National Jan 28, 2020
One of the new cases was that of a bus driver who had driven two groups of Chinese tourists visiting Japan from Wuhan earlier this month.
World Jan 28, 2020
Hong Kong's leader has announced that all rail links to mainland China will be cut starting Friday as fears grow about the spread of a new virus. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday that both the high-speed rail station and the regular train station ...
Business / Economy Jan 28, 2020
China virus could take larger-than-expected bite out of Japan's economy
Economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura warned Tuesday that corporate profits and factory production could take a hit from the coronavirus outbreak in China that has rattled global markets and chilled confidence. Asian stocks extended a global selloff as the outbreak in China, which has killed over ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jan 28, 2020
Chinese woman Sri Lanka's first confirmed case of coronavirus: health official
Sri Lanka has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, a senior Sri Lankan health official said on Monday. "A Chinese lady, who is in her 40s, arrived on the 19th as a tourist and fell ill on the 25th and was confirmed ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jan 27, 2020
Chinese premier pledges medical reinforcements as virus keeps spreading
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will "inspect and direct" efforts to control a virus outbreak in the central city of Wuhan and promised reinforcements, as provincial authorities faced accusations from the public of a failure to respond in time. Li, clad in a blue protective suit ...
National Jan 27, 2020
How Japan's designated infectious disease system works
by Kazuaki Nagata
The government is set to ramp up preventive measures against cases of pneumonia caused by the deadly new coronavirus, which originated in China, by classifying it as a legally designated infectious disease. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his Cabinet will take the step as early ...
National Jan 27, 2020
Measures include compulsory hospitalization of infected people and disinfection of sites where the virus is detected.
Business Jan 27, 2020
Tracking the Wuhan virus outbreak's impact on business and travel
by Cecile Daurat
A rapidly spreading viral outbreak is disrupting travel and business in China, which has taken unprecedented steps to lock down cities with a combined 40 million people around the epicenter in Wuhan to try to slow its progress. For global corporations, Wuhan is an important ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jan 26, 2020
Anxious foreigners in the locked-down city that spawned China's deadly viral epidemic say they are stranded at home, running out of food and desperate to leave, as governments scrambled to draw up evacuation plans. Authorities have barred travel to and from Hubei province and its ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jan 26, 2020
Hong Kong protesters torch planned virus quarantine building
A group of protesters set alight on Sunday the lobby of a newly built residential building in Hong Kong that authorities planned to use as a quarantine facility, as public fears in the financial hub about the coronavirus outbreak intensified. A Reuters witness saw several ...
Asia Pacific Jan 26, 2020
China scrambles to contain 'strengthening' virus as death toll tops 50
The coronavirus transmission ability is getting stronger and infections could continue to rise, China's National Health Commission said Sunday, with more than 2,000 people globally infected and at least 56 in China dead. National Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei, speaking at a news briefing, said ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jan 26, 2020
China temporarily bans wildlife trade amid calls for broad, permanent action
The outbreak of a new virus linked to a wildlife market in central China has prompted a temporary nationwide ban on selling wild animals amid renewed calls for enforcement of existing laws against the trade in and consumption of exotic species. It is also raising ...