Death toll from new coronavirus in China rises to nine

BEIJING: A total of nine people have died from the new strain of coronavirus in China, with as many as 440 coronavirus cases currently confirmed in the country, Li Bin, a vice head of China’s National Health Commission, told reporters on Wednesday. “As of now, the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in […]

US confirms first Wuhan coronavirus case

WASHINGTON: The first case of Wuhan coronavirus in the US was detected in Washington state, according to the nation’s health agency Tuesday and reported by Anadolu Agency. The infected male patient from Snohomish County is in isolation at Providence Regional Medical Centre in Everett. He returned Jan 15 from Wuhan, China, where the outbreak began. […]

South Korea’s first confirmed Wuhan coronavirus case

SEOUL: South Korea on Monday reported the first confirmed case of the China coronavirus amid concerns that a pneumonia-like illness is set to spread across China and Asia, reported Yonhap news agency. According to the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), a Chinese woman suffered a fever, respiratory problems and other symptoms after […]

New coronavirus can transmit human-to-human

BEIJING: The health authorities of the Wuhan city in the central Chinese province of Hubei have admitted that human-to-human transmission of the newly registered type of coronavirus is a possibility to not be ruled out despite no explicit evidence available at the moment, reported Sputnik news agency. “Tests have not found any explicit evidence of […]