Beijing/ Wuhan: China on Sunday resorted to more drastic measures like isolating novel Coronavirus [ nCoV] patients to designated areas and restricting the movement of residents in regions hit by the rapidly spreading virus that has killed 305 people and infected over 14,000 others.
By the end of Saturday, a total of 304 people had died of the disease in the country, Chinau2019s National Health Commission said.
The state- run CGTN reported that there were 14,411 confirmed cases of the virus.
However, Hong Kong- based South China Morning Post said that the virus has infected 14,562 people.
The commission said 19,544 people were suspected of being infected with the virus, of which the condition of 2,110 patients remained severe.
Chinese health experts have been saying that the casualties will increase sharply for the next two weeks before they start declining.
This is so because millions of travellers especially those from Wuhan and Hubei province who travelled to China and abroad during the New Year holidays are returning home.
A top Chinese official said that about five million residents of Wuhan have travelled out of the virus- hit city before it was locked down on January 23.
China is bringing back by charter flights hundreds of its citizens who had travelled abroad during holidays. They are directly being flown to Wuhan.
The commission also highlighted that the number of virus affected patients are recovering, saying that 328 people have been discharged.
Since the virus is transmitted human- to- human, over 1.63 lakh close contacts had been traced of which 1.37 lakh are still under medical observation, state- run Xinhua news agency reported.
China has intensified measures to contain the virus by isolating the patients. Wuhan health authorities announced that people suspected of infection will be isolated in designated areas effective immediately. Agencies Manila: The Philippines has reported the first death outside China, the World Health Organisation said on Sunday.
The fatality is a 44- year- old Chinese man from the city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected, and appears to have been infected before arriving in the Philippines. u201c This is the first reported death outside China,u201d Rabindra Abeyasinghe, the WHO representative to the Philippines, said.
u201c However, this is not a locally acquired case. This patient came from the epicentre of this outbreak,u201d he added.
The victim, arrived in the Philippines with a 38- year- old Chinese woman who also tested positive for the virus, health secretary Francisco Duque said. She was the Philippinesu2019 first case of the virus and is recovering in hospital. Agencies Dubai: The United Arab Emirates ( UAE) has confirmed a new case of the novel Coronavirus, taking the total number of people affected by the deadly disease to five in the country, according to reports on Sunday.
The Ministry of Health and Prevention announced that the new case involves a Chinese travelling from Wuhan, the Gulf News reported. The person is currently receiving necessary treatment and his health condition is stable, the ministry said.
Four cases earlier detected in the UAE involve a Chinese family from Wuhan. The family is still under medical care and their condition is stable, the report said.
u201c Their general condition is stable, and there is no cause for concern about them,u201d the ministry was quoted as saying in the report.
The Khaleej Times reported the ministry as saying that the number of cases detected in the country was very low and that there was no cause for concern. Agencies China intensifies efforts to combat nCoV As many as 19,544 people are suspected of being infected, of which the condition of 2,110 patients remains severe Employees at the construction site of the Huoshenshan hospital in Wuhan on Sunday. PIC/ AFP 140 Total no. of cases lost in other countries 305 Total no. of lives lost due to the virus in China State- run CG TN reported that there were 14,411 confirmed cases of the virus. However, the Hong Kong- based South China Morning Post said that the virus has infected 14,562 people Philippines reports first virus death outside China: WHO UAE confirms fifth case of nCoV
