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Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park to be closed from Sunday to help prevent spread of virus -CCTV

Reuters, Agence-France Presse
Updated as of Jan 26 11:27 AM

Hong Kong's popular amusement parks Disneyland and Ocean Park are closed from Jan. 26 to help prevent the spread of a deadly coronavirus that broke out in the Chinese city Wuhan, state media CCTV reported on Sunday. Read more »

China virus death toll rises to 56, total cases near 2,000

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 26 10:17 AM

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 Sunday. Read more »

From temples to Disneyland, China shuts down to halt virus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 26 12:47 AM

The drastic moves come as hundreds of millions of people crisscrossed the country in recent days to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday. Read more »

LOOK: Welcoming the metal rat in Binondo Chinatown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 11:08 PM

The threat of the new coronavirus did not deter visitors from flocking to Binondo, Manila, in the most important event on the Chinese calendar.  Read more »

US to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan, says report

Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 09:28 PM

Washington was given approval for the operation from China's Foreign Ministry and other government agencies following negotiations in recent days, the newspaper said. Read more »

China's Xi warns virus is 'accelerating', country facing 'grave situation'

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 25 10:34 PM

The country is facing a "grave situation" where the coronavirus is "accelerating its spread," Xi said the meeting. Read more »

Mga Pinoy sa Singapore, pinag-iingat dulot ng coronavirus sa bansa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 08:58 PM

Pinapayuhan ang mga Pinoy na iwasan ang pakikisalamuha sa mga buhay na hayop, kabilang ang poultry at mga ibon at pagkaing hilaw.  Read more »

Japan confirms 3rd case of Wuhan coronavirus

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 25 08:03 PM

Japan's health ministry said Saturday it has confirmed a third case of a new deadly virus in the country that has infected more than 1,300 in China and beyond. Read more »

Kaso ng Wuhan virus sa iba't ibang bansa patuloy sa paglobo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 07:08 PM

Sa huling tala, 1,354 ang kumpirmadong tinamaan ng Wuhan virus. Higit 40 na din ang namatay dito. Read more »

'Nobody can leave': Trapped Wuhan residents stock up

Sebastien Ricci and Leo Ramirez, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 25 06:52 PM

Authorities have prevented anyone from leaving Wuhan, the city of 11 million people at the heart of the viral outbreak which has so far infected nearly 1,300 people and killed 41 others. Read more »

China deploys army medics to overwhelmed virus epicentre

Sébastien Ricci, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 06:40 PM

The Chinese army deployed medical specialists Saturday to the epicenter of a spiraling viral outbreak that has killed 41 people and spread around the world, as millions spent their normally festive Lunar New Year holiday under lockdown.   Read more »

Hong Kong declares Wuhan virus outbreak an ‘emergency’

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 06:04 PM

Hong Kong on Saturday declared a mystery virus outbreak as an "emergency" -- the city's highest warning tier -- as authorities ramped up measures aimed at reducing the risk of further infections spreading.   Read more »

Australia confirms 1st coronavirus cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 06:00 PM

Australia confirmed on Saturday its first 4 cases 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.   Read more »

Malaysia confirms first cases of coronavirus infection

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 25 05:34 PM

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia on Saturday said it had confirmed three cases of coronavirus infection, the first in the Southeast Asian country.   Read more »

Expert believes SARS lessons will help Philippines deal with possible outbreak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 05:14 PM

Dr. Arthur Dessi Roman, a fellow at the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, says the Philippines' experience in dealing with SARS in 2003 will help efforts to prevent and contain the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. Read more »

With Wuhan virus genetic code in hand, scientists begin work on a vaccine

Julie Steenhuysen and Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 04:56 PM

When a newly organised vaccine research group at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) met for the first time this week, its members had expected to be able to ease into their work. Read more »

The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 26 08:21 AM

Here are the places that have confirmed cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus.  Read more »

China orders nationwide measures to detect virus on flights, trains, buses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 04:51 PM

Inspection stations will be set up and passengers with suspected pneumonia must be "immediately transported" to a medical center, the National Health Commission said.   Read more »

Brazilian family from Wuhan in Palawan hospital for coronavirus symptoms

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 03:11 PM

A Brazilian family of 3 were placed at the isolation room of a hospital in Puerto Princesa, Palawan Friday after showing flu-like symptoms following a recent trip to Wuhan, China, the epicenter of a fast-spreading disease that has killed dozens and infected more than a thousand people.  Read more »

Doctor at hospital in China's Hubei province dies from coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 12:56 PM

A doctor at a hospital in China's Hubei province, the center of the new coronavirus outbreak, has died from the virus, China Global Television Network reported in a tweet. Read more »