China extends the ‘Spring Festival’ holiday in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak.Construction begins in Wuhan for a specialist emergency hospital which opened on 3rd February.Figures compiled by the Chinese Railway Administration showed that approximately 100,000 people had already departed from Wuhan Train Station by the deadline.17 people had died at this point and 570 infected in Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, South Korea and the US. Planes and trains leaving the city are cancelled, and buses, subways and ferries within the city are suspended. Wuhan (population over 11 million) is cut off by the Chinese authorities.Public Health England announces it is moving the risk level to the British public from ‘very low’ to ‘low’.The first confirmed case of the virus in the US in Washington State, where a man in his 30s developed symptoms after returning from a trip to Wuhan.The first confirmed cases outside mainland China occurred in Japan, South Korea and Thailand, according to the WHO. ![]()
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