Published 11:53 IST, February 13th 2020
Travellers warned by Bali authorities as tourist contracts coronavirus
Amid the unprecedented coronavirus outbreak, Bali has now issued a warning as a tourist reportedly contracted the virus after visiting the holiday spot.
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Amid unprecedented coronavirus outbreak, Bali has w issued a warning as a tourist reportedly contracted virus after visiting holiday spot. According to international media reports, a Chinese man returned home from destination and tested positive of dely virus which would also be first reported case in Indonesia. authorities, however, believe that re is a possibility that man could have been infected after returning to China as tourist reportedly flew from Wuhan to Bali and n back to Shanghai in month of January and he was tested positive for virus in month of February.
However, authorities also ted that virus has a longer incubation period and it is possible that he was infected before travelling to Bali and that is why w re is still a chance that man was infectious while re. Bali authorities are also trying to track man's movements while he was in Bali to ensure that one else was infected. According to reports, two or patients are also have been quarantined in Denpasar's Sanglah Hospital for flu-like symptoms and results from ir tests are still pending.
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Death toll reaches 1,355
outbreak which took place in Wuhan in January has w killed thousands of people. death toll for virus in China has also reportedly jumped to nearly 1,355 with ar 14,840 new confirmed cases as it revised method for counting infections. total number of confirmed cases across China are w more than 60,000. Hubei province, which is epicentre of viral outbreak, has also more than doubled to 242 deaths.
World Health Organisation has reportedly said that China's Coronavirus outbreak is a 'very grave threat for rest of world' and should also be viewed by or nations as 'public enemy number 1'. virus officially also named 'COVID-19' at conference in Geneva held by WHO, where body's chief furr 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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11:53 IST, February 13th 2020