Beijing city reports first coronavirus death

China’s capital city Beijing has recorded its first death from the new coronavirus.
The city has imposed further transport restrictions, leaving nearly 60 million people under lockdown.

Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler reports from Beijing.

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