BEIJING – The death toll from China’s coronavirus outbreak jumped on Saturday to 41 from 26 a day earlier as authorities curb travel and cancel public gatherings.
Over 1,300 people were infected globally with a virus traced to a seafood market in the central city of Wuhan that was illegally selling wildlife. Health authorities around the world are scrambling to prevent a pandemic.
State-run China Global Television Network on Saturday said a doctor who had been treating patients in Wuhan, 62-year-old Liang Wudong, had died from the virus.
Wuhan, a city of 11 million, has been in virtual lockdown since Thursday, with nearly all flights at the airport canceled and checkpoints blocking the main roads leading out of town.
The number of confirmed cases in China stands at 1,287, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.
The virus has also been detected in Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Nepal, Malaysia, France, the United States, and Australia.(Reuters)
Why in the hell didn’t they ban travel as soon as they knew there was an issue.