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.
15 January 2020 World New China Virus Can Spread, WHO Warns Hospitals There’s no specific treatment for the new coronavirus, but antivirals are being considered and could be “repurposed".
13 January 2020 Malaysia MOH Chides Airport Thermal Scanner Staff Caught Sleeping, Playing With Phone Federation of Private Medical Practitioners’ Association Malaysia (FPMPAM) president Dr Steven Chow alleges that this is a regular occurrence.
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.
7 January 2020 Malaysia MOH: No Wuhan-Linked Pneumonia Cases In Malaysia Yet Efforts have been increased for Malaysia to be better equipped to monitor and screen travelers at all entry points.
6 January 2020 World Singapore’s Wuhan-Linked Pneumonia Case False Alarm The pneumonia case in Singapore was caused by the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, a common cause for childhood respiratory infection.
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.