Chinese health authorities released updated figures of 361 deaths and 17,205 confirmed cases, an increase of 2,829 over a 24-hour period, as other countries continued evacuating citizens from hardest-hit Hubei province and restricted the entry of Chinese or people who recently travelled in the country. The World Health Organisation said the number of cases will keep growing because tests are pending on thousands of suspected cases.
"The lack of hospital rooms forced sick people to return home, which is extremely dangerous," Chinese epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan told CCTV. "So having additional available is a great improvement." Xing Xuemei, the manager of Dohia, a bedding and household supplies store in the city of Zhengzhou, said it won't open until February 9. She said all the stores in her mall were closed except for a Carrefour supermarket.
"In essence, it's a version of SARS that spreads more easily but causes less damage," Ian Jones, a professor of virology at the University of Reading, said about the new virus. The ship returned to Yokohama carrying more than 3,000 passengers and crew after making port calls in Vietnam, Taiwan and Okinawa. A team of quarantine officials and medical staff boarded the ship on Monday night and began medical checks of everyone on board, a health ministry official said on condition of anonymity, citing department rules.
Japan rejected the entry of eight foreigners who had visited Hubei province within past 14 days, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
The Dow is actually up, as are most indices this morning.🤪
How long did it take for the Northern Beaches Hospital to be built?