Ontario Confirms Second Presumptive Coronavirus Case
TORONTO—Public health officials in Ontario are reporting a second presumptive case of the new coronavirus. They say the wife of the man who became the first case of the illness …
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China, Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Coronavirus Live Updates: Mongolia Shuts Universities, Border Crossings to Halt Virus Spread
Countries around the world are grappling with the current Novel Coronavirus outbreak. The virus is said to be transmitted from person to person in a similar way to the common …
China Sets Up Epidemic Control Group Amid ‘Accelerating Spread’ of Virus
Chinese leader Xi Jinping set up an epidemic control group on Saturday amid the pneumonia outbreak that has left 41 dead and around 1,400 sick. In an emergency meeting with …
Coronavirus Live Updates: Australia and Malaysia Announce 3 New Cases Each
The new coronavirus, known as the 2019 Novel Coronavirus or the Wuhan coronavirus, has infected over 1,200 people in China and spread to at least eight other countries since breaking …
China’s Chief Medical Consultant for the Wuhan Coronavirus Is Infected With the Disease
A Chinese medical expert who assured the public that the “Wuhan pneumonia is controllable” has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus after visiting Wuhan City as one of the chief …
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott talks about coronavirus.
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott talked about coronavirus in Queens Park, Toronto on Wednesday Jan 22/2020.
China Shuts Down Airport and Public Transit in Wuhan Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The Epidemic Response Command Center in Wuhan, China, announced they are quarantining the city amid an outbreak of coronavirus, with plans to shut down the airport and all public transit …
China Coronavirus Outbreak Rises to 440, With 9 Dead as First US Case Confirmed
China said on Jan. 22 that 440 people have now contracted a new virus that first appeared in Wuhan and has killed nine people, amid fears the respiratory disease could …
Human-to-Human Transmission Confirmed in China Coronavirus
BEIJING—The head of a Chinese government expert team said on Jan. 20 that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, a development that raises the …
Western China Shaken by M6+ Earthquake
A strong earthquake hit China’s northwest Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Sunday, followed by aftershocks. The U.S Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a magnitude of 6.0 earthquake hit the east-northeast of …