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As Death Toll From Virus Grows, More Chinese Voice Anger
Three months ago, Wuhan resident Zhang Yi was sitting next to two local Hubei province reporters at a restaurant. He overheard them talking about the Provincial Party Committee secretary, who was upset about a news story. The official told the reporters negative stories would no longer be published.
A month later, a mysterious virus started spreading though Wuhan's residents, causing pneumonia-like symptoms.
In early January, Chinese officials called this new virus "preventable and controllable." They said they had seen "no evidence of person-to-person transmission." Throughout the week of January 11, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission published the same number of confirmed cases: 41.
Those official statements failed to convince Zhang. In his mind, he kept hearing what he'd overheard the reporters talking about in the restaurant.
Zhang talked to VOA right after authorities locked down Wuhan on January 23. That's when the official number of confirmed cases and deaths was 571 in 25 provinces and 17 in Hubei province where Wuhan is the capital. Media reports on Saturday said the toll had topped 800.
"When the epidemic first started, I knew the published statistics were not real," he said.
Zhang could see just how much the lockdown had upset people he knew. "They are relatively furious now. I was warned [by police] … but right now I must speak out. I must speak even if they are going to lock me up. If I don't do it now, I may never get another chance."
On February 3, another Wuhan resident emailed VOA. He identified himself as Ming. Many people in China prefer to use pseudonyms online so they can speak without fear of being identified by authorities.
Ming had just spent five days by his father's bedside in a hospital in Wuhan. That was their last time together.
According to Ming, his father was infected by the new coronavirus in mid-January after he checked in at Wuhan Union Hospital for a routine annual examination scheduled to take several days.
The hospital is one of two dozen designated for coronavirus treatment. After a day or two Wuhan Union, Ming's father began showing coronavirus symptoms and tested positive.
Medical authorities transferred Ming's father to the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, where he died on January 29.
"It's so miserable that my dad just lost his life like that. It's so tragic," said Ming in a video he posted on YouTube and shared with VOA.
Even though he wasn't supposed to be in the virus ward, Ming was holding his father's hand when he died. What happened next still worries Ming. Employees of the official crematorium whisked the body away.
Ming was told to come and pick up the ashes 15 days later. Ming told VOA he's worried the ashes won't be his father's remains because the crematorium is overwhelmed by the quickly escalating death toll.
"There are many people like me in Wuhan. The virus killed many. I saw people die every day. Many families have fallen apart," a devastated Ming said in the video. "My dad worked hard and contributed to the country for his whole life. Now he is dead, we didn't see his body, we can't hold a memorial service, nobody came for a farewell."
Online comments expressed sympathy for Ming and anger at government officials for their response to the outbreak.
On February 4, Xu Zhangrun, a former law professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, published a long article about the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak. The article, "Furious People No Longer Fear," went viral online before censors removed it.
In the article, Xu said the coronavirus epidemic was causing a nationwide panic. He criticized the authorities' confusion and the time they lost in responding, which caused ordinary people to suffer and China to become "an isolated island in the world."
Xu said the Chinese people's anger "has erupted like volcanos. Furious people are not scared."
This was not Xu's first harsh condemnation of China's leadership. In July 2018, he criticized President Xi Jinping's strongman rule in an article published on the website of the Unirule Institute of Economics, a liberal think tank in Beijing. Tsinghua University suspended Xu in March 2019 and the government closed Unirule in September.
As expected, censors pulled Xu's article on the outbreak. Unexpectedly, screenshots of the article disappeared when shared. Even using WeChat, China's most popular messaging app, the screenshots were not displayed on the receivers' phones.
Outside China, beyond The Great Firewall, many readers hailed the article.
Others spoke of Xu's courage. Some, however, wondered if Xu overestimated "the anger of Chinese people." Or as one reader posted: "As long as it doesn't hurt them directly, most Chinese people just repeat, 'Wuhan, stay strong. China, stay strong,' and go about their lives."
Chu Wu contributed to this report, which originated in VOA's Mandarin service.
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Israel Drawing Up Map for West Bank Annexations, Netanyahu Says
Israel has begun to draw up maps of land in the occupied West Bank that will be annexed in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed peace plan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday.
