Hong Kong will impose 14-day quarantines on people arriving from China.
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- As deaths approach 500, no sign of a slowdown in China.
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- Hong Kong imposes 14-day quarantines on people arriving from China.
- Trump pledges to work with China on the outbreak.
- H.I.V. and flu drugs show promise in treatment, China says
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武汉肺炎冠状病毒疫情更新
The death toll from the monthlong coronavirus outbreak has continued to climb in China, rising to 490. New cases have surged by double-digit percentages in the past 11 days, with no sign of a slowdown.
More people have now died in this epidemic than in the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, outbreak of 2002-3 in mainland China. During that outbreak, 349 people died in the mainland.
The new figures from China’s Health Commission on Wednesday showed that 65 people died on Tuesday and that 3,887 more people had been infected. So far, 24,324 people are known to have been infected.
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