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New Chinese city locked down over coronavirus, as death toll passes 300

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The coronavirus outbreak has killed more than 300 people and sparked mass evacuations from China. Source: AP

China has announced the death toll from a new coronavirus has increased to 304 as the Philippines reports its first casualty.

Updated Updated 9 hours ago

By SBS News

China has imposed a lockdown on a major city far away from the epicentre of a coronavirus epidemic, as its death toll from the disease soared to 304 and the first foreign fatality was reported in the Philippines.

The events added to deepening concerns about the potential for the virus to spread, as more governments around the world closed their borders to people from China.

China's new confirmed infections from the coronavirus outbreak has increased by a daily record, up by 2,590 cases on Saturday to top 14,000, as the quickly growing epidemic prompted global travel restrictions and evacuations.

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China had reached 304 as of the end of Saturday, state broadcaster CCTV confirmed on Sunday, citing the country's National Health Commission.

It comes as the Philippines reported the first death related to a new virus outside of China ..
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/first-coronavirus-death-outside-mainland-china-reported-in-philippines .

Meanwhile, six officials in the city of Huanggang, neighbouring the epicentre of Wuhan in Hubei province, have been fired over "poor performance" in handling the outbreak, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

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'This is racism': Chinese-Australians say they've faced increased hostility since the coronavirus outbreak began
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/new-chinese-city-locked-down-over-coronavirus-as-death-toll-passes-300

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/new-chinese-city-locked-down-over-coronavirus-as-death-toll-passes-300

The tendency to go racist at any opportunity which lies dormant in so many people is a real problem too. People as Trump feed it.

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