Wuhan Coronavirus News Updates -- January 26, 2020

Daily Mail: Coronavirus death toll rockets to EIGHTY with 24 new fatalities reported at the outbreak’s epicentre in Wuhan and nearly 400 new cases as experts warn it can spread BEFORE symptoms show

* Today, health minister Ma Xiaowei said that 'it seems like the ability of the virus to spread is getting stronger'
* The announcement before a packed briefing hall of face-masked reporters has sparked concern in Britain
* Comes as mayor of disease-plagued city Zhou Xianwan said officials stepping up construction of hospitals
* Beijing's health minister assured face-masked reporters authorities have cranked up efforts to stop spread
* More than 2,000 people have now been infected worldwide and 80 have been killed in China, officials stated

The coronavirus death toll has skyrocketed to eighty, with 24 new fatalities reported at the outbreak's epicentre in Wuhan in China and nearly 400 new cases - as experts warn it can spread before symptoms show.

Speaking at a press conference this morning, health minister Ma Xiaowei said 'it seems like the ability of the virus to spread is getting stronger' and that it can be passed from person-to-person during its 14-day incubation period.

Total confirmed cases of the virus nationwide rose sharply to 2,744, and while there were no new deaths confirmed outside of Hubei, the national tally of verified infections rose by 769, around half of them in Hubei, the National Health Commission said.

It said 461 of those infected were in serious condition. China has locked down Hubei in the country's centre, an unprecedented operation affecting tens of millions of people and intended to slow transmission of the respiratory virus.

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Wuhan Coronavirus News Updates -- January 26, 2020

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