Feb. 4 | Virus detected on doorknob

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Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Cases in Shanghai As of 2020-Feb-03 12:00 Source: Shanghai Municipal Health Commission
Location	Confirmed
Pudong	40
Minhang	10
Baoshan	10
Xuhui	9
Jing'an	9
Changning	8
Songjiang	7
Putuo	6
Huangpu	5
Hongkou	5
Fengxian	5
Yangpu	4
Jiading	2
Qingpu	2
Jinshan	1
Chongming	1

Source: Shanghai Daily

Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Cities with most cases As of 2020-Feb-04 09:20 Source: National Health Commission
Location	Confirmed	Dead
Hubei	13522	414
Zhejiang	829	0
Guangdong	797	0
Henan	675	2

What's happening in Shanghai?

Shanghai reports 5 more coronavirus cases as total hits 208

Shanghai reported another five coronavirus cases, including one in serious condition, the Shanghai Health Commission said on Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, another 35 suspected cases were ruled out as of midnight Monday.

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Shanghai expats express confidence in measures taken

Expats in Shanghai, the city with the largest number of foreigners on the Chinese mainland, said they feel "pretty safe" despite the novel coronavirus outbreak.

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Temperature screenings begin at 9 Metro stations

Passengers taking Metro trains at nine stations in Shanghai had their temperatures checked starting Monday.

It takes only about two seconds to check the temperature of a passenger, and no unusually long queues have resulted from the new measures so far.

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Online health platforms relieve pressure on hospitals

Local hospitals are working to reduce out-patients and avoid overcrowding with measures to promote online health consultations.

Online fever and chronic disease consultation platforms have been established since the end of last month for people with mild symptoms.

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Rabbi donates 10,000 masks to elderly in Hongkou

On Monday, Rabbi Shalom Greenberg, director of the Shanghai Jewish Center, came to the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum with a gift of 10,000 masks to distribute amongst elderly Chinese residents in Hongkou District.

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What's happening in China?

China reports 3,235 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, 64 new deaths

Chinese health authorities Tuesday said it received reports of 3,235 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 64 deaths on Monday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

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Woman with pneumonia gives birth to healthy baby in NE China

A woman infected with the novel pneumonia (2019-nCoV) gave birth to a healthy baby in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on January 30.

Doctors delivered the baby girl by cesarean section in Harbin No. 6 Hospital, which said on Monday that tests on the newborn on Friday and Sunday both came back negative.

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Coronavirus detected on doorknob in S. China's Guangzhou

Scientists in south China's Guangzhou last Sunday detected the nucleic acid of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) on a doorknob at the house of a patient diagnosed with the disease, according to an official for the Disease Control and Prevention Center in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province.

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Foreign countries help China to fight the coronavirus

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Monday that lots of countries have supported China to win the battle against the epidemic, and as of Sunday, China has received supplies from countries including South Korea, Japan, the UK, France, Turkey, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Iran, Belarus and Indonesia.

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Hong Kong tightens border entry policy amid coronavirus outbreak

Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Carrie Lam on Monday announced that the city will suspend most of its checkpoints to the Chinese mainland from midnight to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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