Hong Kong health authorities reported two additional coronavirus patients without travel to the virus epicenter, bringing the number of cases to four.
China is ramping up censorship after the coronavirus outbreak. Police dressed in hazmat suits to ‘quarantine’ a man, then took him to a police station.The leader of the nearby gambling enclave of Macao asked the city’s casino bosses to suspend operations to prevent further infections after a worker at one of the resorts tested positive for the virus. Macao has recorded 10 cases in all.
The patient who died in Hong Kong was a 39-year-old man who had traveled to Wuhan, the mainland city where the outbreak started. The Hospital Authority said Tuesday he had preexisting health conditions but did not give details. Belgium reported its first case, one of nine of its citizens evacuated from Wuhan last weekend, and Iran joined the growing number of countries arranging such flights.
World Health Organization officials reported slower progress than expected in equipping laboratories across Africa to test for the new virus. No confirmed cases have been reported on the continent, but WHO health security advisor Dr. Ambrose Talisuna said the risk is “very, very high.”
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