BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Saturday confirmed that the death toll from the deadly novel coronavirus in the country has increased to . . . , with u009d u009d , u0007 . u009d infected cases in . u009d provincial- level regions.
The National Health Commission said that u009d , u0007 . . patients remained in critical condition, and u009d u0007 , . . . people were suspected of being infected with the virus as of Friday night. A total of . . people had been discharged from hospital after recovery.
Friday saw . , u009d . . new confirmed cases, . , . u009d . new suspected cases, and . deaths.
As the coronavirus was spreading at an accelerated rate, the US on Friday declared a public health emergency. On Saturday, Australia said it would refuse entry to all non- citizens arriving from China and nationals coming from the Asian country would be quarantined for two weeks. South Korea, Singapore and New Zealand were all expected to quarantine evacuees for two weeks to monitor them for symptoms.
A G E N CIES u2018 China covering up number of NCoVu2019 LONDON: A British teacher, who is stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is the epicentre of the outbreak, has said that authorities were covering up the actual number of fatalities due to the disease, a media report said.
Tom Ellender, 37, said he was now u201c running lowu201d on face masks and told the Metro daily that he u201c doesnu2019t know what is going to happenu201d next to the others still stuck there.
