Th virus has also spread around the world, with cases confirmed in around a dozen other countries as distant as France, Australia and the United States. In the epicentre city of Wuhan, Hubei's capital, new restrictions went into effect Sunday banning most cars from the streets of the metropolis of 11 million. The nationwide death toll rose to 56 after 15 new deaths, most in Hubei. Xi said at a Communist Party leadership meeting on the situation that China was "faced with the grave situation of an accelerating spread" of the virus. China's National Health Commission has ordered nationwide measures to detect and isolate people carrying the virus on planes, trains and buses across the country.

Source: Daily Nation January 26, 2020 02:48 UTC