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(CNN) - 'Hospital director dies in Wuhan..'

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'Hong Kong (CNN) - The death toll from the novel coronavirus has reached 1,873, as almost half of China's 1.3 billion-strong population remain subject to varying forms of travel restrictions and other quarantine measures.

On Tuesday, Liu Zhiming, director of the Wuchang hospital in Wuhan, the city at the center of the outbreak, himself died of the virus, according to a statement released by local government authorities.

- CNN, Hospital director dies in Wuhan as China designates dead nurses and doctors as 'martyrs', February 18, 2020



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