China counts 170 virus deaths, new countries find infections

Residents scuffle with police officers during a rally Thursd ayto protest the government's decision to quarantine South Koreans returning from Wuhan in their home town in Jincheon, South Korea. The death toll rose to 170 in the new virus outbreak in China on Thursday as foreign evacuees from the worst-hit region begin returning home under close observation and world health officials expressed "great concern" that the disease is starting to spread between people outside of China.

BEIJING — The death toll rose to 170 in the new virus outbreak in China on Thursday as foreign evacuees from the worst-hit region begin returning home under close observation and world health officials expressed “great concern” that the disease is starting to spread between people outside of China.