<span style="color: #222222;">China reported no new local cases of the coronavirus today but confirmed another 39 infections brought in from overseas. Nine more people died, the National Health Commission said, all in the epicentre city of Wuhan where the virus first emerged late last year.<br />''<br />''Two months after China took the dramatic steps to lock down some 56 million people in Wuhan and the surrounding province of Hubei, infections have slowed dramatically. Travel and work restrictions in the province have been gradually eased and Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan earlier this month, his first since the crisis erupted.<br />''<br />''As the rate of infection slows in China, the rest of the world has stepped up measures to try and battle the raging pandemic. There have now been over 81,000 cases in China, and the death toll has reached 3,270. The outbreak has killed more than 14,400 people worldwide. </span><br />