US authorities say man in his 50s had no obvious contact with infection; two killed in China quarantine hotel collapse; Italy prepares to seal off northern region
- US deaths rise to 19 as New York declares state of emergency
- Coronavirus quarantine hotel in China collapses, trapping dozens
- Thousands held on cruise ship off US west coast as scientists say: ‘This is now a pandemic’
- ‘If I catch the coronavirus I’m screwed. Gig economy workers can’t afford to be ill’
On Chinese social media the hashtag “when will Hubei be unblocked” has been read more than 100 million times.
From AFP:
For days now, several cities at the heart of China’s deadly coronavirus epidemic have not recorded any new infections - so residents such as factory worker Tang Wushan have a message for the authorities: it’s time to lift their quarantine.
Tang lives in central Hubei province, whose nearly 60 million residents have been under lockdown since late January as the government rushed to put a lid on a virus that first emerged in the regional capital, Wuhan.
At least two people have been killed in the hotel collapse in eastern China overnight. The building was being used as a quarantine facility for people infected with Covid-19.
#UPDATE Two of the 50 people pulled from under the debris of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou were found dead. pic.twitter.com/NWqbo8IcAJ
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