Death toll from coronovirus outbreak in China is 25, Chinese National Health Commission said. 830 others are the total confirmed cases. And there are still 8,420 close contacts of patients nationwide placed under medical observation, National Health Commission said
Public Health England says 14 people in the UK have been tested for coronavirus with five confirmed negative and nine still awaiting the results
Italy reports 'possible infection' of coronavirus of a woman from Wuhan
According to the Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the second patient with pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus is hospitalized at a medical institution in Tokyo.
Health authorities have confirmed a person in Sydney is in quarantine after possibly contracting coronavirus. They have been isolated in hospital for investigation of the potentially deadly disease.
WHO press conference on coronavirus: There is no evidence of human-to-human transmission outside of China
World Health Organisation says it is "too early" to consider the coronavirus outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern
3 week ago"Central Theater Command assists Wuhan lockdown" - CCP Central Military Commission has ordered Central Command to assist the Wuhan lockdown in response to social instability due to panic emotions
World Health Organization expert panel decides NOT to declare new virus an international emergency "Now is not the time" #coronavirus
US Treasury sanctions a Hong Kong-based company with branches in Iran, the UAE, China, and Germany for allegedly transferring millions of dollars to Iran's state oil company for products shipped to the UAE and China
3 week agoChairman of @FERC sends letter to the US Senate advising on the steps the commission is taking to address the threats @Huawei poses to the US energy grid through its line of solar products
The WHO has again delayed a decision on coronavirus and will reconvene tomorrow
Chinese officials say a 4th city, Xianning with a population of 2.5 million, will be put on lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus
The State Dept. tells CNBC that its travel advisory level for China was briefly raised in error from level 2 to 3 due to a "technical error." It remains at level 2
3 week agoGuangdong Province activated the highest response level to major public health incident, and that means city lockdowns are possible. Guangdong has two mega cities Guangzhou & Shenzhen and is China's most populated province with 113 million people. Hubei & Zhejiang also activated
First death of nCoV2019 recorded outside Hubei was an old man in his eighties in Hebei, a northern province adjacent to Beijing.
U.S. issues travel warning for China amid coronavirus outbreak and raises travel advisory level from 'exercise increased caution' to 'reconsider travel'
3 week agoThose ambulance convoys are supposedly being seen in Beijing near a facility that was used to fight SARS during the 2003 outbreak
3 people in Scotland being treated for suspected cases of Coronavirus. "The head of infection medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Professor Jurgen Haas, said all 3 had respiratory symptoms and had been in Wuhan in the last 14 days."
Taiwan says China conducts military drills over island's south
Vietnam confirms 2 cases of coronavirus. Health ministry says both people are Chinese nationals. The virus is present in 7 countries including Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and the United States
Chinese military aircraft fly close to Taiwan, island's defence ministry says
The Forbidden City will be forbidden from public access starting on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Due to the spread of WuFlu, the Palace Museum @Palace_Museum in Beijing is closed on the mainland starting on January 25 until further notice
As of now, authorities in Xiantao, Zhijiang, Chibi, Lichuan, Qianjiang have announced plans to suspend public transportation and inter-city bus services and some to set up check points at railway stations and highway exits. All are cities in Hubei
3 week agoFirst Case nCoV in Singapore #coronavirus
3 week agoHighways near Wuhan have been blocked to stop people from leaving the city of 11 million in an effort to contain coronavirus
3 week agoChina's Hubei Provincial government has issued a statement for every village and street, asking all families to cancel any type of gathering during the Lunar New Year holiday. Sources in Wuhan have told that they prefer such measure as it is hard to predict how many people out there have contracted the #WuhanCoronavirus but have yet to be treated properly.
Hong Kong Case 2 has 4 close contacts - 2 are in MacLehose quarantine camp, 1 in Prince Wales Hospital, 1 hospitalized and isolated. 17 other contacts have not shown any symptom
3 week agoDirector of Health Constance Chan on close contacts of the two confirmed cases. Case 1 has 8 close contacts - 3 are isolated and 5 not in HK; 46 other contacts, among which 6 showed symptoms and the other 40 without symptom are under medical watch
Chinese officials say a 3rd city, Chibi with a population of nearly half a million, will be put on lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus
Xiangyang city in Hubei, around 130km NW of Wuhan confirms 28 new cases
3 week agoActing Chief Executive Matthew Cheung has announced all passengers arriving the West Kowloon high speed rail will be required to fill in a health declaration forms from tmr
News agency Reuters reports that British officials have formally recommended granting Huawei a limited role in the UK's future 5G network citing two people with knowledge of the matter
3 week agoBeijing cancels large scale events, including holiday temple fairs, to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the Beijing News reports
3 week agoOne Chinese woman from Wuhan took medicine to reduce her temperature to avoid airport checks for the coronavirus. She flew to France and ate at a Michelin star restaurant, detailing it all on WeChat. the Chinese Embassy in Paris wants to talk to her
Coronavirus infections confirmed in Xinjiang, Chinese state television reports.
