Chinese Premier Li arrives in coronavirus hit Wuhan, 1st such visit by top leader

BEIJING

: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited the coronavirus hit

Wuhan

city on Monday, the first such trip by a top leader as the death toll climbed to 80 with 2,744 confirmed cases.

Li arrived in Wuhan to inspect the

epidemic

control and prevention work, state-run

China Daily

reported.

He heads the high-powered group of the ruling

Communist Party of China

(CPC) officials empowered to deal with the rapidly spreading virus on war footing.