Coronavirus Outbreak In Wuhan

New coronavirus cases in China continue to fall under 2,000 for second day as toll passes 2,000; Xi Jinping says disease prevention at 'a critical time'

New virus cases in China continued to fall Wednesday, with 1,749 new infections and 136 new deaths announced after China's leader said disease prevention and control was at 'a critical time'.

Chinese doctor and director of hospital in Wuhan, epicentre of coronavirus outbreak in China, dies from virus

The head of a leading hospital in China’s central city of Wuhan, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday, state television said, becoming the second prominent Chinese doctor to have succumbed to the pathogen.

Coronavirus toll in China rises to 1,868, country sees 1,886 new confirmed cases; health report says 80% of recent cases of infection were mild

Mainland China reported 1,886 new virus cases and 98 more deaths for a total of 1,868 in its update Tuesday, following a report that 80 percent of cases have been mild, prompting guarded optimism from health officials.

China sees rise in coronavirus cases with 105 deaths, toll stands at 1,770; Xi Jinping under fire for knowing about virus weeks before alerting public

In China's Hubei province, where the coronavirus outbreak began in December, 2019, all vehicle traffic will be banned in another containment measure.

Coronavirus: China reports 139 more deaths with toll crossing 1,600; number of confirmed cases stand at 68,000

Meanwhile on Saturday, France reported the first fatality from the new coronavirus outside Asia on Saturday, fuelling global concerns about the epidemic.

With 61 confirmed cases of coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship at Yokohama, Japan turns away luxury liner from Hong Kong

Japan on Friday reported 41 new cases of a virus on a quarantined cruise ship and turned away another luxury liner while the death toll in mainland China rose to 636, including a doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the disease threat.