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#BREAKING China virus death toll rises to at least 630, government
says

#UPDATE A Chinese doctor, among the first to raise the alert about China's new coronavirus, himself died from the pathogen on Friday, emphasizing the depth of a worsening crisis that has killed at least 630 people u.afp.com/3Jfk

#BREAKING Confirmed China coronavirus infections climb past 30,000, government says

A man wears a face mask while swimming in a partly-frozen lake in Beijing.

The official Chinese death toll from the #coronavirus outbreak has risen to 636, with the government saying total infections have climbed past 30,000

📸 Wang Zhao

#UPDATE Cases of #coronavirus rise to 61 on quarantined cruise ship off Japan.

So far health authorities have only managed to test 273 of the 3,700 people on board
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#UPDATE China virus crisis deepens as whistleblower doctor dies.

His death has sparked an outpouring of grief and anger over a crisis that has now killed over 630 people

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📸 A medical staff member looks out of an isolation ward at a hospital in China

.@AFP snapshots of China's response to #coronavirus.

Warning posters tell Beijing residents to protect themselves.
Empty streets in Shanghai as fear of virus spreads.
Empty shelves after panic buying in Hong Kong.
A fever detection system at a Beijing train station

In Hong Kong, 3,600 people spent yet another night confined aboard the cruise ship World Dream as authorities conducted health checks for the #coronavirus

📸 Philip Fong

AFP Graphics' comparison of an outbreak, epidemic and pandemic

VIDEO: #Coronavirus cases on cruise ship quarantined off Japan rise to 61

Coronavirus claims world's most productive car factory.

South Korea's Hyundai suspends operations at giant Ulsan complex, due to difficulties getting parts from China
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In sickness and in health: mass wedding in South Korea defies virus fears
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VIDEO: Hundreds of Hong Kong medical workers, who have been on strike for 5 days, protest at the Hospital Authority.

They are demanding the border with China be completely closed and medical workers be given adequate supplies to prevent the spread of the #coronavirus

#UPDATE A Chinese doctor who was punished after raising the alarm about the #coronavirus has died from the pathogen, sparking an outpouring of grief and anger over a crisis that has now killed more than 630 people

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📸 Flowers for Li Wenliang in Wuhan

"Everything in the world can be suppressed except grief."

The death of Doctor Li Wenliang has unleashed a wave of anger at the China's handling of the #coronavirus crisis -- and bold demands for more freedom

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'Western' tourists not wearing face masks should be kicked out of Thailand for putting others at risk, health minister says

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#coronavirus

#BREAKING Global shortage of anti-virus protective gear: WHO chief Tedros

#UPDATE While global concerns about the #coronavirus mount, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Friday that that world was facing a "chronic shortage" of masks and other protective equipment u.afp.com/3JAc

#BREAKING Ericsson says it will skip the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona because of the risk of spreading the #coronavirus

The deadly #coronavirus epidemic has brought much of China to a standstill, but perhaps nowhere has the change been more stark than in Shanghai, the country's biggest and most vibrant city
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#BREAKING Trump says China doing 'very professional job' against #coronavirus

#UPDATE Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, whose countries have tussled over trade and human rights, spoke on the phone about the health emergency u.afp.com/3JPr