PHOTONEWS- Dec. 8, 2019– Ongoing Days 52: NOVEL CORONAVIRUS: Philippines stops issuing visas on arrival to Chinese nationals on virus fears
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Plane evacuating Japanese nationals departs from virus-hit Wuhan
29 JAN 2020 AT 06:35
WRITER: KYODO NEWS
A charter plane bound for Wuhan to evacuate Japanese nationals from the Chinese city is seen at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Tuesday. (Kyodo/Reuters photo)
Virus outbreak death toll in mainland China rises to 132, cases increase to 6K
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, speaks with people at a supermarket in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province, Monday, January 27, 2020. (Li Tao/Xinhua via AP)
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Foreigners prepare to flee as China virus toll tops 100
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center, speaks with medical workers at Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. China on Monday expanded its sweeping efforts to contain a deadly virus, extending the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home and avoid spreading infection. (Li Tao/Xinhua via AP)
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HA NOI: Fighting against nCoV like fighting against enemies: PM
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc speaks at an urgent meeting on January 27 to discuss measures preventing coronavirus. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất
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HA NOI: Đà Nẵng quarantines 12, including four Vietnamese, for fever
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KUALA LUMPUR: Coronavirus: Three more positive cases in Malaysia, bringing total to seven
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VIENTIANE: Govt issues additional measures, travel warning over coronavirus
The government has announced it will set up a task force committee to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, which caused a pneumonia outbreak in a Chinese city, and has since spread to many other countries.
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DOH keeps an eye on 24 patients for nCoV signs
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JAKARTA: Screening for Coronavirus at Soekarno-Hatta Airport
A health inspector points a temperature gun to a passenger at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on Tuesday. (JG Photo/Yudha Baskoro)
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Better Safe Than Sorry
A doctor putting on protective gear in a room set aside for coronavirus victims at Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, West Java, on Friday. (Antara Photo/Novrian Arbi)
Indonesia Issues Travel Warning to China as Coronavirus Outbreak Accelerates
The government has advised Indonesians to reconsider plans to visit China because of the coronavirus outbreak. (Antara Photo/M. Agung Rajasa)
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BANGKOK: Tourists back govt but also extend stays
A Chinese tourist at the Erawan shrine at Ratchaprasong intersection prays while wearing a face mask. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
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BANGKOK: Virus control push ratchets up
Military medics help screening at airports
Workers disinfect the cabin of a Thai Airways International jet at Suvarnabhumi airport on Tuesday to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)
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TRIVIA:
2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
A new coronavirus, designated 2019-nCoV, was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, after people developed pneumonia without a clear cause and for which existing vaccines or treatments were not effective. The virus has shown evidence of human-to-human transmission and its transmission rate (rate of infection) appeared to escalate in mid-January 2020, with several countries across Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific reporting cases. The incubation period (time from exposure to developing symptoms) of the virus is between 2 and 10 days and it remains contagious during this time. Symptoms include fever, coughing and breathing difficulties and it can be fatal.
 Confirmed 2019-nCoV cases spreading in China from January 25.
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| Date | 8 December 2019 – ongoing (1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days) |
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| Location | First identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China |
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| As of 28 January 2020: | |
| 5,589 confirmed cases with 131 deaths | |
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