A worker with sanitizing equipment disinfects an office following an outbreak of the coronavirus in the country, in Shanghai, China. Reuters
The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic continued to climb unabated rising to 1,483 on Friday. However, the number of new infections in Hubei province fell after a change in case definitions caused a massive increase the previous day. New cases have pushed the number of infections in the country to over 64,600.
The central province's health commission reported 116 more deaths and 4,823 new cases, the majority involving "clinically diagnosed" patients.
Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that the ruling Communist Party needed to fix various problems, loopholes and weaknesses exposed during the current outbreak of the coronavirus, state television reported on Friday.
ALSO READ: Coronavirus crisis credit negative for Asia-Pacific port operators: Moody's
The virus, now named COVID-19, has spread to over 20 countries, including India.
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10:15 PM
Maybank Championship, Volvo China Open postponed due to concerns over coronavirus outbreak
The outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in China has forced the organisers to postpone the Maybank Championship Golf, which was scheduled to take place at the Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur from April 16 to 19.
The Volvo China Open, a European Tour event in Guangdong, China, due to take place from April 20 to 23, has also been postponed.
The Asian Tour and European Tour accepted a request from title sponsor and promoter Maybank to postpone the Maybank Championship, while the decision to postpone the Volvo China Open was taken after consultation with tournament stakeholders -- the China Golf
Association, Genzon Golf Club, Shenzhen Government, title sponsor Volvo and promoters Mitime Golf.
10:12 PM
WHO says joint China mission to start coronavirus investigations this weekend
A World Health Organization-led joint mission with China will start its outbreak investigation work this weekend and will focus on how the new coronavirus is spreading and the severity of the disease, the WHO's director said on Friday.
The mission will also seek more details on how, where and when the more than 1,700 healthworkers infected so far contracted the new virus, WHO officials said.
"We expect the full team to touch down over the weekend," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at briefing.
10:11 PM
Family recovered from coronavirus returns home in Beijing
After being treated for coronavirus in a Beijing hospital for over two weeks, three members of the Liu family have recovered and were allowed to return home on Friday, a family member said.
The family's encounter with the virus began when the parents of a 29-year-old Beijing man surnamed Liu, who are from central China's Hubei province, briefly stopped in Wuhan, the outbreak's epicentre, on their way to Beijing for the Lunar New Year.
The mother was diagnosed with coronavirus on Jan. 29, and her son and his wife and their one-year-old son were all subsequently found to have been infected with coronavirus.
09:43 PM
Coronavirus empties exhibition halls, but over time the show will go on
When Victoria Beckham sends her models down the London catwalk on Sunday, many of her most important clients will not be sitting in the front row but following from afar as the coronavirus outbreak hobbles international events.
The drive by London Fashion Week to communicate with absent Chinese buyers is just one of the ways the global events industry is adapting, quickly, to keep the show on the road.
Caroline Rush, head of the British Fashion Council, said it wanted to keep dialogue open and buyers engaged.
09:27 PM
Outbreak in China hits Indian pharmaceutical units
Shortage of life-saving drugs procured by Indian pharmaceutical companies from China has severely hit the output in Asia's largest pharmaceutical hub Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, trade insiders said on Friday.
They attribute the acute shortage mainly of paracetamol and antibiotic azithromycin to closure of pharmaceutical units in China following the coronavirus outbreak. Also the shortage of raw material has led to a spike in rates.
Indian drug manufacturers, mainly concentrated in Baddi, depend on Chinese companies and suppliers for close to 90 per cent raw material, a drug manufacturer said.
09:24 PM
Cruise industry shuns Asia, seeking to limit coronavirus risks
The plight of the cruise ship off Japan with more than 200 coronavirus infections and the shunning of another luxury liner by five ports despite no known cases has led to a sharp change in tack for an industry in shock: avoid Asia.
To that end, many cruises in the region are being cancelled while others currently sailing are being re-routed, skipping originally scheduled stops in China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Vietnam on Friday turned away two ships from docking, citing the need to prevent the virus from entering the country.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd cancelled 18 cruises in Southeast Asia on Thursday after calling off eight trips to China last week. It joined industry leader Carnival Corp in warning that full-year earnings would be hit by the epidemic.
09:10 PM
China's appreciates India's offer of help to fight coronavirus epidemic
China said on Friday it appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's offer to provide support and help in its fight against the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the country that has claimed nearly 1,500 lives and infected over 60,000.
China's statement came as the foreign ministry released a list of 33 countries that have provided medical supplies and assistance to Beijing to combat the epidemic. However, India did not figure in the list.
During an online media briefing here on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang said China welcomed and thanked the international community, the developing countries in particular, for their sincere support and friendly assistance.
09:10 PM
Coronavirus outbreak death toll spikes to nearly 1,500
The death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak has spiked to nearly 1,500, including six medical workers, while the confirmed cases of the infection are now around 65,000 even as the cases outside the worst-hit Hubei province dropped for the 10th consecutive day.
The coronavirus has posed a big threat to the medical staff in China as more than 1,700 Chinese health workers have been infected by the virus while treating the patients and six of them have died.
The worst-hit Hubei province and its provincial capital Wuhan reported 116 new fatalities on Thursday, lower than the highest toll of 242 on Wednesday. The province reported 4,823 new confirmed cases on Thursday.
09:06 PM
We need to know more about infection of 1,760 Chinese health workers, including time period and circumstances, says WHO’s Tedros.
09:05 PM
WHO mission to China will focus on understanding transmission of coronavirus, severity of disease and impact of ongoing response measures, says Tedros.
