Category Emergency Health Alert

Cruise ship under quarantine in Hong Kong, tests for coronavirus conducted as 30 crew members have fever #coronavirus #fever #HongKong #wuhan #china #emergency #ship #quarantine

Hong Kong health officials were scrambled to screen crew members aboard a large cruise ship arriving from Taiwan after dozens showed symptoms similar to the deadly coronavirus. Hong Kong’s health department said that 30 crew members of the World Dream…

Saudi Arabia reports outbreak of HIGHLY pathogenic bird flu virus: H5N8 #BirdFlu #H5N8 #emergency #SaudiArabia

An outbreak of a particularly contagious bird flu virus has been reported in Saudi Arabia, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) warns, as the world struggles to contain the spread of a deadly China coronavirus. The outbreak took place…

Doctor in coronavirus-hit Wuhan claims local authorities told him to stop warning others of outbreak #coronavirus #wuhan #china #emergency

A doctor in the Chinese city of Wuhan claims he was told by police to stop warning fellow medics about a potential coronavirus outbreak. Li Wenliang, who has since taken ill with flu-like symptoms, took to Chinese social media platform…

First lethal case outside China: WHO confirms death of coronavirus patient in Philippines #coronavirus #emergency #WHO #philippines #wuhan #china

A man has died in the Philippines after testing positive for coronavirus, becoming the first lethal case of the outbreak outside China. The deceased recently returned from Wuhan, the center of the crisis. The 44-year-old man died on Saturday after…