American contingent will be part of a WHO mission to combat virus. FMTNews Wuhan Coronavirus
BEIJING: China has agreed to allow US health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization effort to help fight the fast-spreading coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths continued to mount.
A 1,000-bed hospital built in eight days to treat people with the virus in Wuhan was due to receive its first patients on Monday, state media said. A second hospital with 1,600 beds is due to be operational later this week. Airlines around the world have stopped flights to parts of China. A suspension by the United Arab Emirates on Monday will affect the Gulf airlines Etihad and Emirates.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defended the measures taken by the United States, including suspending the entry of foreign nationals who had visited China within the past 14 days. Chinese data suggests the new virus, while much more contagious than SARS, is significantly less lethal, although such numbers can evolve rapidly. Prior to the latest figures from Hubei, the number of confirmed infections in China stood at 17,205.
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