death toll leaps to 81, over 2,000 infected
Chinese premier Li Keqiang on Monday (Jan 27) visited Wuhan, the epicentre of a Sars-like virus outbreak, as the death toll climbed to 81 including one government official.
On Sunday, there were 769 new infections reported in mainland China, the National Health Commission said early Monday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 2,744, including 461 in serious condition.
There were also 25 more deaths and 5,794 suspected cases across the country.
Reuters reported that Hainan province confirmed an 80-year-old
woman died after being infected, marking the province’s first fatality
in the rapidly spreading outbreak, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Mr Li, the most senior government official to visit Wuhan since the outbreak started, was there to inspect efforts to contain the pandemic and spoke with patients and medical staff, the Chinese government said in a statement.
Official images show Mr Li wearing a green face mask and a blue protective gown over a dark suit as he spoke to medical workers in similar garb.
He was visiting the Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, where most patients infected with mysterious coronavirus had been warded.
“As you
put in all your effort to heal (patients), you must protect yourselves
too,” he told hospital staff, according to local official newspaper
Changjiang Daily.
China’s finance ministry and National Health Commission extended 60.33 billion yuan (S$11.8 billion) to help contain the spreading virus, according to a statement on the ministry’s website seen by Reuters.
Wang Xianliang, director of Wuhan's religious and ethnic affairs bureau, on Jan 26 became the first government official to die from the coronavirus infection, reported Chinese financial news outlet, Caixin. He was 62.
While a small number of cases have been reported in about a dozen
other countries, including four in Singapore, there have been no
fatalities.
Most of the patients infected were either from Hubei province, where Wuhan city is located, or had travelled to the area in recent weeks.
The State Council, China’s cabinet, said on Sunday that it would extend the Chinese New Year holidays by three days in a bid to curb the spread of the virus through reducing human
On Sunday, there were 769 new infections reported in mainland China, the National Health Commission said early Monday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 2,744, including 461 in serious condition.
There were also 25 more deaths and 5,794 suspected cases across the country.
Mr Li, the most senior government official to visit Wuhan since the outbreak started, was there to inspect efforts to contain the pandemic and spoke with patients and medical staff, the Chinese government said in a statement.
Official images show Mr Li wearing a green face mask and a blue protective gown over a dark suit as he spoke to medical workers in similar garb.
China’s finance ministry and National Health Commission extended 60.33 billion yuan (S$11.8 billion) to help contain the spreading virus, according to a statement on the ministry’s website seen by Reuters.
Wang Xianliang, director of Wuhan's religious and ethnic affairs bureau, on Jan 26 became the first government official to die from the coronavirus infection, reported Chinese financial news outlet, Caixin. He was 62.
Most of the patients infected were either from Hubei province, where Wuhan city is located, or had travelled to the area in recent weeks.
The State Council, China’s cabinet, said on Sunday that it would extend the Chinese New Year holidays by three days in a bid to curb the spread of the virus through reducing human
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