New-virus infections in China exceed SARS total

Confirmed cases of infections from a new pneumonia-causing coronavirus have topped 6,000 in mainland China, exceeding the number infected there during the 2002-2003 spread of the SARS virus, official media reported Wednesday.The death toll has risen to 132 in the country, including over 100 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, local health authorities said in the morning.The Chinese government, meanwhile, said it has sent a medical team composed of about 6,000 people to Wuhan to build hospitals and improve the medical care system there in a rapid manner.The v…READ FULL ARTICLE