February 4, 2020 Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants voice coronavirus concerns, urge carrier to let them wear face masks On Monday, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), which represents nearly 50,000 flight attendants across 20 airlines, claims that Hawaiian Airlines is only allowing its flight crew to don masks when dealing with potentially sick passengers.
February 4, 2020 Coronavirus fears in Mexico see Uber suspend hundreds of accounts Ride-hailing app Uber over the weekend was forced to suspend some 240 accounts after some of its users came into contact with drivers who had been possibly exposed to the novel coronavirus.Â
February 4, 2020 Washington man diagnosed with coronavirus released from hospital The man, who did not identify himself, asked for privacy and will continue to recover in isolation at home.
February 3, 2020 More Americans to be evacuated from China amid coronavirus outbreak: officials More Americans will reportedly be evacuated from China amid the deadly outbreak of novel coronavirus that’s now sickened more than 17,000 and killed some 361 others.
February 3, 2020 Second person-to-person coronavirus transmission reported in US, CDC says The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday confirmed the second person-to-person transmission of novel coronavirus in the U.S., marking the tenth and eleventh cases of the pneumonia-like illness in the country.Â
February 3, 2020 Chinese teen with cerebral palsy dies after coronavirus quarantines sole caretaker: report A 17-year-old Chinese teen with cerebral palsy reportedly died after his father and sole caretaker was quarantined amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 300 people in China and sickened thousands of others across the world.
February 2, 2020 Coronavirus evacuees to be housed at California, Texas and Colorado military bases Four U.S. military bases in California, Colorado and Texas were selected Saturday to house up to 1,000 Americans expected to be placed under quarantine upon arrival from China where they will be examined for up to one month for signs of the coronavirus.
February 2, 2020 Coronavirus prompts family to cancel vacation, they say Norwegian won't refund them thousands of dollars Vacations are supposed to be relaxing.
February 2, 2020 China deploys 1,400 military doctors, nurses to staff makeshift hospitals in Wuhan Following the first confirmed coronavirus death outside China, the country’s defense military on Sunday deployed 1,400 medical personnel to staff a new hospital in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of the novel virus that’s now killed more than 300 people and sickened more than 14,000 in China alone.
January 31, 2020 US coronavirus evacuees being kept under 14-day quarantine, CDC says The 195 passengers who arrived at the California base on Wednesday will be kept under a 14-day quarantine.