UAE announces new infection with coronavirus, Chinese patient is in stable condition
British transport minister denies report that Chinese state-backed rail giant is in talks with the UK government over the costly and contentious HS2 project
Hubei province, epicenter of coronavirus outbreak, puts residential communities across the region on lockdown
More serious restrictions on people's movements inside China's Hubei Province where the coronavirus outbreak started: Govt has advised only leave home in an emergency; food & other supplies housing estates should bulk order and deliver to the door; private car use banned
China's National Health Commission reports 166 new cases and 3 new deaths outside Hubei province since yesterday
At an international security conference in Munich, Germany, on Saturday, United States Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that China tops the Pentagon's list of potential adversaries, followed by Russia, and "rogue states like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Iran."
3 month agoChina's Ministry of Science and Tech asked to strengthen management of labs and viruses to ensure biosecrity
President Xi says the Communist Party has taken timely and effective measures to combat COVID19, but there needs to be increased policing and tighter internet controls to ensure stability and "positive energy"
3 month agoA 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Hualian, Taiwan, at 19:00 on Saturday, with a depth of 10 km: CENC
3 month agoSouth China University of Technology biology Xiao Botao exposes that the COVID19 might have originated from an animal research lab 280m away from the epicentre of the outbreak. The scientists were reportedly beaten by bats used for a test on louse.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on coronavirusus response: "China's speed, scale and efficiency all reflect the success of the Chinese system."
France announced the first coronavirus death outside Asia. An 80-year-old Chinese tourist died at a hospital in Paris on Friday
SecDef @EsperDoD speaking at the Munich Security Conference: China's "Communist Party and its associated organs, including the People's Liberation Army, are increasingly operating in theaters outside its borders, including Europe, and seeking advantage by any means & at any cost"
The production of the Fiat-Chrysler plant in Serbia stops due to a lack of components produced in China
3 month agoToday's figures of coronavirus
Report that Xiaogan City (population 4.8 million) is also adopting the new strict lockdown where no one can leave their residential community and daily necessities will be delivered to all residents
Wuhan tightens lockdown, bans people from leaving their home
Jingmen, a city in Hubei province, has been put on lockdown due to coronavirus, officials say
WHO: A WHO team will arrive in China soon to help research the Coronavirus
3 month agoAnyone returning to Beijing has to be quarantined and kept under surveillance for 14 days due to the worsening coronavirus outbreak in mainland China, says Chinese state paper Beijing Daily. So far, it is the most stringent measure applied in China's capital
Chinese President Xi Jinping encouraged the use of bigdata, AI, cloudcomputing and other digital technologies to support epidemic monitoring, analysis and resource allocation
CarrieLam each public and private residential building in Hong Kong will be granted an one-off HKD 26,000 subsidy to beef up its security and hygiene services
3 month agoNingbo, a major Chinese port city where 1 out of 4 people work in the foreign trade sector, has seen its export-dependent economy take a big hit from the spread of COVID19: deputy mayor
3 month agoLatest on COVID19 - Chongqing City has been witnessing the surge of third-generation cases and on February 10, it discovered 2 cases of fourth-generation infection. Experts think the extension of the chain of transmission will make containing the virus tougher
CDC: 15th coronavirus case in person who return from China, likely to be additional cases in coming days, weeks
Administration sources say they believe China is under reporting the number of coronavirus cases by at least 100,000 in China. Also sources say the administration believes China is "severely" under reporting the number of deaths from the virus
"@NATO allies must carefully consider the long term risks of the economic & commercial choices they make, particularly regarding the integration of Chinese telecommunications" per @EsperDoD
Huangzhou District, which is part of Huanggang and close to Wuhan, has issued a 500 yuan ($71) reward for anyone who reports a person suffering from fever
Dawu County in Hubei province announces "wartime" lockdown due to coronavirus, bans people from leaving their home
Huanggang, a neighboring city to coronavirus epicenter Wuhan, on Thursday put all residential communities on lockdown to contain the epidemic
