Hong Kong Mandates Quarantine For Mainland Arrivals; Coronavirus Cases Surpass 28,000
Hong Kong authorities say that beginning Saturday they are mandating that anyone entering the city from mainland China "self-quarantine" for the 14-day incubation period of the virus.
As the number of coronavirus cases in China jumped dramatically once again on Thursday — to more than 28,000 — other countries where the new strain of viral pneumonia has spread are stepping up efforts to limit the epidemic.
Health authorities in China on Thursday reported 28,060 confirmed cases there, with 564 people having died from the virus, officially known as 2019-nCoV, that
