Officials in beijing have warned that the new virus that has killed 56 people in china and spread to several other countries is infectious in its incubation period. The president of china has said his country is facing a grave situation after the number of cases of coronavirus rose sharply, to more than 2,000. Meanwhile here, the department of health says that it has carried out 52 tests for coronavirus and all have come back negative. The government says it is monitoring the situation closely and will continue to work with the World Health Organization and international community. Well, within the past hour canadian officials have been briefing the press about the first case of coronavirus. The province of ontario have informed us that they have a case of coronavirus. The patient had recently returned from wuhan in china and is in isolation. The laboratory is expected to complete testing within the next 2a hours. This represents the first case of coronavirus in canada. We are working
Victoria derbyshire takes a look at some of the highlights from her programme this week. The president of china has said his country is facing a grave situation after the number of cases of coronavirus rose sharply, to more than 2,000. Chinese Officials Say the virus is infectious in its incubation period, before symptoms show, making it harder to contain. Chinese state media say 56 people have now died. Chinese president xijinping held a special goverment meeting on the Lunar New Year public holiday, where he warned that the spread of the virus is accelerating. A nationwide ban on the sale of wildlife has been imposed. Its believed the outbreak stemmed from the illegal sale of animals at a wuhan fish market. Elsewhere, the us has announced that staff at its wuhan consulate will be evacuated on a special flight on tuesday. And here, the Foreign Office has warned against travel to hubei province, where the virus began, and urged britons there to leave if they can. Angus crawford has thi
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