Coronavirus – Bizarre claims Wuhan victims are DELIBERATELY infecting others with ‘demon’ bug by spitting on them
CORONAVIRUS victims in the outbreak epicentre of Wuhan have been SPITTING in the faces of medics in a deliberate bid to spread the deadly bug, it's been shockingly claimed.
The bizarre revelations come from a teacher trapped in the crisis-hit city who told how she is now too scared to venture out into so-called zombieland.
Jessika Bailing, 23, has only left her flat twice in the last two weeks and says the streets around her home are now in total lockdown.
She told : "We are all so scared to go outside, I avoided it for as long as I could.
"I went to do a supplies run, it was so terrifying. I covered myself from head-to-toe with gloves on my hands, glasses to cover my eyes and of course, my mask."
The South African then chillingly added: "I’ve heard shocking stories about infected people going out of their way to contaminate others by taking off their masks and spitting in doctors’ faces.
"I saw one video of a man spitting on all of the buttons in an apartment elevator."
However, there have been no official reports of people deliberately spreading the disease coming out of China.
The Sun Online has already reported on the horror conditions in Wuhan - home to the bizarre animal market which sparked the deadly outbreak.
Harrowing pictures from the city show people collapsed on the street and rammed into hospital waiting rooms.
Earlier today it was revealed the coronavirus death toll has increased to 106 over the past week - a jump of 1,600 per cent - as the number of infections surges.
China’s National Health Commission has said number of confirmed cases nearly doubled in a day to stand at 4,515 on Monday.
On January 21, the death toll stood at six but that has been steadily increasing before the start of this week saw a dramatic jump from 56 to 106.
The virus has spread across China and to at least 16 countries globally after the initial outbreak.
So far there have been no reported deaths from coronavirus outside of China
But experts have warned the deadly bug will become a worldwide pandemic if governments do not impose heavy global travel bans.
Hong Kong has begun imposing travel restrictions with the high-speed rail link to the mainland now halted and the number of flights halved.
It comes as scientists at the University of Hong Kong have issued a warning that the spread of the deadly SARS-like virus was accelerating.
Head of the team of experts Gabriel Leung said: "We have to be prepared that this particular epidemic may be about to become a global epidemic.
"Substantial, draconian measures limiting population mobility should be taken sooner, rather than later."
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Thailand and Hong Kong each reported eight cases, the US, Taiwan, Australia and Macau have five each, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia declared four, France has three, Vietnam two, and Nepal one.
China's increasingly drastic containment efforts began with the suspension of plane, train and bus links to Wuhan, a city of 11 million people.
That lockdown has expanded to 17 cities with more than 50 million people in the most far-reaching disease-control measures ever imposed.