The figures for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have increased tenfold from some 400 confirmed cases last Wednesday to over 4,000 this Tuesday, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has not yet designated the virus outbreak as a global health emergency

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting on Tuesday expressed mutual readiness to actively cooperate in the tackling the deadly new coronavirus, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement

The death toll from the new coronavirus now stands at 106, with the number of infections almost doubling in a day