25 January 2020, Kathmandu
Fifteen more people have been confirmed dead in Hubei province from a deadly new coronavirus, taking the death toll to 41 in mainland China, CNN reported.
Meanwhile, authorities in China have imposed indefinite travel restrictions on tens of millions of people across 11 cities in an unprecedented effort to contain the spread, as hospitals at the epicenter of the outbreak struggle to handle a surge in new patients.
The virus, which was first discovered in the city of Wuhan in December, has spread to every province in China, except the remote autonomous regions of Qinghai and Tibet, with the number of infections rising to more than 900 worldwide.
Another 180 cases of the virus were confirmed in Hubei, according to international media reports. This raises the total number of confirmed Wuhan coronavirus cases to 1,072 in mainland China.
The weeklong Lunar New Year holiday, which began Friday, has led to concerns that the outbreak could quickly accelerate, as hundreds of millions of people travel across the country to visit friends and relatives.
(Agencies)
