Ninety-seven people died due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China on Tuesday, taking the overall toll to 1,113 across the country, A...
Ninety-seven people died due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China on Tuesday, taking the overall toll to 1,113 across the country, AFP reported on Wednesday. All these deaths were reported from Hubei province, which has emerged as the epicentre of the outbreak. The province also confirmed 1,638 new cases. With this, there are now 44,653 confirmed cases of the disease across China.
The virus is believed to have originated in a live seafood market in the province’s city of Wuhan in Hubei province. Its symptoms can include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. The novel coronavirus causes respiratory illness, and is similar to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, which had also emerged from China in 2002. SARS killed 774 people around the world.
39 more aboard cruise ship test positive
Meanwhile, 39 more people on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess, which has been quarantined off Japan since February 5 because of fears of the virus outbreak, tested positive, Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Wednesday. There are now 174 confirmed cases of the disease aboard the ship. There are more than 100 Indians onboard the ship.
“Out of 53 new test results, 39 people were found positive,” Kato said. He added that a quarantine...
