Japan's efforts on virus ship criticised

By Linda Sieg and Ryan Woo
Updated February 19 2020 - 9:18pm, first published 9:16pm
The number of coronavirus deaths in China has passed 2000.
The number of coronavirus deaths in China has passed 2000.

Hundreds of people have begun disembarking a cruise ship quarantined in Japan as criticism mounted of Tokyo's handling of an onboard outbreak of the new coronavirus that has infected more than 540 people.

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