21 January 2020 World New Coronavirus Can Spread Among Humans, Fourth Death Reported The WHO will convene a meeting on Wednesday to determine if the pneumonia outbreak constitutes an international public health emergency.
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.
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 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.
10 January 2020 Letter Much Ado About the Flu – Dr Helmy Haja Mydin If you’ve been diagnosed with influenza, the most important thing that you can do for yourself is rest, take paracetamol and drink plenty of water
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.