A passenger hangs banners reading “shortage of medicine” (left) “thank you for reporting this” (center) and “please broadcast this on TV” (right) on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in JapanPhoto: Getty ImagesThe number of coronavirus cases on a cruise ship currently docked in Yokohama, Japan has dramatically risen by 65, bringing the total number of…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan on Friday halted flights to and from China with immediate effect, a civil aviation official said, as the death toll from a virus outbreak spreading in China mounted and the World Health Organization called it a global health emergency. “We are suspending flights to China until Feb 2,” additional secretary of…
FILE PHOTO: Health Minister, Jens Spahn gives a statement on coronavirus in Berlin, Germany January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Michele TantussiBERLIN (Reuters) – Health ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrial nations agreed to coordinate their response to dealing with the coronavirus in a conference call on Monday, the German Health Ministry said. The ministers agreed…
A woman wears a mask in Chinatown following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil KrzaczynskiWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department increased its travel advisory for China on Thursday, as the death toll from a fast spreading virus rose to over 200 and the World Health Organization…
BEIJING (Reuters) – The health chief of China’s Huanggang city, near the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, has been dismissed, the city’s health department said in a statement on Thursday. The brief statement said that Tang Zhihong had been dismissed, but gave no other details. Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Writing by Ben…
