BREAKING NEWS: CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: VIRUS STILL SPREADING, DEATH TOLL INCREASES

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Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 257 As Confirmed Cases Top 10,000

New York Post reports first Coronavirus case in Queen, but NYC health spokesman denies.
Confirmed cases top 10k from 7,700 a day earlier, with 257 fatalities.
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'The U.K. health department confirmed two cases of coronavirus in England on Friday, while the U.S. and Japan advised citizens to avoid traveling to China.
UK confirms first two coronavirus cases after multiple scares
Hong Kong schools shuttered until March 2
Singapore closes borders to Chinese travelers, first southeast Asian nation to do so.
More than 43 airlines cancel flights to China
France successfully evacuates citizens
1,000 suspected virus cases 'under observation' in India
Confirmed cases near 10,000 as Russia confirms 2
JPM cuts global growth forecast
United and Delta allow pilots to decline trips
Delta expands China cancellations through April; American also suspends flights
CDC quarantines Americans
Canada announces fourth case
CDC confirms 6th case in US was human to human transmission
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Update (1720ET): It's Saturday morning in Beijing, and that means another wave of updates from Hubei and the rest of China's virus-stricken provinces.

In a major milestone, the number of cases around the world has topped 10k, 2k more than SARS infected during its nearly year-long run, as Hubei reports 1,347 new cases.

CHINA CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL RISES TO AT LEAST 257
CHINA'S HUBEI PROVINCE REPORTS 45 CORONAVIRUS DEATHS FOR JAN.31
At present, 6738 cases are still being treated in the hospital (among them: 956 cases of severe illness and 338 cases of critical illness), all of them are receiving isolation treatment at designated medical institutions. A total of 41,075 close contacts have been tracked, and 36,838 people are still undergoing medical observation.

In other breaking virus-related news, Spain has confirmed its first case of nCoV.

SPAIN CONFIRMS COUNTRY'S FIRST CASE OF CORONAVIRUS - HEALTH MINISTRY
The latest round of cases and deaths hasn't been reflected in most counts yet, but here's where we were like 20 mins ago.
Update (1630ET): We're not sure why the CDC didn't mention it during the press conference that ended five minutes ago, but media reports that hit the tape just minutes ago are claiming that a seventh case has been confirmed in California, marking case No. 3 for the largest state by population.
Notably, a plane with 195 Americans evacuated from Wuhan landed in California, and its passengers have been quarantined. No word yet on whether the new case is tied to this group.

To be sure, the task force did warn journalists to expect more cases in the US. It follows a 7th case confirmed in Germany, an employee who worked at the same company as the other patients.

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School District Closes For Two Days After 600 Students Call In Sick
CLEVES, Ohio (CBS Local) — An entire school district in Ohio was shut down for two days this week after nearly 600 students called in sick, the district’s superintendent said.

All classes and after school activities at Three Rivers Local School District in Cleves were cancelled for Thursday, Jan. 30 and Friday, Jan. 31. because of a major flu outbreak.

Superintendent Craig Hockenberry said out of nearly 2,400 people who attend or work at three schools on campus, about 600 students and as many as 50 staff members are out sick.

Many of the students have the same symptoms, such as high fever, vomiting and body aches, he told CBS affiliate WKRC.
The closure will allow the custodial staff adequate time to completely disinfect and sanitize the campus.

Hockenberry plans to reopen the district on Feb. 3.

“It’s about a four-day incubation period, so that’ll give us Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday to do some extra cleaning, sanitation, to get ready for Monday,” he said. “Hopefully, we’ll get healthy again.”