SHANGHAI/BEIJING — A World Health Organization team of international experts led by a Canadian epidemiologist is on its way to Beijing to investigate China’s coronavirus it was announced Sunday, the same day China raised the death toll from its outbreak to 811, surpassing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic.
China’s cabinet said on Sunday it would co-ordinate with transport authorities to ensure the smooth return to work of employees in such key industries as food and medicines. “At this moment is very difficult to predict when we are going to have an inflection point,” Liu Xiaoming said. “We certainly hope it will come soon, but the isolation and quarantine measures have been very effective.”
The virus has also spread to at least 27 countries and regions, according to a Reuters count based on official reports, infecting more than 330 people. Two deaths have been reported outside mainland China — both of Chinese nationals. Five people from that group in the Alpine ski resort, including a child, contracted the coronavirus as a result, French officials said this weekend.
As millions of Chinese prepared to go back to work Sunday, the public dismay and mistrust of official numbers was evident on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter.Gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. said on Sunday it had asked staff to continue working from home until Feb. 21.
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