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• Number of US Troops With Traumatic Brain Injuries From Iran Missile Attack Increases to 50 Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- A new report citing the US Department of Defense revealed that an estimated 50 US military personnel were diagnosed with either traumatic brain injury (TBI) or a concussion following the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) January 8 strike in Iraq.
• Pentagon Says 50 U.S. Troops Diagnosed With Brain Injuries After Iran Strike RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- The U.S. military has for the third time raised the number of U.S. service members who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile strike on an Iraqi air base earlier this month, AP reported citing a Pentagon spokesman.
• US Recovers Bodies of Military Personnel Killed in Afghanistan Plane Crash VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- U.S. forces working in a mostly Taliban-controlled region of Afghanistan have recovered the remains of two military personnel killed when their plane crashed in the country's Ghazni province.
• 13 Killed in Taliban Assault on Afghan Police Base VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- Officials in Afghanistan say a pre-dawn Taliban attack in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 13 policemen. The attack comes as the insurgent group is engaged in days of talks with the United States on a possible reduction in hostilities to advance their stalled peace process.
• U.S. Forces Recover Bodies From Plane Crash Site In Afghanistan RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- Helicopter-borne U.S. forces have recovered the remains of the crew killed when a military aircraft went down in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan's Ghazni Province, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.
• Taliban Launch Deadly Attack On Afghan Security Post RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- At least seven Afghan police officers have been killed in a January 28 attack by Taliban militants on a police station in the northern province of Baghlan, officials say.
• Afghanistan: Remains of US servicemen killed in crash recovered Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- The United States has recovered the remains of individuals from a US military aircraft that crashed in Afghanistan.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 41st Field Artillery Brigade live-fire exercise Army News 28 Jan 2020 -- The 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment of the 41st Field Artillery Brigade conducted their first live-fire exercise since reactivating in September 2019 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area Jan. 27, 2020.
• Review Finds No Systemic Ethical Problems in Special Ops DoD News 28 Jan 2020 -- U.S. special operations forces have no "systemic" failures of ethics, but a review points to the need for strengthening leadership at all levels, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command said.
• US, Japan Launch Exercise Northern Viper USMC News 28 Jan 2020 -- Japan and U.S. armed forces will conduct training exercise Northern Viper at Hokudaien and Yausubetsu Training Areas in the Hokkaido Prefecture of Japan from Jan. 26 to Feb. 8, 2020.
• Ford Collects Vital Data for the Fleet during Aircraft Compatibility Testing NNS 28 Jan 2020 -- The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is bringing vital information to the fleet from its Aircraft Compatibility Testing (ACT) that began off the East Coast Jan. 16.
• Airfield Pavement Evaluation team ensures mission-ready airfields US Air Force 28 Jan 2020 -- It takes a lot of pavement to launch an Air Force – 2.2 billion square feet – and in 2019, a team of airfield engineers stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base set a blistering pace to ensure that pavement was able to support aircraft worldwide in flying more than 1.2 million hours.
• North Korea Remains Security Threat to U.S., Allies, Policy Official Says DoD News 28 Jan 2020 -- BY North Korea remains a security challenge, and the United States continues to pursue North Korean denuclearization, a senior Pentagon official told the House Armed Services Committee.
• Washington National Guard showcases disaster communications capabilities Army News 28 Jan 2020 -- Following a disaster, the ability to communicate is critical. Emergency responders have to know the needs of a community to provide efficient, effective help.
• Pentagon Slashes Black Hawk Numbers it Planned to Supply to Afghan Forces Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- In a new report, the Pentagon said it would be slashing the number of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters it planned to supply to the Afghan Air Force (AAF) by nearly two-thirds. Instead, it plans to supply CH-47 Chinook heavy-lifting choppers in a bid to replace the AAF's Russian-made helicopters.
• US Stops Weapons Delivery to Iraq Amid Tensions With Baghdad - Reports Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- The United States stopped all weapons deliveries to Iraq in the midst of the growing tensions with the government in Baghdad, the US-based Inside Defense news site reported.
