Death toll from China’s coronavirus outbreak hits 17
BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 23: Various shots from people wearing protective face masks in Beijing on January 23, 2020
The death toll from the outbreak of a new respiratory virus in China has climbed to 17, local media reported Thursday.
Health authorities have also confirmed that hundreds of others are infected, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.
With the novel coronavirus raising alarm across the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) will hold an emergency meeting in Geneva later today.
Chinese health officials have already confirmed human-to-human transmission of the virus.
A total of 541 people are confirmed infected in the country, according to officials.
The fatal virus first surfaced last month in Wuhan city, the capital of central China's Hubei Province.
It has spread to major cities including the capital Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, besides other smaller towns, where 166 such cases were detected.
Japan, Thailand, South Korea and the U.S. have confirmed cases of the virus while Australia is testing one person for it.
North Korea has temporarily closed its borders with China as a precaution after the outbreak, according to Yonhap news agency.(Footage by Fuat Kabakci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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