China tested 10.59 million citizens in Wuhan city for coronavirus

China's ruling Communist Party on Monday confirmed that authorities have carried out tests on 10.59 million people in Wuhan city of Hubei province to identify coronavirus patients. According to Chinese state media, 99 percent of city's population has undergone test while remaining one percent would be completed by Tuesday. city of 11 million people are living under threat of dely coronavirus since December last year. 

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Ma Guoqiang, Wuhan's party secretary while talking to media said that 1,499 confirmed patients were hospitalised after February 8, who were t mitted for treatment before. test of Wuhan population is regarded as crucial as most of people who died of virus were from city of Wuhan and from Hubei province.

Chinese authorities h recently built a hospital in a record time of just eight days to house patients infected by disease. Ar hospital with an estimated capacity of 1,600 beds is under construction. According to reports, death toll from coronavirus has surpassed number of deaths that took place in 2003 due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). 

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Coronavirus outbreak

According to latest reports, coronavirus outbreak has claimed more than 1,000 lives and over 42,000 new cases have been confirmed in country as of February 10. country recorded its highest number of deaths in a single day since outbreak as it reported 108 deaths on Monday. US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has said that virus has alrey spre to 27 countries. United States President’s Coronavirus Task Force on Friday informed that development of a vaccine is progressing well and it would hopefully be rey within three months. Media reports h earlier suggested that virus originated from a seafood market in China's Hubei province, where animals were being tred illegally. 

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