Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

BEIJING -- Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely. The new virus caused its first death in the semi-autonomous territory, adding to growing fears it is spreading locally.

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