• Germany Abandons $2.5 Billion Purchase of US Triton Drones Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- Berlin's Federal Ministry of Defense has opted to purchase three Bombardier Global 6000 jets and abandon its plan to buy four US-made MQ-4C Triton aerial surveillance drones.
• Drone makes emergency landing in SW Iran IRNA 28 Jan 2020 -- The public relations department of the IRGC aerospace in a statement announced that a Shahed-129 drone has made emergency landing due to technical problems in Mollasani, Khuzestan Province in southwestern Iran.

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• 28 January 2020 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 28 Jan 2020
• China slams U.S. provocative acts in South China Sea People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- Chinese military monitored a U.S. warship that entered Chinese territorial waters without permission and warned it to leave on Saturday, senior colonel Li Huamin, spokesperson for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command, said in a statement on Tuesday.
• Trump Unveils Middle East Peace Plan VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- Hoping to bring about a "new dawn in the Middle East," U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his peace plan for the region on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu standing at his side.
• Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu of the State of Israel in Joint Statements The White House 28 Jan 2020
• President Donald J. Trump's Vision for Peace, Prosperity, and a Brighter Future for Israel and the Palestinian People The White House 28 Jan 2020
• Trump Calls For Two-State Solution, Says 'Undivided' Jerusalem To Be Israeli Capital RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has endorsed a "contiguous," independent Palestinian state with a capital in eastern Jerusalem, but he made the move contingent upon Palestinians accepting several moves seen by many as difficult, as he unveiled his much-anticipated Middle East peace plan.
• Trump outlines contentious Palestine scheme, says Quds will be Israel's 'undivided capital' Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- US President Donald Trump has repeated his hugely-controversial endorsement of occupied Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel's "undivided capital" as he outlined his administration's self-styled plan for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which Palestinians have already dismissed.
• Iran's Zarif slams US plan as 'nightmare' for region, world Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at the US's so-called peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the initiative is a "nightmare" both for the region and the world.
• US disgraceful, imposed plan is treason of century: Iran Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Iran has censured US President Donald Trump's so-called "Deal of the century" on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, describing it as "treason of the century."
• Land and Money: Key Provisions of Trump's Middle East Peace Deal Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- Along with proposing a solution to the territorial grievances between Israelis and Palestinians, Trump's initiative also outlines a $50 billion economic plan that would, according to the White House, "spur the Palestinian economy".
• Escalation of Violence in Yemen US Dept. of State 28 Jan 2020
• Yemeni forces intercept, shoot down Saudi-led reconnaissance drone in Jizan Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition as it was flying in the skies over a mountainous region in the kingdom's southwestern border region of Jizan.
• Yemen: Escalation in fighting must stop 'before it's too late', Griffiths tells Security Council UN News 28 Jan 2020 -- The UN Special Envoy for Yemen told an emergency session of the Security Council on Tuesday that a recent upsurge in violence between pro-Government and rebel forces following weeks of relative calm, had to end "before it's too late".
• Syrian army troops seize control of most of strategic city in Idlib Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Syrian government troops and allied fighters from popular defense groups have manage to establish control over most neighborhoods of a strategic militant-held city in the country's northwestern province of Idlib as they continue to score more territorial gains in the last major stronghold of foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants.
• Pompeo Urges Syrian, Russian, And Iranian Forces To Halt Idlib Offensive RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- The United States has expressed concern and called for an immediate cease-fire in northwestern Syria where the combined forces of Russia, Iranian proxies, and the Syrian government are reportedly conducting an assault on the Idlib and Aleppo provinces.
• Turkey Will Respond If Syrian Army Endangers Idlib Observation Posts – Defence Ministry Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- Ankara will take decisive retaliatory measures should the Syrian Arab Army threaten its observation posts in the Syrian province of Idlib amid an uptick in violence in the region, Turkey's Ministry of National Defence said in a statement on Tuesday.
