Hong Kong cuts China transport links as coronavirus toll mounts

Nations scramble to extract citizens from Wuhan as first death is recorded in Beijing

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Hong Kong has announced major cuts to its transport links with mainland China, as several countries scrambled to fly their citizens out of city at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people.

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam said high-speed trains and ferries that cross the border would be suspended from Thursday. The number of flights to mainland China would also be halved, she said, and personal travel permits for mainland Chinese to the city suspended.