The Chinees national new year holiday has been
extended by three days to Sunday, in an attempt to contain the spread. On
Monday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province
and centre of the outbreak.The number of deaths in Hubei rose from 56 to 76,
with five deaths elsewhere. Wuhan is in lockdown and several other cities have
imposed travel bans.In Shanghai, the government has stopped businesses from
returning to work until 10 February. The ban applies to all companies apart
from utilities, medical firms, medical suppliers, and supermarkets. The newly
death virus rapidly spreds around the world. USA, Canada, Australia, UAE, Thailand, Malasia, Nepal, Few other Europian countries also suffering from Corona Virus. The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in
China rose to 81 on Monday, as the government extended the Lunar New Year
holiday and more big businesses shut down or told staff to work from home in an
effort to curb the spread. Premier Li Keqiang visited the city of Wuhan, the
epicenter of the outbreak, as the central government stepped up its response
while city authorities faced growing accusations from the public of
mismanagement and a failure to respond to the outbreak in time. Asian shares
tumbled, with Japan’s Nikkei average sliding 2.0%, its biggest one-day fall in
five months, as investors grew anxious. Demand spiked for safe-haven assets
such as the Japanese yen and Treasury notes. The total number of confirmed
cases in China rose about 30% from the previous day, to 2,744, with about half
in the central province of Hubei, the capital of which is Wuhan. But some
experts suspect the number of infected people is much higher.Meanwhile, the director-general
of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is in Beijing to
discuss the outbreak with the Chinese government and health experts.
