At least four American evacuees from China who arrived Wednesday at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego were hospitalized after showing signs of coronavirus, the pneumonia-like illness that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has since sickened more than 28,000 worldwide.
A Korean Air flight heading to Las Vegas was diverted to Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday due to concerns that some of the passengers had been exposed to the coronavirus, according to a statement from the airline.
A Korean Air flight heading to Las Vegas was diverted to Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday due to concerns that some of the passengers had been exposed to the coronavirus, according to a statement from the airline.
A Hong Kong-based airline asked 27,000 employees Wednesday to take three weeks of unpaid leave to lessen the economic impact from the coronavirus that has engulfed mainland China.
Visitors from mainland China to Hong Kong will be quarantined for 14 days as the semi-autonomous region aims to prevent the coronavirus from spreading within its borders.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week granted state laboratories permission to use the rapid coronavirus diagnostic test created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
More than 14,000 people are calling for one California school district to temporarily close its doors amid the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus that’s killed nearly 500 people as of Wednesday.
Two planes carrying coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan, China -- the epicenter of the deadly outbreak -- have landed at Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, Calif., according to local reports.
A Chinese doctor who claimed he quietly warned of the coronavirus outbreak that has besieged the country and resulted in hundreds of deaths said he was detained by authorities and eventually sickened.
Hospitals in Hong Kong have scaled back services as thousands of medical workers went continued to strike Tuesday to demand the closure of the semi-autonomous region's border with mainland China after reports of its first coronavirus death.
The deadly novel coronavirus has killed more than 420 people and infected at least 20,704 globally since it was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December.