Published 18:09 IST, February 13th 2020

Shanghai dining spots marooned on Valentine's Day amid coronavirus outbreak

Shanghai restaurants and dining spots are unusually free as Valentine's Day nears on February 14 amid deadly coronavirus outbreak, according to the reports.

Reported by: Sounak Mitra
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Shanghai dining spots are unusually free as Valentine's Day nears on February 14 amid coronavirus outbreak, according to reports. A Shanghai restaurant owner Bill Hu finds himself free as lights are out at seul&SEUL, his French dining restaurant in an upscale mall in China's commercial hub. Hu expressed his concerns that virus epidemic came all of a sudden and ded that his restaurant h about 170 customers previous Valentine’s Day. As per reports, many customers who h me reservations h to cancel ahe of dely coronavirus outbreak.

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1,369 died, 60,374 infected

Many businesses are reeling under verse impact of coronavirus outbreak that triggered harsh travel bans across China, with authorities urging people to stay indoors leaving large cities deserted. chef at Herit by Mison, Austin Hu said that past few weeks h been “brutal”. He ded that he has just one booking in this Valentine's Day so far.  death toll due to coronavirus outbreak in China has reached at least 1,369 as number of fatalities in Hubei — Chinese province at centre of epidemic — more than doubled to 242. province also reported 14,840 new cases as it revised method for counting infections. This brings total number of cases in China to 60,374. 

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China restricts entry of foreigners

Hubei province said it carried out a review of past suspected cases, and revised its data to include “clinically diagsed" cases in its daily disclosure. Of 16,067 new cases, 13,332 are from new category, while of 242 new deaths, 135 are from new category. Wednesday's report marked highest infection and death count in a single day since outbreak began.
outbreak first took place in Wuhan in January after which multiple countries started evacuating ir citizens from country, and have decided to restrict entry of foreigners returning from China.

virus was officially also named 'COVID-19' at a conference in Geneva held by World Health Organisation, where body's chief said that countries h a chance of stopping its global spre. Earlier this month, WHO also declared Coronavirus as a 'global public health emergency'. 

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18:06 IST, February 13th 2020