Plane carrying U.S. citizens from virus-hit Wuhan lands in Anchorage
3 week agoHong Kong market re-opens after lunar new year - first chance to respond to #ChinaCoronaVirus and it's down +3% with almost every stock in the index declining.
As of 8:00 am Wednesday, total confirmed cases of novelcoronavirus reached 5,974, with 132 deaths nationwide: China's National Health Commission
Plane carrying U.S. citizens from virus-hit Wuhan has taken off, en-route to the U.S.
3 week agoAn ANA Boeing 767 is used to evacuate Japanese citizens from Wuhan #coronavirus
The Foreign Office says it is advising against "all but essential travel to mainland China" amid the coronavirus outbreak and that it is aiming to fly out British nationals in the city of Wuhan who want to leave on Thursday
The United States asks China for more cooperation and transparency on the Corona virus
The White House is considering restricting travel to China due to concerns over the spread of the Coronavirus
15 ICU nurses called sick leave, Eastern Hospital said
4 week agoAt about 10.30 tonight, someone in Block K of Telford Garden was taken to an ambulance, and the ambulance personnel present were wearing a full set of protective clothing.
Australia Govt travel advice now: reconsider all travel to China and do not travel to Hubei Province because of the #coronavirus
Brazil health minister says suspected case of coronavirus identified in Minas Gerais, a woman who visited Wuhan in China
4 week agoThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised travelers to avoid all non-essential trips to China
4 week agoPostal services in HongKong will be suspended until at least February 2
4 week agoTaiwan recorded the 8th case and it is also the first case of transmission among family members. The patient is a 50-something-year-old man whose family member was diagnosed with the virus last week. He started coughing since Jan. 26 and was diagnosed today
4 week agoLatest on 2019nCoV - Japan just recorded the 7th case of coronarvirues, a woman in her 40s traveling in Hokkaido, who was diagnosed to have contracted the virus on the 28th. She lives in Wuhan and has been traveling in Japan for 7 days. She previously was a bit feverish
Two patients in Beijing have recovered from the novel coronavirus and were discharged from the hospital on Tuesday: local medical authority
[email protected] understands from one family in China Wuhan that @foreignoffice organised evacuation flight out due to take off early Thursday morning, bound for Gatwick
4 week agoGuangdong Province's latest 2019nCoV update reports a total of 207 infections in people ranging in age from 11 months to 85 years. There have been few reports so far — that have filtered out, anyway — of infections in young children
First confirmed case on Hokkaido of the Corona virus originating from Wuhan. It's a Chinese tourist coming for new year holiday travels
4 week ago3 explosives found in 2 days, police say someone has admitted responsibility to seal the customs
4 week agoMany residential compounds in Beijing are only keeping one entrance open starting January 28, and are requiring visitors to register before entering as China attempts to limit the spread of the coronavirus
EU will not ban China's Huawei, but impose 'strict' 5G rules: official
German man infected with coronavirus caught it from a Chinese woman who met with him for work, according to local media, making it Europe's first known case of human-to-human transmission
World Health Organisation chief Tedros has met president Xi in Beijing as well as foreign minister Wang and health minister, on Coronavirus outbreak - WHO spokesman
Checkpoints on the border with China in the Khabarovsk Krai, the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Amur Region will not work until February 7
4 week agoCarrie Lam announces suspension of Hong Kong train services (including high-speed rail) connecting mainland China to stop spread of coronavirus. Main ports – Lo Wu, Lok Ma Chau & Shenzhen Bay – remain open.
