Published 12:16 IST, February 11th 2020

Vietnam: Coronavirus cases climb to 15, 3-month-old baby infected

Vietnam has confirmed another case of a new deadly coronavirus outbreak on February 11 bringing up its total tally to 15, according to the health ministry.

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Vietnam has confirmed ar case of a new coronavirus outbreak on February 11 bringing up its total tally to 15, according to health ministry. ministry reportedly said in a statement that latest case is a three-month-old baby who got infected by her grandmor who tested positive for virus on February 9. It furr ded that 10 out of 15 confirmed cases are from rrn province of Vinh Phuc, as per reports. Vietnam has me plans to quarantine hundreds of citizens returning from China which includes 950 at military camps outside Hai, and ar 900 at temporary facilities on Vietnam-China border. 

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Vietnam suspended airline operations to China

Vietnam Airlines suspended operations to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan from February 8. This extreme measure has been taken amid growing fears of new Chinese coronavirus. virus has been spreing quickly in China and in Wuhan province where it has infected thousands of people.  airline in a statement said that it will be suspending flight in phases, flights between Vietnam and Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen will be suspended from February 4 itself while flights to and from Chengdu will be suspended from next day. Flights to Macau will be suspended from February 6 onwards.

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1011 died, over 42,000 infected

Chinese authorities have revealed that death toll for China's new coronavirus epidemic has increased to 1,011 nationwide. Hubei province, that is epicentre of viral outbreak, has reported 103 new deaths in dition to 2,097 new reported cases, informed Hubei's health commission on Tuesday. viral outbreak of dely new coronavirus was first reported in December 2019 in Chinese city of Wuhan. Since n re have been more than 42,200 confirmed cases across mainland China. It is believed that coronavirus emerged from a food market that sells exotic animals for human consumption.
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12:16 IST, February 11th 2020