BP: China coronavirus cases near 10,000, global emergency declared

Bangkok Post reports:

BEIJING: Cases of a new coronavirus in China have jumped to over 9,600, with 213 deaths, local health authorities said on Friday, after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global public health emergency overnight.

With the pneumonia-causing virus continuing its rapid spread, South Korea joined other countries that have evacuated their citizens from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.

China’s National Health Commission said the number of infections rose by around 1,980 on Thursday from the previous day, with the death toll rising by 43. The vast majority of deaths have been in Hubei Province, of which Wuhan is the capital.

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