Xi Jinping has told US counterpart Donald Trump he's confident China can beat the new coronavirus that's killed 636 people, including the whistleblower doctor
Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured US President Donald Trump that China is doing all it can to contain a new coronavirus that has killed almost 640 people, including aChina was gradually achieving results and was confident it could defeat the epidemic with no long-term consequences for economic development, Mr Xi told his US counterpart in a telephone call on Friday, according to state television.
Dr Li Wenliang, the whistleblowing doctor in Wuhan who first warned of the outbreak of the coronavirus, is being mourned across the nation.Dr Li, 34, was one of eight people reprimanded by police in Wuhan, the epicentre of the contagion, last month for spreading"illegal and false" information about the flu-like virus that has since triggered a global health emergency.
The 3143 new infections on Thursday were down from 3694 on Wednesday and 3887 on Tuesday but experts warned it was too early to say if the data represented a trend. There are now 41 new cases among about 3700 people quarantined in a cruise ship moored off Japan, bringing the total to 61 cases on board. Five of the new cases were Australian, bringing the total number of Australians to test positive to seven.In Hong Kong, another cruise ship with 3600 passengers and crew was quarantined for a third day after three people on board were found to be infected.
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