In China, the number infected with coronavirus exceeded 17 thousand. 361 people died

Updated (08:33)

China suspended the passenger railway communication with Russia in response to a similar decision of Moscow, which was adopted the day before, TASS reports .

From February 3, Russia suspended with China, this was announced in the Russian Railways.

The decision was made after the order of the chief sanitary doctor for railway transport "in order to prevent the penetration of a new coronavirus infection into Russia."

In China, the infection with coronavirus confirms 17,205 thousand people, 361 patients died, the State Committee for the PRC for health care said, Interfax reports .

According to these data, over the past day, the number of infected ones increased by 2,829 people, deaths by 57. Of these, in the province of Hubei, which is an epicenter of the spread of coronavirus, 56 people died in the city of Chunchin.

In addition, 152.7 thousand people are suspected in the presence of a disease in hospitals.

The publication South China Morning Post reported that the number of those who died from the new coronavirus in China already exceeded the number of victims of the outbreak of atypical pneumonia (SARS) in 2002-2003.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the outbreak of coronavirus 2019-NCOV by the medical emergency situation of international significance. At the same time, the organization does not recommend introducing any restrictions on the movement of goods and people in connection with the flash of the virus. The Chinese authorities decided to evacuate from abroad of the inhabitants of the Hubei province, they will be taken to the capital of the province-a quarantine of Wuan, charter flights.

The Chinese authorities reported an outbreak of an unknown virus on December 31. The virus was discovered in Jun-a large shopping and industrial center with a population of more than 11 million people. The causative agent of the disease-coronavirus 2019-ncov-was installed on January 7.

On January 24, the Shanghai Health Committee announced the first case of the recovery of the patient who was diagnosed with a new type of coronavirus pneumonia. To date, more than 250 patients have managed to recover .