A man adjusts his protective mask near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. A coronavirus fatality was reported on Thursday in Hebei province, near the capital city. Photo: AFP

China coronavirus: 26 dead, while eight cities on lockdown

Travel bans have been imposed on eight cities in Hubei province: Wuhan, Huanggang, Ezhou, Chibi, Xiantao, Qianjiang, Zhijiang and Lichuan
A Hebei victim, aged 80, was visiting relatives in Wuhan before he was diagnosed; 76 people who had close contact with him have reportedly been quarantined

Topic | Coronavirus outbreak

Cissy Zhou and Robert Delaney

Published: 2:05am, 24 Jan, 2020

Updated: 1:21pm, 24 Jan, 2020

A man adjusts his protective mask near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. A coronavirus fatality was reported on Thursday in Hebei province, near the capital city. Photo: AFP

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Cissy Zhou

Cissy joined the SCMP in 2019. Prior to that, she has been a producer at BBC News and investigative reporter at CaiXin Media. She is interested in China's politics and economy.

Robert Delaney

Robert Delaney is the Post’s North America bureau chief. He spent 11 years in China as a language student and correspondent for Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg, and continued covering the country as a correspondent and an academic after leaving. His debut novel, The Wounded Muse, draws on actual events that played out in Beijing while he lived there.