Corona-virus: China extends holidays As Death toll Rising to 80
According to BBC Reports, The national has been extended by three days to Sunday, in an attempt to contain the spread, The number of people killed in China by the coronavirus has risen to 80, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill.
On Monday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and centre of the outbreak.
The number of deaths in Hubei province has climbed from 56 to 76, with four deaths elsewhere.
Wuhan is in lockdown and several other cities have imposed travel bans.
EPA
Coronavirus cases in China
80
Deaths
2,744Confirmed cases
5,794Suspected cases
461In critical condition
51People recovered and discharged from hospital
Source: National Health Commission, as of end of 26 January
The BBC's Robin Brant in Shanghai says extending the main holiday of the year is a highly unusual move.
But after the pre-new year travel surge, the prospect of half a billion people getting back on trains, planes and buses and criss-crossing the country again is the last thing the government wants, he adds.
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