Sunday, 2 February 2020

Coronavirus: death toll climbs to 360, passing Sars epidemic – live updates

Twenty French citizens evacuated from Wuhan show virus symptoms as New Zealand becomes latest to close its borders to travellers from China

Australian citizens onboard a Qantas plane have departed Wuhan. The flight chartered by the Australian government will take them into quarantine on Christmas Island, formerly used as a detention centre for refugees and asylum seekers arriving by boat.

The Qantas flight left Wuhan airport around 10 minutes ago.

With the death toll climbing to 360, it has passed the fatalities recorded in China for the Sars epidemic (349).

China’s Global TV network, published this graph showing the progression of infections in Hubei province and Wuhan.

Central China's #Hubei Province, the epicenter of the #coronavirus outbreak, reported 2,103 new cases of the infection on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 11,177 in the province

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