BEIJING, Jan 21 — Asian countries today ramped up measures to block the spread of a new virus as the death toll in China rose to six and the number of cases jumped to almost 300, raising concerns in the middle of a major holiday travel rush. From Australia to Thailand and as far as Nepal, nations...
Chinese tourists wear masks as they arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand January 20, 2020. — Reuters pic
Authorities previously said there was no obvious evidence of person-to-person transmission and animals were suspected to be the source, as a seafood market where live animals were sold in Wuhan was identified as the centre of the outbreak. China said it would attend a special World Health Organization meeting on Wednesday which will determine whether to declare a rare global public health emergency over the disease, which was detected in Thailand, Japan and South Korea among four people who had visited Wuhan.
‘We are ... preparing for the worst. We have not lowered our guard,’ Hong Kong's number two leader, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung, told reporters. In China, the government announced today it was classifying the outbreak in the same category as SARS, meaning compulsory isolation for those diagnosed with the disease and the potential to implement quarantine measures on travel.
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