05-02-2020 09:11
The world has a "window of opportunity" to halt the spread of a deadly new virus, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday (Feb 4), as the number of people infected in China jumped to 24,000 and millions more were ordered to stay indoors.
05-02-2020 09:07
Coronavirus patients arrived Tuesday (Feb 4) at a Chinese field hospital built from scratch in under two weeks at the frontline of the outbreak, state media said, following a round-the-clock construction marathon that became a national social media sensation.
05-02-2020 09:01
The number of confirmed deaths from China's coronavirus outbreak jumped on Wednesday (Feb 5) to nearly 500, after Hong Kong reported its first death from the disease and millions more in China were ordered to stay indoors.
04-02-2020 17:00
State-owned Vietnam Railways (VNR) officially suspended transnational passenger trains to China from February 4 as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus epidemic.
04-02-2020 12:13
Hong Kong has just confirmed the first death from the coronavirus, making it the second outside of mainland China.
04-02-2020 12:12
Bayer is donating medicine and additional financial aid worth a total of approximately €1.5 million ($1.66 million) to support the population affected by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China.
04-02-2020 10:57
South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor halted operations at one of its assembly lines on Tuesday (Feb 4) because of a lack of parts due to the coronavirus outbreak in China and is reviewing a wider suspension, a company spokeswoman said.
04-02-2020 10:47
China on Monday (Feb 3) decried some countries for denying entry to people from Hubei province, at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, and cancelling of flights, as going against WHO recommendations not to take unnecessary or excessive measures.
04-02-2020 10:41
The number of confirmed deaths from China's coronavirus outbreak spiked to 425, after authorities in Hubei province reported 64 new fatalities on Tuesday (Feb 4).
04-02-2020 10:26
The death toll from a virus in China has risen to 56 and the number of people infected across the country is nearing 2,000, authorities said on Sunday (Jan 26).
03-02-2020 16:03
Thirty-six people aboard an evacuation flight from China that landed in France on Sunday (Feb 2) showed symptoms of the novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 360 people, Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said.
03-02-2020 09:56
The People’s Committee of northern Hai Phong city on January 31 asked Chinese businesses using labourers from China to pay special attention to the fight against the nCoV.
03-02-2020 09:52
Vietnam Airlines is resuming flights between Vietnam and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (China) as from February 2 after the civil aviation authority permitted the resumption to repatriate affected passengers amid the novel coronavirus (nCoV) epidemic.
03-02-2020 09:30
The Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade is keeping a close watch on the development of the coronavirus, urging firms to prepare for negative impacts of the epidemic on exports, especially exports of agricultural products, to China.
03-02-2020 08:52
Around 20 of the 250 people flown back to France from China on Sunday (Feb 2) because of the coronavirus outbreak are presenting symptoms of the virus, the country's health minister said.