Wuhan´s women´s prison director sacked as 230 inmates test positive for illness; South Korea adds 52 new cases. Follow latest news 6.53am GMT Here´s a description of what´s happened so far on Friday. 6.13am GMT The director of Wuhan Women´s Prison has been removed from her position, according to the Hubei Daily, where it´s believed 230 inmates have tested positive for Covid-19.Another 41 prisoners in Shayang Hanjin prison, also tested positive, according to reports in the Hubei Daily. Hubei Daily: 271 prisoners in Hubei are infected with #covid19 among which 230 are in Wuhan Women´s Prison and 41 are in Shayang Hanjin Prison. Head of the women´s prison has already been sacked and an officer in Hanjin was given serious warning for omitting contact history. pic.twitter.com/bs1BuVQ7uE 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 in Hubei remained 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/nW ...
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