China is facing one of its worst health crisis as novel coronavirus has killed atleast 80 people in China and infected more than 2750 persons globally with 33 overseas cases.

China’s National Health Commission has said transmission ability of virus is getting stronger and infections could continue to rise as the nature of the new virus is still unknown. It said, containment efforts, which have thus far included isolated treatment, transportation and travel restrictions and the cancellation of big events, will be intensified.

WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will reach Beijing today to take stock of the situation and to understand and support the efforts done by Chinese govt for the coronavirus response. He said in a tweet that WHO has activated global networks of experts and is tryign to activate the response system in various affected coutnries. China is working on the development of a vaccine which may take some time.

Prasar Bharati Special Correspondent in Beijing reports that many countries have requested chinese authorities to evacuate their nationals and India is also in touch with chinese authorities for further steps. Chinese Foreign Ministry has said that it will provide necessary help to countries evacuating citizens from Wuhan amid coronavirus outbreak. Indian Embassy in Beijing has said that it is in close touch with Indians in wuhan. Indian embassy has opened a third hotline also to cater to queries of Indians. As of now, no indian citizen has been affected and food and water supplies are available to them.

Meanwhile, China has extended its week-long Spring Festival break till 2nd february, in an effort to contain the virus. It is mobilizing doctors, medical staff and health equipments from other provinces to Wuhan as the city is not able to cater the needs of a balooning cases of infections. China has said that they also said they are open to experts from WHO, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan visiting Wuhan to help with research.