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New York City Suspects Patient Has Coronavirus: Virus Update

A person wears a medical mask in New York on Jan. 30.Photographer: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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A man in New York City is suspected of having the coronavirus after returning from China, and a college student in Boston is in isolation after becoming the eighth confirmed U.S. case of the deadly disease.

More countries including Russia barred trips to China and the Hong Kong government said it may tighten border controls after medical workers called a strike to demand more curbs on travel from the mainland.