Real-time update on coronavirus outbreak
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/22 21:15:00 Last Updated: 2020/2/12 6:18:11
Medical staffs swear in as members of "assault team" in the fight against the novel coronavirus-related pneumonia in a hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
6:13 am Feb 12
Hubei Province reported 1,638 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 11, with 94 new deaths and 417 cases of recovery. The total number of infections in the province climbed to 33,366, with 1,068 deaths and 2,639 cases of recovery.
01:32 am Feb 12
Hubei housing authority announced that all the residential areas in the province would restrict people from going in and out amid coronavirus outbreak, all people would have body temperature checked before entry: local media
00:24 am Feb 12
Medical staff from the disease center of Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province was punished for selling masks in violation of rules.
11:27 pm Feb 11
2019nCoV is renamed as COVID-19 by WHO
10:45 pm Feb 11
Wuhan, epicenter of coronavirus outbreak, is still at very difficult moment, although 2019nCoV has lower death rate compared to SARS and MERS, the city has not completely solved the problem of people-to-people transmission: Zhong Nanshan, govt's senior medical adviser NCP
09:41 pm Feb 11
A thorough check found 13,000 patients with fever in Huanggang, a city neighbouring #Wuhan, epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
09:09 pm Feb 11
The central government group urged Hubei to fight resolutely the coronavirus battle and implement the policy of bringing all ppl who need to be treated to hospital. Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan also visited Fang Cang makeshift hospitals to take a look at living conditions inside.
08:50 pm Feb 11
AirChina continues daily flights between Beijing and LA LAX, SanFranciso, NewYork and Wangshington despite the inconvenience caused by NCP
07:12 pm Feb 11
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is sending 30 million yuan worth ($4.3million) agricultural and livestock products for the Hubei Province to meet the people’s needs. NCP
07:10 pm Feb 11
A defendant surnamed Wang in Renshou county, Southwest China's Sichuan Province was sentenced to 4-month detention Tuesday for obstructing public affairs during the prevention and control of the #NCP outbreak.
07:09 pm Feb 11
Major hospitals fighting coronavirus in Wuhan still face a shortage of supplies due to critical situation & heavy workload & hospitals like Jinyintan & Central Hospital asked for public donations, including supplies like N95 masks, protective suits: Hubei Health Commission.
06:32 pm Feb 11
As of Monday, China's railway service operator has screened a total of 7573 passengers with fever during return travel rush following Spring Festival holidays amid coronavirus outbreak, which raised concerns over more outbreaks outside epicenter Hubei.
06:31 pm Feb 11
Police found a woman on Tuesday who hid in the trunk of a car on the expressway to Shanghai to escape the compulsory 14-day quarantine after traveling to a key coronavirus NCP affected area. Both the woman and the car owner have been quarantined: media.
05:36 pm Feb 11
South Korea, Israel advised citizens to defer travel plans to #Singapore due to the novel coronavirus epidemic: report.
05:19 pm Feb 11
Great news! The first 34 patients with mild symptoms of NCP were discharged from Fang Cang makeshift hospitals in Wuhan on Tue; however, they still need to stay in a self-imposed quarantine for 14 days: reports
05:04 pm Feb 11
The inflection point of the coronavirus outbreak cannot be predicted, but it may peak in mid-or late-February: China's top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan
04:16 pm Feb 11
Over 83 percent of collective coronavirus infection cases happened in families, and others cases happened in places including hospitals, restaurants, rural villages, supermarkets and shops, companies and public transport: National Health Commission
03:54 pm Feb 11
As the epicenter of NCP, Wuhan saw its number of suspected cases reaching the peak on Feb 5 with 2,071, dropping to Monday's 961 cases, showing that more suspected patients have been treated in an accelerated pace: National Health Commission
03:05 pm Feb 11
3,853 Shanghai hospitals and medical institutions with 77,700 doctors and 97,100 nurses can broadly meet the city's needs of coronavirus prevention and control as well as medical services: Shanghai Municipal Health Commission
02:41 pm Feb 11
As part of enhanced measures in fighting against the novel #coronavirus, #Wuhan has set up checkpoints in residential areas to cut contagious channels starting from Tues. GT reporters saw medical staff in protective suits at some of these checkpoints
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12:52 pm Feb 11
Members of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will each contribute 5,000 yen ($46) to #China to support its fight against the coronavirus outbreak
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12:32 pm Feb 11
Health and epidemic experts suggested that the decreasing numbers of confirmed cases show that the inflection point outside Hubei Province is expected to arrive in about 10 days and might arrive in Hubei in a month.
11:46 am Feb 11
As of Monday midnight, 2,196 people have been put in compulsory quarantine in Hong Kong and 91% of them are locals: HK CE Carrie Lam on coronavirus.
10:37 am Feb 11
As of Monday midnight, 2,196 people have been put in compulsory quarantine in Hong Kong and 91% of them are locals: HK CE Carrie Lam on nCoV2019
9:50 am Feb 11
Beijing orders to close entertainment venue and other public places of non-daily necessities, when the city is facing mounting pressuring to contain coronavirus after people from nationwide went back to work.
9:30 am Feb 11
First novel coronavirus case confirmed at a San Diego UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, United States: local official
9:24 am Feb 11
Scientists in Shanghai recently have isolated strains of the novel coronavirus, which experts said will boost the development of vaccine and medicine against the virus.
8:54 am Feb 11
Party secretary and head of Hubei Provincial health commission were removed from office on Monday. Wang Hesheng, a veteran health official whose last post was in National Health Commission, is assigned to take the two posts.
8:16 am Feb 11
108 new deaths, 2478 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection were reported in the Chinese mainland. The total infection number soared to 42,634 with 1016 deaths as of 24:00 Feb 10.
6:06 am Feb 11
Hubei Province reported 2,097 new cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on Feb 10, with 103 new deaths and 427 recovered. Total infection number in the province increased to 31,728, with 974 dead and 2,222 recovered.
1:50 am Feb 11
Authorities in Hong Kong evacuate all the residents in a residential building in Cheung Hong in Tsing Yi on Monday after a female patient infected with coronavirus was found living there: local media reports
1:30 am Feb 11
As part of enhanced measures in fighting NCP, Wuhan announced to restrict in and out to residential areas by setting up checkpoints in order to cut contagious channel: local authority
00:12 am Feb 11
Hong Kong reported 6 new coronavirus-infected cases, bringing the total number to 42: reports