China's Wuhan, the city believed to be the source of the coronavirus outbreak, is closing its transportation networks and advising citizens not to leave the city, state media reported
BEIJING/SHANGHAI - Deaths from China’s new flu-like virus rose to 17 on Wednesday, with more than 540 cases confirmed, leading the city at the center of the outbreak to close transport networks and urge citizens not to leave as fears rose of the contagion spreading.
The World Health Organization has been meeting in a high-tech room at its Geneva headquarters to decide whether the outbreak is a global health emergency. Wuhan’s local government will close all urban transport networks and suspend outgoing flights from the city as of 10 a.m. on Jan. 23 , state media reported. The government said citizens should not leave the city unless there were special circumstances.
The latest death toll in Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, rose to 17 by midday on Wednesday, state television quoted the provincial government as saying.However, the virus has already spread beyond the city to population centers including Beijing, Shanghai, Macau and Hong Kong.
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