China has been left increasingly isolated as countries have tightened travel restrictions despite WHO advice.
As the death toll in Hubei continues to rise, residents are returning home from overseas on specially-chartered flights
China said the number of people who have died from the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan late last year has now reached 304, with the new deaths all reported in the hard-hit central province of Hubei.
Across China, there were 2,590 new confirmed infections in the 24 hours until midnight on Saturday, bringing the total so far to 14,380.
