Virus

Chinese planes to bring overseas Wuhan citizens back to virus-hit city

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China sent two planes to Malaysia and Thailand on Friday to bring "stranded" Hubei province residents…

‘I’m more useful here’: French doctor stays put in virus-hit Wuhan

by Sébastien RICCI WUHAN, China (AFP) -- France is preparing to airlift hundreds of its citizens from the Chinese city…

China to bring home overseas citizens from virus-hit province: official

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The Chinese government is to send charter planes to bring citizens from virus-hit Hubei province who…

Markets welcome WHO virus declaration

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Markets rose in Asia on Friday after the World Health Organization declared a global health…

Italy lets passengers off cruise ship after virus scare

by Sonia Logre with Ella Ide in Rome CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy (AFP) -- Thousands of stranded tourists were free to disembark…

WHO declares global virus emergency as death toll hits 213, nCoV infections almost 10,000

  by Sébastien RICCI Agence France Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) -- The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over…

French citizens evacuated from virus-hit Wuhan

WUHAN, China (AFP) -- A jet carrying around 200 French citizens flew out of the virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan…

More Canadians ask for help to flee China

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- The number of Canadians looking to flee China because of the coronavirus epidemic rose to nearly…

UPDATED: China virus death toll hits 213: govt

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The nationwide death toll in China's coronavirus outbreak has risen to 213, with nearly 2,000 new…

Pilots sue American Airlines to halt China flights

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US pilots on Thursday sued American Airlines to force the company to halt flights to…

Many countries ‘unprepared’ for China virus: monitor

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Many countries are unprepared to face the deadly virus spreading in China and beyond, a global…

Italy suspends all China flights after coronavirus cases confirmed

ROME, Italy (AFP) --The Italian government said Thursday it was suspending all flights between Italy and China after doctors confirmed…

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