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by Jerome TAYLOR / Su Xinqi Agence France Presse Hong Kong on Saturday declared a new coronavirus outbreak as an “emergency” — the city’s highest warning tier — as authorities ramped up measures to reduce the risk of further infections. The announcement came as city leader Carrie Lam faced criticism in some quarters over her administration’s response to the crisis. Of the five people who have tested positive for the virus in Hong Kong […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has ordered nationwide measures to identify and immediately isolate suspected cases of a deadly virus on trains, aeroplanes and buses, as the death toll and number of patients has skyrocketed. Inspection stations will be set up and passengers with suspected pneumonia must be “immediately transported” to a medical centre, the National Health Commission said in a statement. The isolation of suspected cases must be followed by disinfection of the […]
(Eagle News) — A case of a coronavirus patient cured of the disease on Friday in east China’s Zhejiang Province is bringing hope to thousands of patients afflicted with the deadly virus, and could serve as a guide for doctors treating patients infected with the virus. The case of a 46-year old patient who was only identified by his surname Yang is said to be the first coronavirus patient in the province to be […]
Liang Wudong, a doctor at Hubei Xinhua Hospital who had been at the front line of the #CoronavirusOutbreak battle in Wuhan, dies from the virus at age 62. pic.twitter.com/W6RmzLnioS — CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) January 25, 2020 (Eagle News) – A doctor who had been “at the frontline” treating patients with suspected coronavirus in Wuhan died from the virus, according to a tweet from the China Global Television Network (CGTN) on Saturday, Jan. 25. The doctor who […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia on Saturday confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus that has claimed 41 lives in China, becoming the latest country in a growing list to be affected by the illness. The sick man arrived in Melbourne from China a week ago from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, the government said. Authorities in Victoria state have followed “strict protocols, including isolating the affected person,” […]
WUHAN, China (AFP) — The number of confirmed deaths from a deadly viral outbreak in China has risen to 41, with authorities on Saturday reporting 15 new fatalities and more than 1,000 people now infected. All of the new deaths took place in the provincial capital of Wuhan, the city of 11 million where the deadly respiratory contagion first emerged, the Hubei Health Commission said. Wuhan and 13 other cities in the province have […]
(Eagle News)–The five-year-old boy who arrived from Wuhan, China, in Cebu has tested negative for the 2019 novel coronavirus. This was according to the Department of Health, which made the announcement on Friday, Jan. 24, following the release of the results of the tests on the child’s oropharyngeal and serum specimens. The tests were conducted at the Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia. The DOH said the child had yielded “a positive result […]
(Eagle News) — The number of countries with confirmed coronavirus cases grew further on Saturday, Jan. 25, as more confirmed cases were noted in various areas. The death toll due to the infections also climbed from the previous 41 to 54 in China, with at least 1,610 cases mostly in Wuhan, a city which is the epicenter of the highly infectious coronavirus. Chinese authorities had confirmed 887 infection cases as of 5:25 p.m. Friday, […]
by Sebastien Ricci and Leo Ramirez Agence France Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) — Trapped in a Chinese city at the centre of a deadly viral outbreak, residents who should have been celebrating Lunar New Year lined up to have their temperatures taken by medical staff wearing full-body protective suits. At hospitals across Wuhan in central Hubei province, tense patients with high temperatures turned out in large numbers to get checked as the death toll […]
(Eagle News) – Nearly 500 tourists who came to the Philippines through the Kalibo International Airport from Wuhan City before the lockdown began, will be transported back to China. According to the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), air carriers Royal Air Philippines and Pan Pacific Airlines will be sending back the visitors to Wuhan, China on Friday night, Saturday and Monday. CAB Executive Director Carmelo Arcilla, in an interview with CNN Philippines, said that the […]
China has imposed a travel ban in more cities, including the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan, bringing the number affected by the shutdown to over 41 million as authorities scramble to control the disease that has killed 26 so far. Various reports said that 13 cities all in Hubei province where the virus first emerged are now under a transport ban. Aside from the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan, these […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll in China’s viral outbreak has risen to 25, with the number of confirmed cases also leaping to 830, the government said on Friday. The National Health Commission said authorities were also examining 1,072 suspected cases of the virus that first emerged in central city of Wuhan. The markedly higher numbers were released just hours after the World Health Organization stopped short of declaring the situation to be […]
