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Added on the 03/03/2020 18:20:30 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Another 41 people on a cruise ship quarantined off Japan have the new coronavirus, the country's health minister said Friday, confirming more on board will now be tested for the illness. The newly diagnosed infections mean at least 61 people from the ship have contracted the virus, which has killed hundreds of people, most of them in China, and infected more than 30,000 on the mainland. IMAGES
French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn says that about 20 of 250 people flown back to France from China because of the coronavirus outbreak remain on the tarmac waiting for results of a test to determine whether they have been infected with the new coronavirus. SOUNDBITE
More than 6,000 tourists are under lockdown aboard a cruise ship at an Italian port after two Chinese passengers were isolated over fears they could be carrying the coronavirus. IMAGES
Images show closed Covid booths in Beijing as cases surge in the Chinese capital. The country is navigating a rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy, unwinding years of hardline restrictions. IMAGES
Images of locked down compounds and queues for Covid testing in Beijing. China currently faces its highest amount of Covid cases since the pandemic began, official data showed Thursday. IMAGES