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Bonnie Christian

Coronavirus latest: Dozens more infected on Japan cruise ship as third UK case 'confirmed as British national'

Another 41 people on a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama harbour in Japan have been diagnosed with coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases on board to 61.

It comes as the death toll in mainland China rose to 636, including a doctor who got in trouble with authorities for sounding an early warning about the disease threat.

Meanwhile, the third person to be diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK is believed to be a middle-aged British man, who caught the illness in Singapore. He is being treated at London's St Thomas' Hospital.

Globally, the number of confirmed cases has risen to 31,161 with 260 of those reported outside of China.

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