Measures being implemented by the authorities have begun to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, while the number of new cases of the virus in the country has decreased slightly, more than three weeks after isolating the epicenter of the disease, said a spokesman for the National Health Committee of China Mei Feng. This comes as a Chinese tourist died of the virus in France, in the first death in Europe.

According to the latest figures announced by Beijing, the number of cases of the disease reached 68.5 thousand cases, while the number of deaths reached 1665, most of them in the central province of Hubei.

Today, the National Health Committee announced the monitoring of 2009 new cases, down from 2,641 the previous day, and 142 new deaths, down from 143 the previous day. And all but four deaths occurred in Hubei.

"We must strengthen the united leadership of efforts to control the epidemic," Chinese President Xi Jinping said in remarks carried by Xinhua.

Outside the Chinese mainland, about 500 HIV cases have occurred in about 24 countries and regions, with four deaths in Japan and Hong Kong, which is governed by China and the Philippines and now France.

On Saturday, the French authorities announced the death of an 80-year-old Chinese man in a hospital in Paris due to a pneumonia infection caused by the flu-like virus.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom said it was impossible to say where the epidemic would spread.

"We are concerned about the continuous increase in the number of cases in China," Adhanom said in a speech to the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

It is noteworthy that the largest group of injuries outside China is on the cruise ship "Diamond Princess" which is subject to a quarantine off Yokohama in Japan, where 70 new cases were announced today Sunday, bringing the total number of injuries to 355 passengers and crew members who They number 3,700 people, and those who have tested positive for HIV have been sent to a hospital.

The United States said yesterday that it intends to send a plane to return the American passengers to their country, where they will be isolated for another two weeks.

Hong Kong said it intends to do the same to about 330 of its citizens, while Canada has said it will also send a plane to evacuate its citizens from the ship.

Evacuation
Today, Nepal has evacuated 175 of its citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of the new Coronavirus, after protests from the families of students studying in the city, an official said.

A Ministry of Health spokesman said a plane belonging to the state-owned Nepal Airlines had landed 134 men and 41 women - most of whom were students - at the Tribuvan International Airport in the capital Kathmandu before dawn.

All evacuees will be kept in quarantine for two weeks in the nearby city of Bhaktapur.

Nepal has monitored one confirmed case of corona virus so far.

Quarantine
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced today, Sunday, the start of quarantine procedures for returnees from China to the Strip to ensure that they are free of the Corona virus.

The ministry said in a brief press release, which the German News Agency received a copy of, that the quarantine procedures will take place inside the Rafah land crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

Two days ago, the Ministry of Health in Ramallah confirmed that the Palestinian territories are free of any cases of coronavirus, and that everything that was circulated about suspected infections with this virus is only rumors.

The ministry indicated that all local treatment centers are fully prepared to deal with all emergencies, and that all arrivals from countries where the virus appeared are examined by a specialized medical staff.