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| - The new coronavirus announced late December has claimed 213 lives, infected nearly 10,000 people in China, spread to 25 countries and is now classed as a global emergency. 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, as the death toll rises, 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. The WHO says the global risk is "high". 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, the United States and Japan start evacuating their citizens from Wuhan. British Airways and Lufthansa suspend their China flights, while other airlines reduce their links. 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. On the 30 Kazakhstan and Russia join Mongolia in shutting their borders with their neighbour. The WHO declares an international emergency, but says there is no need to limit travel and trade with China. With the virus spreading to around 25 countries, on the 31 China announces its worst single-day death toll, 43, since the start of the epidemic. Washington tells Americans not to travel to China and urges those already there to leave. Japan, Britain and Germany also recommend that their citizens avoid the country. France and Britain start repatriating their citizens, while Germany and Russia prepare to do so. Singapore and Mongolia ban arrivals from China. Italy declares a state of emergency. bur-jmy/bp
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