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China's Hubei province reports no new coronavirus cases outside Wuhan

Mainland China logs 143 new infections, with 126 confirmed in epicenter city

Volunteers wearing face masks stand next to vegetables to be delivered to residents of a residential area in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province.   © Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China's central province of Hubei, excluding the provincial capital Wuhan, reported zero new cases of coronavirus over 24 hours for the first time during the outbreak, as authorities continued to contain imported infections in other parts of the country.

Wuhan, the epicentre of the epidemic, reported 126 new confirmed cases on Thursday but there were no new infections in the province apart from those, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

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