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| - The new coronavirus announced late December has claimed 170 lives in China, infected around 7,000 people and spread to more than 15 countries. As alarm grows, foreign governments are airlifting their citizens from the epicentre of the outbreak, airlines have suspended flights to and from China, and neighbours have shut their borders. Here is a timeline. Health authorities in Wuhan, an industrial city 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 which is shut on January 1. As infections rise, 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 on January 11, a man in Wuhan. Two days later the WHO reports a case in Thailand -- the first outside China -- of a woman who arrived from the city. Japan reports its first case, a man who had visited Wuhan, on January 16. The United States, Nepal, France, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan confirm cases over the following days. The US starts screening flights arriving from Wuhan. On January 20, China reports a third death in Wuhan and infections outside Hubei including in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Human-to-human transmission is "affirmative", a Chinese infectious disease expert tells state broadcaster CCTV. Asian countries introduce mandatory airport screenings of arrivals from high-risk areas of China. On January 22, the death toll in China hits 17 with more than 550 infections. European airports step up checks on flights from Wuhan. The city is placed under quarantine on January 23, with transport links cut. Public transport is halted in at least 18 other cities in Hubei, affecting more than 50 million people. Beijing cancels events for the Lunar New Year starting on January 25. Officials report the first death outside Hubei. On January 24, Shanghai Disneyland closes as does a section of the Great Wall and other landmarks. Hong Kong's Disneyland follows. Mongolia closes its border with China and shuts schools and universities on January 27. The WHO says the risk is "high at the global level". Beijing extends the Lunar New Year holiday to limit population flows. Malaysia bans visitors from Wuhan. On January 28, Germany announces what appears to be the first confirmed instance of human-to-human transmission in Europe. Japan reports a case of a man apparently infected after driving tourists who had come from Wuhan. Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific cuts flights to and from the Chinese mainland. On January 29, hundreds of US and Japanese citizens are evacuated from Wuhan on chartered flights. Other countries plan to pull out their nationals, including Australia, France and Germany. The United Arab Emirates reports the first known case in the Middle East. British Airways and Lufthansa suspend their China flights, as do airlines from Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal and Russia. Japanese auto giant Toyota extends its New Year shutdown of China factories to February 9, while Starbucks closes more than half of its coffee shops. Kazakhstan shuts its border with China; Russia follows. On January 30, China announces 38 new deaths, the biggest single-day jump in a death toll of 170. Ikea closes all its Chinese stores "until further notice". A cruise ship carrying nearly 7,000 people is placed on lockdown in an Italian port over two suspected cases. bur-br/bp
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