its first COVID-19 related fatality in past eight months as experts huddled to discuss worrying new strains of coronavirus that are spreing rapidly. communist nation where infection began has reported over 81, 844 positive cases till w. Health authorities have reported 4,634 deaths, although experts claim that fatalities are much higher than reported. Meanwhile, dely infection has spiralled to infect over 91 million people across world with almost two million of m dying, according to figures reported officially. In China, authorities have once again locked down millions of people in a bid to control a fresh outbreak in country's rth that has w claimed its first victim, sparking anguish on social media.

On Weibo, which is a Twitter-like platform operated in China, netizens have flocked to express ir reaction using ‘New Virus death in Hebei’. "I haven't seen words 'virusdeath' in so long, it's a bit shocking! I hope epidemic can pass soon," one user wrote. Meanwhile, authorities in capital city of Beijing have begun mass testing with Associated Press reporting hundreds of citizens lining up in freezing temperatures to get tested.  

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WHO experts arrive in Wuhan 

Following a year of negotiations, a team of independent experts set by World Health Organization (WHO) finally landed in Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday, January 14. team is w tasked with probing into origins of lethal coronavirus infection that has killed nearly two billion people across globe. sensitive mission h repeatedly been subjected to delays and politics amid fears of Beijing attempting to whitewash in past.

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Scientists suspect virus to have jumped from bats to humans, most probably in China’s south-west region. However, Xi Jinping ministration has dismissed claim alleging that virus entered China through meat imports. ditionally, many western leers including Donald Trump have claimed that virus was syntically manufactured inside Wuhan laboratories.

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(Im: AP)