Novel Corona Virus Kills More Than 1,700 People in China (File)
Beijing:
The novel corona virus, which has killed more than 1,700 people in China, is "preventable and treatable," said an official from the country's national health commission on Monday.
Guo Yanhong, director of hospital administration at the Commission, said at a daily press conference, where she also said that the percentage of infected patients at the Wuhan virus center who were seriously ill had dropped from 38 percent to 18 percent when the outbreak began