China appears on top in the war against coronavirus after just one new domestic case was recorded in the last day. Across the country, where the infection terrorising the globe originated before Christmas, there were 13 new cases, but 12 of these were imported.
China now accounts for less than half of global cases, with Iran, Italy and Spain struggling to contain the virus and reporting thousands of new cases each day.
It has also emerged that the emergency hospitals, built in days to treat the huge numbers of coronavirus patients, have now all closed due to tumbling demand.
Infected travellers passing through major Chinese transportation hubs in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen were largely responsible for the rise in cases.
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