By: TP News     Date: 2/22/2020 4:44:30 PM

China:

Two more people in the UAE have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, taking the total number of such cases to 11, health authorities said on Saturday. The two male patients include a 34-year-old from Philippines and a 39-year-old from Bangladesh, who got infected as they were indirect contact with the Chinese patients recently diagnosed with coronavirus,the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) said in a statement.

The death toll in China's novel coronavirus climbed to 2,345 with 109 more deaths reported, while the confirmed cases rose to 76,288. A team of WHO experts, currently in China to investigate the COVID-19 outbreak, is expected to visit the worst-affected Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak. UAE's health ministry said that all people in direct contact with the coronavirus patients are being checked to ensure the safety of the community,Gulf News reported.