China recorded its deadliest day since the outbreak of coronavirus on Friday as 86 people died from the pneumonia-like illness that has been ravaging the country.
According to the China’s National Health Commission, a total of 722 people have died from the disease and 34,546 were infected in mainland China.
Though authorities in China have been making efforts containing the spread of the disease, new cases and deaths are still being reported on a daily basis. However, cases of human to human transmission of the disease have been proven and the youngest infected person was a newborn baby. There is no clear clue on how the baby got infected.While foreigners living in China are part of the infected population, the US Embassy in Beijing, confirmed the death of a 60-year-old US citizen who had died from the virus at Jinyintian Hospital, in Wuhan, on February 6.
Globally, more than 370 people have contracted the disease, though there is yet to be a confirmed case reported in Africa.Although the World Health Organisation has said the disease has not reached a pandemic status, many countries are beginning to place restrictions on travels from China. Meanwhile, WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, had said there was no need for countries to ban international travel and trade from China.
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