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US confirms second case of Wuhan coronavirus

Reuters
Jan 25 01:01 AM

The infected person had traveled to Wuhan, China recently. The woman, 60, had not taken public transportation and was not ill when she traveled, Chicago health authorities said on a conference call. Read more »

Nepal confirms first case of new coronavirus

Gopal Sharma, Reuters
Jan 25 12:08 AM

KATHMANDU, NEPAL - A Nepali student home from China on Friday tested positive for the new coronavirus, an official in Kathmandu said on Friday, making it the first confirmed case in the Himalayan nation. Read more »

US Vice President Pence meets Pope Francis, jokes 'You have made me a hero'

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Jan 24 11:25 PM

Pence, a former altar boy who had a strict Irish Catholic upbringing but later converted to evangelical Protestantism, appeared to be referring to the fact that the rest of his family had stayed in the Roman Catholic Church and that his departure from the faith had put some strain on family relations. Read more »

China shuts down 13 cities as virus toll climbs

Sébastien Ricci, Agence France-Presse
Jan 24 10:51 PM

While the World Health Organization (WHO) held off on declaring a global emergency despite confirmed cases in half a dozen other countries, China expanded its lockdown to cover an area with a total population greater than Canada's. Read more »

Thailand confirms 5th case of new coronavirus

Panarat Thepgumpanat, Reuters
Jan 24 08:02 PM

Thailand on Friday confirmed its fifth case of the new coronavirus, a senior public health official said, in the second instance in which a patient was not detected at the airport before entering the country. Read more »

'This time I'm scared': Experts fear too late for China virus lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Jan 24 07:59 PM

The contagious virus has already reached elsewhere in China and abroad, and even an authoritarian government has only a small timeframe in which trapped residents will submit to such a lockdown, they say. Read more »

Greta Thunberg says climate demands 'completely ignored' at Davos

Agence France-Presse
Jan 24 07:40 PM

Thunberg was a highlight of the 50th edition of the conference, drawing massive attention including barbs by US Secretary Steven Mnuchin who on Thursday told the teen to go "study economics." Read more »

Beijing to close section of Great Wall, other tourist sites

Agence France-Presse
Jan 24 06:27 PM

BEIJING, China - China announced Friday it will close a section of the Great Wall and other famous Beijing landmarks to control the spread of a deadly virus that has infected hundreds of people across the country.   Read more »

Over 41 million people now affected by China transport bans

Agence France-Presse
Jan 24 05:37 PM

BEIJING, China - China on Friday added four more cities to a transport ban around the epicenter of a deadly virus, bringing the number affected by the shutdown to over 41 million as authorities scramble to control the disease. Read more »

Beijing cancels Lunar New Year fairs

Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters
Jan 24 05:33 PM

A worker dismantles decorations on Friday after the temple fair for the Chinese Lunar New Year in Ditan Park was canceled in Beijing, China Read more »

Singapore confirms 2 more Wuhan virus cases, taking tally to 3

Reuters
Jan 24 03:47 PM

Singapore confirmed 2 more cases of a new strain of coronavirus, its health ministry said on Friday, a day after identifying its first case of the infection that originated from China.   Read more »

China seals off more cities as virus toll climbs

Sébastien Ricci, Agence France-Presse
Jan 24 02:33 PM

China expanded a lockdown now covering some 26 million people and canceled some Lunar New Year celebrations to prevent the disease spreading further. Read more »

Australia mourns US firefighters as probe into plane crash begins

Sonali Paul and Paulina Duran, Reuters
Jan 24 02:24 PM

SYDNEY - An air tanker that crashed in Australia on Thursday killing three US firefighters dropped fire retardant shortly before the fatal accident, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said on Friday. Read more »

China confirms 2nd virus death outside of epicenter

Agence France-Presse
Jan 24 01:12 PM

China on Friday confirmed a second death outside the epicenter of a SARS-like virus outbreak that has infected hundreds of people, raising the overall toll to 26 dead. Read more »

New coronavirus kills 25, infects 830 in China

Yuan Zheng, EPA-EFE
Jan 24 12:20 PM

A militia member checks the body temperature of a driver on a vehicle at an expressway toll gate in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, Thursday, in a bid to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. Read more »