Hopes that the coronavirus would be contained to China have vanished as the first case in sub-Saharan Africa was announced in Nigeria and stock markets took a pounding amid fears of a global recession.
In China - the epicenter of the deadly disease - the National Health Commission reported on Friday at least 44 new coronavirus deaths, bringing to 2,788 the number of fatalities nationwide.
Coronavirus has killed more than 2,800 people and infected more than 83,000 worldwide.
Three small groups of guests left a Tenerife hotel in minibusses on its fourth day of quarantine over the coronavirus.
At least two people could be seen leaving in an ambulance, but around 700 holidaymakers remained in the compound. It was not clear where they were being taken or whether those in the ambulance had any symptoms of the virus.
The regional government of Canary Islands cleared 130 guests on Thursday to leave the hotel after it was placed on lockdown when four cases of the coronavirus were detected there.
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