(Reuters) – A coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, the capital of China\u2019s central province of Hubei, has spread to more than 9,800 people globally, surpassing the total from the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. The new virus has killed 213 people.
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Here is what we know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** There are 131 confirmed cases in 23 countries and regions outside mainland China, including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** No deaths have been reported outside China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** The United States reported its first case of person-to-person transmission. Germany, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea have also recorded similar transmissions, which suggest greater potential for the virus to spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** Several Chinese cities have levied strict travel curbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** The U.S. State Department told Americans not to travel to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** Japan advised its citizens to put off non-urgent travel to China and brought forward special measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** Global airlines have suspended or scaled back direct flights to China\u2019s major cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** Countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and the United States are working to evacuate citizens from Wuhan or have already started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** A charter flight carrying 368 South Koreans from Wuhan landed in Seoul. The evacuees were taken to quarantine centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** A plane carrying 83 British and 27 other foreign nationals left Wuhan, the British government said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** Authorities in Myanmar turned back a China Southern flight from Guangzhou with almost everyone on board after one of the passengers was found with flu symptoms similar to the coronavirus, a government spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam rejected calls from a medical union to close the border with mainland China to contain the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** China\u2019s aviation authority sent two flights to bring back its tourists stranded in Thailand and Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** China will release winter and spring vegetable reserves in major northern cities to ease supply shortages amid the new coronavirus outbreak, state news agency Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** The Chinese Football Association said it would postpone domestic games in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** The World Athletics Indoor Championships scheduled in the Chinese city of Nanjing in March have been postponed until 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** The coronavirus should have little impact on the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump\u2019s chief economic adviser said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** China\u2019s capital Beijing said that companies in the province will postpone reopening until Feb. 10 in order to help prevent the spread of a new coronavirus, government newspaper Beijing Daily reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
** Some experts believe the virus is not as dangerous as the 2002-03 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that killed nearly 800 people, or the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which has killed more than 700 people since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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