The death toll in the coronavirus outbreak has now reached 1,016 as 103 people died on Monday alone - a daily record.
25.01.2020 - 21:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Doctors in the UK are continuing to test patients for deadly Coronavirus today as the death toll in China reached more than 40.
There are still no confirmed cases of the virus in the UK, but health officials say that a total of 31 people have now been tested.
Coronavirus broke out in the city of Wuhan, China, and has so far claimed the lives of 41 people.
Worldwide, more than 1,400 cases of the deadly flu-like virus have been confirmed - including the first three in Europe, which were
The death toll in the coronavirus outbreak has now reached 1,016 as 103 people died on Monday alone - a daily record.
China's virus death toll rose by 89 on Sunday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, but fewer new cases were reported in a possible sign its spread might be slowing as other nations stepped up efforts to block the disease.Also Sunday, South Korea reported a new case in a 73-year-old woman whose relatives visited Guangdong province in southern China.