A 39-year-old man died Tuesday morning at the Princess Margaret Hospital, a spokesperson for the hospital said.
in the city of 7.3 million on Jan. 25. Embattled Lam has been under pressure to close all of the the city's borders with mainland China.
On Monday, Lam announced that the city would suspend 10 out of a possible 13 border crossings with mainland China in an effort to curb the fast-spreading coronavirus. Thousands of medical workers in Hong Kong have gone on strike starting Monday to compel the city's government to accede to a demand for a complete shutdown of its borders with mainland China to stem the spread of the virus.The financial center has been already been hit by months-long anti-establishment protests that have hurt its economy.— CNBC's Vivian Kam contributed to this report.
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