3 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
3 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
Singapore reports fifth confirmed case of China coronavirus
One militant killed in Joint Ops in Op Arwani (Anantnag). Weapon & war like stores recovered. Ops in progress
U.S. Air Force E-11A assigned to the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron based out of Kandahar Airfield, crashed per U.S. military officials. At the moment, the cause of the crash is unknown
Government of China's Zhejiang province says companies not allowed to return to work before Feb. 9
3 week agoMore images coming from Ghazni plane crash site.
The seventh confirmed case of new coronavirus infection in Macau: The patient is a 67-year-old female Wuhan resident
Beijing reported eight new confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday, one death
Cambodia confirms first case of Wuhan coronavirus
A reporter from NBC said a police officer grabbed her breast at a protest on Sunday. When she asked other officers at the scene to give his id number she was pepper sprayed in the face
3 week agoMore Images of Crashed U.S AirForce's Surveillance Aircraft E-11A
[email protected]: We are in very close communication with China concerning the virus. Very few cases reported in USA, but strongly on watch. We have offered China and President Xi any help that is necessary. Our experts are extraordinary
Initial reports of a military helicopter crash in Sharana area outskirts of Paktika. Afghanistan
3 week agoTaliban say a U.S aircraft crashed & not shotdown in an official claim
3 week agoHong Kong, as an intl transport hub, is particularly vulnerable to epidemics. The city's flagship airline @cathaypacific has confirmed in an internal email that a passenger who flew from Hong Kong to Los Angeles on Jan 20 has been infected by the #WuhanCoronovirus
3 week agoAs of noon in HongKong, 110 patients remained in isolation with 104 in a stable condition. 69 patients were admitted in the preceding 24-hours to undergo further testing
A Japanese journalist has been detained for military espionage in Russia. Russian Foreign Ministry protests Japan over Japanese attempts to collect classified data
Pakistan Arrests Leader of Social Movement Critical of Army
UN gravely concerned as its initial findings indicate at least four children and two women killed Saturday by pro-government forces airstrike in Boka village, Balkh, Afghanistan. UNAMA urges victim support and earliest publication of ANA and USFOR-A investigations
Shanghai authorities imposing 2-week quarantine period on people returning from Hubei area
Arif Rahmani, an Afghan lawmaker representing Ghazni in parliament, says crashed aircraft had been carrying 15 people, adding ambulances reached the crash site which is controlled by the Taliban
Kashmir— Potential gunfight rages in Arwani area of southern Anantnag district. Indian government forces had launched a cordon and search ops in the area since today morning
South Korean government is considering evacuating Korean citizens from Wuhan by arranging two charter flights. The Korean Consulate General in Wuhan confirms more than 400 Korean nationals saying they wanted to leave the city
3 week agoMany of Tibetan monasteries and institutes in Tibet remain shutdown amidst outbreak of Coronavirus in Wuhan
3 week agoThe moment the plane crashed in Ghazni
Germany calls for avoiding "unnecessary" travel to China and intends to evacuate its nationals from Wuhan
3 week agoBig line of embassy cars outside China's Foreign Ministry as ambassadors attend urgent coronavirus meeting. One tells us the main message was that China has things under control and there's no need for foreign govs to be planning the evacuation of their nationals from Wuhan
One reliable source has told that dozens of people from Hubei have been denied entry after arriving at the Hong Kong airport, but no airline and shipper is willing to transport them back to Hubei. The restricted area has created a vacuum for Hubei travellers
Passenger plane carrying 83 people crashes in eastern Afghanistan - local media
Ariana Afghan Airlines plane crashes in eastern Afghanistan, according to local media. No further details yet
Anshun, a city of nearly 2.5 million in China's Guizhou province, orders the closure of all public venues, cancels all public events
Companies in Shanghai cannot resume work before February 9 due to virus fight: government
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 74km WSW of Palana, Russia
3 week agoWuhan mayor Zhou Xianwang admitted his government didn't release information on time earlier in the coronavirus outbreak and he hopes people can.understand. Said he was misunderstood because information needs to be released with authorization and in accordance with law
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 86km W of Kabanjahe, Indonesia
Emergency situation declared in Nur-Sultan cause of powerful snowstorm
3 week agoJust landed in Milan from Hong Kong and every passenger is having their temperatures checked and providing contact details #WuhanCoronavirus
3 week agoGabriel Leung, dean of HKU's medical school on CoronavirusOutbreak: basic reproductive number - secondary cases generated by an index infected case - is 2.13. According to best estimate, case count doubles every six days, in the absence of any public health intervention
Moon orders coronavirus checks on all entrants from Chinese city of Wuhan
Reuters: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited the central city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, as the government sought to signal it was responding seriously to the crisis
Mongolia closed its border with China on Monday amid the outbreak of the WuhanCoronavirus. It also closed crossings for auto vehicles and pedestrian traffic, and called for all public gatherings to be canceled: reports
The device exploded in a toilet cubicle at the Caritas Medical Centre at about 2.30 a.m. local time, police said in a statement. The motive for the hospital explosion was not known
A suspected small-scale homemade bomb exploded at a general hospital in Hong Kong on Monday, causing the temporary evacuation of some patients but no injuries, police said
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 151km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
South Korea reports 4th Wuhan coronavirus case, a 55-year-old Korean male, according to SBS
China reports 769 new virus cases, totalling 2,744 nationwide
3 week agoIn Macau, they have also recorded the 6th case, who is a 15-year-old Wuhan resident that has no obvious symptom
The number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Hong Kong has increased to eight. One of the new cases has been to Wuhan and entered Hong Kong via the Luohu Port
Police said that a mob destroyed traffic lights at Huaming Road in Fanling at night and threw petrol bombs in Huiming Village, so they arrested 11 people
3 week ago#WuhanCoronavirus - The confirmed cases have risen to 2469 and the death toll has risen to 80, a significant jump within one day. Notably, there have been 50 people who are "cured," even though it remains to be seen what that actually means when details are provided
Liaoning Province confirmed 1 new coronavirus infection case, taking the total number to 22 in the province. Jiangxi Province confirmed 12 new coronavirus cases; total infection number in the province increased to 48
Hubei Province reported 371 new cases of #WuhanCoronavirus and 24 new deaths on Jan 26 local time; total infection cases in the province rose to 1,423, with 76 deaths
Wuhan Mayor says more than 2,200 suspected coronavirus patients are currently in hospital. This is in addition to the 618 confirmed cases in Wuhan - CCTV
3 week agoISEA claimed the killing of two Philippine soldiers as a result of the clash with its militants in LanaodelSur, Philippines
WHO chief says heading to China for virus talks
Malaysia on Saturday confirmed 3 cases of Coronavirus infection. The 3 have been admitted to Sungai Buloh hospital in Kuala Lumpur for treatment and were considered in stable conditions, the minister said at a news conference
3 week agoMedical center in central China's Huanggang is being transformed into a specialized hospital with 1,000 beds for coronavirus patients. The project will be completed in two days
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3 week ago[adjusted wording] Yicai News article estimates traffic outflows from Wuhan (domestic & int'l) before coronavirus lockdown with Baidu migration map & Flight Steward app data. Int'l destinations with top fight volume (12/30-1/22): Bangkok, Singapore, Tokyo
Paris: French nationals will be evacuated from Wuhan, China, to France
3 week agoFire near Karachi Airport
The Bahraini Ministry of Health confirms that no infection with the Corona virus has been detected in the country
Karachi airport: fire in the bushes engulfed an old discarded plane which is among several parked in a corner of the airport with wild growth around them.
China extends Lunar New Year holiday until Feb. 2 and school holidays also being extended due to coronavirus 2019nCoV, reports @CCTV
Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry: maintaining the minimum members of our diplomatic mission in China and returning their families precautionously after the spread of #coronovirus
3 week agoPolice fired pepper rounds at bystanders on Shantung St
3 week agoClashes have taken place in Mong Kok for the second night in a row. Photo: Stand News
Afghan MoD reported airstrikes in Helmand, Nimruz, Balkh, Badghis, Kunduz. Also reported ground ops in Kunduz, Nangarhar, Balkh
3 week agoHong Kong Police points pepper spray to reporters warning not to get closer while police taking youngster away
GovHK will also close "all children's playrooms in the indoor sports centres, the Toy Library & the Children's Multimedia Room of the HK Central Library, the Children's Discovery Gallery of the HK Heritage Museum, & the Children Gallery of HK Science Museum until further notice."
