Deaths in China from coronavirus increase to more than 1,700, warning epidemic is unpredictable
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The number of deaths from the coronavirus in China’s Hubei rose to more than 1,700 on Monday as international experts began a joint mission with their Chinese counterparts to tackle the epidemic.
Indeed, the total number of cases of so-called COVID-19 in the Asian country has passed the 70,000 mark, according to the latest update from the country’s National Health Commission.
New cases outside of the epicentre have been declining for the last thirteen days
There were 115 fresh cases outside the central province, according to the commission on Monday — sharply down from nearly 450 a week ago.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said its specialists had held their first meetings with Chinese health experts as part of efforts to find out how the new virus is spreading.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it is “impossible to predict which direction this epidemic will take,” he said.
The UN’s health body has also asked China for more information on how diagnoses are being determined.
Two planes carrying Americans from the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess have left Japan.