"We are already at the height of the process of mapping the area that, according to the Trump plan, will become part of the state of Israel. It won't take too long," Netanyahu said at an election campaign rally in the Maale Adumim settlement.
Netanyahu said the area would include all Israeli settlements and the Jordan Valley — territory that Israel has kept under military occupation since its capture in the 1967 Middle East war but that Palestinians want in a future state.
"The only map that can be accepted as the map of Palestine is the map of the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital," said Nabil Abu Rdainah, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Prospects for annexations, which have already been widely condemned, are unclear.
Election in March
Israel will hold a national election on March 2 and Netanyahu, who is facing criminal corruption charges, is hoping to win a fifth term in office. He presently heads a caretaker government, whose legal authority to annex territory is still undecided by judicial authorities.
Settlers make up part of Netanyahu's right-wing voter base and many members of his coalition cabinet view the West Bank as the biblical heartland of the Jewish people.
Most countries consider Israeli settlements on land captured in war to be a violation of international law. Trump has changed U.S. policy to withdraw such objections.
Palestinians say the settlements make a future state nonviable. Israel cites security needs as well as biblical and historical ties to the land on which they are built.
Two-state plan, with conditions
Trump's plan envisages a two-state solution with Israel and a future Palestinian state living alongside each other, but it includes strict conditions that Palestinians reject.
The blueprint gives Israel much of what it has long sought, including U.S. recognition of settlements and Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley.
A redrawn, demilitarized Palestinian state would be subject to Israeli control over its security and would receive tracts of desert in return for arable land settled by Israelis.
Right after Trump presented the plan on January 28, Netanyahu said his government would begin extending Israeli sovereignty to the settlements and the Jordan Valley within days.
But Washington then appeared to put the brakes on that and Netanyahu has since faced pressure from settler leaders to annex territory despite any U.S. objections.
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UN Medical Relief Flights Continue From Yemen's Capital
Flights transporting Yemeni medical patients from rebel-held areas continued Saturday when a second plane carrying 24 patients took off from Sanaa bound for Jordan's capital, the U.N. health agency said.
The U.N. flights, which began this week, are seen as a humanitarian breakthrough in the more than five-year-old conflict in the Arab world's poorest country. The conflict began with the 2014 takeover of the capital, Sanaa, by the rebel Houthis, who control much of the country's north.
A Saudi-led military coalition allied with Yemen's internationally recognized government has been fighting the Iran-backed Houthis since 2015. The U.S.-backed coalition closed the airspace and prevented any flights from leaving Sanaa, starting in August 2016.
The Associated Press reported in November that Saudi Arabia and the Houthis were holding indirect, behind-the-scenes talks to end the war mediated by Oman, quoting officials from both sides.
The talks are focused on interim agreements, such as reopening Yemen's main international airport in Sanaa, which was shut down by the Saudi-led coalition in 2016.
Result of talks?
There has been no announced explanation for the medical flights but they could be a result of talks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. The first such flight since the air blockade carrying eight patients and their families left Sanaa on Monday.
Saturday's flight was originally scheduled to depart Sanaa the previous day. However, it did not take off ``for technical reasons,'' the World Health Organization said Friday, without giving details.
Twenty-four patients and their family members ``have departed on the second flight today from Sanaa to Amman to receive the treatment,'' the WHO tweeted.
Among those who left Sanaa on Saturday was Entisar, 30, a cancer patient. WHO said the cancer had spread all over her body.
``The physical and psychological pain is unbearable. All I want is to feel better,'' she was quoted as saying by the U.N. agency. Her last name was not given.
Welcoming the arrival of the second flight to Amman, U.N. envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths said the two flights transported patients to ``receive lifesaving medical care currently unavailable in Yemen.''
Criticism of delay
The Houthi rebels criticized the U.N. for the delay of the second flight and for the small number of patients airlifted out of Sanaa. The rebel-run health ministry has said that 32,000 people need urgent medical and surgical intervention, such as kidney transplants and heart surgeries.
The grinding war in Yemen has killed more than 10,000 people and created the world's worst humanitarian crisis, leaving millions suffering from food and medical care shortages and pushing the country near a famine.
