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A coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, the capital of China's central ...

- A coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, the capital of China’s central province of Hubei, has killed 170 people in the country and infected more than 7,800 globally, most of them in China.

The virus has caused alarm because it is still too early to know how dangerous it is and how easily it spreads among people. Chinese officials say it is infectious during its incubation period, which could range from one to 14 days.*By Thursday, the death toll in China had risen to 170, with 162 in Hubei, authorities said. Another 7,711 people in China had been infected.

*The World Health Organisation will meet on Thursday to decide whether its rapid spread amounts to a global health emergency.*Global airlines have suspended or scaled back direct flights to China’s major cities. *Nearly 200 evacuated Americans arrived at a U.S. military base in California to be isolated for at least 72 hours.

 

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