The number of new infections overseas now exceeds the tally of new cases in China.
Wuhan, the epicentre of China’s coronavirus epidemic, will likely see new infections drop to zero by the end of this month, an expert with the country’s top panel on battling the illness said on Thursday, even as the city reported a quicker rise in new confirmed cases.
Zhang Boli said almost all regions outside Hubei province, where Wuhan is the capital, had managed to halt new infections by the end of last month, according to an interview with the officialHe estimated other cities in Hubei will hit such a target by mid-March, based on data on how the outbreak has evolved, but did not give details.
The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China had reached 3,012 as of the end of Wednesday, up by 31 from the previous day. Hubei accounted for all of the new deaths, including 23 in Wuhan.In another sign things are starting to return to normal, Chibi, a small city just south of Wuhan, said it will remove roadblocks and restore normal traffic within its jurisdiction by Friday morning, partly to facilitate spring ploughing.
The number of new infections overseas now exceeds the tally of new cases in China, with Italy, South Korea and Iran in particular seeing worrying spreads of the virus. The US death toll rose to 11 as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles., wrote on Twitter that President Donald Trump administration’s attempts “to downplay the epidemic is disturbing”.
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