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Death toll rises, with 11,000 confirmed cases of infection in China, as some airlines stop flights in to Beijing and Shanghai. Follow the latest developments
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Apple will close its stores in China “due to recent public health and prevention concerns” until 9 February, a statement on the company’s Chinese website says.
Agence France-Presse has details on China’s operation to fly its citizens back home to Hubei from overseas.
A Xiamen Airlines charter flight from Bangkok touched down late on Friday in Wuhan, where the infection is believed to have originated in a market that sold wild animals.