{"id":13655,"date":"2020-02-04T12:11:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T03:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/feb\/04\/coronavirus-live-updates-china-wuhan-outbreak-death-toll-latest-news-update"},"modified":"2020-02-05T03:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:52:00","slug":"coronavirus-live-updates-confirmed-cases-in-china-pass-20000-as-death-toll-reaches-425-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=13655","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: UK advises British citizens to leave China \u2013 as it happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advice comes after 39-year-old man in Hong Kong dies of the virus as WHO says outbreak is not yet a pandemic<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/04\/dominic-raab-urges-britons-china-leave-coronavirus-outbreak\">UK foreign secretary tells Britons in China to leave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/03\/china-shortcomings-difficulties-coronavirus-outbreak\">China\u2019s leadership admits \u2018shortcomings\u2019 in coronavirus response<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/03\/how-to-protect-yourself-from-coronavirus\">How to protect yourself<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/04\/african-countries-rush-to-reinforce-defences-against-coronavirus\">African countries rush to reinforce defences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-02-04T18:24:37.055Z\">6.24pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-02-04T17:57:39.923Z\">5.57pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday he had written to all health ministers urging them immediately to improve data-sharing on coronavirus and said he would send a team of international experts to work with Chinese counterparts, <strong>Reuters<\/strong> reports. <\/p>\n<p> So far 22 nations have officially reported trade or travel-related measures linked to the coronavirus, which WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said should be \u201cshort in duration, proportionate\u201d and reviewed regularly. <\/p>\n<p> Chen Xu, China\u2019s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, told the WHO executive board that some restrictions went against the UN agency\u2019s advice, and he told countries \u201cnot to over-react\u201d. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/feb\/04\/coronavirus-live-updates-china-wuhan-outbreak-death-toll-latest-news-update\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advice comes after 39-year-old man in Hong Kong dies of the virus as WHO says outbreak is not yet a pandemicUK foreign secretary tells Britons in China to 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