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United States reports 1st case of person-to-person spread of new virus
There have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus in New Zealand, although a student has been placed in isolation in an Auckland hospital while he undergoes tests. To date, there have been 171 deaths, all in China. On Thursday, the Philippines confirmed its first coronavirus infection involving a woman from China. [Full Article...]
How the China Coronavirus Spread: Full Timeline
The WHO declares global health emergencies for only "extraordinary" events that cause health risks to other countries through worldwide spread, . and potentially require a coordinated global response. On Thursday, the Philippines confirmed its first coronavirus infection involving a woman from China. She said that there were at least 243 Indonesians in areas declared to be in lockdown, the maj... [Full Article...]
World Health Organization declares global emergency as 2019-nCoV spreads quickly
The global health emergency declaration has been around since 2005 , and it's only been used five times before . The pathogen is believed to have emerged in a market that sold wild game, and spread during a Lunar New Year holiday season in which hundreds of millions of Chinese travel at home or overseas. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: US reports first person-to-person transmission
The other USA cases are in Arizona, Southern California and Washington state. The first human-to-human transmission of the deadly Wuhan coronavirus has occurred in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. [Full Article...]
China women's football team quarantined in Australia over coronavirus fears
Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young said Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service was well prepared to respond to the current global threat of novel coronavirus . Peppers Broadbeach guests taking precautionary measures after a confirmed case of coronavirus. But she said Queensland Health was working with the 32 team members and support staff to facilitate them being able to... [Full Article...]
U.S. life expectancy rose in 2018 for first time in four years
The data is part of the Centers for Disease Control's annual National Vital Statistics Report , released Thursday morning. According to final 2018 data, there were 723.6 deaths per 100,000 population in the United States that year, down from 731.9 in 2017. [Full Article...]
Ontario health officials monitoring 27 people for possible coronavirus infection
The majority have been in Hubei province, where the city of Wuhan is located. The couple, both in their 50s, returned to Toronto on a China Southern Airlines flight on Jan 22. Global Affairs Canada says there are 120 Canadians now seeking consular help in the city. The two confirmed cases in Ontario are a husband and wife who recently travelled to Wuhan. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO
China first informed World Health Organization about cases of the new virus in late December. "Markets will remain highly volatile as long as they feel that they only have an incomplete picture of what is going on, and what is going to happen next", said Agathe Demarais, global forecasting director at the Economist Intelligence Unit. [Full Article...]