A total of 3,281 patients infected with the virus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Sunday, the Chinese health authorities said. Even then on Monday, a large number of workplaces will remain closed and many white-collar workers will continued to work from home. China has spent 31.6 billion yuan (S$6.2 billion) to control the outbreak of the new coronavirus, Finance Minister Liu Kun said. Meanwhile, an advance team of World Health Organisation (WHO) experts has left for Beijing to investigate China's coronavirus epidemic, the Geneva-based agency said on Sunday. The coronavirus outbreak has now killed more people than the Sars epidemic did globally in 2002/2003.

Source: thestar February 10, 2020 04:18 UTC