2 week agoPolice wear highest protective clothing and take selfie to deal with urgent coronavirus situation in Hong Kong.
Canadian charter plane departs Wuhan, China. Number of people on board still unclear; plane is to stop in Vancouver for refueling. Based on the route it takes, it's expected to arrive at about 9 pm PT (midnight ET) before heading to CFB Trenton
Hong Kong is investigating six new Coronavirus cases, including a 69-year-old male patient in critical condition, according to a government statement
2 week agoFull-front disinfection work has started in Wuhan, an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus
Onward spread of coronavirus in people with no history of travel to China, as confirmed in France, "could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire," warns @DrTedros
US charges four Chinese military "hackers" over cyber-attack of credit score giant Equifax
2 week agoChinese city Chengdu announced their plan to conduct a district-wide sanitation work starting 10 pm tonight. Then they will expand the operation to the entire city
2 week agoEscorted by Chinese Air Force fighters, H-6Ks from the 10th Bomber Division flew over Bashi Strait to enter the Western Pacific. This is the 2nd maneuver of its kind in two days
The British government introduced emergency powers, including forcible quarantine, on Monday in response to the "imminent threat" from the novel coronavirus that has infected at least 40,000 people worldwide
2 week ago#coronavirus @British_Airways not planning to resume China mainland flights until April
Two more confirmed cases were reported in Hong Kong, one from the same hotpot group and three others were initially positive
2 week agoChina President Xi Jinping seen out and about in Beijing, inspecting coronavirus containment efforts
2 week agoChinese expert Zhong Nan-Shan led a research on the clinical traits of the coronavirus and concluded that the incubation period of the virus can go from 3 days to as long as 24 days. Previously, the longest incubation period was believed to be 14 days
Chinese Foreign Ministry: Two foreigners died and 25 others were infected with the Corona virus as of today
2 week agoMedical expert at Wuhan University Hospital said there are five possibilities that can cause a nucleic acid test result for coronavirus turn out to be false negative. 1. There are limitation to take nucleic acid sample
The total number of confirmed nCoV2019 cases in Hong Kong has increased to 36, of which one quarter came from the latest, and largest by far, family cluster infection. The grandma of that family is also the oldest patient the city has had
Taiwan scrambles jets as Chinese air force flies round island
KCNA: "Achievements were also made such as developing the technology for rapidly and accurately examining the virus infectionThe active efforts exerted by the CPC and the government of China for the life, safety and health of the people will certainly bear fruits."
KCNA: "The novel coronavirus infection that broke out recently in China is sweeping across the world, threatening human life. The party and government of China are all out to check the spread of the infectious pneumonia by the virus and damage by it."
#2019nCoV: While transmission outside China is still limited, it could accelerate, @DrTedros said Saturday, urging countries to prepare
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 160km ENE of Arzak, China
2 week agoHongKong added another two cases of coronavirus today. The two patients are a 58-year-old man and a 42-year-old man
Hangzhou, a Chinese city with a population of 10 million, said it would temporarily ban the sale of flu and cough medicine at pharmacies, in an effort to compel people who might be sick to see a doctor
First non-Chinese citizens with suspected coronavirus die in Wuhan
7 new cases of the Novel coronavirus in Thailand, the total is at 32. Among the new case are 4 Chinese (1 tourist, 3 family members of a former case) and 3 Thais (1 contact with a former case, 1 Thai flying in from Wuhan, 1 contact with tourist). 10 discharged
U.S. CDC says *five* people at Travis AFB north of San Francisco who arrived on two evacuation flights from Wuhan, China are "symptomatic" of coronavirus - but have not been officially diagnosed. There are 234 people quarantined at that base. @CBSNews is on site
2 week agoFirst morning since 14 days of mandatory quarantine came in force at HK port of Shenzhen Bay. It's been two hours since the checkpoint opens at 6.30am and under 10 people have arrived in HK. This is immigration officials going to work
2 week agoThe total number of confirmed cases in China has risen to 34546, adding more than 3399. The number of suspected cases is at 27657, adding 4214 more cases. The death toll is at 722, adding 86. The number of recovered is at 2050
Hubei province reports 2841 new virus cases (up from 2447 yesterday), 81 new deaths (up from 69 yesterday), and 1985 new cases in Wuhan (up from 1501 yesterday)
Both State Dept. chartered planes that evacuated 300 Americans from China are currently holding in Vancouver, Canada and Travis Air Force Base in California due to two "persons of interest," one on each plane, who show symptoms of coronavirus: U.S. officials close to CDC say