The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic continued to climb unabated rising to 1,483 on Friday. However, the number of new infections in Hubei province fell after a change in case definitions caused a massive increase the previous day. New cases have pushed the number of infections in the country to over 64,600.
The central province's health commission reported 116 more deaths and 4,823 new cases, the majority involving "clinically diagnosed" patients.
Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that the ruling Communist Party needed to fix various problems, loopholes and weaknesses exposed during the current outbreak of the coronavirus, state television reported on Friday.
ALSO READ: Coronavirus crisis credit negative for Asia-Pacific port operators: Moody's
The virus, now named COVID-19, has spread to over 20 countries, including India.
CATCH ALL THE LIVE UPDATES
Auto Refresh
10:15 PM
Maybank Championship, Volvo China Open postponed due to concerns over coronavirus outbreak
The outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in China has forced the organisers to postpone the Maybank Championship Golf, which was scheduled to take place at the Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur from April 16 to 19.
The Volvo China Open, a European Tour event in Guangdong, China, due to take place from April 20 to 23, has also been postponed.
The Asian Tour and European Tour accepted a request from title sponsor and promoter Maybank to postpone the Maybank Championship, while the decision to postpone the Volvo China Open was taken after consultation with tournament stakeholders -- the China Golf
Association, Genzon Golf Club, Shenzhen Government, title sponsor Volvo and promoters Mitime Golf.
10:12 PM
WHO says joint China mission to start coronavirus investigations this weekend
A World Health Organization-led joint mission with China will start its outbreak investigation work this weekend and will focus on how the new coronavirus is spreading and the severity of the disease, the WHO's director said on Friday.
The mission will also seek more details on how, where and when the more than 1,700 healthworkers infected so far contracted the new virus, WHO officials said.
"We expect the full team to touch down over the weekend," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at briefing.
10:11 PM
Family recovered from coronavirus returns home in Beijing
After being treated for coronavirus in a Beijing hospital for over two weeks, three members of the Liu family have recovered and were allowed to return home on Friday, a family member said.
The family's encounter with the virus began when the parents of a 29-year-old Beijing man surnamed Liu, who are from central China's Hubei province, briefly stopped in Wuhan, the outbreak's epicentre, on their way to Beijing for the Lunar New Year.
The mother was diagnosed with coronavirus on Jan. 29, and her son and his wife and their one-year-old son were all subsequently found to have been infected with coronavirus.
09:43 PM
Coronavirus empties exhibition halls, but over time the show will go on
When Victoria Beckham sends her models down the London catwalk on Sunday, many of her most important clients will not be sitting in the front row but following from afar as the coronavirus outbreak hobbles international events.
The drive by London Fashion Week to communicate with absent Chinese buyers is just one of the ways the global events industry is adapting, quickly, to keep the show on the road.
Caroline Rush, head of the British Fashion Council, said it wanted to keep dialogue open and buyers engaged.
09:27 PM
Outbreak in China hits Indian pharmaceutical units
Shortage of life-saving drugs procured by Indian pharmaceutical companies from China has severely hit the output in Asia's largest pharmaceutical hub Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, trade insiders said on Friday.
They attribute the acute shortage mainly of paracetamol and antibiotic azithromycin to closure of pharmaceutical units in China following the coronavirus outbreak. Also the shortage of raw material has led to a spike in rates.
Indian drug manufacturers, mainly concentrated in Baddi, depend on Chinese companies and suppliers for close to 90 per cent raw material, a drug manufacturer said.
09:24 PM
Cruise industry shuns Asia, seeking to limit coronavirus risks
The plight of the cruise ship off Japan with more than 200 coronavirus infections and the shunning of another luxury liner by five ports despite no known cases has led to a sharp change in tack for an industry in shock: avoid Asia.
To that end, many cruises in the region are being cancelled while others currently sailing are being re-routed, skipping originally scheduled stops in China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Vietnam on Friday turned away two ships from docking, citing the need to prevent the virus from entering the country.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd cancelled 18 cruises in Southeast Asia on Thursday after calling off eight trips to China last week. It joined industry leader Carnival Corp in warning that full-year earnings would be hit by the epidemic.
09:10 PM
China's appreciates India's offer of help to fight coronavirus epidemic
China said on Friday it appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's offer to provide support and help in its fight against the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the country that has claimed nearly 1,500 lives and infected over 60,000.
China's statement came as the foreign ministry released a list of 33 countries that have provided medical supplies and assistance to Beijing to combat the epidemic. However, India did not figure in the list.
During an online media briefing here on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang said China welcomed and thanked the international community, the developing countries in particular, for their sincere support and friendly assistance.
09:10 PM
Coronavirus outbreak death toll spikes to nearly 1,500
The death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak has spiked to nearly 1,500, including six medical workers, while the confirmed cases of the infection are now around 65,000 even as the cases outside the worst-hit Hubei province dropped for the 10th consecutive day.
The coronavirus has posed a big threat to the medical staff in China as more than 1,700 Chinese health workers have been infected by the virus while treating the patients and six of them have died.
The worst-hit Hubei province and its provincial capital Wuhan reported 116 new fatalities on Thursday, lower than the highest toll of 242 on Wednesday. The province reported 4,823 new confirmed cases on Thursday.
09:06 PM
We need to know more about infection of 1,760 Chinese health workers, including time period and circumstances, says WHO’s Tedros.
09:05 PM
WHO mission to China will focus on understanding transmission of coronavirus, severity of disease and impact of ongoing response measures, says Tedros.
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