Coronavirus deaths climb as China corrals sick in quarantine facilities in outbreak epicenter Coronavirus deaths climb as China corrals sick in quarantine facilities in outbreak epicenter
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2020
BEIJING - China pushed ahead Sunday with emergency measures to isolate coronavirus patients in specialized facilities at the disease-ravaged epicenter, Wuhan, as the number of patient deaths surged past the 774 killed by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2002-3.