• Syrian Troops Liberate Strategic City of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib Province - Source Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- The Syrian military began a new military operation in Idlib - the last stronghold of terrorist militants in Syria, late last year. Damascus has declared that freeing the area is essential to put an end to the country's long, foreign-backed civil war.
• PM Abdul Mahdi urges US to de-escalate tensions in region Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has, in a phone call with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, stressed the need for the de-escalation of tensions in the region.
• Iraq: UN human rights report voices concern over conduct of ISIL fighter trials UN News 28 Jan 2020 -- A new UN report published on Tuesday shows that while considerable effort has been made by Iraqi authorities to bring former ISIL terrorist fighters to justice, there are "serious concerns" about the fairness of the proceedings.
• Libya's government forces shoot down rebels' Emirati-supplied drone Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Libyan government forces have shot down an Emirati-supplied drone operated by rebel forces in western Libya.
• Aung San Suu Kyi Faces Rare Protest at Speech in Myanmar's Capital Radio Free Asia 28 Jan 2020 -- Myanmar university students staged a rare protest during a speech by the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi at an education sector event in the capital Naypyidaw on Tuesday, criticizing the civilian-led government's decision to extend the academic year by one month.
• EU Expands Russia Sanctions List Linked To Aggression Toward Ukraine RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- The European Union has added seven names to its list of people facing sanctions for undermining Ukraine's territorial integrity and independence.
• Escalation of Violence in Yemen US Dept. of State 28 Jan 2020
• Yemeni forces intercept, shoot down Saudi-led reconnaissance drone in Jizan Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition as it was flying in the skies over a mountainous region in the kingdom's southwestern border region of Jizan.
• Yemen: Escalation in fighting must stop 'before it's too late', Griffiths tells Security Council UN News 28 Jan 2020 -- The UN Special Envoy for Yemen told an emergency session of the Security Council on Tuesday that a recent upsurge in violence between pro-Government and rebel forces following weeks of relative calm, had to end "before it's too late".
• Bill to Support Tibet Wins Strong Approval in US House of Representatives Radio Free Asia 28 Jan 2020 -- A bill to strengthen U.S. policy in support of Tibet won strong approval Tuesday by the House of Representatives, a move a Tibetan representative called an "encouraging and empowering" measure for the Himalayan Buddhist region controlled by China for seven decades.
• Violence in Sudan's Darfur State Sends Thousands Fleeing to Chad VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- The United Nations refugee agency reports more than 11,000 Sudanese refugees have fled to Chad this month to escape violent, inter-communal violence in West Darfur State.
• West Darfur tensions could see 30,000 flee across Sudanese border to Chad: UN refugee agency UN News 28 Jan 2020 -- The number of people fleeing to Chad to escape ongoing tensions in Sudan's West Darfur state, could reach 30,000 in the coming weeks, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
• As US Eyes Drawdown, Violence Rattles Sahel Region VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- Last year was the deadliest in recent history for extremist violence in the Sahel region of Africa. The trend appears to be continuing in 2020 and experts warn more must be done to avoid a crisis in the region.
• Cameroonians Fleeing Separatist Violence Head to Nigeria Ahead of Elections VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- Villagers in Cameroon's volatile northwest region are fleeing separatist violence ahead of February 9 local and parliamentary elections to neighboring Nigeria. The rebels have vowed to stop the elections and are clashing with the military while civilians are caught up in the fighting.

News Reports

• U.S. Senators To Ask Questions In Trump Trial As Vote On Witnesses Looms RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- Day nine of the trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office is set to resume in the Senate at 1 p.m. local time on January 29.
• Trump Trial Team Concludes Opening Argument, Rejects Bolton Allegations RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- Lawyers defending U.S. President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate concluded their three-day opening argument, urging senators to acquit him of two articles of impeachment and rejecting as "inadmissible" explosive allegations reportedly made in a new book by former national-security adviser John Bolton.
• McConnell Concedes Lacking Votes to Stop Dems from Calling Witnesses, Republicans Say VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told fellow Republicans that he did not have the votes to stop Democrats from calling witnesses in the Trump impeachment trial.
