China coronavirus first outbreak; Death toll rises as disease spreads

News Bharati    25-Jan-2020 11:40:41 AM
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Wuhan, January 25: Where the outbreak first started, Health officials in China said that 15 more people have died from a Corona Virus in the province of Hubei. There are currently 1,287 confirmed cases in China, 41 of whom have died. It comes as China begins celebrations of the Lunar New Year, one of the most important dates in its calendar.

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Many events have been cancelled and a new hospital is being built in the city of Wuhan. The Corona Virus has now spread to Europe, with three cases confirmed in France. The first case was in Bordeaux, while the other two were in the Paris area, the French health minister said on Friday night.
 
And one case has been confirmed in Australia. Chinese media outlets said the new 1,000-bed hospital could be ready within six days. A total of 35 diggers and 10 bulldozers are currently working on the site. City officials in the capital, Beijing, and Shanghai have asked residents who return from affected areas to stay at home for 14 days to prevent the spread of the virus, local media report.
 
On Thursday, a corona virus patient died in northern Hebei province - making it the first death outside Hubei. Another death was later confirmed in north-east Heilongjiang province, more than 2,000km (1,200 miles) from Wuhan. Earlier, when the death toll was 17, information from China's National Health Commission said the youngest person who died from the virus was 48 and the oldest was 89.