Govt confirmed there are "sizeable" amount of Hubei residents in HK, and will contact them hospitals. Meanwhile, govt will liaise with central govt on how to arrange some 200 HKers in Hubei
4 week agoMeanwhile, Beijing said the number of suspected cases witnessed a drop for the first time since the #WuhanOutbreak on the 27th
Japan's Health Minister confirms 2 more cases of patients with new coronavirus in the country. For the first time there's one who never went to Wuhan A bus driver for a tour from Wuhan
CarrieLam: HK gov has received 107 requests for help from 200 HKers in Wuhan. None of them is student. HK gov is communicating with Beijing for a "safe and feasible plan" of evacuation
China will stop individual travelers to Hong Kong to curb novel coronavirus spread, Chief Executive Carrie Lam says
CarrieLam: all HKers in mainland China are urged to come back and all HKers in town are urged not to go to any places affected by nCov2019. HKers return from affected areas are recommended to carry out self-quarantine for 14 days
4 week agoA masked #carrielam on more measures against #coronavirus outbreak: 1. with central govt approval's - suspension of personal travel permits for mainland residents to hk 2. reduce traffic between hk and mainland: high speed rail service suspended / halfing mainland flights
Kazakhstan suspended the operation of a 72-hour visa-free entry regime for Chinese citizens until July 1 - Decree
Twenty navy officers who returned from a visit to Wuhan, China, left the city before it was locked-down to contain the coronavirus epidemic, Thailand navy spokesman said on Tuesday
Seoul - More than half a million South Koreans have signed a petition calling for a ban on people from China entering the country, as Seoul announced on Tuesday it would evacuate citizens from the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak
HongKong's pro-Beijing DAB Party said the city "must consider" closing its borders amid the Wuhan coronavirus, after a meeting with Carrie Lam. This comes as Lam is scheduled to hold a presser alongside the sec for security and head of immigration at 4:30pm
Explosive device found at Shenzhen border point, after suspected bomb destroys another toilet
Six more Chinese tourists found infected with coronavirus
Tianjin in North China is to launch wartime mechanism to confront the novel coronavirus, the first city in China to do so. A general hospital and 500 medical teams in the city are to be put under military management
Wuhan reports 1,291 new cases and 24 new deaths, raising death toll to 106
13 new novel coronavirus cases confirmed in Shanghai on Monday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 66 in the city
All HongKong public sports centres, libraries, and museums will be closed from today due to the Wuhan coronavirus, the gov't announced overnight
4 week agoShips heading for New Orleans will be asked about sick crew members and passengers prior to arrival if they recently stopped in China. Those who fail to report sick people face fines up to $94,000
First Coronavirus case in BC: Burnaby's Councillor James Wang claims one patient flew to Vancouver from Shanghai, developped symptoms, but dismissed by Vancouver General Hospital. Next day, the patient went back to Shanghai and was diagnosed with Coronavirus
The Department of Health requires Hong Kong people who have been to Hubei to declare to the Port Health Department
Beijing has banned private charities and volunteers from entering Hubei Province, the epicenter of the #CoronavirusOutbreak, or sending materials to hospitals directly. It's unclear why authorities made the decision
4 week agoU.S. State Department tells @cbsnews planned charter flight to evacuate American citizens from Wuhan, China will land in *Ontario, California* east of Los Angeles. Passengers to pay back cost of flight and subject to "CDC screening, health monitoring and observation."
Guterres says @UN appreciates China's effort to battle against novel coronavirus and has full confidence in China's ability of controlling the outbreak
Wuhan virus: Sri Lanka confirms first case
The US Navy sailed the USS Montgomery near the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea Saturday, challenging China's attempts to place restrictions on how ships can operate in the area. The US has accused Beijing of deploying jamming equipment & missiles to the Spratlys
First coronavirus case in Germany confirmed: According to the Ministry of Health, a man from the district of Starnberg in Bavaria was infected
Jiangxi province in China just announced 24 new virus cases - a 50% increase in one day
4 week agoWuhan doctor who shared info about coronavirus on social media on Dec 30 before govt lifted info blockade punished by police on Jan 3. He's now in ICU with virus. Interview with him from China Youth Daily deleted from WeChat
@StateDept raises travel advisory to China amid coronavirus outbreak. It is urging Americans to "reconsider travel" to China