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Trump slams 'very insubordinate' Vindman, day after ouster from White House President Trump on Saturday ripped into Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified in the impeachment inquiry and was fired by the National Security Council a day earlier
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Caronavirus Single-Day Death Toll Reaches New High
The coronavirus claimed 86 lives during a one-day period ending Saturday morning, the biggest single-day increase to date, as the virus continues to takes its toll in China and other parts of the world.
Among the new fatalities are a U.S. citizen in Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the outbreak — officials at the American Embassy in Beijing said Saturday.
The embassy said that the 60-year-old American died February 6. A Japanese citizen is also reported to have died in Wuhan of viral pneumonia, likely caused by the corona virus, although that has not been confirmed.
The United States says it offering up to $100 million to China and other countries affected by the deadly coronavirus to combat its spread, as the death toll rises in China to 722.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement Friday, saying, "This commitment – along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector – demonstrates strong U.S. leadership in response to the outbreak."
Earlier Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping's efforts to combat the coronavirus as Xi faced mounting domestic criticism following the virus-related death of a physician who issued an early warning about the outbreak.
After a Friday telephone conversation with Xi, Trump praised China's response and said Xi was leading "what will be a very successful operation." Trump continued to applaud Xi on Twitter Friday, describing him as "strong, sharp and powerfully focused."
"Great discipline is taking place in China, as President Xi strongly leads what will be a very successful operation. We are working closely with China to help!," Trump added.
Just had a long and very good conversation by phone with President Xi of China. He is strong, sharp and powerfully focused on leading the counterattack on the Coronavirus. He feels they are doing very well, even building hospitals in a matter of only days. Nothing is easy, but...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 7, 2020
The death of a Chinese doctor who was censored by Communist Party authorities after warning of a new, then-unidentified virus in December has triggered an outpouring of anger online at party authorities for its tight control on information about the crisis.
Police had accused Dr. Li Wenliang, who died Friday morning local time at Wuhan Central Hospital, of "spreading rumors online" and "severely disrupting social order."
However, Li was widely praised by many, including by China Center for Disease Control chief scientist Zeng Guang.
"A hero who released information about Wuhan's epidemic in the early stage, Dr. Li Wenliang is immortal," Zeng wrote on the Sina Weibo microblog page.
The ruling Communist Party's People's Daily wrote on Twitter, "We deeply mourn the death of Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang. ... After all-effort rescue, Li passed away."
In response to the uproar in China over the government's treatment of Li, the Communist Party announced Friday it would send a team to Wuhan to "fully investigate relevant issues raised by the public."
Officials in China said the death toll on the mainland by the end of Friday was 723 while new cases jumped to 34,546. The death toll has now surpassed the number of deaths from the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak in China and Hong Kong.
Chinese President Xi has declared a "people's war" on the coronavirus outbreak, as the death toll grows by the day.
"The whole country has responded with all its strength to respond with the most thorough and strict prevention and control measures, starting a people's war for epidemic prevention and control," China's state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Xi as saying.
The World Health Organization said it is too early to confirm one Chinese official's belief that the outbreak is about to peak.
There are more than 320 confirmed cases in at least 25 other countries, including one death in the Philippines — the first outside of China -- and one death in Hong Kong.
Three more new cases were confirmed by Japan aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, moored off Japan, raising the total to 64. The 3,700 passengers, who are confined aboard this ship, face a 14-day quarantine. Fourteen days is the virus' incubation period.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said foreign passengers on another ship carrying about 2,000 people will not be allowed to enter Japan. Abe said virus-infected passengers may be on board, while the operator of Holland America's Westerdam denied anyone was infected. The ship is currently near Ishigaki, an island of Okinawa.
About 3,600 passengers are stuck aboard another ship remains off the Hong Kong's coast, with three cases on board.
Hong Kong has shut down nearly all land and sea border crossings with the Chinese mainland after more than 2,000 medical workers walked off the job earlier this week. The city announced it would quarantine arrivals from mainland China beginning Saturday.
