Coronavirus global risk level raised but not an emergency yet

Residents of the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a breakout of corona virus. live now under confinement while Beijing looks like a ghost town.

A passenger wearing a protective mask on arrival at Sydney International Airport in Sydney, Thursday, January 23, 2020. Source: AAP

The World Health Organisation has raised the global threat level of the novel coronavirus from moderate to high.

It comes as the death toll from the virus in China passes 130.

We talked about the situation in China with Gabriele Battaglia, correspondent from Beijing,

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