{"id":13506,"date":"2020-02-01T09:45:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T00:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/feb\/01\/coronavirus-latest-updates-us-ban-china-death-toll-hits-259-live-news"},"modified":"2020-02-01T16:24:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T07:24:16","slug":"coronavirus-latest-updates-us-bans-foreign-arrivals-from-china-as-deaths-hit-259-live-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=13506","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus latest updates: Australia bans foreign arrivals from China as deaths hit 259 \u2013 live news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jan\/31\/coronavirus-us-public-health-emergency-travel-china\">US bars foreign nationals who have recently travelled to China<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jan\/31\/the-city-is-suffocating-diary-of-the-wuhan-coronavirus-lockdown\">\u2018The city is suffocating\u2019: diary of the Wuhan lockdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jan\/31\/two-people-in-britain-test-positive-for-coronavirus\">Two people in Britain test positive for coronavirus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jan\/31\/help-or-hindrance-how-chinese-politics-affected-coronavirus-response\">Help or hindrance? How Chinese politics affected response<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2020\/jan\/23\/tell-us-have-you-been-affected-by-the-coronavirus\">Share your stories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-02-01T07:23:07.136Z\">7.23am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Apple will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com.cn\/cn\/retail\/\">close its stores in China<\/a> \u201cdue to recent public health and prevention concerns\u201d until 9 February, a statement on the company\u2019s Chinese website says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-02-01T07:12:27.800Z\">7.12am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Agence France-Presse <\/strong>has details on China\u2019s operation to fly its citizens back home to Hubei from overseas.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/feb\/01\/coronavirus-latest-updates-us-ban-china-death-toll-hits-259-live-news\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Death toll rises, with 11,000 confirmed cases of infection in China, as some airlines stop flights in to Beijing and Shanghai. 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