2 doctors at Prince of Wales Hospital, both had contact with #WuhanCoronavirus patients, are found with respiratory infection symptoms and quarantined. One of them also has fever. Test results are expected tomorrow
2 month agoKalitta Air 747 Wuhan rescue flight descending for March ARB, California
China's National Health Commission to release updates on virus cases at 8am and 3pm daily Beijing time from Jan 29 (7pm ET the prior day and 2am ET). Daily press conference moved to 3pm.
Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros: I have decided to reconvene the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) tomorrow to advise me on whether the current outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern
Finland's first coronavirus case confirmed in Lapland
2 month agoThe two mainland visitors newly confirmed of nCoV stayed in two five stars hotel, W Hotel in West Kowloon and Four Seasons Hotel, CHP confirmed
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 190km SE of Port Blair, India
[email protected]: "March Air Reserve Base and the @DeptofDefense stand ready to provide housing support to @HHSGov as they work to handle the arrival of nearly 200 people, including Department of State employees, dependents and US citizens evacuated from Wuhan, China."
Lukashenka instructed the government to negotiate and sign an agreement with Kazakhstan on oil supplies
German media: Lufthansa Airlines cancels all flights to China
Ikea says to close half its stores in China over virus outbreak
2 month agoThe epicenter of the epidemic, Hubei province, announced tonight that now is the critical period of time for Hubei to contain Coronavirus, so they decide to postpone the start date for all businesses until after February 13. All schools will also adjust their start date
China's Sichuan province reports one death from coronavirus - state media
2 month agoJapan recorded the 8th case, who is a tour guide living in Osaka. She was on the same bus as the bus driver who was infected after serving a tour group from Wuhan. She is the second case of human-to-human transmission within Japan
Two patients from Tai Po Nethersole Hospital tested positive for new coronavirus
Third coronavirus case in a day sees Hong Kong disease total rise to 11
German health ministry spokeswoman says quarantine planned for Germans returning from china on evacuation flight
2 month agoAustralia and Singapore have both recorded new cases. The patient in Australia is a 44-year-old man from Wuhan, and he is under quarantine at a hospital in Gold Coast. That raised Australia's total number of cases to 7
British citizens returning from Wuhan in China will be put in quarantine for two weeks
2 month agoTaliban overran ANDSF base near Dashti Archi district center in Kunduz last night, claiming to have killed 35 pro-govt soldiers & detaining 4, destroying 4 APCs & seizing weapons/equipment.
2 month agoPM Modi says armed forces can defeat Pakistan "in 7-10 days"
Kazakhstan to suspend all buses, trains, and flights with China due to coronavirus - gov't
Torkham gate closed after 2 mortars fired from Afghanistan
As of 18:00 Wednesday total confirmed cases of novelcoronavirus reached 6,078 nationwide: state TV
Two HKers are confirmed infected nCoV2019 in Guangzhou. They both work in Wuhan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - North Indian Ocean
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 29km SSE of Gharm, Tajikistan
Indonesia's Lion Air says to suspend China flights over virus
2 month agoSingapore-based Jetstar Asia in Singapore pauses 3 mainland China routes - Hefei, Guiyang & Xuzhou and cancels Hong Kong route from March 28
Two more "preliminary" cases of nCoV found in HK - an elderly couple in their 70s. Wuhan residents who entered HK via KA853 on Jan 22. Sent to hospital on Jan 28 after spending time at hotel
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) will fly two flights from the Chinese city of Sanya on January 30 and February 3 to evacuate its citizens due to №coronavirus
Beijing government says rising number of coronavirus cases suggests the situation in the capital is moving from the "import phase" to the "spreading phase"
4 Pakistani students in China confirmed to have coronavirus: PM's special assistant on Health
Yonhap: South Korea will quarantine citizens from Wuhan in two different locations south of Seoul
Our coronavirus tracker shows the number of cases more than doubled today in Wenzhou, a city in China's Zhejiang province, to 104. This is the first city outside the epicenter (Hubei province) to have more than 100 cases
2 month agoShanghai has started to report the number of cases of coronavirus infection every 12 hours, instead of the previous 24 hours, local govt said at a briefing Wed afternoon
Students in Singapore have been hurriedly clearing out dormitory rooms to be used as quarantine facilities for their peers as the city-state ramps up precautionary measures against the fast-spreading coronavirus
British Airways says it is halting bookings of direct flights to Beijing and Shanghai due to coronavirus - Sky News
Plane carrying U.S. citizens from virus-hit Wuhan lands in Anchorage
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 77km S of Kuril'sk, Russia
Last night Afghan commandos destroyed Taliban's jail in Balamurghab district of Badghis province and released 63 ANDSF from that jail. 12 members of Taliban group killed and 5 arrested by Afghan commandos
2 month 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
Malaysia announces 3 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the number of cases to 7
Plane carrying U.S. citizens from virus-hit Wuhan has taken off, en-route to the U.S.
