CORONAVIRUS
A summary
of the latest developments
Infection
toll in China reaches 2,345 as South Korea raises its alert level and Iran
confirms sixth death from virus
In South Korea the national toll of 556 cases
is now the highest outside China, apart from the Diamond Princess cruise ship
in Japan.
Japan has
confirmed that a woman who tested negative and left the coronavirus-hit Diamond
Princess cruise ship later tested positive, raising more questions about the
effectiveness of quarantine measures.
A dozen
towns in northern Italy in effect went into lockdown on Saturday after deaths
of two people infected with the coronavirus from China, and a growing cluster
of cases with no direct links to the origin of the outbreak abroad.
A
repatriation flight carrying 32 Britons and Europeans from the coronavirus-infected
cruise ship Diamond Princess landed in the UK on Saturday – amid growing fears
for the welfare of some UK passengers left behind in Japan.
The French
health minister, Olivier Véran, said new cases of coronavirus were “very
likely” in France and health authorities were ready in case of an epidemic.
Mainland
China noted a significant fall in the number of new cases, with 397 reported on
Saturday. The total number of cases in mainland China to 76,288 and there have
been 2,345 deaths.
The World
Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the window of opportunity to stem the
deadly epidemic was “narrowing” amid concern about a surge in cases with no
clear link to China.
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