Published 08:44 IST, February 11th 2020

WHO team of experts arrives in China amid coronavirus outbreak

As Chinese health ministry on Feb 11 announced the death toll of coronavirus to have cross 1,000 mark in the mainland, a team of WHO experts arrived in China

Reported by: Aanchal Nigam
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As Chinese health ministry on February 11 anunced  death toll of dely coronavirus to have cross 1,000 mark in mainland China, an vance team of World Health Organisation experts arrived in Asian country. WHO chief Tedros ham Ghebreyesus said that team is heed by Dr. Bruce Aylward and aims to lay base work for a bigger international team. experts will also be working with Chinese doctors regarding outbreak with 42,638 confirmed cases in mainland. 

Tedros has reportedly met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last month and h returned with an agreement to send an international mission. However, it took nearly two weeks to get a green light from Chinese government on team of experts.

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China çlaims to have 'cured thrice number of fatalities'

Lijian Zhao from  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China h said on February 9 that since February 1, number of cured cases have surpassed fatalities, and w it is 'thrice larger'.

Meanwhile, UK has also confirmed four new cases of dely virus which takes its total count to eight. update by Department of Health and Social Care in UK also stated that new cases of infections are all kwn contacts of a previously confirmed case of a Briton who caught virus in France.  British health secretary has also declared that dely SARS-like virus as a 'serious and imminent' threat to public health.  

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08:44 IST, February 11th 2020