More than 2,000 infected with coronavirus, 56 dead in China

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, the vast majority of them in China, where 56 people have died from the disease, according to figures released today.

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President Xi Jinping said during a politburo meeting yesterday that China was facing a"grave situation", as health authorities around the world scrambled to prevent a pandemic.

Today, China confirmed 1,975 cases of patients infected with the new coronavirus as of Jan 25, while the death toll from the virus has risen to 56, state broadcasterThe outbreak has prompted widening curbs on movements within China, with Wuhan, a city of 11 million, on virtual lockdown, with transports links all-but severed except for emergency vehicles.

The outbreak has overshadowed the start of the Lunar New Year, which is typically a festive time of year, with public events cancelled and many tourist sites shut. The United States was arranging a charter flight today to bring its citizens and diplomats back from Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the epicentre of the outbreak, theIn Hong Kong, with five confirmed cases, the city's leader Carrie Lam said flights and high-speed rail trips between the city and Wuhan will be halted. Schools in Hong Kong that are currently on Lunar New Year holidays will remain closed until Feb 17.

There are fears transmission could accelerate as hundreds of millions of Chinese travel during the holiday, although many have cancelled their plans and airlines and railways in China are providing full refunds for tickets.

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When there are almost 50 confirmed cases & rising outside China, do the world trusts the figures released by China? A simple 'progression methodology' would seriously doubt those figures. To believe or to doubt the gravity of this disease?

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