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Hong Kong turns holiday camps into quarantine zones as virus fears spike
Jan 23, 2020 (AFP)
The international financial hub has been on high alert for the virus, which has killed 17 people since the outbreak started in central China. The same sites wer...
SARS lessons hang over China's fight against new virus
Jan 23, 2020 (AFP)
The new virus has killed 17 and infected more than 500 other people, with most cases found in Wuhan, the central city of 11 million people where outward flights...
Companies look into possible vaccines for China virus
Jan 23, 2020 (AFP)
"We can announce that we have three partnerships to develop vaccines against the novel coronavirus," Richard Hatchett, chief executive of the Coalition for Epid...
China locks down city at centre of virus outbreak
Jan 23, 2020 (AFP)
Authorities in Wuhan, a major transport hub, also suspended public buses and subways, and said residents should not leave "without a special reason". More than ...
China virus city in transport shutdown as WHO delays decision
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
Wuhan's special command centre against the virus also said that residents should not leave without a special reason and that public transport inside the city wo...
On the menu at China virus market: rats and live wolf pups
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
The Huanan Seafood Market in the central city of Wuhan came under greater scrutiny on Wednesday as Chinese officials said that the virus which has so far killed...
Wuhan urges people to stay away in bid to contain China virus
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
The death toll from the virus, which first emerged in the central city of Wuhan, has reached nine while more than 400 people have now been confirmed infected ac...
China warns virus could mutate and spread as death toll rises
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
The coronavirus has caused alarm due to its similarity to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hon...
Global health emergencies: A rarely used call to action
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
The designation is rare and only used for the gravest outbreaks which are considered "serious, sudden, unusual or unexpected". The classification would imply th...
Wuhan virus compounds Hong Kong's economic woes
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
The semi-autonomous financial hub is currently on high alert for any appearance of the new coronavirus, which first surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan and ha...
Europe boosts China flight checks as killer virus spreads
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
Britain advised against "all but essential travel" to Wuhan -- the central China city from where the virus spread -- while European health authorities put the t...
Asia steps up defences as China virus hits 291 people, kills six
Jan 21, 2020 (AFP)
From Australia to Thailand and as far as Nepal, nations stepped up fever checks of passengers at airports to detect the SARS-like coronavirus, which first emerg...
Asia ramps up defence against coronavirus
Jan 21, 2020 (AFP)
From Bangkok to Hong Kong and Seoul to Sydney, authorities have gone onto high-alert over the new coronavirus, following China's confirmation of the first case ...
Asia steps up checks as China virus kills six, infects more than 300
Jan 21, 2020 (AFP)
Nations across the Asia-Pacific region stepped up checks of passengers at airports to detect the SARS-like coronavirus, which first emerged in the central Chine...
Virus spreading between people; Australia testing for first case; Who to meet
Jan 21, 2020 (AFP)
The news came as the World Health Organization said it would consider declaring an international public health emergency over the outbreak. The coronavirus, whi...
SARS-like virus spreads in China, nearly 140 new cases
Jan 20, 2020 (AFP)
The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS...
Chinese travellers unfazed as SARS-like virus spreads
Jan 20, 2020 (AFP)
The world's biggest annual travel rush comes as a SARS-like coronavirus has spread from the central city of Wuhan to Beijing, southern Guangdong province and th...
S. Korea confirms first case of SARS-like virus from China
Jan 20, 2020 (AFP)
A 35-year-old Chinese woman who flew in from Wuhan, the apparent epicentre of the outbreak, was confirmed to have the new coronavirus strain, the Korea Centers ...
Experts warn over scale of China virus as US airports start screening
Jan 18, 2020 (AFP)
Fears that the virus will spread are growing ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, when hundreds of millions of Chinese move around the country and many others h...
Second person dies from SARS-linked virus in China: official
Jan 17, 2020 (AFP)
Local authorities said a 69-year-old man died on Wednesday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city believed to be the epicentre of an outbreak of a coronavirus from ...
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