Taiwan announced Thursday it was banning all international cruise ships from docking at the island. Taiwan is also halting most flights between Taiwan and china, beginning Monday. All direct passenger and freight shipping between the island and China are also being suspended.
A U.S. State Department-charted plane carrying Americans who evacuated from Wuhan landed Friday morning at a military base in Southern California. A second chartered plane with Americans on board landed at a military base in Northern California later Friday. The returning Americans, about 530 in all, are being quarantined for 14 days and watched for signs of the illness.
The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency and is appealing for $675 million to fight the virus.
WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday the world is experiencing a "chronic shortage of personal protective equipment, such as masks and gowns. Ghebreyesus said he was searching for potential solutions.
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Orson Bean, 91, actor and game-show panelist, struck and killed by vehicle in LA: reports Orson Bean, a veteran actor known in the 1950s and 1960s for appearances on "The Twilight Zone" and other shows, then later as a panelist on TV game shows such as "To Tell the Truth," died Friday night in Los Angeles, according to reports. He was 91.
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Democrats' Debate in New Hampshire: Key Takeaways
Three days before the critical New Hampshire primary, seven Democratic presidential candidates debated, with many of them fighting to survive in the race to challenge President Donald Trump.
Here are some key takeaways.
Mayor Pete makes his case
Pete Buttigieg, the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend., Ind., was the candidate of the moment Friday. All eyes were on him Friday night to see if he could make his case.
And he did — with one significant stumble.
Attacked for his thin resume, Buttigieg shot back, "If you're looking for the person with the most years of Washington, D.C., experience under their belt, that candidate is not me." He promoted his youth compared with the lawmakers onstage talking their achievements from decades ago.
"We cannot solve the problems before us by looking back," Buttigieg said. "We have to be ready to turn the page."
A former military intelligence officer, Buttigieg seemed comfortable discussing foreign affairs, such as the Trump administration's killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
"There is no evidence that that made our country safer," he said, adding later, "This is not an episode of '24.'"
But Buttigieg's trouble spot has long been race. Asked about a spike in arrests of black people for marijuana possession in his city after he became mayor, Buttigieg began to decry systemic racism but seemed to acknowledge he couldn't escape it in the city that he ran.
Sanders under attack
It didn't take long for the candidates to make clear whom they saw as the front-runner. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont was piled on by competitors fighting to become the moderate alternative to the self-declared democratic socialist.
There were two lines of attack: Sanders' uncompromising liberal positions and, specifically, his proposal to immediately have the federal government take over the entire health care system.
The most notable punch was thrown by Buttigieg, who said Democrats will have a problem working to "unite this country at a moment when we need unification when our nominee is dividing people." Asked if he meant Sanders, he said yes.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar scoffed at Sanders' health care proposal. Former Vice President Joe Biden noted that Sanders says he has no idea how much his proposal could cost, though experts have put it at least $30 trillion.
But he showed a characteristic durability. In the deeply divided field, Sanders is now leading in many polls by virtue of that following.
Biden bounced back?
After his disappointing showing in Iowa, Biden was fighting to survive. Sometimes it didn't seem like it, but Biden also displayed flashes of the fire and emotion that have traditionally endeared him to Democratic voters.
Offered a chance early to swing at his two main rivals — Sanders and Buttigieg — Biden opened by basically admitting he was going to lose New Hampshire.
"Bernie won by 20 points last time," Biden said softly. His criticisms of Sanders and Buttigieg weren't nearly as sharp as those offered by other candidates. Biden's had difficulty talking about the GOP investigation into his own son that triggered Trump's impeachment and that has coincided with the former vice president's slide in the polls.
The former vice president was left asking the crowd to give a standing ovation to Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was led out of the White House hours earlier. Vindman had testified in December before Democrats investigating Trump's dealings with Ukraine.
Biden, 77, was more energized in the later hours of the debate. He was visibly enraged at Trump's dismissive comments on U.S. casualties during the Iranian retaliation for the U.S. killing of an Iranian general. He sharply attacked Sanders over the Vermont senator's earlier support for gun rights, defended his long record on the Supreme Court and promoted his historic support from African-Americans.
But it's not clear whether his performance will quell worries.
