The Chinese health authorities announced yesterday that 892 people infected with the new mutated virus, Corona, were discharged from hospital after recovery, according to the Xinhua News Agency, quoting the National Health Committee in its daily report, and the authorities stated that the death toll from infection with the virus It increased to 490 people, in addition to the increase in the number of cases to 24 thousand and 324 cases in 31 regions across the Chinese regions.
Hu Lishan, deputy head of the Communist Party of Wuhan, said that the situation of the Coruna virus is still serious, and the city faces many challenges.
Wuhan, the epicenter of the new Coruna virus outbreak, put city citizens in quarantine in hotels, schools and hospitals, while the authorities closed more Chinese cities and asked people to stay in their homes. In Hangzhou, 175 kilometers southwest of Shanghai, green fences were set up to cut the streets leading to The headquarters of the e-commerce giant «Ali Baba», while a fighter plane flew in the air. Delivery workers were allowed to deliver goods, and three other cities in the eastern Zhejiang Province (Tacho, Wenzhou, and parts of Ningbo) imposed similar measures on nearly 18 million people, and the authorities of two cities in Heilongjiang Province, were encouraged to take similar measures.