Hong Kong reports first coronavirus death as hospital workers escalate strike

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HONG KONG — Hong Kong reported its first coronavirus death on Tuesday (Feb 4), a 39-year-old male who had been suffering from an underlying illness and had visited China's Wuhan city in January, hospital staff said, marking the second death outside mainland China.

 

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