The World Health Organisation is convening an emergency committee of experts on Wednesday to assess whether the coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes an international emergency, the WHO said on Monday.

Human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, the head of a Chinese government expert team says.

Confirmation of person to person spread comes as Xi Jinping warns illness 'must be taken seriously'

More than 200 people have been infected with the new coronavirus, as new cases are reported in China's capital and other Asian cities.

A mysterious SARS-like virus has spread around China with more than 200 diagnosed cases in the cities of Wuhan, Beijing and Shenzhen, plus two people infected in Thailand and another case confirmed in Japan.

The number of confirmed cases tripled over the weekend, and it's now clear that the virus is spread by human-to-human contact.

What do we know about the novel coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV, that has infected hundreds of people in China, and how worried should we be?

Pneumonia-like illness is transmittable between humans, reaching major metropolitan areas in China

Pneumonia-like illness is transmittable between humans, reaching major metropolitan areas in China

BEIJING (AP) — The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, a development that raises the...

China's National Health Commission on Sunday said the outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus is controllable, in the first statement from the body since the outbreak was reported in late December.

China said on Sunday that 17 more people had become infected with a new coronavirus strain, fanning fears it will spread further as hundreds of millions of people travel to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year.

China reported 17 more cases of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus strain on Sunday, stoking worries of it spreading as the country gears up to celebrate Chinese lunar new year when hundreds of millions of people travel.

Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) say a new strain of coronavirus is behind the outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, which has erupted just ahead of the Lunar New Year, the country's biggest festival.

China is confirming new cases of the deadly Coronavirus. With the virus now spreading across Southeast Asia, federal agencies in the U.S. are on high alert at airports nationwide. Danya Bacchus reports.

China News: China reported four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain, causing rising concern globally that a disease health o

China reported four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain, causing rising concern globally that a disease health officials do not yet fully understand could spread during a key holiday period.

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