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WHO team in China as death toll rises to 1,770

WHO team in China as death toll rises to 1,770

Chinese authorities reported on Monday (February 17) that the number of deaths from the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country had risen to 1,770, while the number of people infected had crossed 70,500.

China’s National Health Committee (NHC) reported that in Hubei province, 105 deaths had been reported with 1,933 new infections, higher than on Sunday.

WHO team in China as death toll rises to 1,770
The latest figures were released after the director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that an international team of experts on the WHO-led mission had arrived in Beijing and held their first meeting with Chinese public health officials.
“We are looking forward to seeing a tremendous partnership in strengthening our understanding of the Covid-19 epidemic,” the WHO director said.
NHC spokesperson Mi Feng said on Sunday that the slowing down in the number of new patients nationwide showed that China had begun to control the spread.
However, Ghebreyesus warned that it would be “impossible” to predict whether the epidemic would be contained or it would get worse. He called on the Chinese authorities to reveal more details about the method used in the diagnosis.

WHO team in China as death toll rises to 1,770

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