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Laurie Chen

The coronavirus discovered in the city of Wuhan has spread to all but two of China’s 31 provinces, indicating that efforts to stem the outbreak with travel bans and cancellations of flights and rail services were failing.
As of Friday night, there had been 895 cases of infection and 26 deaths in mainland China, according to Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily and Dxy.com, one of the country’s biggest online network of doctors.
The deaths included the first reported outside the epicentre of Hubei province, where Wuhan is located. One was in the northern Hebei province, neighbouring Beijing, and another was in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, about 2,400km (about 1,500 miles) from Wuhan.
Official reports said 15 medical staff in Wuhan had been infected, but two sources with direct knowledge of the situation said the number of infected doctors and nurses was much higher.


In response to the rapidly growing number of infections, China had shut down outbound transport from 13 cities and counties in Hubei by Friday morning, according to China National Radio.
Health officials have warned on nationwide broadcasts that people should avoid traditional family reunions and other public gatherings during the Lunar New Year period that starts on Saturday.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday stopped short of declaring the outbreak a global public health emergency, but said that it would monitor the situation closely.
Six days, hundreds of patients: China rushes to build makeshift hospital
The outbreak is “an emergency in China”, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference in Geneva. “But it has not yet become a global health emergency. It may yet become one.”


Confirmed cases of the new coronavirus have been found in several Asian countries, as well as the United States. New infections were confirmed on Friday in South Korea and Japan, while Singapore and Vietnam declared their first cases on Thursday. Other places outside mainland China reporting individuals carrying the virus were Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

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epa08150612 Travellers wear a mask at the Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, 22 January 2020. According to latest media reports, China confirmed 440 cases of Wuhan pneumonia with nine deaths. The respiratory virus was first detected in Wuhan, China, and can be passed between humans. So far it has spread to the USA, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON

epa08153309 A mother and her children are seen wearing masks while walking through the Changi Airport in Singapore, 23 January 2019. Budget carrier Scoot has cancelled its daily flight to Wuhan, China after the city was locked down by Chinese authorities following the coronavirus outbreak. As of 23 January, there have been nearly 600 cases and a total of 17 reported deaths in China. Passengers arriving from China in Singapore are subject to temperature screening and will isolate pneumonia patients who have a history of recent travel to China. EPA-EFE/WALLACE WOON

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Chinese paramilitary police stand guard outside the closed Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. China closed off a city of more than 11 million people Thursday in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness that has sickened hundreds and spread to other cities and countries amid the Lunar New Year travel rush. (Chinatopix via AP)

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The deaths include the first reported outside the epicentre around Wuhan
Number of infected doctors and nurses higher than reported, sources say



The deaths include the first reported outside the epicentre around Wuhan, while the number of infected doctors and nurses is higher than reported, sources say.


Wuhan coronavirus confirmed in 29 of China’s 31 provinces

The deaths include the first reported outside the epicentre around Wuhan Number of infected doctors and nurses higher than reported, sources say

The deaths include the first reported outside the epicentre around Wuhan

Number of infected doctors and nurses higher than reported, sources say