Donald Trump offers China any help to combat Coronavirus

WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump on Monday has offered China for any help to control deadly Coronavirus, which has taken over 80 lives and affected more than 2,700 people so far.

Taking to the social media U.S President Donald Trump offered Chineses President Xi Jinping any help to overcome the deadly virus, Trump wrote on Twitter, “We are in very close communication with China concerning the virus. Very few cases reported in the USA, but strongly on the watch. We have offered China and President Xi any help that is necessary. Our experts are extraordinary.”

We are in very close communication with China concerning the virus. Very few cases reported in USA, but strongly on watch. We have offered China and President Xi any help that is necessary. Our experts are extraordinary!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2020

Earlier, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Wuhan on Monday, the epicenter of a new coronavirus epidemic that killed 80 people and affected more than 2,700 people, as Beijing tried to communicate how strongly it intends to react to the crisis.

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In the meantime, Wuhan officials said it would terminate visa and passport services for Chinese citizens until January 30 to reinforce virus control, the city’s exit-entry office said in a press release on Monday.

Officials of the health department said that the number of deaths from the flu-like virus in the province of Hubei, including Wuhan city, increased from 56 to 76 overnight, with four deaths elsewhere in China.