23 January 2020 World Wuhan On Lockdown After Coronavirus Outbreak Kills 17 Outbound flights and trains in the central Chinese city will be halted as part of efforts to contain the contagious pneumonia outbreak.
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.
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.