China’s Hubei province, where coronavirus cases were first documented in December last year, did not report any new case on Saturday.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hubei, the central China province hardest hit by the epidemic, dropped to below 50 Thursday for the first time, a health official said Friday.

China on Sunday reported 16 new confirmed coronavirus cases, nine of them imported.

The health authority of central China's Hubei Province said Saturday that no new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in the province on Friday.

The lockdown of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, was effective in containing the COVID-19 spread during the early stages of the outbreak and significatnly helped cut the infection rates in other places, a report recently published by a Hong Kong university said.

The lockdown of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, was effective in containing the COVID-19 spread during the early stages of the outbreak and significatnly helped cut the infection rates in other places, a report recently published by a Hong Kong university said.

Several officials have received punishment for reporting "minus infections" of the novel coronavirus in the city of Jingmen in central China's Hubei Province.

Companies should not resume business before March 10 in central China's Hubei Province, the center of the novel coronavirus outbreak, local authorities said Thursday.

China has stepped up efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Here are the latest developments:

China has stepped up efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), building more hospitals and shoring up businesses. Here are the latest developments: