Japanese researchers estimate that at least half of new infections of coronavirus occur while the first patient is not showing symptoms yet - Kyodo
Video shows houses burning in Masanchi village, and shots audible
1 year agoGunmen arrived in Masanchi village in Zhambylska province of Kazakhstan, set at least 10 houses on fire. Shoot at local people. Locals are awaiting security forces
1 year agoPresident of Kazakhstan Tokaev says that provocateurs used the situation in Kordaysky district of Zhambylska region
Kyrgyzstan is deploying additional forces on the border with Kazakhstan in Chuiska region after riots reported in border district of Kazakhstan
Hubei province reports 2841 new virus cases (up from 2447 yesterday), 81 new deaths (up from 69 yesterday), and 1985 new cases in Wuhan (up from 1501 yesterday)
1 year ago100KG of hashish & two AKs seized by anti-narcotics units in Zazai Aryoub district of Paktia, Afghan MoI claimed.
Taliban claimed attack on base of pro-govt forces close to Shortapa district police HQ in Balkh Friday afternoon, claiming to have killed and wounded 30 pro-govt soldiers & destroying one APC. Afghanistan
1 year agoNo injuries have been reported in the incident of fire, at Milan Industrial Estate in Mumbai
Both State Dept. chartered planes that evacuated 300 Americans from China are currently holding in Vancouver, Canada and Travis Air Force Base in California due to two "persons of interest," one on each plane, who show symptoms of coronavirus: U.S. officials close to CDC say
Two new coronavirus confirmed cases in Hong Kong today, a total of 26
Taliban: enemy bombed a Besh Kapa village of Qaisar district Faryab on Thursday resulting in local mosque Imam (Mawlawi Abdul Sattar) along with 3 children killed, 2 other civilians wounded
Wuhan will add 5,400 new beds for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms as five schools will be transformed into designated medical centers, Hu Yabo, executive vice-mayor of Wuhan, says at a press conference
1 year agoKhabarovsk authorities ordered mandatory protective masks for public services workers starting 10th February
1 year agoANDSF blew up a vehicle allegedly smuggling drugs along with the alleged smuggler, who has been turned to crisp, on the outskirts of Surobi, Kabul. Incident confirmed by Interior Ministry.
Turkish health minister says Turkey stopped imports of all livestock and animal fats from China
1 year agoMap of locations where passengers on the cruise ship outside Japan, where 61 have been confirmed to have contracted coronavirus, were present on January 31
1 year agoCCTV footage of two unidentified persons opening fire in front of a shop in Delhi's Jafarabad area earlier today. Police investigation is underway
1 year agoThe Taiwan government sent a coronavirus national alert, reminding people that if they had been to certain areas between 6 am and 5:30 pm on January 31 and if they had felt feverish or had respiratory symptoms, they should take a precautionary health management until Feb 14
Reuters: Senior WHO official says the "unnecessary profiling" of individuals outside of China based on ethnicity is utterly unacceptable and needs to stop
1 year agoHong Kong's commemoration activities for Dr LiWenliang in China, who died after being reprimanded by police for his early warnings on the Coronavirus
[email protected]: ..he will be successful, especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone. Great discipline is taking place in China, as President Xi strongly leads what will be a very successful operation. We are working closely with China to help
[email protected]: Just had a long and very good conversation by phone with President Xi of China. He is strong, sharp and powerfully focused on leading the counterattack on the Coronavirus. He feels they are doing very well, even building hospitals in a matter of only days. Nothing is easy, but
Hong Kong says people coming from mainland China will be quarantined for 14 days; those who violate it face up to 6 months in prison or a fine - RTHK
More than 6,000 HK medical workers voted to put a halt to their strike after five days due to the escalating WuhanCoronovirus outbreak, says @appledaily_hk. They had been protesting for a complete border seal & better equipment support
Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung confirmed one more confirmed nCoV2019 infection in Hong Kong, bringing the total to 25
1 year agoImage of a grocery store in Belcher's, a luxury development in Hong Kong - stockpiling
1 year agoFollowing several cases of novel coronavirus without any links to previous cases or travel history to mainland China, Singapore raises novel coronavirus risk assessment to DORSCON Orange
Chinese copper traders declare force majeure over coronavirus
KCNA: "Interleukin-2 injections and spleukin spray, which are believed to be efficacious against novel coronavirus, have been urgently produced and supplied to the border passing spots, airports and harbors. Meanwhile, a research work is going on to develop new antiviral agents."
KCNA: "The Biomedicine Institute of the Academy of Medical Science in the DPRK has recently increased the production of medicines amid a brisk campaign for preventing the novel coronavirus infection."
1 year agoHong Kong 2nd top official, Matthew Cheung, invites retired govt officials to volunteer to help fight the increasing WuhanCoronavirus epidemic in Hong Kong. So far about two dozens of infection cases have been confirmed. Several have been infected locally. One has died
1 year agoA National Health Commission spokesperson expressed condolence over Dr LiWenliang's death at Friday's press conference
First British national to contract coronavirus had been in Singapore
Coronavirus: 41-year-old infected Singaporean had lohei lunch with colleagues; at least eight quarantined
![Thailand's health minister: Those farang tourists .. we're handing [out masks] and they still refuse. They need to be kicked out of Thailand.](https://asia.liveuamap.com/pics/2020/02/07/21956988_0.jpg)
1 year agoThailand's health minister: "Those farang tourists .. we're handing [out masks] and they still refuse. They need to be kicked out of Thailand."
Dozens of Britons are trapped on board a quarantined cruise ship where more than 60 passengers have been diagnosed with coronavirus
194 salespeople from a shopping mall in N China's Tianjin have been put into quarantine after 23 people infected with the coronavirus were found at the mall, leading to about 9,200 entering quarantine
1 year agoGuam denies entry to Holland America's Westerdam cruise ship, citing fears of coronavirus
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 245km ENE of Enarotali, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 103km SE of Caburan, Philippines
Shenzhen is now on lockdown
The UK changed its guidance today to start screening pts from 9 countries in Asia after diagnosing nCoV in traveller from Singapore
As of 24:00 on February 6, 2020, Hubei Province has reported 22112 cases of pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infection. 3161(+833) are severe cases and 841(+85) are critically cases
On February 6, 2020, 2447 new cases of pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infection were added in Hubei Province. There were 69 new deaths in the province
1 year agoLiftoff of Arianespace Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M with OneWeb satellites
1 year agoLaunch of Arianespace Soyuz 2.1b with OneWeb satellites
Rajasthan Minister Harish Chaudhary once again writes to PM Modi seeking declaration of locusts attack in the state as a national calamity, a change of rules under State Disaster Response Fund to provide help to affected farmers & effective plan to find a permanent solution to it
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 96km S of Pisangkemeng, Indonesia
Taiwanese authorities believe a retired couple got the coronavirus on a plane from Hong Kong to Europe
1 year agoStuff seized by Afghan intelligence (NDS) SOF team during a raid in Wardak.
1 year agoPeople's Daily, China: We deeply mourn the death of Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang, who unfortunately got infected with novel Coronavirus while battling with the epidemic. After all-effort rescue, Li passed away on 2:58 am, Feb. 7
Report says Pakistani security forces recovered and neutralized explosive material in Loralai, Balochistan
There is confusion over earlier reports that the whisteblowing Chinese doctor Li Wenliang had died. The state-run newspaper that reported his death has deleted its report and claims he is in intensive care in Wuhan in critical condition
"The Chinese have used at least the last 18 years while we were in Iraq & Afghanistan to make enormous strides with regard to the professionalization of their force, modernizing their doctrine, building new capabilities, going after us asymmetrically," says @EsperDoD
1 year agoChinese doctor Li Wenliang, one of the eight whistleblowers who tried to warn other medics of the coronavirus outbreak but were reprimanded by local police, dies of coronavirus on Thursday in Wuhan, the Global Times has learned
1 year agoA 2nd cruise ship, the World Dream, is docked in Hong Kong under quarantine over coronavirus fears, though 33 crew members with symptoms have tested negative. Dream Cruises tells CBC News that there are 36 Canadian passengers on that ship.
