China’s coronavirus death toll reached 170 on Thursday as foreign evacuees from the worst-hit region began returning home under close observation. China’s coronavirus death toll reached 170 on Thursday as foreign evacuees from the worst-hit region began returning home under close observation. World health officials also expressed “great concern” that the disease was starting to spread between people outside of China. @WHO is monitoring the new #coronavirus outbreak every moment of every day. Meanwhile the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, have been postponed until March 2021 due to the outbreak, World Athletics has announced.

Source: Irish Independent January 30, 2020 06:56 UTC