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Is the coronavirus outbreak stabilising in mainland China?
At the start of February, mainland Chinese authorities were reporting over 1,000 new coronavirus cases each day.
This week, confirmed new coronavirus cases increased by the hundreds.
On Friday, for instance, there were 427 new confirmed cases, with almost all of them in Hubei province where the outbreak is believed to have started, according to China’s National Health Commission. Since the start of the outbreak, 79,251 have been infected with coronavirus and 39,002 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital, the commission said.
The recent numbers suggest that the outbreak may be stabilizing on the mainland. That's how state media China Daily is presenting it -- in a report Saturday, the paper ran the headline: "Epidemic easing at its epicenter."
A Chinese transit worker wears a protective mask as he waits at a bus station on February 25, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
How China is reacting to the drop in numbers
Some parts of China have lowered travel restrictions and began the slow process of getting back to work.
Liaoning, a province in northeastern China that borders North Korea, was the first to downgrade the coronavirus emergency response level from the highest level -- Level 1 -- to Level 3 on Saturday, according to a statement by the provincial government.
This was followed by Shanxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Gansu and Guizhou, accounting for some 305 million people.
Why that could be an issue
The problem is, the danger may be far from over.
Outside of the epicenter in Hubei province, where a huge amount of resources and emergency staff have been deployed, there are fears that cases may have been missed or gone undiagnosed.
Similarly, it may be weeks before it is safe for people to begin moving around freely again or gathering in large numbers. We know that the virus can lie dormant and there is strong evidence that it is spread while people are asymptomatic.
Read more about how China is handling the outbreak here.
Is the coronavirus outbreak stabilising in mainland China?
At the start of February, mainland Chinese authorities were reporting over 1,000 new coronavirus cases each day.
This week, confirmed new coronavirus cases increased by the hundreds.
On Friday, for instance, there were 427 new confirmed cases, with almost all of them in Hubei province where the outbreak is believed to have started, according to China’s National Health Commission. Since the start of the outbreak, 79,251 have been infected with coronavirus and 39,002 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital, the commission said.
The recent numbers suggest that the outbreak may be stabilizing on the mainland. That's how state media China Daily is presenting it -- in a report Saturday, the paper ran the headline: "Epidemic easing at its epicenter."
A Chinese transit worker wears a protective mask as he waits at a bus station on February 25, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
How China is reacting to the drop in numbers
Some parts of China have lowered travel restrictions and began the slow process of getting back to work.
Liaoning, a province in northeastern China that borders North Korea, was the first to downgrade the coronavirus emergency response level from the highest level -- Level 1 -- to Level 3 on Saturday, according to a statement by the provincial government.
This was followed by Shanxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Gansu and Guizhou, accounting for some 305 million people.
Why that could be an issue
The problem is, the danger may be far from over.
Outside of the epicenter in Hubei province, where a huge amount of resources and emergency staff have been deployed, there are fears that cases may have been missed or gone undiagnosed.
Similarly, it may be weeks before it is safe for people to begin moving around freely again or gathering in large numbers. We know that the virus can lie dormant and there is strong evidence that it is spread while people are asymptomatic.
Read more about how China is handling the outbreak here.