China virus jumps past 500 as more cases found on cruise ship off Japan by DavidStanway See our full coronavirus coverage here:
SHANGHAI - The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third consecutive record daily rise, as experts intensified efforts to find a vaccine for a disease that has shut down Chinese cities and forced thousands more into quarantine around the world.
There have been two deaths outside mainland China - in the Philippines and Hong Kong - both following visits to Wuhan. One passenger using the handle @daxa_tw tweeted on Thursday that crew members had handed out medication refill request forms for those in need of medicines. Hundreds of experts will gather in Geneva next week, on Feb. 11-12, in an attempt to find a way to fight back against the outbreak by speeding research into drugs and vaccines, the World Health Organization said. A multinational WHO-led team would go to China “very soon”, it added.
More than 200 cases have been reported in 27 other countries and regions outside mainland China, according to a Reuters tally based on official statements.Many analysts cut their growth outlook for the Chinese economy, the world’s third largest, as the epidemic spread but global markets have stabilized in recent days on central bank stimulus measures and hopes for a vaccine.
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