Sudan Foreign Affairs Ministry: The government is preparing a plane to evacuate citizens from Wuhan
1 week agoBeijing city announced on Monday that individuals returning to the city without a history of traveling to Hubei province don't need to undertake the 14-day quarantine if their body temperature is normal and those living with them have no travel history to Hubei too
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: We intend to evacuate our nationals from China by the end of this week
Coronavirus patient stayed at Leiden Hotel, Mirador Mansion, Tsim Sha Tsui from January 27 to February 1
Hong Kong Health Protection Center receives notification of a confirmed case of new coronavirus in Shenzhen
Algeria suspends all flights to China due to #coronavirus
The UAE suspends flights with China, except of Beijing, starting February 5
The coronavirus can survive for five days maximum on smooth surfaces under suitable circumstances: experts from China's Health Commission
Charter flights between Russia and China will be stopped on February 14 - Golikova
The Egyptian plane carrying more than 300 Egyptians from Wuhan, China, arrives at El Alamein Airport
A cluster of coronavirus infection case was seen in a Beijing hospital, as nine patients included five medical personnel and four hospitalized patients were infected. As of early Monday morning, a total of 212 cases reported in the capital city
Virus fears wipe $393 billion off China's stock market despite government support moves
Iran oil minister says China's virus impacted oil demand
1 week agoIndia recorded its third case of coronavirus earlier today. The patient is a medical student returning to India from Wuhan. He has been quarantined and his condition is stable
1 week agoMembers frm Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (HAEA) are outside HA headquarters atm, chanting "Shutdown on all borders; Cut all sources". HKT 1800 is the deadline for govt to respond, they said
1 week agoCarrie Lam announced more closures for Hong Kong-mainland China border facilities amid coronavirus outbreak. Major ports of Lo Wu, Lok Ma Chau, HK-Macau ferry pier will close from midnight Tuesday. Only Shenzhen Bay bridge port and the mega HK-Macau/Zhuhai bridge remain open
1 week agoCarrie Lam succumbed to people's demand (partially) in HongKong today by announcing more closures in 4 borders in response to the #WuhanCoronavirusOutbreak. Minus 4, 3 remains: HK Int' Airport, Shenzhen Bay Port & Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
A shortage of vegetables is observed in Vladivostok after the closure of the border with China
China says it needs "urgent" protective masks as Corona virus spreads
1 week agoCitizens queueing up for mask in shopping mall. Few hundreds waiting for mere 54 boxes of masks. #2019CoV
Sixty-eight medical teams totaling over 8,310 members have been sent to central China's Hubei Province as of Sunday to aid novel coronavirus control, according to local authorities
1 week agoHong Kong medical workers hand out white ribbons while on strike. They're demanding the government reject all travelers from mainland China to stem the spread of the coronavirus
Chinese city of Chongqing reports 1 new death from coronavirus, raising overall death toll to 361. Others in serious and critical condition
PMO says Ottawa has chartered a plane that will fly to China to bring Canadian citizens home. Once in Canada, they will be screened at CFB Trenton, Ont. Timing of flight not yet determined.
Coronavirus: 9th US case of virus from China confirmed California. The case was the second found in Santa Clara County
Hubei: 2103 new cases of pneumonia caused by new coronavirus, 56 new deaths in the province
Brazil's foreign office has just announced it will be arranging a plane to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan, China, after plea from citizens stuck there
French health minister: 36 people on the evacuation flight had symptoms of coronavirus; 16 were transferred for return to their home country, 20 others remain on the tarmac to wait for test results
Global Affairs Canada says the number of Canadians seeking 'departure assistance' from China's Hubei Province has risen to 325 from about 200. Department chartering a plane to bring Canadians home from coronavirus epicentre. GAC says spaces not guaranteed
1 week agoHeavy military deployment at Wuhan airport
20 French citizens evacuated from China have symptoms of coronavirus, according to AFP
2 week ago8 Russian military Il-76 arrived in Wuhan to help fight nCov and evacuate Russian citizens
The Russian Railways Authority stops passenger traffic to China from midnight due to the spread of Coronavirus
2 week agoLast round of #WuhanVirus update - As of now, a total of 14490 cases have been confirmed across China, and the number of suspected case is at 19544. The number of those recovered is at 336 and the death toll is at 304. The number is likely to keep increasing in the morning
2 week agoPervasive social media platforms & the ability to spread false information on them has added a layer of complexity to managing the 2019nCoV outbreak, @WHO says. This problem was coming into focus during the West African Ebola outbreak but is next level now
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Chengdu, SW China's Sichuan Province on Monday
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 17km SE of Zhaozhen, China
US National Security Adviser: The United States offered China help to tackle the Coronavirus
China special task force on virus epidemic control to hold press briefing Mon, Feb 3, 10a Beijing (Sun, Feb 2, 9p ET) to address status of key medical supplies. Economic planner NDRC, Ministries of IT, Transport, Commerce, market regulation and health authorities to be there
US troops in South Korea are facing quarantine over the Wuhan coronavirus
2 week agoIn Inner Mongolia, there is another 40-year-old male patient who was confirmed to have contracted the virus even though he never left his city, never got close to anyone being feverish, never went to any agricultural trading market and never been around wild animals
Train services at Hong Kong's Lo Wu MTR station suspended after suspicious object found on platform
2 week agoIn Shenzhen, there have been 3 cases of community infection. All three patients, two women and one delivery guy, didn't leave Shenzhen 14 days before they contracted the virus and they also didn't have contact with anyone confirmed to have contracted the virus
2 week agoThe Mayor of Kunming City in Yunnan province asked all civil servants not to use KN95 medical grade masks, because professional gears should be used by frontline medical staff
Emergency situation declared in 2 districts bordering China in Primorsky Krai of Russia
Iraqi Ministry of Interior: Foreign arrivals from China banned due to new Coronavirus outbreak
Two German evacuees from Wuhan (who flew on Germany's evacuation plane) have tested positive for coronavirus
Philippines has announced a temporary ban on visitors from China
A 68-year-old confirmed patient in critical condition in Hong Kong
A confirmed patient who had previously lived in Whampoa Garden, and her mother's preliminary test was also positive
WHO: Most countries will be ready to detect this virus within a week
WHO: We follow on a daily basis the developments with the Coronavirus
2 week agoDrones have been used in Jinfeng district of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to spray sanitizer during prevention efforts against the novelcoronavirus on Sun. Another group of drones were used to broadcast prevention knowledge.(Courtesy of Yang Dongdong)
Indonesia temporarily suspends all flights to and from China from next Wednesday
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has told Sky News a french flight carrying UK nationals will travel from China to Europe today and the Britons on that flight will join 83 others at a hospital on the Wirral who are being kept in quarantine for 14 days amid the coronavirus outbreak
Czech PM Andrej Babis refuses to provide humanitarian aid for China for the coronavirus epidemic, saying medical equipment is needed home
Oman public authority for civil aviation suspends flights between Oman and China starting Sunday - Civil Aviation
Saudi Foreign Minister: 10 students arrive in Saudi Arabia after being evacuated from Wuhan, China
2 week agoWenzhou was blocked. It became the second Infected area after #WuhanCoronovirus outbroke
Philippines reports first coronarovirus 2019_nCov death outside China
