China: 304 deaths of coronavirus outbreak,

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– China’s death toll from the coronavirus has increased to 304, with more than 14,000 infected cases, according to the country’s National Health Commission.

The Commission said the figures released on Sunday show an increase of 45 in the death toll and 2,590 in the number of cases, noting that all the newly confirmed cases are in the central Chinese province of Hubei, the epicenter of the virus outbreak.

On Thursday, the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern”.

Meanwhile, China has also reported an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in Hunan province, which lies on the southern border of Hubei province, the epicenter of the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

“It occurred in a farm in the Shuangqing district of Shaoyang city. The farm has 7,850 chickens, and 4,500 of the chickens have died from the contagion. Local authorities have culled 17,828 poultry after the outbreak,” according to a statement by China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

//Petra//