Coronavirus in Wuhan Chinese part 3: Something is more dangerous about the Coronavirus than we think what it is?
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Coronavirus in Wuhan Chinese part 3: Something is more dangerous about the Coronavirus than we think what it is?
China has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day.
On Sunday, authorities reported 2,009 new cases and 142 more died nationwide.
New cases spiked earlier in the week after a change in the way they were counted but have been falling ever since.
In total more than 68,000 people have been infected in China, with the died toll standing at 1,665.
Outside of China there have been more than 500 cases in nearly 30 countries.
Taiwan reported its first died from the illness on Sunday. The victim was a man in his 60s, who had not travelled abroad recently but who had diabetes and hepatitis B, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said.
Four others have died outside China - in France, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan.
China has imposed more restrictions on the 60 million people living under lockdown in Hubei province - the centre of the outbreak - in an attempt to control the epidemic.
The use of private cars has been banned and residents have been told to stay at home unless there's an emergency.
Officials say there will be only one exception to this rule - every three days a single person from each household will be allowed out to buy food and other essential items.
The new measures come despite an announcement by China's State Council that the proportion of infected patients in a serious condition had fallen nationwide.
Foreign Minister WangYi also said that along with a drop in infections within Hubei there had been a rapid increase in the number of people .
China has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day.
On Sunday, authorities reported 2,009 new cases and 142 more died nationwide.
New cases spiked earlier in the week after a change in the way they were counted but have been falling ever since.
In total more than 68,000 people have been infected in China, with the died toll standing at 1,665.
Outside of China there have been more than 500 cases in nearly 30 countries.
Taiwan reported its first died from the illness on Sunday. The victim was a man in his 60s, who had not travelled abroad recently but who had diabetes and hepatitis B, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said.
Four others have died outside China - in France, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan.
China has imposed more restrictions on the 60 million people living under lockdown in Hubei province - the centre of the outbreak - in an attempt to control the epidemic.
The use of private cars has been banned and residents have been told to stay at home unless there's an emergency.
Officials say there will be only one exception to this rule - every three days a single person from each household will be allowed out to buy food and other essential items.
The new measures come despite an announcement by China's State Council that the proportion of infected patients in a serious condition had fallen nationwide.
Foreign Minister WangYi also said that along with a drop in infections within Hubei there had been a rapid increase in the number of people .