3 week agoLive in MongKok, riot police search & catch youngsters (again)
Mayor of Wuhan, epicenter of coronavirus, said at briefing that 5mln people have left the city due to #LunarNewYear travel and the outbreak. 9mln are still in the city
3 week agoFirst recorded case of infant being infected of nCoV2019 was reported in Beijing tonight. The baby girl is only 9 months old and has travel history in Wuhan
3 week agoProtest: in Mong Kok on the 2nd day of LunarNewYear as we can see its night market can be possibly a "heated" space for #HongKongProtests. More protesters here are chanting "HongKong Indepence - it's the only way out"
3 week agoHong Kong will deny any non-HK resident who's been to Wuhan for the past 14 days from entering the city, Govt announced
3 week agoFanling: At 8:32pm, the authorities warned that police may take action after vandalism took place and petrol bombs were thrown
Medical sources says confirmed cases of nCoV rose to 9 in hk - latest cases found at Tuen Mun hospital and North Dist hospital
3 week agoRiot police have stormed into a few public buildings nearby to disperse the protesting crowd. It is the first #WuhanCoronavirus-related protest in Hong Kong so far. Protesters have been protesting the requisition of a public estate as a quarantine camp since afternoon
Taiwan has confirmed the 4th case of #WuhanCoronavirus. She is a 50 something year old Taiwanese woman who traveled to Wuhan from Jan. 13 to 15 and then travel to Europe from the 16th to 25th. She started to cough on Jan. 22nd
3 week agoBlackclad protesters set fire at a public housing building believed to be used as quarantine camp in the face of the increasing WuhanCoronavirus epidemic. The Hong Kong govt said in the afternoon that it'd use Fai Ming Estate for quarantine but later denied the plan
3 week agoRiot police in Fai Ming Estate, Fanling. The slogan on the wall says "Government is incompetent. Hong Kong people save ourselves"
3 week agoChina's Premier Li Ke-qiang advised the #WuhanCoronavirus task force to be prepared for relevant works to control and contain the epidemic after the Lunar New Year holiday and consider to appropriately extend the holiday, adjust schools' start date and reduce
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was appointed as head of the CPC Central Committee leading group to combat #WuhanCoronavirus
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 264km SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
3 week agoRiot police are out in Fanling. One spoke with a mic and asked protesters to remain calm. "We understand your concern. As long as you are peaceful and you don't use violence, police won't intervene your expression."
3 week agoHKPolice arrives to Fanling and says they are only clearing roadblock, understands the concern, and says the Quarantine camp is fake news
3 week agoMore from Fanling in Hong Kong. Masked protesters have been digging up bricks and creating road blocks this evening. People are really concerned about the impact of the coronavirus. (Videos: Apple Daily, TV, RTHK)
Interesting reversal by Shantou in Guangdong Province. City sent new notice overturning previous decision. says will monitor people, vehicles, ships entering city but no travel restrictions. All taxi, car hailing, buses to operate normally. Vehicles only need disinfection
Japan reports 4th case of coronavirus
3 week agoFollowing Beijing and Tianjin, Hebei Province will cut all inter-provincial and inter-city shuttles from Jan 27, including shuttles to other provinces from Shijiazhuang International Airport. Airport shuttles to downtown Shijiazhuang will remain available
Afghan defense ministry says a probe team will be dispatched to Balkh district where an airstrike last night allegedly caused civilian casualties
3 week ago#WuhanCoronavirus: China's capital city Beijing (population at ca. 21M) will delay post-LunarNewYear re-opening of classes at nurseries, primary to high schools, universities & training institutions. Online learning materials will be provided. (Beijing Youth Daily)
3 week agoBalkh residents are protesting against the civilian deaths
Japan to evacuate its citizens in Wuhan a chartered flight amid the spread of the coronavirus in China. #WuhanCoronavirus
3 week agoMore checking, screening for those with the coronavirus. This is in Henan. A policeman told us to leave because they've already sorted the problem out here then another officer whispered something to him and we're having to wait for a government official to speak to us. China
3 week agoResidents in Fanling are blocking a road to Fai Ming Estate, a newly completed pubic housing estate, to protest against the government decision to reserve the complex for quarantine camp or dorm for medical staff
The average time between exposure and first symptoms of the Wuhan coronavirus is 10 days while transmission appears to be possible during this incubation period
3 week agoDr Lei Wai Seng of St. Januario Hospital said the 3rd imported case in Macau first arrived in HK by plane on Jan 20, and took ferry to Macau on Jan 22. She was negative to all tests on 23 but the hospital kept her isolated for 48hrs and tested again, when she was found positive
Airstrike: 3 children, 2 women & 2 men of the family members killed, due to NATO forces airstrike, Khas Balkh district, Balkh Province, Afghanistan. Local journalists says: no presence of Taliban in the area, but Pashtoon villagers are living in mentioned area
3 week ago#CoronavirusOutbreak Measures taken include leak prevention to avoid water contamination as the design and construction of Wuhan's special new hospital strictly follows standards, a local official said. Zhiyin Lake near the hospital is not a water source for the city, he said
3 week agoCommissioner of China's National Health Commission said that based on clinical cases, some patients have more severe symptoms where as some present more minor symptoms, but it is clear that WuhanCoronavirus has started to transmit between people and its ability to transmit is growing. They need more clinical data to analyze the exact nature of #WuhanCoronavirus.
