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Japan finds 41 more cases on ship as virus alarm doctor dies

by Associated Press
| February 6, 2020 5:05 PM

BEIJING (AP) — Japan on Friday reported 41 new cases of a virus on a quarantined cruise ship and turned away another luxury liner while the death toll in mainland China rose to 636, including a doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the disease threat.

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