The death toll from coronavirus (COVID-19) in China jumped to 1355 on Wednesday, with the number of confirmed cases rising to 44,763. Catch LIVE updates
The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic continues to climb. So far, the virus outbreak has claimed 1,355 lives with 242 new fatalities reported in the worst-affected Hubei province on Wednesday. The number of confirmed cases abroad rose to 440 with one death so far in the Philippines. Japan reported the highest number of 203 cases with a majority of them from a cruise ship. On Wednesday, two Indian crew on board a cruise ship off the Japanese coast were tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Indian Embassy in Japan said as authorities confirmed that 174 people have been infected with the deadly disease. The virus, now named COVID-19, has spread to over 20 countries, including India.
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Stranded by coronavirus blockade, Chinese man fights to get back to work
Tian Bing has spent six straight nights curled up in the back of his white sedan, stranded at an expressway service station in eastern Jiangsu province in China because of a blockade aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. On Sunday, the 35-year-old completed a near-2,000 km (1,243 mile) drive from his hometown to Taixing, a city of about 1 million people in Jiangsu, to return to work. But policemen guarding the highway exit to the city, where he runs a home appliances repair business, told him turn back. The reason: Tian is not considered a local resident under China’s Byzantine hukou system, barring him from entry due to the city’s recent decision to keep out outsiders.
China’s Hubei province communist party chief relieved of duty
The head of the Communist Party in the Chinese province of Hubei, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than a thousand people, has been relieved of duty, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong has been appointed as the new secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
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