By AFPMore by this AuthorChina reported just eight cases of the coronavirus on Friday, with no new domestic infections outside the epicentre of Hubei province. The National Health Commission said there were five more people infected in Hubei’s capital Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in December. The numbers are the lowest daily tally for Wuhan since China started reporting figures in January. Another seven people died, bringing the national toll from the disease in mainland China to 3,176. The local government in Shishou, a small city of just over half a million, was also allowing workers to leave.

Source: Daily Nation March 13, 2020 03:56 UTC