In China, death toll from new flu-like virus have risen to seventeen at Wuhan capital of Hubei province.

Wuhan's local government said it closed all urban transport networks and suspend outgoing flights from the city to effectively cut off the transmission of the virus.

Meanwhile, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said  our team in China is working with local experts and officials to investigate the outbreak.

NNR/Khokhar