3 week agoChina Southern Airlines flight CZ3345 departed Wuhan it seems that some departures from the airport are being authorized
The number of people infected with the new type of pneumonia caused by the 2019-nCoV coronavirus in Beijing has increased to 22 people.
China closes a second city, Huanggang, to stop spread of Coronavirus
3 week agoIn video: Inside the quarantined wards of nCoV2019-infected patients in Wuhan
3 week agoWuhan train station completely blocked by police as the city of Wuhan has been placed in quarantine
3 week agoRoads leading to and from Wuhan have been blocked as the city has been placed in quarantine to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus
3 week agoRussia Ministry of Defense report about the drill of delivery of "special warheads" for Iskander-M(SS-26) in Buryatiya
3 week agoPan Pacific Airlines to suspend direct flights from Wuhan, China to Kalibo effective immediately. Remaining passengers bound for Wuhan from Kalibo will be carried tonight Jan 23 and on Saturday. (photo from source)
3 week agoFighting coronavirus: 604 confirmed cases worldwide, 17 dead. Wuhan City Has Suspended Public Transportation, Travel Abroad by Air and Train to Stop the Epidemic
3 week agoPrivate cars and trucks can freely leave Wuhan, drivers and passengers get a temperature check. Vehicles also permitted to drive in. Not currently accurate to describe the city as being "locked down"
3 week agoShanghai: Apparently this happened today: a traveller with high fever from Wuhan went straight into a quarantine cage. #WuhanCoronavirus
World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros says delays decision on whether to declare coronavirus outbreak an international emergency until Thursday
3 week agoChina's Wuhan coronavirus disease control authority just issued an order to shut down whole city's public transports and ways out including bus, metro, ferry, inter-city bus, train, and Wuhan airport. Effective from 10am UTC+8 Jan. 23. #WuhanCoronavirus
3 week agoIn order to fight WuFlu, Wuhan's bus, metro, ferry and other long-distance transport services will be temporarily suspended starting on January 23 at 10 am, says state media @CCTV. Airport and train stations leaving Wuhan will also close. #WuhanPneumonia
[email protected]: One of the many great things about our just signed giant Trade Deal with China is that it will bring both the USA & China closer together in so many other ways. Terrific working with President Xi, a man who truly loves his country. Much more to come
St.Petersburg authorities say that Chinese citizen suspected for new coronavirus infection tested negative.
Rospotrebnadzor: Chinese citizen that was hospitalized in St.Petersburg with suspicious fever has arrived 1 week ago
3 week agoHKU and Chinese University of HK (CUHK) medical schools suspend hospital teaching due to Wuhan #Coronavirus
3 week agoTaiwan has announced travel ban on Wuhan tourists and the Chinese government bans Wuhan people from leaving the city hoping to stop coronavirus spreading. Screen shot of high speed train ticket from Wuhan to HongKong sold out is going viral
Wuhan Govt has issued an emergent mask law requiring everyone to wear a mask in public places
3 week agoBy 8pm tonight, death toll of #WuhanPneumonia in Hubei increased to 17 and the province recorded 444 confirmed cases
2 people who arrived to Pulkovo from China were hospitalized to Infectious Disease Clinic in St.Petersburg
Hong Kong police seize cargo boat suspected to have been involved in patrol boat collision that left three customs officers dead
3 week agoHong Kong health minister Sophia Chan cites preliminary results from the government's Public Health Laboratory Services Branch, the 39-year-old man has tested positive for the novel #WuhanCoronavirus
3 week agoIn an approved rally, around 1,000 people gathered outside Lai Chi Kok Detention Centre — where dozens of detained protesters refused bail are held — to wish them a happy Lunar New Year. Photo: Stand News.
First suspected nCov/Wuhan pneumonia case reported in Pulkovo airport of St.Petersburg Russia. 23y.o citizen of Russia traveled to Shanghai via Krasnoyarsk and Moscow
3 week agoThe second preliminary positive case of Wuhan Pneumonia in Hong Kong is being transferred from Prince Wales Hospital to Princess Margaret Hospital
