China coronavirus cases pass 40,000
China reported 908 deaths from coronavirus to the end of Sunday, with 40,171 confirmed cases in the country of which 6,484 were described as seriously ill.
The number of deaths exceeded that of the 2002-2003 Sars outbreak over the weekend. Sars killed 774 people.
Many businesses will remain closed on Monday after an extended Lunar New Year break designed to limit the spread of the virus. Critical industries such as aviation have been permitted to restart while workers in Shanghai and Beijing have been asked to work from home.
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