China: Virus death toll rises as more cities shut down
Friday, January 24, 2020
China has widened a lockdown in Hubei province - the centre of the coronavirus outbreak - as the death toll climbed to 25.
At least 10 cities in the central Chinese province, which has a population of 20 million, have travel restrictions in force.
On Thursday, a coronavirus patient died in nearby Hebei province - making it the first death outside Hubei.