“China has begun developing a vaccine against a new type of coronavirus after successfully isolating the first strain of the virus,” Twtter said in a statement.

China has started to develop vaccine for the novel #coronavirus after successfully isolating the first strain of the virus, said Xu Wenbo from Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday.

Drug screenings for the virus are also underway. pic.twitter.com/wmwcslHqxx

- People's Daily, China (@PDChina) January 26, 2020

Earlier it became known about the intention of the Chinese authorities to build two hospitals to accommodate patients infected with the new coronavirus.

According to the latest data, 56 people in China have died from the disease, about 2 thousand are infected.