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January 28, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak prompts CDC to update China travel recommendations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday announced its updated travel recommendations for China amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus. 

January 28, 2020

Duke University students in China encouraged to go home amid coronavirus outbreak: report

Students studying at Duke University’s campus in Kunshan, China are reportedly being offered a $1,000 travel stipend to return home amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak that began at a live animal and seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. 

January 28, 2020

Canada's first coronavirus cases are confirmed in husband and wife: officials

At least two cases of the deadly coronavirus have been confirmed in Canada in a husband and wife who recently traveled to Wuhan, the epicenter of the pneumonia-like illness that’s now killed more than 100 people and sickened thousands of others worldwide. 

January 28, 2020

Hong Kong halts trains from mainland China as coronavirus spreads

Hong Kong's leader has announced that all rail links to mainland China will be cut starting Friday as fears grow about the spread of a new virus. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday that both the high-speed rail station and the regular train station would be closed.

January 28, 2020

Screening for coronavirus to be expanded at 20 US airports: report

The U.S. government is planning to boost staff at almost two dozen airports to screen nearly all passengers traveling from China, as the coronavirus continues to spread, according to the Washington Post.

January 27, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak: US urges Americans to 'reconsider' China travel, plans to move personnel out of Wuhan

The State Department on Monday urged Americans to reconsider traveling to Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus, and said it ordered the departure of all non-emergency U.S. personnel and their families out of the country.

January 27, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak: Mongolia closes China border

The government of Mongolia said Monday it has closed its large border with China and Malaysia announced that it would bar visitors from the Chinese province at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak after medical officials warned its ability to spread was growing.

January 27, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak: China issues temporary ban on wildlife trade

China has temporarily banned the trade of wild animals as authorities scramble to contain the spread of a pneuma-like virus that has killed at least 80 people and infected nearly 2,000 others. 

January 27, 2020

Africa investigating first possible coronavirus case in Ivory Coast student: officials

Officials in at least one African country are monitoring what may be the continent's first case of the novel coronavirus linked to a live animal and seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Current estimates say that at least 81 people have died of the virus while thousands of others have been sickened worldwide. 

January 27, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak strands Ohio man, 65, teaching in Wuhan: ‘I’m not afraid to say I’m worried’

An Ohio man who was attempting to return home from China amid a deadly outbreak of novel coronavirus claims he remains stranded in the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak that killed at least 81 people and sickened thousands of others.