The death appeared to be the first of a U.S. citizen from the disease and prompted further questions about Beijing’s handling of the outbreak. Eighty-six more deaths from the coronavirus were reported in China, pushing the toll past 700.Here’s what you need to know:
- An American in Wuhan has died from the coronavirus.
- Lawyer who reported on conditions in Wuhan has gone missing, friends say.
- The illness gets a name, temporarily.
- France announces five more coronavirus cases, all British citizens.
- One city’s plan for getting people to the doctor: Ban medicine.
- Hong Kong, a wounded city, sustains another blow.
- Deaths in China reach 722, and infections climb past 34,000.
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