• How Trump Will Try to Block Bolton's Testimony in Senate Impeachment Trial VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- With the U.S. Senate increasingly likely to call former National Security Adviser John Bolton to testify in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, Trump's lawyers are almost certain to assert executive privilege to block his testimony.
• Why So Few Protests Against Putin's Constitutional Shake-Up? RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a raft of constitutional changes in his state-of-the-nation speech on January 15, immediately fueling mounting suspicion that he was seeking a way to retain power after his current term ends in 2024, it didn't take long for the country's dissenting voices to make themselves heard.
• Harvard University Professor and Two Chinese Nationals Charged in Three Separate China Related Cases US Dept. of Justice 28 Jan 2020 -- The Department of Justice announced today that the Chair of Harvard University's Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People's Republic of China.
• Motion for Iran to withdraw from NPT submitted to Parliament Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- A group of Iranian lawmakers have submitted a motion to the Parliament calling for the Islamic Republic's withdrawal from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) after the three European signatories to a 2015 nuclear deal failed to meet their contractual commitments following the US's exit.
• Iran begins producing rare earth for first time Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Iran has launched a pilot project for extraction of rare earth, with a senior official saying the country had obtained technology for deep-level mining.
• Iran breaks monopoly of know-how to launch satellites IRNA 28 Jan 2020 -- Iran broke the monopoly of nine states over know-how to launch satellites, spokesman for Ministry of Defense Aerospace Organization Ahmad Hosseini said on Tuesday.
• Iran Preparing For U.S.-Criticized Satellite Launch RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- Satellite images suggest Iran is preparing to launch a satellite into space after three failed rocket launches last year, reports say, as part of a program viewed by the United States as a cover for ballistic missile development.
• Israel premier formally indicted on corruption charges Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is formally indicted immediately after he dropped a bid to seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution on corruption charges.
• Israel's Attorney General Files Corruption Charges Against Netanyahu - Reports Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit officially filed charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a court on three corruption cases, namely bribery, fraud and breach of trust, Media reported on Tuesday.
• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Indicted for Bribery, Fraud, Breach of Trust VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made history Tuesday, becoming the first sitting Israeli prime minister to be indicted while in office. Netanyahu hopes U.S. President Donald Trump's Mideast peace proposal will move the Israeli public's focus away from the charges just five weeks before Israel's next round of elections.
• Netanyahu withdraws request for immunity from prosecution on graft charges Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dropped his request for immunity from prosecution in three corruption cases.
• Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Withdraws Immunity Request in Corruption Probe Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- Netanyahu is currently in the United States where he is to meet with President Trump, amid his announcement that he will reveal the "deal of the century" peace plan on Tuesday, which the POTUS promises will set out the way for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• Netanyahu Drops Immunity Request on Corruption Charges VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on corruption charges.
• UK gives Huawei green light to help build 5G network Global Times 28 Jan 2020 -- The British government on Tuesday approved a restricted role for Huawei in building the country's 5G network.
• Boris Johnson approves limited role for Huawei Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- As widely expected, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to allow the Chinese technology giant, Huawei, a limited role in the UK's 5G networks.
• Global Companies Find Themselves Ensnared in Angolan Corruption Case VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- As he faces charges of misusing more than $1 billion in state funds, the husband of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos defended himself by pointing to the couple's accounting firm. Sindika Dokolo said if people do not trust his version of events, they should just ask the renowned global accounting firm PwC, which handled the couple's accounting and gave them tax advice.
• Detention Of Ethnic Pashtun Activist Triggers Protests In Pakistan, Afghanistan RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- Thousands of protesters have gathered in Pakistani and Afghan cities and towns to voice anger over the detention of an ethnic Pashtun rights activist in Pakistan.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation report - 08 WHO 28 January 2020
• Tibetan Areas of China Confirm 140 Coronavirus Cases Radio Free Asia 28 Jan 2020 -- Four provinces of western and northwestern China historically populated by Tibetans -- Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan -- have confirmed 140 cases of coronavirus, official media reported Tuesday as the Tibetan capital Lhasa's airport began screening passengers from Wuhan.
• Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to mainland China UK FCO 28 Jan 2020 -- We have updated our travel advice to mainland China to advise against all but essential travel following the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan.
• Taiwan confirms first domestic case of Wuhan coronavirus CNA 28 Jan 2020 -- Taiwan on Tuesday confirmed its first domestic case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
• Two more imported cases of Wuhan coronavirus reported in Taiwan CNA 28 Jan 2020 -- Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported two new imported cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed imported cases in Taiwan to seven.
• Fourth coronavirus patient in Shanghai has recovered Global Times 28 Jan 2020 -- A fourth novel coronavirus patient has recovered and was discharged from hospital in Shanghai on Tuesday, which is inspiring and encouraging, said Wu Jinglei, director of Shanghai Health Commission during a press conference in Shanghai on Tuesday afternoon.
• Over 10,000 beds in Wuhan enough to treat current coronavirus cases: official Global Times 28 Jan 2020 -- More than 10,000 beds will soon be available in Wuhan, which are enough to treat the current number of patients infected with the novel coronavirus, Chinese authorities said Tuesday.
• Infection of young children no indication of virus mutation: experts Global Times 28 Jan 2020 -- The rise in the number of children infected with the novel coronavirus does not indicate a new variant of the virus has emerged, but rather greater opportunities to contract the disease from sick family members, said the Chinese disease control authority.
• 'Unnecessary' to evacuate foreigners from China: WHO Global Times 28 Jan 2020 -- The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said he is confident in China's capacity to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, and plans by some countries to repatriate their citizens are unnecessary.
• China fully confident in winning battle against novel coronavirus: Xi Global Times 28 Jan 2020 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China has full confidence and capability to win the battle against the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
• Spox: Iran Foreign Ministry issues preventive instructions on coronavirus IRNA 28 Jan 2020 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry issued required instructions on preventing coronavirus to Iranian diplomatic missions in China, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said.
• WHO chief confident in China's epidemic prevention and control ability People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday said the WHO speaks highly of the decisive measures the Chinese government has taken and is confident in China's epidemic prevention and control ability.
• Expert answers 8 key questions on novel coronavirus People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- Feng Zijian, deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, answered questions about the novel coronavirus epidemic during an interview with CCTV on Monday night. Below are excerpts from the interview:
• Wuhan to provide over 10,000 hospital beds for viral pneumonia patients: official People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- Wuhan, at the center of a viral pneumonia outbreak, will soon have 10,000 hospital beds reserved for infected patients as Chinese authorities take all means necessary to boost the city's overwhelmed health system.
• China sends 6,000 medics to Hubei in virus fight: official People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- China has sent nearly 6,000 medical workers from across the country to Hubei Province in the fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak, a health official said Tuesday.
• China to ensure employment, social security during epidemic prevention period People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- China will strengthen social security and ensure employment to prevent and control the spread of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus, said the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
• Shanghai postpones resumption of work, school openings amid coronavirus outbreak People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- Shanghai on Monday postponed the resumption of work and school openings to reduce people gathering and block the spread of the coronavirus epidemic.
• China's State Grid Corporation secures power use in battle against novel coronavirus People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- State Grid Corporation of China, the power supplier of over 1.1 billion people in China, has vowed to secure power use to combat the viral pneumonia outbreak.
• China cancels IELTS, TOEFL, GRE tests in February People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- China's Ministry of Education announced Monday that English proficiency exams Chinese students take to get enrolled by foreign universities will be cancelled nationwide during February in view of the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak.
• More Chinese medical teams sent to aid coronavirus control People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- More medical teams are rushing to central China's Hubei Province to aid the coronavirus control there.
• Protective goggles, masks arrive in Wuhan People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- Twenty thousand pairs of protective goggles and 5,000 medical masks arrived in Wuhan at 8:10 p.m. Monday by air, officials of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said.
