BEIJING: Hong Kong on Tuesday (Feb 4) became the second place outside mainland China to report the death of a coronavirus patient as restrictions on movement were imposed on two more cities far from the epicentre, including the home of Alibaba.
The death of the 39-year-old man in Hong Kong came as the semi-autonomous city closed all but two land crossings with the Chinese mainland to slow the spread of the virus.
China earlier Tuesday reported 64 more fatalities -- a single-day high -- from the new coronavirus, raising the toll to 425, with more than 20,000 infections across the country. China has struggled to contain the virus despite enacting unprecedented measures, including locking down more than 50 million people in Hubei province where the outbreak emerged.The city of Taizhou and three Hangzhou districts -- including the area home to the main office of Chinese tech giant Alibaba -- will allow only one person per household to go outside every two days to buy necessities, city officials said, measures that will affect nine million people.
"It is necessary to strengthen market supervision, resolutely ban and severely crack down on illegal wildlife markets and trade," the Politburo said.
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