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    First Death In Hong Kong From Coronavirus

    A 39-year-old man is only the second person to have died from the infection outside of China. His death comes as Hong Kong health workers strike to demand the border with mainland China be sealed.
    by Scott Neuman Feb 04, 2020 2 minutes
    A notice advising all staff and visitors to wear protective masks stands outside the closed Ocean Park, operated by Ocean Park Corp., in Hong Kong, on Monday.

    Hong Kong confirmed its first death from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday as health workers in the territory were on their second day of a walkout aimed at forcing closure of the border with mainland China — the epicenter of the epidemic.

    A 39-year-old man who had visited Wuhan, China, where the virus first appeared, died at Hong

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