Coronavirus spread 'accelerating', China President Xi Jinping warns | ITV News

The Chinese president has described the accelerating spread of coronavirus as a "grave situation", after holding a government meeting on the Lunar New Year holiday. Xi Jinping's warning comes as more people have been inflected, more deaths reported and more cases confirmed around the world. An unprecedented national lockdown has been rolled out to more than 50 million residents across several cities, as authorities try to limit the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 40 people. All 41 deaths have been in China, including 39 in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, and one each in Hebei and Heilongjiang provinces. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itvnews/ Follow ITV News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itvnews Follow ITV News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itvnews/