Justice chief sacked in Shandong province with prison guard reported to be source of outbreak, as South Korea adds 52 new cases. Follow latest news 5.56am GMT Agence France-Presse has conducted interviews with some of the crew members of the Diamond Princess, who were not subject to the same quarantine restrictions on the ship. They (the crew) were preparing food and delivering meals to cabins, leading some critics to charge they were inadvertently spreading the virus throughout the ship, which has seen more than 600 cases of the potentially deadly COVID-19 disease.As they have been in close contact with possibly infected passengers, the crew is expected to undergo a 14-day quarantine starting when the last passenger leaves the ship. 5.41am GMT Hubei province has revised its new cases for Friday up from 411 to 631, which pushes the day´s total across china above 1,100. New deaths remain unchanged at 115.`The prison system has increased by a total of 220 cases,` the bulletin from the Hubei health commission says. 5.25am GMT In case you missed this, the BBC´s Stephen McDonell has made a video about the empty streets of Beijing and how its citizens are coping with the virus lockdown.A fascinating look at a deserted Beijing in the midst of the Coronavirus outbreak - from @StephenMcDonell & @EP_Lawrence https://t.co/nWC6soQQom 4.12am GMT China´s Global Television Network is reporting that 200 prisoners in a facility in the eastern province of Shandong are infected with Covid-19. The sources of the infection is reported to be an affected prison guard.East China`s Shandong Province reported 200 #COVID19 cases from the Rencheng Prison on Thu., bringing the total to 207 in the facility- Virus brought in by affected prison guard- Treatments underway- Provincial justice chief among eight officials removed from office pic.twitter.com/yyMWa21a86 3.59am GMT Car sales plummeted in China in February, state media is reporting.Retail of domestic passenger #vehicles in China ...
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