WHO says prepare for local outbreaks; China slams US control

BEIJING -- China’s death toll from a new virus rose to 259 on Saturday, February 1, and a World Health Organization official said other governments need to prepare for “domestic outbreak control” if the disease spreads in their countries.

The number of confirmed cases in China rose to 11,791, surpassing the number in the 2002-03 outbreak of Sars, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The virus’s rapid spread in two months prompted the World Health Organization on Thursday to declare it a global emergency. China criticized the US controls, which it said contradicted the WHO’s appeal to avoid travel bans, and “unfriendly comments” that Beijing was failing to cooperate.

Another locked-down city in Hubei, Huanggang, on Saturday banned almost all of its residents from leaving their homes in the most stringent controls imposed yet. The government said only one person from each household would be allowed out to shop for food once every two days. The party decision “highlighted the importance of prevention and control of the epidemic among travelers,” Xinhua said.

The US order followed a travel advisory for Americans to consider leaving China. Japan and Germany also advised against non-essential travel to China and Britain did as well, except for Hong Kong and Macao. The Kremlin said starting Saturday, Russian air force planes will be used to evacuate Russians from areas of China most seriously affected by the virus.

Both the new virus and SARS are from the coronavirus family, which also includes those that cause the common cold. Experts say there is evidence the new virus is spreading among people in China.

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