New Covid-19 cases fall in China but WHO concerned by global spread

| China reported a sharp fall in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus yesterday, but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new infections continued to rise in other countries.

The World Health Organisation welcomed the reported decline in new Chinese cases but said it was concerned about the number of new infections elsewhere with no clear link to China such as travel history or contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19, as the disease caused by the virus is known. The disease has spread to some 26 countries and territories outside mainland China, killing more than a dozen people, according to aThe latest Chinese figures showed only 31 of the new cases on Friday were outside of the virus epicentre of Hubei province, the lowest number since the National Health Commission started compiling nationwide data a month ago.

State television showed the arrival in Wuhan of the “blue whale” yesterday, the first of seven river cruise ships it is bringing in to house medical workers, tens of thousands of which have been sent to Hubei to contain the virus. Japan, which confirmed 14 new cases yesterday, faces growing questions about whether it is doing enough to contain its outbreak and whether the virus could disrupt this year’s Tokyo Olympics. Organisers postponed the start of training for volunteers as a precaution.The potential economic impact of the outbreak, which has caused massive disruption to businesses in China, overshadowed a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Saudi Arabia.

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the yen’s recent declines were largely driven by a strong dollar, shrugging off some market views that the virus epidemic is triggering an outflow of funds from Asia.

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