The
Grand Princess has been stranded off San Francisco since Wednesday - when it
was supposed to dock - after it emerged that two people who had been on the
ship during its previous voyage had contracted the virus. One later died. Mr Pence said he believes
the numbers of those infected was high among the crew as they had likely been
exposed during two previous outings. More than 200 people have
contracted the virus in the United States, and 12 have died, 11 of them in the
state of Washington. Worldwide, the virus has
killed more than 3,450 people and infected more than 100,000 across 92 nations.
There were 99 fresh cases
of infection, according to the National Health Commission, with a rise in new
cases outside the virus epicentre of Hubei province for a third consecutive
day. There were 25 new cases reported outside the central province, which
remains under lockdown in a bid to control the spread of the virus. New
infections reported from Hubei have been on a downward trend for several weeks
and at 74, the number of new cases is the lowest since quarantine measures were
placed on the province in late January. But health officials also reported 24
confirmed imported cases - fuelling fears in China that infections could swell
again as people get infected overseas. The number of cases in South Korea has
risen to more than 7,000 – up 448 from the previous day – while the death toll
there has risen to 46. More than half of the cases are linked to a secretive
church at the centre of the country's outbreak, health authorities said. Since mid-February when a
woman tested positive after attending services at a branch of the Shincheonji Church
of Jesus.
in the south-eastern city of
Daegu, the number of infections has exploded in South Korea, giving it the most
cases outside China. While 448 new cases remain a sizeable jump, it marked a
third straight day of declines in the number of new cases for South Korea. Meanwhile,
Facebook has said it is closing its London offices until Monday after a
visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed with coronavirus. Facebook also
advised employees based in the affected area of its Singapore office to work
from home until 13 March. It said it had immediately closed the area for deep
cleaning.
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The
Grand Princess has been stranded off San Francisco since Wednesday - when it
was supposed to dock - after it emerged that two people who had been on the
ship during its previous voyage had contracted the virus. One later died.
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