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| - The new coronavirus that appeared late December has claimed more than 630 lives and infected at least 31,000 people in mainland China, with more than 240 cases spreading to two dozen countries. Here is a timeline of the outbreak. Health authorities in Wuhan, an industrial city of 11 million people in central Hubei province, first document the new illness on December 8. On December 31, China alerts the World Health Organization (WHO) to cases of pneumonia in the city. Several infections are traced to a Wuhan market. Chinese officials say on January 7 they have identified a new virus from the coronavirus family. It is named 2019-nCoV. China announces its first death in Wuhan on January 11. Two days later the first case outside China is reported in Thailand, originating in Wuhan. Japan reports its first case, also from Wuhan, on January 16. Around 10 other countries, including Australia, France and the United States, confirm cases over the following days. On January 20, as the disease spreads across China, a national infectious disease expert confirms the illness can be transmitted between humans. Wuhan is placed under quarantine on January 23, with transport links cut there and in other Hubei province cities, affecting more than 56 million people. Beijing cancels events for the upcoming Lunar New Year. Several landmarks are closed. The first two deaths are reported outside Hubei. Beijing extends the New Year holiday to limit travel. On January 28, Germany and Japan announce the first two confirmed human-to-human transmissions outside China. On January 29, the US and Japan become the first of several nations to start evacuating citizens from Wuhan. A coronavirus spreads to the Middle East, in the United Arab Emirates. Some international airlines suspend their China flights. Foreign companies shutdown Chinese factories and shops. On January 30, the WHO declares a "public health emergency of international concern". Russia shuts its border with China. Italy declares a state of emergency. On February 2, Wenzhou, some 800 kilometres (500 miles) from Wuhan, becomes the second city to be locked down. The Philippines reports the first coronavirus death outside China. China says it will pump in 1.2 trillion yuan ($173 billion) to protect growth. Chinese stocks collapse on February 3 as exchanges reopen. On February 4, Hong Kong reports the second death outside the mainland. The WHO says the outbreak is not yet a "pandemic". On February 5, Hong Kong announces a two-week quarantine for travellers from the mainland. Its flagship carrier Cathay Pacific asks its entire workforce to take unpaid leave. Airbus closes an aircraft production facility near Beijing. On February 6, workers making iPhones at Foxconn's plant in central China are quarantined for up to two weeks. On February 7, a Chinese doctor who was punished after raising the alarm in late December about the coronavirus, dies from the pathogen. More than 60 people on a cruise ship off the Japanese coast have tested positive for the virus since the ship was quarantined two days earlier, with around 3,700 onboard. In Hong Kong, 3,600 people face a third night confined aboard another cruise ship, where eight former passengers have tested positive for the virus. Chinese President Xi Jinping urges US President Donald Trump by telephone "to respond reasonably" to the outbreak, after Washington and other countries banned arrivals from China. The WHO warns that the world is running out of masks and other protective equipment. Chinese scientists say the endangered pangolin, a scaly mammal, may be the potential link for the virus. doc-jmy/dl
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