The Philippines recorded the first death from coronavirus outside of China as the global total of infected rises to more than 14,300 people. The US, Japan, Britain, Germany and other nations had already advised their citizens not to travel to China. Apple has said it will close all of its official stores and corporate offices in mainland China until February 9 as fears over the coronavirus outbreak have mounted. It comes as China has flown two planeloads of its citizens back home to Hubei, the locked-down province at the centre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Japan and Germany also advised against non-essential travel to China and Britain did as well, except for Hong Kong and Macao.

Source: Daily Mail February 02, 2020 08:03 UTC