| schema:articleBody
| - The new coronavirus that appeared late December has claimed more than 560 lives, infected some 28,000 people in mainland China and spread to more than 20 countries. Here is a timeline. 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. The United States, Nepal, France, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan confirm cases over the following days. By January 20, nearly half of China's provinces are affected. A Chinese 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. On January 24, the first cases are recorded in Europe, in France. Beijing extends the Lunar 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 case of the coronavirus is reported in 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. On January 31, Italy declares a state of emergency in order to fast-track efforts to combat the spread of the virus. The US says on February 1 it is banning the entry of foreign nationals who had recently travelled to China, a move followed by other countries. 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, the first day of trading since the holiday. On February 4, Hong Kong reports a coronavirus death, the second outside the mainland. The WHO says the outbreak does not yet constitute a "pandemic". On February 5, Hong Kong announces a two-week quarantine for all travellers from the mainland. Its flagship carrier Cathay Pacific asks its entire workforce of 27,000 to take up to three weeks of unpaid leave. Twenty people on a cruise ship off the Japanese coast test positive for the virus, with around 3,700 onboard. Airbus closes an aircraft production facility in Tianjin near Beijing. On February 6, workers making iPhones at Foxconn's plant in central China are told they will be quarantined for up to two weeks. In Hong Kong, 3,600 people spend a second night confined aboard a cruise ship after eight former passengers test positive for the virus. doc-eab/jmy/rl
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)