24 January 2020 Security News |
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- Lawyer: Russian Accused In Massive Bitcoin Theft Abruptly Extradited To France RFE/RL 24 Jan 2020 -- A Russian man wanted by the United States for a massive bitcoin-theft scheme has been extradited from Greece to France, the latest development in a multinational legal fight that focused attention on cryptocurrency money laundering.
COVID-19 Pandemic News
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation report - 04 WHO 24 January 2020
- China Reports 15 More Deaths From Coronavirus, Bringing Toll to 41 VOA 24 Jan 2020 -- China is reporting another 15 deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the toll from the disease to 41, and an additional 180 people sickened in central Hubei province.
- Taiwan widens criteria for reporting suspected cases of coronavirus CNA 24 Jan 2020 -- Taiwan's government on Friday widened its requirements for reporting suspected cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and urged Taiwanese returning from China for the Lunar New Year to avoid visiting crowded places, as part of its preventive efforts against the deadly disease that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
- WHO officials questioned over Taiwan's exclusion from virus response CNA 24 Jan 2020 -- Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) were questioned Thursday about Taiwan's exclusion from the organization and its global disease prevention efforts amid escalating fears over the spread of a new coronavirus that originated in China.
- Testing kits urgently needed in Wuhan Global Times 24 Jan 2020 -- Shortage of medical resources, especially the testing kits, keep hovering hospitals in Wuhan, capital of central Central China's Hubei Province, while the whole China is fighting together against the novel coronavirus originatinged in the city.
- Wuhan to follow Beijing's SARS treatment model in new coronavirus control Global Times 24 Jan 2020 -- The central China metropolitan of Wuhan will follow Beijing's SARS treatment model to build a special hospital for admitting patients infected in the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus.
- WHO says "too early" to declare coronavirus outbreak in China a global emergency People's Daily 24 Jan 2020 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it was "too early" to declare the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
- More Die From Wuhan Pneumonia Virus Amid Fears City Hospitals Can't Cope Radio Free Asia 24 Jan 2020 -- The number of confirmed cases of a newly emerging coronavirus that causes pneumonia continued to rise in China on Friday, as the nation marked the end of the Year of the Pig.
- Number of Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in China Rises to 1,287, Death Toll Stands at 41 Sputnik 24 Jan 2020 -- Earlier, ten cities in the Chinese province of Hubei, including Wuhan, officially announced the suspension of transport connections over the outbreak of a new coronavirus.
- French Health Ministry Confirms Three Cases of Coronavirus Sputnik 24 Jan 2020 -- Earlier, two cases of a new type of coronavirus were confirmed in the French cities of Paris and Bordeaux, the first in Europe, French Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn said.
- First Confirmed Case of New Coronavirus Registered in Nepal - Official Sputnik 24 Jan 2020 -- Nepal has recorded the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, Hemanta Chandra Ojha, an official at the country's Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, said on 24 January.
- Two More Cases of Coronavirus From China Reportedly Confirmed in Singapore Sputnik 24 Jan 2020 -- On 23 January, officials in Singapore confirmed the first case of Wuhan coronavirus, the outbreak of which was first reported by Chinese authorities in late December.
- Second Case of Wuhan Coronavirus Confirmed in South Korea - Report Sputnik 24 Jan 2020 -- A new strain of coronavirus, labelled as 2019-nCoV or Novel Coronavirus, originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December, with at least 25 deaths confirmed so far by the Chinese authorities.
- China Tries to Stop Spread of Virus But No Vaccine in Sight VOA 24 Jan 2020 -- China has locked down 10 cities out of concern about the spread of the mysterious new coronavirus, which has infected more than 880 people and killed at least 41.
- China Reports 15 More Deaths From Coronavirus, Bringing Toll to 41 VOA 24 Jan 2020 -- China is reporting another 15 deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the toll from the disease to 41, and an additional 180 people sickened in central Hubei province.
- Residents Cope, Flee as Coronavirus Locks Down China's Wuhan VOA 24 Jan 2020 -- China's efforts to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus with a transportation lockdown are sparking confusion among residents who are unsure of what steps to take.
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