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• Daesh Founding Member Al-Salbi Believed to Be Current Terrorist Leader - Reports Sputnik 21 Jan 2020 -- The Daesh* terrorist group is now headed by one of its founding members, Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi, The Guardian reports citing intelligence officials.
• Secretary Michael R. Pompeo and Colombian Minister of Defense Carlos Holmes Trujillo At Colombian National Police Counternarcotics Directorate (DIRAN) US Dept. of State 21 Jan 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation report - 01 WHO 21 January 2020


• Taiwan raises travel alert for Wuhan over deadly coronavirus CNA 21 Jan 2020 -- Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) upgraded its travel alert for Wuhan Tuesday, following the report of the country's first confirmed case of a new type of coronavirus, carried by a Taiwanese woman who was recently in the central Chinese city.
• Taiwan confirms 1st Wuhan coronavirus case CNA 21 Jan 2020 -- Taiwan on Tuesday reported its first confirmed case of a new type of coronavirus, carried by a Taiwanese woman who was recently in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
• Premier urges public not to panic after 1st Wuhan virus case confirmed CNA 21 Jan 2020 -- Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Tuesday urged the public to remain calm and not panic after Taiwan reported the first confirmed case of a new type of coronavirus earlier in the day, carried by a Taiwanese woman who was recently in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
• China to curb spread of new coronavirus-related pneumonia Global Times 21 Jan 2020 -- China will take further steps to control the new coronavirus-related pneumonia, and the disease will be put under management as an infectious disease in accordance with law, as was decided at the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Monday.
• Wuhan establishes headquarters for pneumonia control Global Times 21 Jan 2020 -- Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, has established headquarters for the control and treatment of the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
• Wuhan pneumonia response reflects progress in China's system Global Times 21 Jan 2020 -- The latest pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, is a test of China's system.
• Wuhan to see reduced population mobility as pneumonia spreads Global Times 21 Jan 2020 -- Multiple airlines and travel platforms have announced refund or rebooking policies for customers who planned to travel into or out of Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province. The province confirmed 270 patients with the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus as of 9:00 pm on Tuesday, the People's Daily reported.
• Coronavirus battle at full-scale Global Times 21 Jan 2020 -- Strictest control measures deployed in China to curb spread of pneumonia Human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus was confirmed Tuesday as the death toll rose to six in Chinese mainland and the nation's health authorities stepped up efforts ahead of the Spring Festival travel rush, the world's largest scale human migration.
• All-out efforts ordered to curb spread of virus People's Daily 21 Jan 2020 -- President Xi Jinping urged resolute efforts on Monday to contain the spread of pneumonia cases caused by a new strain of coronavirus as cases of the contagion rose to 224, all but six of them confirmed, as of 8 pm on Monday.
• Death toll from China's mystery virus rises to 6 Press TV 21 Jan 2020 -- The death toll from the outbreak of a new SARS-like virus in China has increased to six, Chinese authorities say.
• Police in China's Wuhan Move to Quash 'Rumors' About Virus Outbreak Radio Free Asia 21 Jan 2020 -- Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan have summoned and questioned eight people for allegedly posting "rumors" about the outbreak of viral pneumonia in the city, as experts warned the epidemic has likely spread much further than reports currently indicate.
• Russia Steps Up Checks At Borders, Airports To Block Virus Spread RFE/RL 21 Jan 2020 -- Russia says it is stepping up checks at borders and airports to prevent the spread of a new virus from China that has killed at least six people and reached areas in Thailand, Japan, South Korea, and now has seen the first case reported in the United States.
• CDC Confirms First US Case of Deadly Coronavirus Sputnik 21 Jan 2020 -- Multiple countries have issued precautionary guidelines to try to prevent the spread of a new deadly virus, known as the 'Wuhan coronavirus', which has left six people dead in China and 227 more in hospital under medical supervision. Cases have already been reported in close to half a dozen other countries.
• India Issues Stringent Guidelines for Airlines from China, Hong Kong to Isolate Deadly Coronavirus Sputnik 21 Jan 2020 -- Directions were issued to airlines and airports after China reported at least six deaths due to the Novel Coronavirus, and 300 confirmed cases of the disease in the city of Wuhan.
• Death Toll From New Type of Coronavirus in China's Wuhan Reaches Six - City Mayor Sputnik 21 Jan 2020 -- The death toll from the new type of coronavirus in China's Wuhan, Hubei province, has reached six, 227 people are still in hospitals under the supervision of doctors, city mayor Zhou Xianwang said Tuesday.
• Japan's Government Adopts Measures to Counter Spread of New Coronavirus - Reports Sputnik 21 Jan 2020 -- The Japanese government on Tuesday adopted a set of measures to fight the spread of a new type of coronavirus after the first case was confirmed in the country, NHK broadcaster reported.
• UN health agency to gauge global threat, as China confirms coronavirus transmission between humans UN News 21 Jan 2020 -- Following an announcement by China's national health body that a new virus first identified there, can be transmitted from person to person, the World Health Organization (WHO) is to hold a meeting on Wednesday to decide if it should be declared a global health emergency.
• US Reports First Case of New Coronavirus VOA 21 Jan 2020 -- The United States is reporting its first case of the new coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, and has killed at least six people.
• WHO: New Coronavirus Expected to Spread in China and Abroad VOA 21 Jan 2020 -- The World Health Organization says the new coronavirus is likely to spread in China and other countries and is urging governments to implement preventive infection control measures in health facilities. The WHO confirms 278 cases of the disease, including six deaths, two in China and the other four in Thailand, Japan and South Korea.