• China postpones school semester amid novel coronavirus outbreak People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- China's Ministry of Education (MOE) announced that the 2020 spring semester for schools will be postponed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
• Tibet activates second-level emergency response to prevent virus outbreak People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, the only provincial region that hasn't reported any coronavirus cases in China, has activated second-level emergency response to contain the spread of the viral pneumonia.
• China tightens security at railway stations for pneumonia outbreak control People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- China's railway police have boosted security measures at railway stations across the country for the prevention and control of the pneumonia outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
• New coronavirus spreading fast, killing more people in China Press TV 28 Jan 2020 -- Over 105 people are confirmed dead as a result of contacting the new coronavirus in China, and more than 4,500 others have been infected in the country.
• Hong Kong Partially Closes Border With Mainland China As Virus Deaths Mount Radio Free Asia 28 Jan 2020 -- Authorities in Hong Kong on Tuesday shut down rail connections from mainland China on Tuesday as the number of deaths in the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic passed 100.
• Confirmed Xinjiang Coronavirus Cases Jump to 10 Amid Concerns of Spread in Internment Camps Radio Free Asia 28 Jan 2020 -- A virus traced back to China's Hubei province has infected 10 people in the country's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where experts warned that poor conditions at internment camps could lead to an epidemic after authorities confirmed the first two cases in the region last week.
• Firm Quarantines 3,000 Chinese Workers at Indonesian Plant over Coronavirus Fears Radio Free Asia 28 Jan 2020 -- A Chinese-controlled firm said Tuesday it had quarantined all 3,000 of its Chinese employees who work at an industrial complex in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province, amid fears that the new coronavirus could spread here after hundreds of new workers arrived from China last week.
• Russia Ramps Up Safety Measures Over Coronavirus Fears RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- The mayor of Moscow says special safety measures have been put in place at hotels and tourist sites due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak in China.
• Kyrgyz Students Return Home From China, Being Checked For Coronavirus RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- Kyrgyzstan says six university students have returned home from neighboring China and are going through medical checks, as governments scramble to control the spread of a new coronavirus that has killed more than 100 people in China.
• China Asked To Allow Kazakh Students To Leave Locked-Down City RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- Kazakhstan's government says it has asked Beijing to allow 98 Kazakh students to leave the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a virus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people.
• Deaths Rise To 132 In China Virus Outbreak As Foreigners Airlifted RFE/RL 28 Jan 2020 -- There are 5,974 confirmed cases nationwide in China of a dangerous new virus from which 132 people have died as of January 28, the country's National Health Commission said.
• India Begins Process to Evacuate Nationals Affected by China's Coronavirus Outbreak Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- The deadly Novel Coronavirus, which drew public attention less than a month ago in China, is spreading in countries across the globe, with a total number of confirmed cases globally reaching 2,014 including 1,985 in China.
• Coronavirus Peak to Hit China in 7-10 Days - China's National Health Commission Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- The new strain of coronavirus was originally reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December. Despite efforts to contain the disease, cases have already been reported in various countries across the globe.
• North Korea Cancels All Air China Flights to Pyongyang, Beefs Up Precautions Amid Coronavirus Fears Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- The newly identified deadly strain of coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, has been detected in over a dozen countries across Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America, and has infected over 4,500 people in China, North Korea's neighbour to the north.
• Number of Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in Singapore Rises to 7 - Health Ministry Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- Two more cases of a new strain of coronavirus have been registered in Singapore, bringing the total number of those infected to seven, the city-state's Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Germany Confirms 1st Case of Coronavirus in Bavaria - Regional Health Ministry Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- The first case of the new strain of coronavirus has been registered in southern Germany, the Health Ministry of the state of Bavaria said in a statement.
• China Possesses Means and Resources to Fight New Coronavirus - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- Chinese authorities earlier stated that the number of registered cases of the new coronavirus across the entire nation had increased to 4,515, and placed the current death toll at 106.
