Beijing adds 10 novel coronavirus pneumonia cases to tally

Beijing added 10 cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia from 5 pm to 11 pm on Saturday. All the new infections are being treated in the hospital, raising the total number of patients being treated to 49, with one in critical condition.

As of 11 pm on Saturday, Beijing had confirmed 51 cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia, according to the Beijing Municipal Health Commission.

It confirmed three medical workers contracted novel coronavirus pneumonia, according to a statement on Sunday saying that the three medical workers have been put on medical quarantine in designated hospitals.

A medical worker surnamed Wang went to Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, for a business trip on Jan 8 and returned Beijing on Jan 16. He was sent to a medical institution in the capital on Monday and was confirmed with the illness the next day.

A doctor surnamed Lu had a fever on Jan 14, three days after he went back to Beijing from a business trip in Wuhan, where he stayed for one day from Jan 10 to Jan 11.

Another medical worker surnamed Yan was confirmed as having novel coronavirus pneumonia on Saturday. He sat beside the doctor surnamed Lu at a conference on Jan 14. From Jan 3 to Jan 10, he traveled to Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province, and Baishan and Changchun in Northeast China's Jilin province.

All three doctors showed symptoms of fever before being confirmed with the virus. People who had close contact with the three are now under medical observation.