Beijing Extends New Year Holiday as Conoravirus Death Toll Continues to Rise

Beijing Extends New Year Holiday as Conoravirus Death Toll Continues to Rise
A health worker checks the temperature of a man entering the subway in Beijing, China on Jan. 26, 2020. Betsy Joles/Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China continued to climb on Jan. 27, as authorities extended the Lunar New Year holiday in an effort to stem the spread of the disease.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived at the central city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak, on Monday and visited patients and medical staff amid growing pressure on the regime to prove it is effectively responding to the crisis.

Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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