Hundreds of Hong Kong hospital workers went on strike, demanding the government shutter all borders with mainland China as the country struggles to contain the deadly coronavirus outbreak. ABC News' IanPannell reports.
cases of the novel coronavirus
have been reported in mainland China, with the epicenter still in Wuhan, a city of 11 million and the capital of central Hubei province, where the first cases were detected back in December. A total of 17,205 people have been infected with the disease and 361 have since died, according to the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China.
In the first case of death outside China, a man in the Philippines died after contracting the coronavirus from his friend while they were traveling together in Wuhan, China, according to the Philippines Department of Health.Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Monday announced additional border closures, severing all but three links between the semi-autonomous Chinese city and mainland China.
Supporters of medical workers hold a flash mob protest in Hong Kong to back their strike demanding that the semi-autonomous city close its border with mainland China to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, Feb. 3, 2020. Supporters of medical workers hold a flash mob protest in Hong Kong to back their strike demanding that the semi-autonomous city close its border with mainland China to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, Feb. 3, 2020.The move came as thousands of public hospital workers went on strike Monday morning, demanding the Hong Kong government shutter all borders with mainland China as the country struggles to contain the outbreak.
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