No Warren plan for breaking through
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren invested deeply in neighboring New Hampshire as a key part of her 2020 run, but she struggled to find a standout moment as she begins to make her final case to the state's voters.
Warren skipped a chance to differentiate herself more from Sanders, a fellow progressive whom she calls a longtime friend. Given the chance to create some distance, Warren said, "We have a lot of things in common, we have a lot of things that we differ on."
She quickly shifted to making a party unity plea and echoing her stump speech lines about big money in politics and corruption.
"We bring our party together, it's an issue we can all agree on and fight to end the corruption," Warren said. "We're the Democrats. We should be the party on the side of hardworking people and we can bring in independents and Republicans on that. They hate the corruption as well."
Warren also did little to explicitly come to Sanders defense as her Vermont rival was attacked by the more moderate candidates over his prized Medicare for All policy goal, an idea Warren supports.
Klobuchar made a mark
Klobuchar was quick with the quips as she tried to gain an edge in the primary's moderate lane. She repeatedly made a virtue of her ability to compromise and work with Republicans. There was an urgency to her presentation, with good reason: She needs an upset in New Hampshire.
She hit familiar notes of criticizing Medicare for All as she touted her Midwestern appeal and legislative success in the Senate. Klobuchar's plea boiled down to making a case for Democratic sensibility as a break from the smash-mouth nature of Trump's presidency.
"I didn't come from money," Klobuchar said, insisting voters "want to have someone that they can understand" in the White House.
Steyer's fiery play … for South Carolina
Billionaire activist Tom Steyer does not have much of a chance in New Hampshire. So he used the debate to make a strong appeal to African American voters in South Carolina, where his campaign has invested heavily and black voters make up two-thirds of the primary electorate.
The billionaire noted that well into the debate, "we have not said one word tonight about race."
"Are you kidding me?" he asked as a discussion of race ensued.
He added later, "I am for reparations to African Americans in this country and anyone who thinks that racism is a thing of the past and not an ongoing problem is not dealing with reality."
Yang not burdened
Businessman Andrew Yang was not burdened by low expectations. He was at ease and having fun on the debate stage Friday night, even though his chances to win New Hampshire, let alone the Democratic nomination, are minuscule.
He bounced onto the stage without a tie, in stark contrast to his more buttoned-up male rivals.
But Yang was largely left out of the heated exchanges that simmered through the debate, focusing instead on stepping back and looking at the larger picture.
"Donald Trump is not the cause of all of our problems," Yang said. "And we are making a mistake when we act like he is. He is a symptom of a disease that has been building up in our communities for years and decades."
The elephant in the room
Two words were spoken Friday night that have rarely come up on the trail or in earlier debates: Mike Bloomberg.
The former New York mayor and multibillionaire is skipping the early nominating states and instead spending hundreds of millions on Super Tuesday states with far more delegates at stake.
A viewer-submitted question asked why the candidates were better than Bloomberg.
"I don't think anyone ought to be able to buy their way into a nomination or to be president of the United States," Warren said.
"I just simply don't think people look at the guy in the White House and say, 'Can we get someone richer?"' Klobuchar said.
"There are millions of people who can desire to run for office but I guess if you're worth $60 billion and you can spend several hundred millions of dollars on advertising you have a slight advantage," Sanders said.
The responses were clear signals that they take Bloomberg seriously.
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Embassy: First US Citizen Dies of Coronavirus in Wuhan
A U.S. citizen in Wuhan, China, has died from the new coronavirus, officials at the American Embassy in Beijing said Saturday.
The embassy said that the 60-year old American died Feb. 6 in Wuhan. A Japanese citizen is also reported to have died in Wuhan of viral pneumonia, likely caused by the coronavirus, although that has not been confirmed.
The United States says it offering up to $100 million to China and other countries affected by the deadly coronavirus to combat its spread, as the death toll rises in China to 722.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement Friday.
"This commitment – along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector – demonstrates strong U.S. leadership in response to the outbreak," he said.
Trump praises Xi
Earlier in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping's efforts to combat the coronavirus as Xi faced mounting domestic criticism following the virus-related death of a physician who issued an early warning about the outbreak.
