world on edge more than 4,500 cases have been confirmed in China with at least

106 deaths reported are conn-young who is on the line with the latest young do

Phyllis in right and also the new type of corona virus that first appealed in

ohan late last month continues to claim more victims China's National Health

Commission said on Tuesday the death toll in China has soared to 106 and some

1700 new cases have been confirmed compared to the day before now among the

confirmed cases about 1,000 patients are known to be in critical condition this

brings the total number of confirmed cases in China to around 4,500 and more

than half of them are in ohan Chinese officials added that 60 people have been

cured and discharged Beijing and Shanghai could not dodged the bullet

with both cities reporting their first deaths from the virus a 50 year old man

died of respiratory failure in Beijing on Monday health officials said he was

diagnosed with the novel coronavirus last week after staying in Wuhan from

January 8 to 15 authorities in China have not released details of the victim

yet the Chinese government has urged its people to postpone non-essential

overseas trips young where the virus has spread to other parts of the world what

do we know so far about its impact and what our country is doing to minimize

the damage yes the virus is popping up across the world so far there have been

at least 70 confirmed cases in 17 countries and territorial entities

outside of mainland China but the good news here is that there have been no

deaths from the coronavirus reported in these other locations

earlier today Japan reported two more cases of the new virus one of them is a

mail bus driver in his 60s who has never been to Han according to Japanese health

ministry he drove a two groups of Chinese tourists from ohan earlier this

month Thailand also confirmed six more cases bringing the total number of

infected people in the country to 14 now that is the most

in a country or territory outside of China Hong Kong has also been hit hard

with aid confirmed cases so far the Hong Kong government is waiving medical

treatment fees for all patients suspected of being infected by the new

corona virus its chief executive Carrie Lam said a few years ago that Hong Kong

will temporarily shut down some of its borders with mainland China starting

midnight on Thursday local time the virus has also spread to North America

with at least five confirmed cases reported in the United States the u.s.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its travel

precautions for China to the highest of its three levels now Europe is also

preparing for tougher prevention measures Germany has confirmed its first

case the patient has been identified as a 33 year old German male although he

did not visit China he was in a meeting with a female Chinese national last week

she now has gone to Beijing and they're tested positive for the corona virus

Germany is the second country to have confirmed the virus in Europe following

France which has confirmed at least three cases so far

the South Korean Japanese American and French governments are sending charter

planes at this week to repatriate their citizens stuck in Han alright young

thank you for those updates we appreciate it