Coronavirus LIVE: 3rd positive case reported in Kerala, 361 dead in China
The
death toll from the coronavirus
has soared to 361 while more than 2,000 new cases were recorded in
China in the past 24 hours, raising the worldwide total to nearly
17,205. The virus has sent ripples of fear across the world. Chinese
stocks plummeted on Monday by the most since an equity bubble burst
in 2015 as they resumed trading to the worsening virus outbreak.
South Korean shares opened sharply lower. Nifty, Sensex is expected
to slip on fears over fast-spreading coronavirus. A third person was
diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus in Kerala on Monday even as the
first death outside of China was reported in the Philippines,
prompting many countries to take stringent steps, including travel
restrictions, to limit the spread of the disease.
Meanwhile,
China is set to open a 1,000-bed makeshift hospital built in record
10 days at Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak in central
China's Hubei Province.
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