![]() ![]() He was reprimanded by authorities in early January and he was forced to sign a statement denouncing his warning as an unfounded and illegal rumor. Li Wenliang, who tried to ring early alarms that a cluster of infections could spin out of control, dies after contracting the virus. 218 people onboard the ship tested positive for the virus. A cruise ship in Japan quarantines 3600 people after a two-week trip to Southeast Asia.The UK directs its citizens to leave China if possible.The first death of coronavirus is reported outside China, as a 44-year-old man in the Philippines dies after being infected.Spain confirms its first case of the coronavirus on La Gomera in the Canary Islands.213 people had died and 9,800 infected worldwide.The US suspends entry into the country by any foreign nationals who had travelled to China in the past 14 days, excluding the immediate family members of US citizens or permanent residents.WHO declares a global health emergency amid thousands of new cases in China.Passengers go into a 14 day quarantine at a specialist hospital on Merseyside. A plane evacuating Britons from Wuhan arrives at RAF Brize Norton. ![]() The UK’s first two patients test positive for Coronavirus after two Chinese nationals from the same family staying at a hotel in York fall ill.Schools in Beijing to stay closed until further notice. ![]() China extends the ‘Spring Festival’ holiday in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak.Construction begins in Wuhan for a specialist emergency hospital which opened on 3rd February.Figures compiled by the Chinese Railway Administration showed that approximately 100,000 people had already departed from Wuhan Train Station by the deadline.17 people had died at this point and 570 infected in Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, South Korea and the US. Planes and trains leaving the city are cancelled, and buses, subways and ferries within the city are suspended. Wuhan (population over 11 million) is cut off by the Chinese authorities.Public Health England announces it is moving the risk level to the British public from ‘very low’ to ‘low’.The first confirmed case of the virus in the US in Washington State, where a man in his 30s developed symptoms after returning from a trip to Wuhan.The first confirmed cases outside mainland China occurred in Japan, South Korea and Thailand, according to the WHO. ![]()
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