Indian national infected with coronavirus in UAE

An Indian national has been diagsed with vel coronavirus in UAE, bringing total number of confirmed infection cases to eight, country's health ministry has said.

death toll in China's coronavirus outbreak has gone up to 1,016 while confirmed cases of infection have soared to 42,638, Chinese health officials said on Tuesday.

UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) said on Monday that Indian national was infected after he interacted with a recently diagsed person.

" Ministry of Health and Prevention anunced today eighth confirmed case of new coronavirus in UAE, which is an Indian national who h interacted with a recently diagsed person," it said in a tweet.

On Sunday, ministry said that two new patients, a Chinese national and a Filipi, h been diagsed with disease and were receiving medical care as per highest health standards available in country.

It said that all health facilities will continue to report any new cases suspected to have coronavirus.

Last week, a family of four who arrived from Wuhan for a holiday in Dubai were diagsed with coronavirus. A fifth patient, who also arrived from Chinese city, was confirmed to have been infected with virus, but is reportedly in a stable condition.

China and countries around world are scrambling to contain spre of coronavirus which fiirst surfaced in Wuhan city in Central Hubei province of China. Apart from China, two deaths have occurred in Hong Kong and Philippines.

Besides Germany, Britain and Italy, or European nations with cases of virus include France, Russia, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Spain.