The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said at a press conference the outbreak did not yet constitute a global public health emergency.
A Chinese passenger that just arrived on the last bullet train from Wuhan to Beijing is checked for a fever by a health worker at a Beijing railway station on January 23, 2020 in Beijing, China.National Health Commission said as many as 25 people have died from a fast-spreading coronavirus, as the total number of confirmed cases in the country rose to 830.
The deadly pneumonia-like virus was first identified on Dec. 31 in the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province. It has since spread beyond Wuhan, which has a population of 11 million, to other major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Macao, and Hong Kong.to support Hubei province in its fight to contain the outbreak.to treat the infected and plans to have the facility operational by early next week, Reuters reported, citing state media.
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