At least cases of the coronavirus have been linked to the ship, including the deaths of two Japanese passengers in their 80s. The CDC said that all US passengers and crew of the ship have been placed under travel restrictions, preventing them from returning to the US for at least 14 days after they have left the Diamond Princess.
Another people died of the coronavirus in Hubei province on Thursday, the Hubei health authority announced today, raising the death toll in the province to 2, Hubei is the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak and has seen the vast majority of infections and deaths since the epidemic began.
Hubei authorities confirmed an additional cases of the virus in the province on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases to 62, Japan has reported three deaths from the coronavirus, while Hong Kong and Iran have each reported two. Taiwan, the Philippines, South Korea and France have each reported one death. Only patients who have tested positive for the virus are now counted in the official figures, Chinese authorities said on Thursday. In total, the global death toll is now 2, South Korea cases spike: 52 new cases of the coronavirus have been reported in one day in South Korea, bringing the total in the country to One person in South Korea has died from the virus.
A large number of patients are members of a church in the country's southeast. See Article History. Get exclusive access to content from our First Edition with your subscription.
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