A new strain of virus spreading across
China has claimed its first victim in
Beijing, officials said on Tuesday, as the death toll climbed to 106, the
United States warned citizens against trips to the country and financial markets again recoiled.
As concern mounted about the impact of the coronavirus on the world's second-biggest
economy, health authorities reported a new surge in cases, while adding that all but six of the dead were from the central city of Wuhan.
Although cases of the flu-like virus have appeared in more countries, with Sri Lanka and Cambodia the latest on the list, no fatalities have been reported outside China.