China virus infections surge past 14,000 nationwide, says government

Death toll surges past 300

Beijing (AFP) - The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic soared to 304 on Sunday, as an increasing number of countries imposed extraordinary Chinese travel bans to combat the spread of the disease.

The number of infections in China’s coronavirus outbreak has passed 14,300 nationwide with 2,590 new cases confirmed, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.

n its daily update, the commission said there had been 45 new deaths from the virus — all in hardest-hit Hubei province, bringing the national toll to 304.

Countries around the world ate instituting orders and measures to preventing and combating the mysterious SARS-like virus which the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global health emergency, urging the governments across the globe to do more to contain it..