Wuhan is the epicentre of the virus and is under lockdown, prompting countries including Britain to launch evacuation plans.
The coronavirus death toll in China has risen to 132 and the total number of confirmed cases has reached just shy of 6,000, making it more widespread on the mainland than the notable SARS outbreak of 2002 and 2003.
Twenty-six people have died in the last 24 hours, health authorities said on Wednesday - and there has been been an increase in confirmed cases of 1,459, taking that total to 5,974. The latest figures emphasise just how quickly the virus has spread in mainland China, where severe acute respiratory syndrome infected 5,327 people and killed 349 between November 2002 and July 2003.Face masks are becoming a more common sight at Heathrow airport
All but one of the newly recorded deaths came in Hubei province, which is where the city of Wuhan is located. Wuhan is the epicentre of the virus and was placed under lockdown by the Chinese government, prompting other countriesGovernments around the world are advising people not to travel to China as uncertainty remains over how dangerous the mystery virus is and how easily it spreads between humans.More from Coronavirus
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