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BEIJING, Feb. 8 -- Chinahassteppedupeffortstocurbthespreadofthenovelcoronavirus (2019-nCoV). Herearethelatestdevelopments:
-- Thenovelcoronaviruscantransmitviaaerosol, accordingtoChinesehealthandepidemicpreventionexperts.
-- HubeiProvincecanproduceover 30,000 protectivesuitsperday, saidCaoGuangjing, vicegovernoroftheprovince, atapressconferenceSaturday.
CaosaidthemajorenterprisesofprotectiveproductsintheprovincehaveallresumedworkasofFriday, andtheN95 masksmanufacturerseyeacapacityof 150,000 to 200,000 masksperday.
-- ChinesehealthauthoritiessaidSaturdaythattheyreceivedreportsof 3,399 newconfirmedcasesofnovelcoronavirusinfectionand 86 deathsFridayfrom 31 provincial-levelregionsandtheXinjiangProductionandConstructionCorps.
TheoverallconfirmedcasesontheChinesemainlandhadreached 34,546 bytheendofFridayand 722 peoplehaddiedofthedisease.
-- Atotalof 2,050 patientsinfectedwiththenovelcoronavirushadbeendischargedfromhospitalafterrecoverybytheendofFriday, ChinesehealthauthoritiesannouncedSaturday.
-- Pangolinsmaybeanintermediatehostofthevirus, asindicatedbyastudyledbySouthChinaAgriculturalUniversity. Researchersfoundthemetagenomesequenceofthenovelcoronavirusstrainseparatedfrompangolinstobe 99 percentidenticaltothatfrominfectedpeople.
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