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China is set to open a new hospital in the city at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, as the numbers of people infected continue to grow.
Wuhan's 1,000-bed Huoshenshan Hospital, built in just eight days, is one of two dedicated facilities being constructed to help tackle the outbreak.
China is struggling to deal with the virus, with more than 17,000 confirmed cases and 361 deaths.
Sunday saw the first confirmed fatality outside China, in the Philippines.
The patient was a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan who appeared to have been infected before arriving in the Philippines.
There have now been more than 150 confirmed cases of the virus outside China.
Many countries have barred foreigners arriving from China and are quarantining their own citizens.
Latest figures from China's National Health Commission on Monday revealed that, alongside the confirmed cases, there were:
- 21,558 suspected cases
- 152,700 people "under medical watch"
- 475 people discharged from hospital
Meanwhile, hospital workers in Hong Kong are preparing to go on strike from Monday unless the territory's border with mainland China is completely closed.
The territory's authorities have refused to do this, citing World Health Organization recommendations to introduce screening at borders rather than closing them.
The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has overtaken that of the similar Sars epidemic, which spread to more than two dozen countries in 2003. But the mortality rate of the new virus is much lower, suggesting it is not as deadly.
What do we know about the new hospital?
Chinese state media reported on Sunday that construction of the new Huoshenshan hospital had been completed, and that it would open on Monday.
Local TV reports said 1,400 Chinese army medical staff, some with experience of infectious diseases, were arriving in Wuhan and being transferred to the new site.
A second hospital at Leishenshan is due to be finished on Wednesday.
National Health Commission spokesman Jiao Yahui told Reuters that with the new hospitals the city would have more than 10,000 beds available, enough to cope with current suspected and confirmed cases.
Could the figures be higher?
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Estimates by the University of Hong Kong suggest the total number of cases could be far higher than the official figures.
More than 75,000 people may have been infected in the city of Wuhan, which is at the epicentre of the outbreak, experts say.
On Sunday, the government said it would pump more than $170bn (£128bn) into the economy as concern grows about the wider impact of the epidemic.
Wuhan is in lockdown and other major cities across the country have suspended non-essential business.
The mayor of Huanggang – a city of six million people to the east of Wuhan – has warned that the number of cases there is set to spike in the coming days, state media said. Up to 700,000 people had returned to the city from Wuhan before travel out of Wuhan was banned.
Huanggang and the eastern city of Wenzhou have imposed draconian restrictions on residents, only allowing one designated person per family to leave home once every two days to buy food and other supplies, Chinese media reported.
Which countries are restricting arrivals?
The US and Australia have said they will deny entry to all foreign visitors who have recently been to China, where the 2019-nCov strain of the coronavirus first emerged in December.
Other countries including Russia, Japan, Pakistan and Indonesia Read More – Source
