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Incubation period of Wuhan virus is around 5 days: Study
10:42 | 30/01/2020
The period between exposure to the new coronavirus that originated in China and symptoms is 5.2 days on average, but varies greatly among patients.
UAE confirms coronavirus case in family from Wuhan
14:33 | 29/01/2020
The United Arab Emirates announced Wednesday (Jan 29) its first case of the new coronavirus, in a family from Wuhan while many countries have also swung into tackling novel coronavirus.
China to build second hospital to treat cases of nCoV, Asia ramps up defence
00:31 | 26/01/2020
China’s Wuhan city - the epicentre of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) virus outbreak - is building a second hospital "within half a month" to treat cases, state media reported Saturday (Jan 25).
China's pneumonia outbreak: Here are what we know so far
21:56 | 23/01/2020
On 31 December 2019, the Government of China reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. A novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV) was identified in January 2020. Since then, cases have been reported in other parts of China, as well as in other countries.
Wuhan pneumonia outbreak update: 440 cases in China, 17 deaths
00:37 | 23/01/2020
Deaths from China's coronavirus outbreak rose to 17 on Wednesday (Jan 22), heightening global precautions of contagion as cases now detected as far away as the United States.
Fourth death from pneumonia outbreak reported as China confirms human-to-human transmission
20:00 | 21/01/2020
Wuhan health authorities on Tuesday (Jan 21) reported the fourth death in the coronavirus outbreak. Victim is a 89-year-old man.
2,000 richest people hold more than poorest 4.6 billion
12:33 | 20/01/2020
The world's richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, Oxfam said on Monday (Jan 20).
What's in US-China "phase one" trade deal?
13:33 | 16/01/2020
The "phase one" agreement includes pledges from China to beef up purchases of American crops and other exports for two years, provides some protections for US technology, and new enforcement mechanisms that allow Washington to quickly impose penalties, which Beijing cannot respond to.
Relief as rain falls over Australian bushfires
12:02 | 16/01/2020
Rain fell across parts of bushfire-ravaged eastern Australia on Thursday (Jan 16) and more wet weather was forecast, giving some relief ...
Vietnamese women strive to clear war-era mines
22:00 | 14/01/2020
Inching across a field littered with Vietnam war-era bombs, Ngoc leads an all-women demining team clearing unexploded ordnance that has killed tens of thousands of people - including her uncle.
Vietnam's 'incense village' prepares for Lunar New Year
21:58 | 14/01/2020
Workers are busy dyeing, drying and whittling down bamboo bark to make incense sticks
Philippine volcano shuts down Manila, triggering tsunami warning
21:53 | 14/01/2020
Schools and businesses on Jan 13 shut across the Philippine capital - Manila as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city while seismologists warned an eruption could happen at any time, potentially triggering a tsunami, according to Reuters.
First death from China’s Wuhan pneumonia outbreak
20:40 | 11/01/2020
China on Saturday (Jan 11) said a 61-year-old man had become the first person to die from a respiratory illness believed caused by a new virus from the same family as SARS, or Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome, AFP reported.
India: Hottest decade on record, more than 1,500 people killed in 2019
15:29 | 08/01/2020
The last decade was India's hottest on record and extreme weather killing more than 1,500 people in 2019.
Smoke from Australia bushfires reaches South America
13:39 | 08/01/2020
Smoke from wildfires in Australia has drifted across the Pacific and affected cities in South America, and may have reached the Antarctic, the UN World Meteorological Organization said.
