JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa will evacuate 151 citizens from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan within days, the health minister said on Sunday (March 1), as the death toll and number of infected worldwide mounted.

The virus has spread to more than 60 countries around the globe - killing nearly 3,000 people and sickening 87,000 - prompting the World Health Organisation to raise its risk assessment to its highest level.