Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has halted travel to Islam’s holiest sites over fears about a new viral epidemic months ahead of the hajj pilgrimage. The extraordinary decision stops foreigners from reaching the holy city of Mecca and Prophet Muhammad’s mosque in Medina. The decision shows the concern about the outbreak potentially…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Scientists can’t tell yet just how deadly the new respiratory virus that’s spreading the globe really is. Deepening the mystery, the fatality rate differs even from one part of China to another. In the outbreak’s epicenter in Wuhan, the World Health Organization put the death rate at 2% to 4%. But…
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, says the UAE is limiting flights to Iran over virus outbreak. The airport said in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday that “all flights to and from the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the exception of Tehran, have…
BEIJING, CHINA (AP) — Chinese authorities have reported a slight upturn in new virus cases and 105 more deaths, as the military dispatched hundreds of additional medical workers and extra supplies to the city hit hardest by the 2-month-old outbreak. The 2,048 new cases followed three days of declines but was up by just 39…
Beijing, China (AP) China reported a rise in new virus cases, possibly denting optimism disease control measures that have isolated major cities might be working, while Japan reported dozens of new cases aboard a quarantined cruise ship. The mainland death toll rose by 97 to 908. Japanese health officials said about 60 more cases were…
Beijing, China (AP) Japan has reported 41 new cases of a virus on a quarantined cruise ship and turned away another luxury liner while the death toll in mainland China rose to 636, including a doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the disease threat.…
Beijing, China (AP) China’s death toll from a new viral disease that is causing mounting global concern has risen by 25 to at least 106. The United States and other governments are preparing to fly their citizens out of the locked-down city at center of the outbreak. The total includes the first death in Beijing…
Beijing, China (AP) China is swiftly building a hospital dedicated to treating patients infected by a new virus that has killed 26 people, sickened hundreds and prompted lockdowns of at least 10 cities on the eve of the country’s most important holiday. Transportation was halted and streets were eerily quiet in the locked-down cities as…