BEIJING (AP) — China reported Monday a sharp rise in the number of people affected in a pneumonia outbreak caused by a new coronoavirus, including the first cases in the capital.
The outbreak started in the central city of Wuhan. Authorities and media reports said the total number of infected people has topped 200.
Two of the new cases were reported in Beijing and another in Shenzhen.
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