Reuters: National Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei, speaking at a press briefing, said authorities' knowledge of the new virus was limited and they are unclear on the risks posed by mutations of the virus
Huaibei, a city of more than 2 million people in Anhui Province, closes public venues and bans all Hubei-registered vehicles from entering the city
China health director Ma Xiaowei says #WuhanCoronavirus is contagious during the incubation period, which is up to 14 days. "That's very different from SARS."
More signs of #Wuhanvirus impact on China's economy: Transport Ministry says travel is down for LunarNewYear. On first day Saturday, overall transportation dropped by 28.8% from same day last year. Railway transportation fell by 41.5%, roads 25%, passenger flights 41.6%
Unlike SARS, the coronavirus can infect people even if its carrier shows little or no symptom: Ma Xiaowei, head of the National Health Commission #WuhanCoronavirus
The #Wuhanpneumonia epidemic is estimated to last for some time and the number of people infected will also continue to increase: Ma Xiaowei, head of the National Health Commission
The current situation indicates the virus is becoming increasingly contagious. Its deadliness and treatment rate require further study, said Ma Xiaowei, head of the National Health Commission #WuhanCoronavirus
3 week agoThe coronavirus epidemic is entering a very complicated stage, and the spread of the virus is at a preliminary stage: Chinese health authority #WuhanCoronavirus
3 week agoZeng Guang, chief infectious disease scientist of China's CDC, said it was the national senior experts' advice to lock down Wuhan. "But closing transportation channels is not our own words. We advised Wuhan people not to leave the city and people outside not to go in," he said
3 week agoAnother person has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, the fourth case here in NSW and the fifth in the country. The result is expected to be confirmed tomorrow, as the death toll in China climbed above 50 as the virus continues to spread.
Health officials in Orange County health officials on Saturday confirmed a case of the Wuhan coronavirus, marking the third known case in the United States
China calls on all community leaders coordinating with the government to closely monitor anyone who has been to Wuhan in the past 15 days. And if a person shows any signs of illness, they are to be transferred to hospital, screened, and/or quarantined. #WuhanCoronavirus
3 week agoThailand has confirmed the 6th case of #WuhanCoronavirus. She is a 73 year old female tourist from Wuhan, and is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in Thailand. Since the epidemic broke out, 5 of the cases are tourists
3 week agoPresident Moon Jae-in comments on new coronavirus spread, urges South Koreans to "trust the government, follow necessary measures, and to not excessively worry."
#HongKong reports sixth #WuhanCoronavirus case in Wan Chai's Ruttonjee Hospital. "The Hongkonger, who has showed fever symptoms, had been to Wuhan and returned to Hong Kong high-speed rail." #coronavirus
Another Coronavirus case in Australia. Preliminary tests have come back positive for the disease in Sydney. Australia has FIVE people who have contracted the virus.
Britain advises against all travel to China's Hubei province
China's Jiangxi province bans public gatherings and closes public venues in effort to contain coronavirus.
3 week agoCharter flight will evacuate US diplomats and private citizens from Wuhan, China on Jan 28. #coronavirus
Shantou is more than 840 kilometers (520 miles) from Wuhan. It's the first city outside Hubei province to be put on lockdown
Ezhou, a city of 1 million which has been on a partial lockdown, has been put on a full lockdown
3 week agoMacau recorded three more cases of nCoV2019 including one of a person travelling from Hong Kong to Macau by ferry on last Thursday
South Korea reports 3rd confirmed case of Wuhan coronavirus
#WuhanCoronavirus update as of 24:00 Jan 25: New cases: 688 New deaths: 15 (13 from Hubei, 1 from Shanghai, 1 from Henan). Total cases: 1975 Total deaths: 56
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.
