Whistleblower doctor dies, virus death toll rises to at least 630Pedestrians wearing face masks walk along a street in Hongkou district in Shanghai, China, on Thursday. Thousands of holidaymakers on cruise ships in Hong Kong and Japan face an agonising wait to find out if more among them have been infected. In Hong Kong, 3,600 people spent a second night confined aboard the World Dream. Hong Kong has been particularly nervous because the crisis revived memories of another coronavirus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). One person has died after contracting the virus in Hong Kong.

Source: Bangkok Post February 07, 2020 00:22 UTC