The Australian government is working with Chinese authorities to get clearance for a plane to airlift Australians out of the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan after the evacuation was delayed overnight. The plane, which was originally scheduled to leave Wuhan on Friday night, did not get clearance to land from China. The Department of Foreign Affairs… Read More »
A union for Hong Kong hospital workers says its members will go on strike Monday to press a demand for the Chinese territory to bar entry to visitors from the mainland in an effort to stem the spread of a new viral disease By The Associated Press February 1, 2020, 3:33 PM 2 min read… Read More »
Nikol Szymul staffs a reception desk at Amazon offices discretely tucked into a building called Fiona in downtown Seattle, Washington on May 11, 2017. Getty Images Amazon has started restricting employee travel to China as the coronavirus continues to spread, a spokesperson confirmed to CNBC. “We place tremendous value and focus on the well-being and… Read More »
The new cluster of viral pneumonia cases originating in Wuhan, China, marks the third time in 20 years that a member of the large family of coronaviruses (CoVs) has jumped from animals to humans and sparked an outbreak. In a new JAMA Viewpoint essay, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the NIH’s National Institute of… Read More »
A person in Washington state has been infected with a mysterious, deadly lung virus first reported in Wuhan, China, marking the first case confirmed in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that it determined that the sick person had the virus, which has infected 291 people in China and… Read More »