Durban woman trapped in quarantined epicentre of deadly coronavirus

The capital of Hubei province is the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak which has been sealed off from the rest of the world, along with several other Chinese cities thought to be affected. 

It's part of the government's efforts to control the spread of the disease, which has now left 80 people and infected more than 2 700 people. 

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A Durban mum says all her efforts to get her 32-year-old daughter home were to no avail. 

She teaches in China, and since the lockdown has only left her flat to find food. 

"There is no one in and no one out. They are essentially on lockdown, and her concern is that her food will run out, she did manage to walk 1km stretch and found an open store two days ago and just to carry what she could to stock up on extra food, and she's locked up in her apartment now."

She says she's approached the South African government for help, but was told there are no plans to fly South Africans home from the affected sites. 

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"South Africa has no plans to evacuate South Africans in Wuhan or anywhere else in China. That worries me because of the lack of accountability for our citizens."

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation spokesperson, Lunga Ngqengelele has confirmed that there is no evacuation plan in place. 

He advises concerned South Africans in China to report to the SA embassy or consul general's office. 

"So that we are able to know where they are, as well as give them more information and that they must observe all the rules given out by the authorities in China. So that they will be able to survive the virus."

Countries with confirmed cases of the coronavirus:

- China -

As of Monday, more than 2,700 people have been infected across China, the bulk of them in and around Wuhan.

Nearly all of the 81 who have died were in that region, but officials have confirmed at least five deaths elsewhere.

The city of Macau, a gambling hub hugely popular with mainland tourists, has confirmed six cases as of Monday.

In Hong Kong, eight people are known to have the disease. Of those, six arrived via a newly built high-speed train terminal that connects with the mainland.

- France -

There are three known cases of the coronavirus in France, the first European country to be affected by the outbreak.

One person is sick in Bordeaux and another is ill in Paris. A third person, a close relative of one of the other two, has also been confirmed to have the virus.

All three had recently travelled to China and have been placed in isolation.

- Japan -

Japan's health authorities confirmed the country's fourth case on Saturday: a man in his 40s, visiting Japan from Wuhan, who is in hospital in a stable condition.

Another man was hospitalised on January 10, four days after his return from a visit to Wuhan.

And a further two people from the Chinese city -- a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s -- have also been treated in hospital for fever.

- Australia -

Australia confirmed its fifth case of the virus on Monday -- a 21-year-old woman who recently arrived in Sydney on a direct flight from Wuhan. She is being treated in a Sydney hospital.

One man in Melbourne and three men in Sydney earlier tested positive and were being treated in hospital isolation units after also arriving in the country from Wuhan.

- United States -

The US has confirmed five cases of the virus in patients who had recently entered the country from Wuhan.

A man aged in his 30s reported himself to authorities on January 19 after returning to his home near Seattle.

On Friday, public health authorities said the virus had been detected in a Chicago woman in her 60s, and on Saturday a traveller from Wuhan in California was confirmed as the third infected person on US soil.

A second case was confirmed in California on Sunday, along with one in Arizona.

- Canada -

Canada has reported a "presumptive" case of the virus in a man who returned to Toronto from Wuhan.

The patient is aged in his 50s and has been placed in isolation.

- Malaysia -

Malaysia confirmed its fourth case on Sunday. All are Chinese nationals on holiday from Wuhan who arrived in the country from Singapore.

A 66-year-old woman and two boys, aged two and 11, were in stable condition, Malaysia's health minister said Saturday.

The latest confirmed case is a 40-year-old man who entered the country on a bus with a Chinese tour group.

- Nepal -

Nepal said a 32-year-old man arriving from Wuhan had the disease.

The patient, who was initially quarantined, recovered and was discharged.

- Singapore -

Singapore announced its fourth case of the coronavirus on Sunday. All four patients had arrived in the city-state from Wuhan over the last week.

- South Korea -

South Korean media reported the country's fourth case on Monday.

The latest patient is a 55-year-old Korean man who returned from Wuhan on January 20. He was quarantined and tested after experiencing symptoms.

The other patients include two South Korean men, both aged in their 50s and working in Wuhan, who returned to the country earlier this week.

Seoul reported the nation's first case on January 20 -- a 35-year-old woman who flew in from Wuhan.

- Taiwan -

Taiwan has uncovered four cases so far -- the latest a woman in her fifties who was in Wuhan for a sight-seeing tour and returned home voluntarily on January 25.

- Thailand -

Thailand has detected eight cases so far -- three are receiving treatment in hospital and five have been discharged, according to the health minister's statement.

All the infected persons are Chinese nationals, except for a 73-year-old Thai woman who came back from Wuhan this month.

- Vietnam -

Vietnam confirmed two cases of the virus on Thursday. An infected man from Wuhan travelled to Ho Chi Minh City earlier this month and passed the virus on to his son.