Whuhan Coronavirus News Updates -- January 26, 2020

Daily Mail: Wuhan mayor says he expects another 1,000 coronavirus cases in the city as Beijing warns virus is MORE contagious than SARS amid fears of 90,000 cases in China alone

* Health minister assured facemask-wearing reporters authorities have cranked up efforts to stop spread
* More than 2,000 people have been infected worldwide and 56 have been killed in China from coronavirus
* Regime authorities insisted it had 'followed the principles of openness and transparency' throughout crisis

Wuhan is bracing for a further 1,000 coronavirus patients as Beijing warned the the deadly bug is more contagious than SARS during the incubation stage.

Chinese officials have insisted that the government has not buried the scale of the crisis and Beijing's health minister assured face-masked reporters that authorities have cranked up efforts to stop the spread of disease after conceding their knowledge of how it mutates is limited.

Ma Xiaowei said 'it seems like the ability of the virus to spread is getting stronger' and added that the administration will continue to curb transport links and scrap planned public gatherings.

More than 2,000 people have now been infected worldwide and 56 have been killed in China, sparking President Xi Jinping to yesterday issue an unprecedented warning of a 'grave situation'.

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WNU Editor: This is what makes this virus scary .... Coronavirus contagious even in incubation stage, China’s health authority says (SCMP).

Whuhan Coronavirus News Updates -- January 26, 2020

Coronavirus is infectious even during incubation, and its ability to spread worldwide is strengthening, say Chinese authorities -- ABC News Online
Virus death toll in China rises as US prepares evacuation -- AP
China coronavirus 'spreads before symptoms show' -- BBC
China scrambles to contain 'strengthening' virus -- Reuters
China scrambles to contain coronavirus as death toll climbs -- DW
5 million residents left Wuhan before lockdown, mayor reveals, as 1,000 new confirmed cases expected in city -- SCMP
Coronavirus's ability to spread getting stronger, China suggests -- The Guardian
More boots on the ground in Wuhan: Mask-wearing soldiers roll into locked-down city with 14,000 hazmat suits as part of huge operation to build two hospitals and contain deadly outbreak -- Daily Mail
China's plan to stop coronavirus: 'Motivational' loudspeaker messages banning RUMOURS and telling people to get to hospital promptly (where they can expect huge waiting times) -- Daily Mail
Third Coronavirus Infection Confirmed In California As Wuhan Mayor Expects “1000 Or So” New Cases -- Zero Hedge