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Virus Deaths in China Top 360, Overtake Mainland Toll for SARS
Medical staff in protective gear are pictured at the entrance of a hospital in Beijing on Jan. 31, 2020. / Kyodo
By Kyodo News 3 February 2020
BEIJING—The death toll in China from a new coronavirus has reached 361, topping that of the SARS outbreak between 2002 and 2003 on the mainland, health authorities said Monday.
The country’s benchmark stock index plunged over 8 percent upon reopening following an extended holiday amid the outbreak.
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