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New virus infects more than 6,000 in China, other countries
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 6,000 people in the mainland and more than a dozen other countries. Some details on cases confirmed as of midday Wednesday in Beijing: — China: 5,974 cases on the mainland. In addition, Hong Kong has eight cases and Macao has five. Nearly all of...
UAE confirms 4 Chinese tourists have virus, first in Mideast
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A family of four Chinese tourists in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday became the first cases in the Mideast of a new Chinese virus that causes flu-like symptoms, with an Emirati doctor saying the first to fall ill only showed symptoms after over a week on vacation....
The Latest: Chinese cases of new virus exceed SARS
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China: 7:45 p.m. China has reported more infections from a new virus than it had from an outbreak of SARS in 2002-2003, although the death toll is still lower. China said it has confirmed 5,974 cases of the new virus, compared to 5,327 cases of...
Virus cases in China top SARS as evacuations begin
BEIJING (AP) — Countries began evacuating their citizens Wednesday from the Chinese city hardest-hit by a new virus that has now infected more people in China than were sickened in the country by SARS. The number of confirmed cases jumped to 5,974, surpassing the 5,327 in mainland China during the SARS...
AP Photos: Beijing hunkers down amid virus outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — In a normal year, the city of Beijing springs to life in the closing days of the annual weeklong Lunar New Year holiday as families leave home to shop, dine and visit tourist attractions. But this is not a normal year. Fears of a virus outbreak have kept many indoors and at home in...
Airlines suspend China flights, cut services on virus fears
BANGKOK (AP) — British Airways and Asian budget carriers Lion Air and Seoul Air have joined a growing list of airlines that are suspending flights to China as fears spread about the outbreak of a new virus that has killed more than 130 people. Several other airlines including Finnair, Hong Kong-based...
Americans pass health test after being evacuated from China
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A plane evacuating more than 200 Americans from a Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak continued Wednesday on to Southern California after everyone aboard passed a health screening test in Anchorage, where the aircraft had stopped to refuel. All 201 passengers had already...
China's women's Olympic soccer team quarantined in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — China's national women's soccer team has been quarantined in Australia ahead of an Olympic qualifying tournament as fears spread about the outbreak of a new virus that has killed more than 130 people. Health officials in Queensland state said on Wednesday that 32 people,...
Japanese evacuation flight brings back workers from Wuhan
TOKYO (AP) — The first group of Japanese evacuees from a virus-hit Chinese city arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday, a dozen of them with cough and fever including two who were later diagnosed with pneumonia. Five of the 206 evacuees were taken to designated Tokyo hospitals specializing in treating infectious...
Villages on Beijing's outskirts isolate selves amid outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — With barricades and wary guardians, villages on the outskirts of Beijing are closing themselves off to outsiders to ward against infection from a new type of virus. Roads are being blocked by piles of earth or anything else capable of stopping traffic, red banners are tied overhead and...
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