China records 9 coronavirus deaths, 440 confirmed cases
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Beijing, Jan 22 (EFE).- The death toll from the new coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, has increased to nine with 440 confirmed cases, the country’s National Health Commission reported Wednesday.
At midnight local time on Tuesday (16.00 GMT), 13 provinces had confirmed the 440 cases of infection, and the nine deaths were all located in Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, NHC vice-minister Li Bin said Wednesday at a press conference in Beijing.
This hikes the casualty figures by three deaths and 149 people infected since the last report published on Tuesday.
The World Health Organization has scheduled a Wednesday meeting to determine whether the current outbreak of coronavirus in China constitutes an international emergency.
Japan and South Korea have also reported one case each, while two others had already been confirmed in Thailand with another two announced Wednesday.
The United States announced its first case Tuesday, with the affected person hospitalized last week after experiencing symptoms of pneumonia and, according to US authorities, is in a stable condition after having recently traveled to Wuhan, the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
The patient returned from China on Jan. 15, two days before US authorities ordered all travelers entering from Wuhan to be monitored for viral illness at the airports in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
FOOTAGE OF BEIJING, BALI, JAKARTA, MANILA AND HONG KONG.
Camera: WU HONG MADE NAGI, MAST IRHAM, MARK CRISTINO AND JEROME FAVRE.
At midnight local time on Tuesday (16.00 GMT), 13 provinces had confirmed the 440 cases of infection, and the nine deaths were all located in Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, NHC vice-minister Li Bin said Wednesday at a press conference in Beijing.
This hikes the casualty figures by three deaths and 149 people infected since the last report published on Tuesday.
The World Health Organization has scheduled a Wednesday meeting to determine whether the current outbreak of coronavirus in China constitutes an international emergency.
Japan and South Korea have also reported one case each, while two others had already been confirmed in Thailand with another two announced Wednesday.
The United States announced its first case Tuesday, with the affected person hospitalized last week after experiencing symptoms of pneumonia and, according to US authorities, is in a stable condition after having recently traveled to Wuhan, the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
The patient returned from China on Jan. 15, two days before US authorities ordered all travelers entering from Wuhan to be monitored for viral illness at the airports in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
FOOTAGE OF BEIJING, BALI, JAKARTA, MANILA AND HONG KONG.
Camera: WU HONG MADE NAGI, MAST IRHAM, MARK CRISTINO AND JEROME FAVRE.