After a Friday telephone conversation with Xi, Trump praised China's response and said Xi was leading "what will be a very successful operation." Trump then continued to applaud Xi on Twitter, describing him as "strong, sharp and powerfully focused."
"Great discipline is taking place in China, as President Xi strongly leads what will be a very successful operation. We are working closely with China to help!" Trump added.
Just had a long and very good conversation by phone with President Xi of China. He is strong, sharp and powerfully focused on leading the counterattack on the Coronavirus. He feels they are doing very well, even building hospitals in a matter of only days. Nothing is easy, but...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 7, 2020
China's official account of Friday's conversation did not include references to Chinese complaints of the Trump administration's reaction to the outbreak that included being the first country to close its diplomatic office in Wuhan and order diplomats to leave the country.
Anger at doctor's death
The death of a Chinese doctor who was censored by Communist Party authorities after warning of a new, then-unidentified virus in December has triggered an outpouring of online anger at party authorities for its tight control on information about the crisis.
Police had accused Dr. Li Wenliang, who died Friday morning local time at Wuhan Central Hospital, of "spreading rumors online" and "severely disrupting social order."
However, Li was widely praised by many, including by China Center for Disease Control chief scientist Zeng Guang.
"A hero who released information about Wuhan's epidemic in the early stage, Dr. Li Wenliang is immortal," Zeng wrote on the Sina Weibo microblog page.
The ruling Communist Party's People's Daily wrote on Twitter, "We deeply mourn the death of Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang ... After all-effort rescue, Li passed away."
In response to the uproar in China over the government's treatment of Li, the Communist Party announced Friday it would send a team to Wuhan — the epicenter of the outbreak — to "fully investigate relevant issues raised by the public."
WATCH: Efforts Intensify to Halt Coronavirus' Spread
Rising death toll
Officials in China said the death toll by the end of Friday was 722 while new cases jumped to 31,774. The death toll has now surpassed the number of deaths from the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak in China and Hong Kong.
Chinese President Xi has declared a "people's war" on the coronavirus outbreak, as the death toll grows by the day.
"The whole country has responded with all its strength to respond with the most thorough and strict prevention and control measures, starting a people's war for epidemic prevention and control," China's state-run Xinhua news agency quotes Xi as saying.
The World Health Organization says it is too early to confirm one Chinese official's belief that the outbreak is about to peak.
There are about 150 confirmed cases in at least 23 other countries, including one death in the Philippines — the first outside of China — and one death in Hong Kong.
Cruise ships
Forty-one new cases were confirmed by Japan aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, moored off Japan, raising the total to 61. The 3,700 passengers, who are confined aboard this ship, face a 14-day quarantine. Fourteen days is the virus' incubation period.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said foreign passengers on another ship carrying about 2,000 people will not be allowed to enter Japan. Abe said virus-infected passengers may be on board, while the operator of Holland America's Westerdam denied anyone was infected. The ship is currently near Ishigaki, an island of Okinawa.
About 3,600 passengers are stuck aboard another ship remains off the Hong Kong coast, with three cases on board.
Hong Kong has shut down nearly all land and sea border crossings with the Chinese mainland after more than 2,000 medical workers walked off the job earlier this week. The city announced it would quarantine arrivals from mainland China beginning Saturday.
Taiwan announced Thursday it was banning all international cruise ships from docking at the island.
A U.S. State Department-charted plane carrying Americans who evacuated from Wuhan landed Friday morning at a military base in Southern California. A second chartered plane with Americans on board was scheduled to arrive at a military base in Northern California later Friday. The returning Americans are being quarantined for 14 days and watched for signs of the illness.
The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency and is appealing for $675 million to fight the virus.
WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday the world is experiencing a "chronic shortage of personal protective equipment, such as masks and gowns." Ghebreyesus said he was searching for potential solutions.
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Sara Carter: If Durham probe doesn't bring indictments, nothing will stop future 'attempted coups' Investigative reporter Sarah Carter said Friday it will be hard to defend against flimsy investigations and violations of civil liberties if Connecticut federal prosecutor John Durham's probe into the origins of the Russia investigation doesn't result in strong indictments.
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