(Reuters) – Here are the latest developments around the new coronavirus outbreak:
People wearing face masks are seen at a subway station in the morning after the extended Lunar New Year holiday caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Shanghai, China February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said on Monday the death toll rose to 908, as employees began trickling back to offices and factories around China after the government eased some restrictions on work and travel.
Across mainland China, there were 3,062 new confirmed infections as of Sunday, bringing the total number so far to 40,171.
China’s Foreign Ministry said that 27 foreigners in the country have been confirmed infected with the new coronavirus as of Monday morning, and two – one American and one Japanese – had died.
China will speed up the provision of medicines that show clinical effects against the coronavirus, state media reported on