China continues to reel under the deadly Coronavirus (nCov) outbreak as the sharply rising death toll reached 106, causing global alarm. The virus, which has spread across the country, has infected over 2,700 people mostly in Wuhan and other Chinese cities.

At least one death was reported in China's capital city, Beijing on Monday. The coronavirus victim in Beijing was identified as a 50-year-old man who had visited virus-hit Wuhan on January 8 and developed a fever after returning to Beijing seven days later. He died of respiratory failure.

Meanwhile, the Indian and the Chinese officials on Monday discussed plans to evacuate over 250 Indians from Wuhan city and Hubei province in view of the virus outbreak. Indian diplomats held a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on Monday regarding the evacuation of the Indians from China, Indian embassy officials said.

In view of the Coronavirus outbreak which has sent an alarm across the world, a total of 3,756 air passengers returning from China have been screened in Mumbai in the last nine days. While five of these were found to have symptoms of Coronavirus (cough and fever), no confirmed case of the deadly disease has been found so far in Mumbai.

Over 100 people have been kept under observation in Kerala and Maharashtra following screening for possible exposure to the novel Coronavirus as the Prime Minister's Office on Saturday reviewed India's preparedness to deal with any situation amid mounting global concern over rising cases in China.

The Central government has stepped up vigil in areas bordering Nepal in view of a confirmed case of Coronavirus detected there. The Union health ministry on Monday said teams of healthcare professionals have been deployed in West Bengal's Panitanki and Uttarakhand's Jhulaghat and Jauljibi in Pithoragarh district, bordering Nepal.

The government on Monday decided to take steps for a possible evacuation of over 250 Indians from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the fast-spreading Coronavirus. Over 250 to 300 Indian students are reportedly stuck in Wuhan triggering concerns over their well-being.