Thousands of workers, including doctors and nurses, plan industrial action after calls to close border are rejected
Thousands of Hong Kong medical workers have voted to go on strike, calling for the government to close the border with mainland China, as the death toll from the Coronavirus outbreak rose to 304.
The financial hub had 13 confirmed cases of the disease as of Saturday, with 112 patients isolated. Across China, there were 2,590 new confirmed infections on Saturday, bringing the total to 14,380. All of the 45 new deaths recorded were in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak.
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