BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following is a selection of the latest China-related news published by Xinhua News Agency.
Photo taken on Feb. 6, 2020 shows the "Diamond Princess", a cruise ship which has been kept in quarantine at the port of Yokohama in Japan. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
Chartered flight to take home Hong Kong residents on quarantined ship in Japan
HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government is arranging chartered flight to take the Hong Kong residents under quarantine on board a cruise ship in Japan back to Hong Kong free of charge soonest possible after they are permitted to disembark and land, the HKSAR government's Security Bureau said on late Saturday. xhne.ws/uMzmc
Staff members work at the health and quarantine comprehensive laboratory of Sichuan International Travel Health Care Center (Chengdu Customs Port Outpatient Department), in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan, Feb. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
China reports 2,009 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, 142 new deaths
BEIJING -- Chinese health authority Sunday said it received reports of 2,009 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 142 deaths on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. xhne.ws/xIQrn
A cured COVID-19 patient waves goodbye to a medical worker at the "Wuhan Livingroom" makeshift hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 15, 2020. (Photo by Gao Xiang/Xinhua)
Chinese hospitals discharge 9,419 recovered patients of coronavirus infection
BEIJING -- A total of 9,419 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Saturday, Chinese health authority announced Sunday. xhne.ws/gZbYb■
