Number of cases has doubled in the past 24 hours. FMTNews China
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks with medical workers at a Wuhan hospital.
“The epidemic is a demon, and we cannot let this demon hide,” the Chinese leader said, pledging that the government would be transparent and release information on the virus in a “timely” manner. But global concern has been growing, with Japan and Germany on Tuesday reporting the first human-to-human infections outside China.In Japan, a man in his sixties contracted the virus apparently after driving two groups of tourists from the city earlier in January, the health ministry said. He was hospitalised with flu-like symptoms on Saturday.
Authorities initially sealed off Wuhan and other cities in Hubei province late last week, trapping more than 50 million people.
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