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Man in USA diagnosed with new coronavirus, 1st case outside Asia
Federal officials also announced expanded screenings for the infection at major airports in the United States. The U.S. also will route all Wuhan-originating airline passengers to five airports where health screenings have begun or will begin later this week - New York's Kennedy airport, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta. [Full Article...]
WHO won’t declare coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency yet
China, meanwhile, has chose to lock down three cities including Wuhan that are home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to try to contain the deadly new viral illness that has sickened hundreds. Viruses can make the jump from animals to humans, especially when wild animals are kept and sold in food markets, as is alleged to be the case in Wuhan . [Full Article...]
Second case of new coronavirus confirmed in U.S.
In numerous other 26 virus deaths, health officials reported pre-existing conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and pulmonary infection. Authorities there are battling to contain it. Cases have also been reported in Thailand , the US, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea . Kuwait announced similar measures late the night before at Kuwait International Airport, joining the United Arab Emirat... [Full Article...]
China rushes to build new hospital for virus within 10 days
The health commission in Hebei, a northern province bordering Beijing, said an 80-year-old man died there after returning from a two-month stay in Wuhan to see relatives. Leading Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing also said it was temporarily suspending Wuhan services. One Beijing subway station near a transport hub conducted temperature checks at its security checkpoint Friday. [Full Article...]
China expands lockdowns to 25M people to halt viral outbreak
Markets have taken the issue more seriously since China confirmed that the deadly respiratory disease can be transmitted between humans, as the virus has emerged at the worst possible time. A new question has been added to electronic kiosks at the airports, asking passengers if they've travelled to Wuhan. Deepening the isolation, there were few flights available to the city. [Full Article...]
Chinese authorities share first PHOTOS of deadly CORONAVIRUS
The Federal Government's chief medical officer says there are several people in Australia who are being tested "every day" for the deadly coronavirus . Some experts believe the new virus is not as unsafe as the 2002-03 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that killed almost 800 people, and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which has killed more than 700 people since 2012. [Full Article...]
China virus toll jumps to 25 dead with 830 confirmed cases
They new virus, dubbed nCoV-2019, is in the same family as SARS-a coronavirus that caused global mayhem starting in 2003-and even uses the same receptor to hack into a person's lung cells, Li's team found. But after two days of talks to determine the level of global concern, the WHO stopped short of declaring a so-called "public health emergency of worldwide concern" - a declaration used for the... [Full Article...]
China battles coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates
A University of Hong Kong study published in the online journal Eurosurveillance on Thursday said the emerging evidence points to sustained person-to-person spread of the virus in Wuhan . Heilongjiang province in the northeast confirmed a death there but did not give details. The airport did not have any measures in place to disinfect surfaces or floors, indicating that the city government wa... [Full Article...]