Factbox: As virus spreads, hotels, airlines offer refunds, stores close


  • World
  • Friday, 24 Jan 2020

Passengers wearing masks are seen at the terminal hall of the Beijing Capital International Airport, in Beijing, China January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Martin Pollard

BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hotels and airlines are offering refunds to people travelling to China after a new coronavirus breakout there killed 25 people and infected more than 800.

Seven Chinese films scrapped premieres and Walt Disney's Shanghai Disney Resort is to shut from Saturday as China began a seven-day Lunar New Year holiday, often the busiest time of the year for the park.

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