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The death toll from the new Wuhan virus rose to 106 while 1,300 new cases of infection have been confirmed that bring the national total in China to over 4,000. The Beijing authorities have announced this, specifying that of the 106 dead, 100 have died in the province of Hubei, the outbreak of the epidemic.


China has decided to postpone sine die the start of the second semester for schools and universities in efforts to contain the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic. The Ministry of Education, with students in the midst of the Lunar New Year holidays, did not provide any further details.

Meanwhile, the US health authorities have raised the risk for travel to China to the highest level due to the new coronavirus. The maximum alert launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Cdc) arrives a few hours after the appeal of the US State Department to avoid travel to the outbreak country of the epidemic.


First case of infection in December

The first case of coronavirus 2019-nCoV infection dates back to December 1 and the infected person had not been to the Wuhan fish market. This is what emerges from the reconstruction of the early stages of the epidemic published in the Lancet magazine and reported by Science magazine on its website. Of the first 41 cases examined by the Chinese research team led by Chaolin Huang, from the JinYin-tan hospital in Wuhan, 27 (66%) had been on the market since 10 December.

Extended three-day holidays for Chinese New Year

Beijing has decided to extend the holidays for the Chinese New Year by three days until February 2, as part of the government's measures to combat the viral pneumonia epidemic. Initially the Chinese were due to return to work on Friday January 31, after seven public holidays which have resulted in hundreds of millions of trips across China. "This measure has been taken to reduce gatherings and stop the spread of the epidemic," the Chinese government said in a statement. The Chinese New Year holiday period has been extended to "limit population movements," state media said.


Premier visiting Wuhan
Premier Li Keqiang, "appointed by President Xi Jinping", is from Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic. According to official media reports, Li, who heads a "high-level delegation", visited patients and doctors by listening and giving instructions on handling the emergency. "You are doing all you can to save lives and while you are doing it you have to protect yours," Li said to the staff of the Jinyintan hospital, wearing blue shirts and a mask to cover his nose and mouth.

The virus forced Beijing authorities to further restrictions, such as a ban on the trade in wild animals, from which the disease originated. Mongolia has closed its road borders with China due to the risk of spreading the new coronavirus. For the same reason, schools were closed.


Use: reconsider trips to the country
The US State Department urged "to reconsider travel" in China because of the new coronavirus epidemic "first identified in Wuhan". "Chinese authorities have registered thousands of cases across the country. Some areas have a greater risk," added the State Department note reporting a level three alert.

In addition, the US health authorities have announced today that there are 110 patients under observation in the United States, 32 of which have already tested negative and 5 positive. Confirmed cases were registered in the states of Washington, Illinois, Arizona and California. The latter are two patients returning from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the epidemic. The information was provided to journalists by Nancy Messonnier, responsible for respiratory diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CoC).

Conte: in Italy state-of-the-art protection measures
Against coronavirus "we are very ready. Italy is currently the country that has adopted cutting-edge precautionary measures compared to the others, incisive measures. All protocols" are in place. The premier Giuseppe Conte, guest of "Otto e mezzo", said about the coronavirus emergency, assuring that with the health minister Roberto Speranza there is a "constant updating".


WHO: global risk is high
Today the World Health Organization has stated that the global risk from the Chinese coronavirus is "high", admitting an error in its previous reports in which it reported that the risk was "moderate". The latest report by the UN body, released on Sunday evening, revealed a risk "very high in China, high at the regional level and high at the global level". In a note he added that in the communications of the previous days it had been said "incorrectly" that the risk was "moderate", said spokeswoman Fadela Chaib.

First case in Germany

There is a first confirmed case of Chinese coronavirus in Germany in the southeastern state of Bavaria. The Bavarian Ministry of Health announced this. "A man from the Starnberg area was infected with the new virus" and "was placed under medical supervision and in isolation," said a spokesman for the ministry.