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2.06am GMT
Chinese authorities have reported that 406 new cases were confirmed on Tuesday, a drop on Monday’s 508, bringing the total number of cases in mainland China to 78,064, and 2,715 dead.
Of the 406, 401 were in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak. The previous day saw 499.
1.53am GMT
More Chinese provinces have downgraded their emergency response levels, within China’s four-tiered alert system, Reuters is reporting.
The northwestern Chinese regions of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang and the southwestern province of Sichuan have downgraded their emergency response level after assessing that health risks from the coronavirus outbreak have receded, state media has reported. Continue reading...

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