Originating in Hubei’s capital of Wuhan, the virus has spread throughout China and around the world, with cases confirmed in around a dozen countries as distant as France, Australia and the United States. The flight departs Wuhan on Tuesday for San Francisco, it said in an email to Americans in China, while warning of “extremely limited” capacity for private citizens. Virus spread ‘accelerating’The nationwide death toll rose to 56 after 15 new deaths, most of them in Hubei. Shanghai on Sunday reported its first death — an 88-year-old man who had pre-existing health problems. Measures have been ordered nationwide to detect and isolate people carrying the virus on planes, trains and buses.

Source: The Express Tribune January 26, 2020 06:56 UTC