LONDON - British Airways said on Thursday that all its flights to mainland China had been cancelled for a month due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus there.

A spokeswoman said all flights to Beijing and Shanghai had been suspended until the end of February, but flights to Hong Kong were unaffected.

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