Mexico says possible case of coronavirus under investigation
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that authorities are investigating one potential case of coronavirus in the northern border state of Tamaulipas.
Putin to discuss release of U.S.-Israeli woman jailed in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the release of U.S.-Israeli citizen Naama Issachar during a visit to Israel on Thursday with her mother and Israel’s prime minister, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Wednesday.
UK to tackle coronavirus threat with enhanced monitoring at Heathrow
Britain will start enhanced monitoring of all passengers who arrive on direct flights from the Chinese city of Wuhan to tackle the threat of coronavirus.
Serbia introduces airport screening for new coronavirus
Serbia will screen passengers arriving at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla airport using a thermal camera and is ready to quarantine anyone suspected of carrying the new coronavirus, health minister Zlatibor Loncar said on Wednesday.
Paraguay’s President Abdo contracts dengue fever amid outbreak
A dengue fever outbreak that has affected thousands of Paraguayans in recent weeks has reached as far as the presidential palace, with the country’s leader Mario Abdo confirmed as having been struck by the disease.
‘I will continue to fight’: South Korea’s first transgender soldier vows to oppose dismissal
South Korea’s first transgender soldier said on Wednesday she would sue the military after it announced it would dismiss her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery last year.
Hong Kong’s Lam says city vigilant over coronavirus
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Wednesday that the government had been very vigilant over the coronavirus, adding that the rapid flow of people across the border made the city highly vulnerable to the outbreak.
Pension protest at France’s biggest hydro-dam creates power shortfall
Energy workers temporarily halted power generation at France’s biggest hydro-electricity plant on Wednesday in protest at President Emmanuel Macron’s overhaul of the pension system.
Burkina Faso approves state backing for vigilantes fighting jihadists
Burkina Faso’s parliament has voted to provide funding and training to local vigilantes in response to the growing firepower of jihadist groups who threaten to overrun government forces across large swathes of the West African country.
Factbox: WHO expert panel to decide whether new virus an emergency
A World Health Organisation panel of experts on the new coronavirus met on Wednesday to evaluate whether the outbreak, which has spread from China to several countries, constitutes an international emergency.
