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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Katy Clifton, Bronwen Weatherby

Coronavirus news LIVE: Apple temporarily closes all shops in China as death toll rises

The death toll in China from coronavirus rose to 259 on Saturday as international companies such as Apple decided to temporarily close stores in the country.

It comes as one of the two UK coronavirus cases was identified as a University of York student and agencies worked together in the city to contain the illness.

While an expert slams UK health chiefs for not providing information on the coronavirus patients sooner.

Public Health England said the risk of infection being passed to others on campus is "low".

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said other governments need to prepare for “domestic outbreak control” if the disease spreads in their countries.

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