CORONAVIRUS | The 39-year-old male has been suffering from an underlying illness and visited Wuhan in January.
| Hong Kong reported its first coronavirus death on Tuesday, 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.
The Hong Kong death comes as hundreds of medical workers in the Asian financial hub began the second day of strikes on Tuesday to force the government to completely close the city's borders with mainland China, a day after embattled leader Carrie Lam left three remaining checkpoints open. Around 2,700 workers from the newly formed Hospital Authority Employees Alliance went on strike on Monday to call for a sealing off of Hong Kong's border and for better protection for hospital staff.
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