Passengers put on face masks to guard towards the unfold of the Coronavirus as they arrive on a flight from Asia at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport,
Passengers put on face masks to guard towards the unfold of the Coronavirus as they arrive on a flight from Asia at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport, California, on January 29, 2020.
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All occasions beneath are in Japanese time.
8:15 am: Cruise ship maintain 6,000 passengers close to Italy
Costa Cruises is holding 6,000 passengers on board one of the Costa Smeralda close to Italy after a Chinese language girl got here down with a fever, elevating concern that she could have the virus, Italian information company Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata reported. The cruise line stated in a press release that it’s holding the lady, who’s 54 and from Macau, in isolation alongside along with her journey companion. “The Well being Authority has been instantly notified and is now on board to conduct all of the pertinent measures,” the corporate stated. “It’s our utmost precedence to make sure the well being and security of passengers and crew.”
7:48 am: Russia closes border with China
Russia plans to shut its border with China to stop the unfold of the coronavirus, in keeping with the nation’s state media. “A corresponding instruction was signed at present. Work on it’s already in progress. We are going to inform all these involved correctly in regards to the measures to shut the border within the Far Japanese area and different steps the federal government has taken (to stop the unfold of coronavirus in Russia),” Russian…