More than 44,600 people have been confirmed as infected by the pathogen across China.
The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic climbed past 1,100 on Wednesday but the number of new cases fell for a second straight day, raising hope the outbreak could peak later this month.
The World Health Organization warned the virus posed a"very grave threat", but that there a"realistic chance" of curbing the outbreak. But in a positive development, the number of new cases has fallen in Hubei for two straight days, according to figures from the National Health Commission."In general, the number of new cases is now slowly decreasing," Zhong Nanshan, a renowned scientist at China's National Health Commission, said in a video conference with medical staff in Wuhan on Tuesday."When does the turning point occur? I can't say.
"We are not defenceless," Tedros said, adding:"If we invest now... we have a realistic chance of stopping this outbreak." The 53-year-old man caught the virus while attending a conference in Singapore and then passed it on to several compatriots while on holiday in the French Alps, before finally being diagnosed back in Britain.
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