Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka health officials have confirmed that a Chinese woman admitted to the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) has contracted the new coronavirus.
A 22-member National Action Committee has been set up by the Ministry of Health to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Sri Lanka.
On 23 January, Vietnam confirmed the first two cases of COVID-19, a Chinese man (#1) travelling from Wuhan to Hanoi to visit his son who lived in Vietnam, and his son (#2), who was believed to have contracted the disease from his father. They were hospitalised on 22 January at Chợ Rẫy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.[2] On 24 January, Acting Minister of Health Vũ Đức Đam ordered the activation of the Emergency Epidemic Prevention Centre.[3] On 29 January, the son fully recovered and was discharged.[4] His father was discharged on 12 February.
A Vietnam has prepared for the epidemic as early as the very first case in China emerged, around mid-December 2019. Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam stated that the Government Office, Army forces and Minister of Health have worked out various plans in case the number of affected cases burst out.Thanks to this nation-wide effort, the country has won the first fights against COVID-19 with 16 confirmed cases, 16 recoveries, and 0 death.Vietnamese response has gathered praises from several figures, comparing it to the fast Vietnamese response back in 2003 when the SARS outbreak occurred when Vietnam became the first country to be cleared of SARS. United States Ambassador to Vietnam, Daniel Kritenbrink, had praised Vietnam for its fast measures against the outbreak.U.S. delegation also praised Vietnam for its quarantine efforts, and have cooperated with the Vietnamese Embassy in the United States.
There are no notices currently in effect for Vietnam
On 30 January, the country's first case was confirmed in a student who had returned from Wuhan University to Kerala.
India has issued a travel advisory to its citizens, particularly for the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, where 500 Indian medical students are studying. It directed seven major international airports to perform thermal screening of passengers arriving from China.
There is no notices currently in effect for India.
Jan 24: One person has been found to be infected from coronavirus in Nepal. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the person who came from China’s virus-infected Wuhan region has been found to have ‘positive’ result after a lab test at WHO Collaborating Center Hong Kong.
Following direction of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST) schools across the country announce the process of hastening the examination schedules to prevent the possible transmission risk of Novel Coronavirus.
Watch level 1, Practice Usual Precations (Dengue)
On 30 January, the country's first case was confirmed in a student who had returned from Wuhan University to Kerala.
India has issued a travel advisory to its citizens, particularly for the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, where 500 Indian medical students are studying. It directed seven major international airports to perform thermal screening of passengers arriving from China.
There is no notices currently in effect for India.
On 25 January, the first confirmed case was announced in Victoria, a Chinese national in his 50s who had travelled from Guangzhou of the Guandong province to Melbourne via China Southern Airlines flight CZ321.
The first novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection in Thailand was reported on 13 January 2020, making it the first country outside China to report such infection.
Imposing travel restrictions to reduce the number of travllers from China, Iran and the Republic of Korea and screening travllers who arive in Australia.
There is no notices currently in effect in Australia.
Cambodia has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Monday (Jan 27).
The response of Cambodia’s government to date echoes that during the building of K5 in the 1980s. Hun Sen has refused to ban direct flights between Cambodia and China as this would hurt the economy, which has become increasingly dependent on Chinese tourism and investment.
There is no notices currently in effect in Cambodia.
Reports of the new coronavirus first surfaced in early December 2019 in Wuhan, China. According to WHO, the main symptoms of the virus are fever and lesions in both lungs. Some patients also have reported difficulty breathing, WHO said.
The majority of China's response focused on identifying coronavirus cases, tracing people who came into contact with others who had been infected, and suspending public gatherings. The most dramatic—and controversial—measure was the lockdown of Wuhan and nearby cities in Hubei province, which has put at least 50 million people under a mandatory quarantine since 23 January.
Warning level 3, Avoid Nonessential travel (COVID-19)
On 22 January, a man from Mainland China, aged 39, who travelled from Shenzhen and arrived in Hong Kong by high-speed rail developed symptoms of pneumonia. He lived in Wuhan and he had arrived in Shenzhen by highspeed rail with his family. He tested positive for the virus and was hospitalised in Queen Margaret Hospital, Kowloon. It was later confirmed on January 23.
The city has closed schools, government offices, major tourist attractions and public facilities such as libraries and swimming pools to discourage people from congregating.
