Virus: Americans leave contaminated ship, death toll rises in China


The liner Diamond Princess, in quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama, February 16, 2020

YOKOHAMA (Japan) (AFP) - The United States gave the signal Monday of the evacuation of the foreigners of the liner contaminated by the coronavirus off Japan, while the assessment of the epidemic continued to climb in China.

The Covid-19 epidemic has killed another 105 people in the past 24 hours in mainland China, bringing the country's total to 1,770 dead since the onset of viral pneumonia in Wuhan (center) in December, announced Monday Chinese authorities.

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