coronavirus

U.S. 01/27/20, 21:00

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) held a press conference on Monday, Jan. 27, to warn Americans about the seriousness of the coronavirus and urged citizens to just say "No" if a friend offers them the virus. “While it may seem cool to be seen around the park or the mall ...

News 01/27/20, 16:35

So far it has been reported that the coronavirus spreading through China and generating contagion alarms at the international level originated in a local market in Wuhan, however a recent investigation reported in the Lancet, on the first clinical cases casts doubt on such findings. In view of the celebrations of ...

China 01/27/20, 14:44

President Donald Trump on Monday, Jan. 27, said the coronavirus outbreak is “strongly on watch” and his administration has offered China and its leader any help “necessary.” “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 01/27/20, 06:48

With the reported death toll in China from coronavirus now at 80, the deadly outbreak that originated in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, is causing concern worldwide, as cases are steadily being reported in many countries. The transmission and spread of the new virus, known as 2019-nCoV, which is linked to the ...

China 01/26/20, 13:06

A new case of coronavirus was found in California, becoming the third patient in the United States. “The OC Health Care Agency (HCA)’s Communicable Disease Control Division received confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this evening [Saturday, Jan. 25] that an Orange County, California, case has tested ...

China 01/25/20, 14:12

The United States is arranging a charter flight on Sunday, Jan. 26, to bring back its people and diplomats from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a new coronavirus outbreak, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The plane, with about 230 passengers, will carry U.S. Consulate diplomats as ...

China 01/23/20, 17:09

President Tsai Ing-wen, asked the World Health Organization (WHO) not to continue blocking her country, Taiwan, while the outbreak of the new deadly type of pneumonia-like virus that broke out in Wuhan is spreading rapidly in China and beyond. The WHO stopped inviting the island state to its world health events ...

China 01/23/20, 05:52

Relatives of a Chinese tourist, who tested positive to an incurable disease that normally affects animals, have surprised Hong Kong officials by visiting the Philippines soon after seeing the patient on Jan. 23. Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan confirmed four family members of the Wuhan male diagnosed with ...

News 01/22/20, 20:11

All transport leaving Wuhan in China is to be suspended from 10 a.m. local time, on Thursday, Jan. 23, in an effort to control the new SARS-like coronavirus that has broken out there. At least 540 people have fallen ill with the virus, and 17 have died as a result of ...

Washington 01/22/20, 05:37

The coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan has now killed 9 people and infected 440 others across the country, Li Bin, deputy director of China's National Health Commission, said at a Wednesday morning briefing, on Jan. 22 in Beijing. "Basically, do not go to Wuhan. And those in Wuhan ...

News 01/21/20, 20:08

Health officials have detected the first case of infection with the new coronavirus spreading in China, in the United States. The SARS-like virus first became apparent in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and it has now begun spreading across China, with around 300 confirmed cases and six deaths from the virus. Other ...