Hong Kong conducts health checks on cruise ship denied Taiwan docking
A cruise ship which has been denied entry to the southern Taiwan port of Kaohsiung docked on Wednesday in Hong Kong, with all passengers and crew undergoing health checks, Cable TV reported.
Japan screens 3,700 on quarantined cruise ship after coronavirus case
Health screening began on Tuesday for some 3,700 passengers and crew aboard a cruise liner held in quarantine at the Japanese port of Yokohama, after a Hong Kong passenger who sailed on the vessel last month tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus.
China virus toll nears 500, airlines cut Hong Kong flights, cases found on cruise ship
The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China passed 490 on Wednesday, as two U.S. airlines suspended flights to Hong Kong following the first fatality there and 10 cases were confirmed on a quarantined Japanese cruise ship.
Australia launches inquiry into veteran suicide rates
Australia is to hold a wide-ranging inquiry into suicides among military veterans and will appoint a permanent commissioner to try to curb the death rate, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday.
No box of chocolates: South Korea border town laid low by swine fever, not shells from North
For the first time in 10 years, Kong Ji-ye’s chocolate-making machines sit idle in Paju city, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas.
U.S. expands use of coronavirus diagnostic test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday granted emergency use approval for state public health laboratories to start testing for the new flu-like coronavirus from China using kits developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD…
Ten passengers on cruise liner docked in Japan test positive for coronavirus
Ten people on a cruise liner in the port of Yokohama have tested positive for coronavirus, Japan said on Wednesday, a figure that could rise as more results come in and authorities continue to monitor thousands of passengers and crew.
Sudan’s Burhan casts doubt on rapid normalization of ties with Israel
The head of Sudan’s ruling council on Tuesday cast doubt on any rapid normalization of ties with Israel a day after meeting the Israeli prime minister in Uganda, saying that his country’s position on the Palestinian issue remains unchanged.
UK to send another civilian aircraft to help Britons leave Wuhan
Britain’s Foreign Office said late on Tuesday that it will charter another civilian aircraft to help British nationals and their dependents leave China’s Wuhan for the UK on Sunday amidst the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
Flight carrying New Zealanders, Australians leaves virus-hit Wuhan
A flight carrying New Zealanders, Australians and citizens of smaller Pacific countries who were evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan is expected to arrive in Auckland later on Wednesday, authorities said.
