Britain has told citizens to leave China, New Zealand is the latest country to airlift people out of Wuhan and Nike is latest multinational to warn about the economic impact. Follow all the developments hereBritain advises nationals to leave China How to protect yourself from coronavirusCould the US travel ban backfire? 1.59am GMT The World Health Organization says there is a “window of opportunity” to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The WHO has declared the outbreak a global health emergency but it said on Tuesday night that the lockdown put in place by the Chinese government to limit the spread from the epicentre of Wuhan offered a chance to halt transmission.While 99% of cases are in China, in the rest of the world we only have 176 cases. That doesn’t mean that it won’t get worse. But for sure we have a window of opportunity to act” 1.46am GMT More on the Japanese cruise ship from our correspondent in Tokyo, Justin McCurry.Tests for the virus have been carried out on 273 of the 3,700 passengers and crew on board the Diamond Princess after an 80-year-old man who had been on the ship last month tested positive when he arrived home in Hong Kong.Japan confirms that at least 10 passengers aboard this cruise ship have been infected with the #coronavirus.3,711 people were quarantined on board the Diamond Princess Monday after a passenger who disembarked in Hong Kong Jan. 25 tested positive for the virus. pic.twitter.com/2N36Pg9RFCJapan’s health minister, Katsunobu Kato, said only passengers and crew who had been in close contact with the infected man or were feeling unwell had been tested. Of the 273 people tested, 31 results had come back – and of those 10 had tested positive, Kato said. The 10 infected passengers, who include three Japanese nationals, are being transferred to a hospital.It was immediately not clear if health authorities planned to test other passengers. Kato said the remaining passengers and crew would be required to stay on the vessel for 14 days – the maximum incubation period of the respiratory illness. Continue reading…
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