China reports only two new virus cases

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People with face masks walk in a shop decorated for the Chinese Lunar New Year in Bangkok on January 24, 2020, after four people were detected with the Coronavirus in Thailand. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

Beijing: China has reported only two new cases, showing a continuous downward trend.

The country has reported only one death from the virus during the last two weeks.

The two new cases were reported in Shanghai and Shanxi province.

Now the official confirmed cases in China have jumped to 82,877.

Health authorities said that most of the coronavirus patients had recovered.

Meanwhile, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing has hoped that Islamabad would soon deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

The diplomat voiced the hope during an interview with Chinese state-run CCTV.

He said that Islamabad had a lower mortality rate of the virus as the age of 60 per cent of  the population is under 30.

Mostly young people are infected with the virus showing mild symptoms, Jing said, adding their treatment is easier than aged people.