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China coronavirus outbreak epicenter reports 70 more deaths & nearly 3,000 new cases
The lethal coronavirus sweeping China and beyond has claimed 70 more lives in Hubei province, the epicenter of the illness, bringing the fatality count to 564 as the total number of confirmed cases nears 28,000 worldwide.
As the disease and death tolls climb, the World Health Organization on Wednesday downplayed reports of breakthrough treatments for the novel coronavirus – which hit the Chinese city of Wuhan last December and has since spread to at least 25 other countries – warning there were yet “no known effective therapeutics.”
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With over 27,600 confirmed cases total – the majority of them in Hubei – China continues to expand its quarantine efforts, with Shanghai announcing that it would suspend all public sporting events in hopes of preventing further transmission of the illness. To date, the Chinese government has locked down dozens of cities as part of the quarantine measures, placing travel restrictions on tens of millions of citizens across several provinces.
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