20 January 2020 World China’s Coronavirus Patients Triple As CNY Approaches WHO believes animals are the most likely main source of the novel coronavirus.
20 January 2020 World South Korea Reports First Coronavirus Case Two cases were previously confirmed in Thailand and one in Japan.
17 January 2020 World Second Death In China From Wuhan-Linked Pneumonia A Singaporean man with pneumonia has been isolated after travelling to Wuhan.
16 January 2020 World Japan Records First Wuhan-Linked Pneumonia Case Japan joins Thailand in recording their first reported cases of the new coronavirus from China.
13 January 2020 World China Sends Genetic Sequences of New Wuhan Virus To WHO A 61-year-old man in Wuhan, China, died from the mysterious pneumonia outbreak.
13 January 2020 World Thailand Reports Traveller Infected With New Wuhan Virus This is the first case of a person outside China being infected with the novel coronavirus behind the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak.
9 January 2020 World WHO: New Virus Likely Behind Wuhan Pneumonia Outbreak, Linked To SARS The Wuhan outbreak is likely caused by a new coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
6 January 2020 World Singapore Reports Wuhan-Linked Pneumonia Case Preliminary tests show the case resulted from a common cause for childhood pneumonia, Singaporean health authorities say.
3 January 2020 World Singapore, HK, Taiwan Screening Travelers After China’s Pneumonia Outbreak The cause of the pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan is still unknown, sparking fears of a SARS-like epidemic.