Watch level 1, Practice Usual Precautions
On 2 March, President Joko Widodo confirmed the first two cases of COVID-19 in the country in a televised statement.
Indonesia has prepared a stimulus package worth 10.3 trillion rupiah ($742.6 million) to protect its economy from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China Indonesia banned all flights from and to Mainland China starting from 5 February.Those who live or have stayed in Mainland China in the previous 14 days have been barred from entering or transiting through Indonesia. Indonesians are discouraged from travelling to China The Ministry of Health directed the installation of thermal scanners for at least 135 airport gates and port docks, and provisioned over 100 hospitals with isolation rooms.
Alert Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions (Polio)
Japan confirmed its first case of infection from the mystery Wuhan pneumonia-like virus on Jan 16.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government plans to implement a special law effective for up to two years aimed at better responding to the coronavirus outbreak and enabling it to declare a state of emergency if needed.
Alert level 2, Practive Enganced Precautions (COVID-19) (Rubella)
By 22 January, Macau had confirmed two cases, a 52-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man, both from Wuhan.[1] On the morning of 26 January, the Macau Health Bureau confirmed three additional cases: a 58-year-old woman arriving from Hong Kong on 23 January after travelling to Wuhan, and both a 21-year-old woman and a 39-year-old woman arriving in Macau on 22 January via the Lotus Bridge; all of which were residents of Wuhan.
The Macau government has since temporarily closed all schools and universities, and has imposed border controls with temperature checks.[2] The government also declared the closing of several venues to limit the possible spread of the virus, including several entertainment venues and planned Lunar New Year performances. Macua has also shutdown all the casinos as a prevention against the outbreak of the COVID-19.
There are no notices currently in effect for Macau
The state of Sarawak closed its borders to all Chinese visitors with immediate effect on 1 February, except for people with employment passes, student passes or long-term social visit passes. However, those visitors were required to undergo self-quarantine at home for 14 days.On 4 February, Malaysia announced two new cases, including a 41-year-old local male, which was the first case involving a Malaysian. The case patient had a recent trip to Singapore and is quarantined in Sungai Buloh Hospital. The other case involved a 63-year-old male from China.
TCumilitive Cases are 93. The state of Sabah expanded their travel restriction to all points of entry by air, sea or land starting 8 February, involving everyone except Sabahan citizens with recent travel history to mainland China within 14 days, while Sabahan citizens with such travel history must undergo a 14-day quarantine at home.
Level 1 Travel notice, necessary precautions are required
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed this afternoon that a suspected case of Covid-19 coronavirus has tested positive. Ardern said the person was in their 60s, and was a citizen of New Zealand who had recently travelled from Iran via Bali. They had previously tested negative for Covid-19 twice
Public health officials have begun tracing the patient's other close contacts to ensure that appropriate measures are in place and this includes a group of people who were on the flight involved, particularly for the final leg which was from Bali to New Zealand. He said they would be required to self-isolate for 14 days and that self-isolation would be under regular communication with the public health units.The Ministry of Health said anyone who was on the final leg of the person's flight - Emirates EK450, which arrived in Auckland on 26 February - and is concerned should contact the Covid-19 Healthline number on 0800 358 5453
There are no notices currently in effect for New Zealand
The first case of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, now Covid-19) in the Philippines was confirmed on 30 January 2020, in a 38-year old woman who arrived from Wuhan. Two days later, the Philippines recorded the first death outside China on 01 February 2020.
The Philippines government is taking several steps to control the spread of the virus, including travel restrictions, closure of schools and colleges, as well as training schools of the Philippines National Police.The government announced on 2 February 2020 that all persons except Filipino citizens and permanent resident visa holders were temporarily barred from entering the country.A temporary ban on Filipinos from travelling to China or its special administrative region was also imposed. A mandatory 14-day quarantine for Filipinos returning to from China or its special administrative region was announced.Further, visa upon arrival for Chinese nationals has been temporarily suspended.The Philippines government issued a temporary ban on 26 February on all citizens from travelling to South Korea, as the country reported a spike in the number of confirmed cases.Further, people from the affected regions of South Korea including Gyeongbuk, Daegu and Cheongdo have been banned from entering into the country.
Phillipines has Alert level 2 , Practice Enhanced Precautions and Watch Level 1, Practice Usual Precautions
On 20 January, the first confirmed case was identified as a 35-year-old Chinese woman. The first South Korean national to be infected occurred three days later was a 55-year-old man who worked in Wuhan and returned for a checkup with flu symptoms. The two infection reports were publicly released on 24 January.
