BEIJING: Wuhan, the epicentre of China's coronavirus epidemic, will likely see new infections drop to zero by the end of this month, an expert with the country's top panel on battling the illness said yesterday.

China had 139 new confirmed cases yesterday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said, bringing the total accumulated number of cases to 80,409. The authorities reported 119 new cases the previous day and 125 the day before that.