• Philippines Temporarily Suspends Arrival Tourist Visas For Chinese Citizens Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- The measure is reportedly aimed to stop the spread of a new Chinese coronavirus, dubbed 2019-nCoV, as fourteen people are already quarantined in the Philippines for suspected exposure to the deadly infection which has claimed at least 106 lives in China.
• Germany Reports 3 More Cases of Chinese Coronavirus - Officials Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- The first German case was confirmed late on Monday in the state of Bavaria, with a patient reportedly infected by a Chinese woman. According to Bavaria's infectious diseases task force, the patient was placed under quarantine and medical supervision.
• Hong Kong Scientist Warns Coronavirus Could Infect 150,000 People Per Day Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- A well-known scientist in Hong Kong has warned that the deadly coronavirus rapidly spreading throughout China could infect as many as 150,000 people per day in China's Chongqing municipality in the next few months.
• Outbreak Death Toll Rises to 132, as China's Xi Vows to Defeat 'Devil' Coronavirus VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- Chinese President Xi Jingping vowed the country will conquer the fight against a "devil" coronavirus outbreak that has killed 132 people and sickened thousands in China and around the globe.
• Coronavirus Fears Affect Africa's Most Mature Economy VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- South African officials say they're ready for the possible spread of coronavirus to African shores.
• Kenya Hospital Quarantines Student with Coronavirus-like Symptoms VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- A student who arrived in Kenya from China Tuesday has been quarantined in Nairobi after exhibiting coronavirus-like symptoms. Kenya Airways, the airline that the patient flew, said the decision to quarantine him was made by health authorities at Nairobi's Jommo Kenyatta International Airport.
• Africa's Biggest Economy Jittery Over Coronavirus Fears VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- South African officials say they're ready for the possible spread of the deadly coronavirus to African shores.
• WHO Warns Visitors Evacuated from China Could Spread Coronavirus VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- The World Health Organization warns the evacuation of nationals from China to their home countries carries the risk of spreading the deadly coronavirus. The WHO reports 4,428 cases of the disease in China, including 106 deaths. Another 45 cases are confirmed in 13 countries.
• Australia Increases Border, Biosecurity Measures as Coronavirus Cases Spread VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- At least five people in Australia have tested positive for the coronavirus. The latest is a young Chinese student diagnosed in Sydney. Australia is increasing its border and biosecurity measures.
• Death Toll in China Coronavirus Outbreak Now Over 100 VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- The United States, Japan and other countries are sending planes to evacuate their citizens out of the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak that has now killed 106 people.
• US Health Officials Urge More Cooperation from China on Virus VOA 28 Jan 2020 -- U.S. health officials are urging China to share more information on how the novel coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan is spreading.
• Xi: Rely on people to win battle against epidemic People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- China must rely on the people to win the battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic, President Xi Jinping said Monday.
• Chinese premier in Wuhan, demands all-out efforts in epidemic prevention, control People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Premier Li Keqiang on Monday inspected efforts to prevent and control the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province.
• WHO working closely with China, countries to curb virus People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- The World Health Organization is working closely with China and various countries to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus that caused an outbreak in central Chinese city Wuhan.
• Lab built to test for coronavirus infections in Wuhan hospital People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- A medical laboratory for testing the novel coronavirus was built and started running at the Union Hospital in Wuhan of Hubei province on Jan 25, testing more than 200 samples daily.
• Wuhan hospitals receive over 15,000 fever patients daily People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- The number of fever patients in central China's Wuhan saw an increase, with over 15,000 during peak hours over the past few days, said Ma Guoqiang, the city's Party secretary.
• China reports 4,515 confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia, 106 deaths People's Daily 28 Jan 2020 -- Chinese health authorities announced Tuesday that 4,515 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 30 provincial-level regions by the end of Monday. A total of 106 people died of the disease.
• China Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 106, Confirmed Exposures Now 4,515 - Officials Sputnik 28 Jan 2020 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier upgraded the global risk degree of the deadly coronavirus, from "moderate" to "high," as the total number of 2019-nCoV cases confirmed globally continues to rise.