China’s death toll from a new virus rose to 259 on Saturday and a World Health Organization official said other governments need to prepare for "domestic outbreak control" if the disease spreads in their countries, the AP reports. The number of confirmed cases in China rose to 11,791, surpassing the number in the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Meanwhile, Beijing has criticized Washington’s order barring entry to most foreigners who visited China in the past two week, and the virus' rapid spread in two months prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday to declare it a global emergency. In other developments: