The death toll of the new Corona virus in China yesterday reached 1016 deaths, and the number of confirmed infections exceeded 42 thousand people, while the World Health Organization pointed out that the increasing number of infections outside China, may herald a wider spread of the disease throughout the world.
Chinese health authorities have reported 108 new deaths in the past 24 hours, and EU health ministers are scheduled to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow in Brussels to discuss coordinated measures against the epidemic. An international delegation of WHO experts has arrived in China, aiming to study the source and effects of the new Corona virus.