Travel firms cancel China trips as virus toll hits 81

Frankfurt - Russian tour operators also stopped selling package holidays to China.

Some tour operators in Europe are cancelling trips to China and offering customers refunds for bookings to the country as concerns grow about the spread of the new flu-like virus that has killed 81 people and infected more than 2,740.
In Germany, Studiosus, a specialist online travel agent which sells holidays of up to 20 days to the country, has cancelled trips to China until the middle of April, it said in a posting on its website.
Russian tour operators also stopped selling package holidays to China.
France tour operators too recommended suspension of trips to China.