1 year agoMessages on Weibo and in Wechat groups that whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang has passed away
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 79km E of Sarangani, Philippines
Three new coronavirus confirmed cases in Hong Kong today, a total of 24
Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 - 104km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
Tianjin, one of China's biggest cities, will restrict access to residential areas
1 year agoBelarus Air Force IL76TD 5100E7 airborne from China Belarus has sent the second plane with humanitarian aid to China to assist the country in countering the coronavirus outbreak
Reuters: The government of Dali city, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, was accused this week of making an "emergency requisition" of a shipment of masks bound for the hard-hit municipality of Chongqing, state media reported
1 year agoUrumqi, the capital of East Turkistan ( Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ) will be locked down starting Feb 5 due to coronavirus threat. Here is the official announcement
Virus outbreak: China's ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming is defending China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak
Virus outbreak: China's ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming says the number of cured patients is rising and we are fully confident in beating the virus
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 107km ESE of Takahagi, Japan
A teacher was hit by a stray bullet in Panetaw Kontan village Rathedaung township on Feb. 3. In early Dec. 2019 AA and Burma Army supported by air power battled 5km east around Pry Khaung village
12 charter flights have brought back 1,500 Hubei residents stranded overseas back to China. More flights will be arranged for other Chinese travelers still stranded in other countries: Civil Aviation Administration of China official
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar: 6 Indian crew members of the ship 'Abdul Razzak' who were detained in Iran for 11 months have been released. Thank Iranian authorities for their assistance. Appreciate efforts of our Embassy in Tehran and our Consulate in Bandar Abbas
At WHO executive board, China delegation expresses its "strong dissatisfaction" that some countries raised the issue of Taiwan's participation
U.S. urges who to "engage directly with Taiwan public health authorities on actions"
Recent arrests by police of their own personnel: the deputy head of Pul e Charkhi prison just went on trial for running drug ring, the head of Nangarhar prison just arrested on bribery, the head of Kabul counter-narcotics police (and many of his officers) arrested on drug dealing
Fresh clashes reported today between Indian and Pakistani armies along LoC today
A total of 22 confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Hong Kong so far
The manned ship Soyuz MS-13 lands in the Kazakh steppe
1 year agoShanghai government enforcing 14 day home quarantine for people who've visited Hubei in last two weeks.
Taiwan authority's attempt to use epidemic to seek "independence" will never succeed: China
1 year agoPM Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha: We have kept the fiscal deficit in check. Price rise is also under check and there is macro-economic stability. Investor confidence should increase, the country's economy should be strengthened, for this we have also taken several steps
A female patient at Princess Margaret Hospital tested positive for new coronavirus
Taiwan bans international cruise ships from berthing in Taiwan's ports
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 170km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia
1 year agoAn Australian man has been stabbed in the Maldives in what's being reported as a terrorist attack. Two other foreign nationals have also been injured in the incident on the island of Hulhumale, and the Department of Foreign Affairs is investigating
Saudi Arabia suspends its nationals traveling to China to implement health measures to prevent coronavirus
1 year agoJust had some food delivered in Beijing and on top attached is this slip with the temperature of the cook, delivery person and waiter
China said on Thursday it will halve tariffs on some goods imported from the United States starting from 1:01 p.m. local time (0501 GMT) on Feb. 14 and reiterated it hopes it can work with Washington to eventually scrap all tariffs in bilateral trade
The 10 new coronavirus cases on the cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan were out of 71 people tested. The first 10 cases were out of 31 people tested. There are approximately 3,700 people on the ship
The Japanese government has created a nationwide television broadcast advising civilians on how to protect themselves in the event of a North Korean missile attack.
