The death toll in the coronavirus outbreak has now reached 1,016 as 103 people died on Monday alone - a daily record.
27.01.2020 - 12:21 / hollywoodreporter.com
China on Monday expanded sweeping efforts to contain a viral disease by extending the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home and avoid spreading infection as the death toll rose to 80.
Hong Kong announced it would bar entry to visitors from the mainland province at the center of the outbreak following a warning the virus’s ability to spread was increasing.
Travel agencies were ordered to cancel group tours nationwide, adding to the rising economic cost.
Increasingly drastic
The death toll in the coronavirus outbreak has now reached 1,016 as 103 people died on Monday alone - a daily record.
China's virus death toll rose by 89 on Sunday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, but fewer new cases were reported in a possible sign its spread might be slowing as other nations stepped up efforts to block the disease.Also Sunday, South Korea reported a new case in a 73-year-old woman whose relatives visited Guangdong province in southern China.
Manchester came alive this weekend as the city celebrated Chinese New Year.
The Chinese New Year, which is the year of the rat in 2020, kicked off Saturday, Jan. 25.
Doctors in the UK are continuing to test patients for deadly Coronavirus today as the death toll in China reached more than 40.