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<p>China's capital Beijing will delay reopening the city's kindergartens, schools and universities, Reuters reported state-owned China National Radio (CNR) as saying on its official page on the microblogging website Weibo on Sunday.</p>

<p>The measures are aimed at preventing the spread of the Wuhan <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/coronavirus-virus-death-toll-rises-to-56-total-cases-near-2000-276577">coronavirus</a>, the report added quoting CNR.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Schools are currently closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.</p>

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<p>Separately, the Beijing government said it will not lock down the city, CNR report said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>China has also banned wildlife trade nationwide in markets, supermarkets, restaurants, and e-commerce platforms due to the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/china-can-win-the-battle-against-coronavirus-epidemic-presidnet-xi-jinping-276528">coronavirus outbreak</a>, the country's market watchdog, agricultural ministry, and forestry bureau said in a joint statement.</p>

<p>Any places that breed wildlife should be isolated, and the transportation of wildlife should be banned, said the statement.</p>

<p>The ban will take effect from Sunday.</p>

<p>The virus which has infected more than 2,000 people globally and killed 56 people in China has been traced to a seafood market in Wuhan that was illegally selling wildlife.</p>


China's capital Beijing will delay reopening the city's kindergartens, schools and universities, Reuters reported state-owned China National Radio (CNR) as saying on its official page on the microblogging website Weibo on Sunday.

China's capital Beijing will delay reopening the city's kindergartens, schools and universities, Reuters reported state-owned China National Radio (CNR) as saying on its official page on the microblogging website Weibo on Sunday. The measures are aimed at preventing the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, the report added quoting CNR. Schools are currently closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. × Separately, the Beijing government said it will not lock down the city, CNR report said. China has also banned wildlife trade nationwide in markets, supermarkets, restaurants, and e-commerce platforms due to the coronavirus outbreak, the country's market watchdog, agricultural ministry, and forestry bureau said in a joint statement. Any places that breed wildlife should be isolated, and the transportation of wildlife should be banned, said the statement. The ban will take effect from Sunday. The virus which has infected more than 2,000 people globally and killed 56 people in China has been traced to a seafood market in Wuhan that was illegally selling wildlife.

Beijing to postpone reopening of city's kindergartens, schools, universities: Report

<p>As China struggles to contain the spread of deadly&nbsp; coronavirus,&nbsp;Nepal has become the first country in the South Asian region to confirm the first case of deadly virus.</p>

<p>Given the extreme vulnerability of the region considering its proximity to china, the authorities in the region remain alert.</p>

<p>In Pakistan, the first suspected case is that of a man who travelled from China to Dubai, and then back to Karachi. He arrived in Pakistan on the January 21 and then travelled to Multan city in the country.</p>

<p>While in Multan, he started showing symptoms of coronavirus and shifted to an isolated ward at the Nishtar hospital.</p>

<p>Nepal is the only country in South Asia to have a confirmed case.</p>

<p>The patient has been identified as a student who had come home from Wuhan for holidays. The patient has been quarantined, and his immediate family is being observed, reports said.</p>

<p>"One patient tested positive for coronavirus. He is a Nepali student studying in China," Mahendra Shrestha, a Health Ministry spokesperson, told Reuters.</p>


As China struggles to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus, Nepal has become the first country in the South Asian region to confirm the first case of deadly virus.

As China struggles to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus, Nepal has become the first country in the South Asian region to confirm the first case of deadly virus. Given the extreme vulnerability of the region considering its proximity to china, the authorities in the region remain alert. In Pakistan, the first suspected case is that of a man who travelled from China to Dubai, and then back to Karachi. He arrived in Pakistan on the January 21 and then travelled to Multan city in the country. While in Multan, he started showing symptoms of coronavirus and shifted to an isolated ward at the Nishtar hospital. Nepal is the only country in South Asia to have a confirmed case. The patient has been identified as a student who had come home from Wuhan for holidays. The patient has been quarantined, and his immediate family is being observed, reports said. "One patient tested positive for coronavirus. He is a Nepali student studying in China," Mahendra Shrestha, a Health Ministry spokesperson, told Reuters.

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