No evidence pets can be infected with new coronavirus: WHO

16:47, January 30, 2020

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  Nepal confirms first case of new coronavirus infection

  KATHMANDU, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- A Nepali student studying in China has been found infected with the new coronavirus, an official of Nepals Ministry of Health and Population has said.File photo: CGTN"It is the first confirmed case of infection from the deadly virus," Dr. Hemanta Chandra Ojha, chief of Zoonotic and Other Communicable Disease Control Section at Epidemiology and Disease Control Division under the Ministry, told Xinhua on Friday.He said that the patient who had come to Nepal from Wuhan, China was tested positive during a specimen test at the laboratory of the World Health Organization in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. "We had received the confirmation on Thursday evening," he said.The man infected with the virus had come to Nepal on Jan. 5 from China and visited the hospital complaining about respiratory problem on Jan. 13. After his condition was improved following medication, he was discharged last week.

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  Keep pets away from coronavirus sources

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  China's Hubei reports 2,103 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection

  File photoWUHAN, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Central Chinas Hubei Province reported 2,103 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 56 new deaths on Sunday, local health authorities said Monday.The provincial capital Wuhan reported 1,033 new confirmed cases and 41 new deaths, and the cities of Huanggang, Xiaogan, Jingzhou and Xiangyang reported 244, 169, 166 and 107 new confirmed cases, respectively, according to the Hubei Provincial Health Commission.Authorities discharged 80 patients from hospital in the province on Sunday.Hubei had reported 11,177 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection by Sunday, with 350 deaths and 1,701 cases in severe or critical condition. The province has seen 295 patients discharged from hospital.