SEOUL, South Korea -- The South Korean government is offering "emergency child care" to parents dealing with the double challenge of school closures and work-at-home policies as the country battles to fight the fast-spreading novel coronavirus.Drastic measures are taking place this week which include the state subsidizing owners of small and medium-sized businesses so that they could provide flexible hours to employees who have family members to take care of.To limit mobility and human contact, the government has encouraged people to stay home, company offices that are at risk to be closed and public venues and events be canceled. All schools that should have started a new semester on March 2 are now postponed until March 22.The government will compensate business owners a maximum of about $5,000 for every employee per year according to the number of flexible work hours per week. In the event that an employee’s close relative falls ill, has an accident, or struggles due to old age, or that child care difficulties arise, he or she can take up to 10 days of unpaid leave from work.
South Korea has a Warning Level 3, Avoid nonessential Travel due to COVID-19 outbreak
On 23 January, the first case in Singapore was confirmed, involving a 66-year-old Chinese national from Wuhan who flew from Guangzhou via China Southern Airlines flight CZ351 with nine companions. He stayed at Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort and Spa. Contact tracing subsequently commenced.
Singapore is working 'round the clock' to find coronavirus cases. Lying about where you've been can result in 6 months of jail or a fine of up to $10,000.Anyone who catches COVID-19 in Singapore can expect to answer a lot of questions about where they've been, and who they've met along the way.If they don't comply, people can be put in jail for months or subject to thousands of dollars in fines. That is how seriously the southeast Asian city-state of 6 million takes its disease contact tracing."Contact tracing teams have been working round the clock" for more than 13 hours a day, tracing back the steps of anyone who's contracted the novel coronavirus, a Singapore Ministry of Health spokesperson told Business Insider. In what appears to be a first, disease trackers in Singapore have used an experimental antibody test for COVID-19 to confirm that a suspected patient was infected with the coronavirus. The patient was one of two people who together formed a missing link between two clusters of cases that each occurred in a Singaporean church.
There are no notices currently in effect for Singapore
On January 20, 2020, a 55-year-old woman who worked in Wuhan, China, arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and presented to quarantine officials immediately, with a history of sore throat, dry cough, fatigue, and low-grade subjective fever since January 11, 2020.
TTaiwanese health officials saw the virus taking shape in the central Chinese Wuhan in December and began checking passengers who flew in from there. They also cut off flights from much of China, the outbreak origin, before a lot of peers around Asia did. Now almost every public building in Taipei offers hand sanitizer and a lot of them, such as schools, require that anyone entering submit to a fever check. Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control announces any new cases every day. In February it began rationing facemask purchases to head off panic buying.Officials in Taiwan took a “more proactive” approach compared to other parts of Asia by stopping flights from China, lawmaker Lo Chih-cheng said. Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese live in China and a lot of them return in the first two months of each year for holidays, a pattern that increased Taiwan’s exposure to the disease.
There are no notices currently in effect for Taiwan.
On 23 January, Vietnam confirmed the first two cases of COVID-19, a Chinese man (#1) travelling from Wuhan to Hanoi to visit his son who lived in Vietnam, and his son (#2), who was believed to have contracted the disease from his father. They were hospitalised on 22 January at Chợ Rẫy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.[2] On 24 January, Acting Minister of Health Vũ Đức Đam ordered the activation of the Emergency Epidemic Prevention Centre.[3] On 29 January, the son fully recovered and was discharged.[4] His father was discharged on 12 February.
Vietnam has prepared for the epidemic as early as the very first case in China emerged, around mid-December 2019. Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam stated that the Government Office, Army forces and Minister of Health have worked out various plans in case the number of affected cases burst out.Thanks to this nation-wide effort, the country has won the first fights against COVID-19 with 16 confirmed cases, 16 recoveries, and 0 death.Vietnamese response has gathered praises from several figures, comparing it to the fast Vietnamese response back in 2003 when the SARS outbreak occurred when Vietnam became the first country to be cleared of SARS. United States Ambassador to Vietnam, Daniel Kritenbrink, had praised Vietnam for its fast measures against the outbreak.U.S. delegation also praised Vietnam for its quarantine efforts, and have cooperated with the Vietnamese Embassy in the United States.
There are no notices currently in effect for Vietnam