2 month agoAn ANA Boeing 767 is used to evacuate Japanese citizens from Wuhan #coronavirus
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 157km WSW of Mohean, India
On Jan. 28 approximately 160 Burma Army soldiers from LIB 301 and other units together under LID 88 battled TNLA soldiers near Maw Sang in Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State.
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
2 month 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
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood on the 55 boxes of remains from the Korean War that were provided by North Korea: "Thus far 43 US service members missing from the Korean War have been identified and more than 100 identifications are expected from those remains"
Ghazni provincial police chief Khalid Wardak tells @Reuters there were 4 bodies and 2 other personnel onboard "who were alive and they are missing."
Brazil health minister says suspected case of coronavirus identified in Minas Gerais, a woman who visited Wuhan in China
The US military finds the remains of victims of the crashed plane in Afghanistan
2 month agoThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised travelers to avoid all non-essential trips to China
2 month agoOne police Ranger was destroyed in MIED blast in Herat yesterday.
Taliban claimed targeting ANDSF convoy in IED attack in Bazariq area of Shor Tapa district of Balkh, claiming to have destroyed one APC & killing 4 soldiers. Also claimed attack on outpost with laser-mounted weapons last night in Chahr Bolak area, claiming 3 dead
2 month agoPostal services in HongKong will be suspended until at least February 2
Taliban claimed engaging ANDSF convoy on main Kabul-Jalalabad highway in Dabeli area of Sarubi district of Kabul, claiming to have killed a reserve unit commander for Nangarhar (Samun Yar Hedayatullah) along with 2 guards & wounding another commander (Sayed Tahir). Afghanistan
2 month 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
2 month 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
2 month agoUruphong Radio Center Reported the fire incident at Srithanya Hospital, 2 cars arrived at the scene.
[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
Pakistan's reports that multiple members of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), including leader Mohsin Dawar, were arrested at a protest in Islamabad today as they called for the release of PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen
2 month 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
Taliban have suffered casualties in the suprise night raids combined with a ground assault in eastern Nangarhar, but also lost territory in northern Faryab. But the Taliban military officials are preparing their counter-offensive before even spring has started.
2 month ago3 explosives found in 2 days, police say someone has admitted responsibility to seal the customs
2 women killed and 7 wounded by artillery rounds fired into Kin Daung village, Buthidaung township, on Jan. 25. Neither the nearby Burma Army LIB 551 or Arakan Army have claimed responsibility
2 month 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
2 month agoBakhtullah Bakht, a commander of local army forces in Shah Joy district of Zabul province, was killed by unknown gunmen in Kabul city on Tuesday afternoon, Zabul officials confirmed
IDP camp destroyed by Burma Army LID 66, forcing displaced villagers into further displacement from Sanyin village, Myebon Township, on Jan. 27
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
Takhar's Baharak district fully cleared of Taliban militants: MoD
Checkpoints on the border with China in the Khabarovsk Krai, the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Amur Region will not work until February 7
2 month 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
2 month 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
2 month 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
Malaysia: 40 abduction bids foiled in Sabah
Singapore confirms 2 more cases of WuhanCoronavirus, bringing total number of cases to 7
Explosive device found at Shenzhen border point, after suspected bomb destroys another toilet
Six more Chinese tourists found infected with coronavirus
