China coronavirus cases pass 70,000 as WHO mission gets underway
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(Worthy News) – The number of deaths from the coronavirus in China rose to more than 1,700 on Monday as international experts began a joint mission with their Chinese counterparts to tackle the epidemic.
The total number of cases of so-called COVID-19 in the Asian country, most of them in the central province of Hubei, has surpassed 70,000, according to the latest update from the country’s National Health Commission.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said its specialists had held their first meetings with Chinese health experts as part of efforts to find out how the new virus is spreading. [ Source: Deutche Welle (Read More…) ]
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