China coronavirus LIVE updates: 26 killed; fresh cases detected in Japan, Vietnam
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The death toll in China's coronavirus rose to 25, with the number of confirmed cases jumping to 830, the government said on Friday. The increase in numbers came hours after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak as an emergency but stopped short of calling it an epidemic of international concern.
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Vietnam said that two Chinese citizens in its country are tested tested positive for coronavirus. Japan also confirmed a second case of China's deadly virus.
In China's Wuhan, which is the epicentre of the coronavirus, people shared on social media how the virus is badly impacting their lives.
Inside a #Wuhan hospital. A female patient was pleading: “Help! Doctor pls come...I am also having a fever! I have a fever!!”#China gov’t has no plan on how to deal w/ #WuhanCoronavirus. Civilians are basically left to die. @RFA_Chinese pic.twitter.com/KlGUCzKDcN
— ajmm 😷🎗 (@ajmm19923493) January 23, 2020
The streets in Wuhan are almost empty...i'm waiting taxi for almost 40 min ..#Wuhan #WuhanCoronavirus #China pic.twitter.com/QBGeK5yDOH
— Gaärdo (@Yaasiinc) January 23, 2020
Another video in chat groups shows a woman being carried into an ambulance by fully protected medical staff near Decai Primary School in Hanyang district, #Wuhan. #coronovirus #WuhanOutbreak pic.twitter.com/Ft8kIxMX9f
— Xinyan Yu (@xinyanyu) January 23, 2020
Walt Disney announced that Shanghai Disneyland will be closed from Saturday for preventing the spread of coronavirus
India has issued travel advisory for people coming to India from China.
Novel coronavirus outbreak in China: Advisory to travellers from China visiting India pic.twitter.com/UEvqJyDW6D
— India in China (@EOIBeijing) January 24, 2020
#Gravitas | The #WuhanVirus is spreading around the world. #China has put three cities under lockdown. Is Beijing unable to control the outbreak? @palkisu has the latest pic.twitter.com/gkF9skHQl2
— WION (@WIONews) January 23, 2020
China has suspended public transport in 10 cities and shut down temples. Wuhan, the region with most cases was building a new 1,000-bed hospital to treat those infected.