COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory

Main article: 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

Map of the 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak (as of 28 May 2024):

  Region of origin (Mainland China)

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

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Updated May 27, 2024.

COVID-19 pandemic by location

	Location	Cases	Deaths
	World	775,481,312	7,049,376
	European Union	185,639,022	1,261,419
	United States	103,436,829	1,187,125
	China	99,356,481	122,196
	India	45,038,518	533,599
	France	38,997,490	168,091
	Germany	38,437,756	174,979
	Brazil	37,519,960	702,116
	South Korea	34,571,873	35,934
	Japan	33,803,572	74,694
	Italy	26,722,507	197,017
	United Kingdom	24,927,820	232,112
	Russia	24,169,359	402,870
	Turkey	17,004,714	101,419
	Spain	13,980,340	121,852
	Australia	11,853,158	25,779
	Vietnam	11,624,000	43,206
	Argentina	10,131,870	130,860
	Taiwan	9,970,937	17,672
	Netherlands	8,636,310	22,986
	Mexico	7,709,747	335,011
	Iran	7,627,863	146,837
	Indonesia	6,829,010	162,058
	Poland	6,662,732	120,711
	Colombia	6,385,410	142,727
	Austria	6,082,347	22,534
	Portugal	5,643,747	28,156
	Greece	5,633,940	39,011
	Ukraine	5,531,611	109,920
	Chile	5,400,166	62,704
	Malaysia	5,281,323	37,350
	Belgium	4,861,861	34,339
	Israel	4,841,558	12,707
	Canada	4,808,989	55,056
	Thailand	4,777,976	34,625
	Czech Republic	4,759,354	43,503
	Peru	4,524,748	220,831
	Switzerland	4,453,795	14,188
	Philippines	4,140,383	66,864
	South Africa	4,072,684	102,595
	Romania	3,528,753	68,802
	Denmark	3,435,018	9,667
	Singapore	3,006,155	2,024
	Hong Kong	2,876,106	13,466
	Sweden	2,751,918	27,286
	New Zealand	2,589,531	3,995
	Serbia	2,583,470	18,057
	Iraq	2,465,545	25,375
	Hungary	2,230,396	49,051
	Bangladesh	2,050,156	29,494
	Slovakia	1,877,746	21,226
	Georgia	1,862,754	17,150
	Jordan	1,746,997	14,122
	Republic of Ireland	1,736,342	9,608
	Pakistan	1,580,631	30,656
	Norway	1,507,675	5,732
	Kazakhstan	1,504,364	19,072
	Finland	1,499,712	11,466
	Lithuania	1,366,346	9,805
	Slovenia	1,355,900	10,056
	Bulgaria	1,329,289	38,700
	Croatia	1,317,020	18,752
	Morocco	1,279,115	16,305
	Puerto Rico	1,252,713	5,938
	Guatemala	1,250,358	20,216
	Lebanon	1,239,904	10,947
	Costa Rica	1,230,653	9,368
	Bolivia	1,212,131	22,387
	Tunisia	1,153,361	29,423
	Cuba	1,113,662	8,530
	Ecuador	1,076,147	36,048
	United Arab Emirates	1,067,030	2,349
	Panama	1,044,357	8,706
	Uruguay	1,037,893	7,625
	Mongolia	1,011,475	2,136
	Nepal	1,003,450	12,031
	Belarus	994,037	7,118
	Latvia	977,765	7,475
	Saudi Arabia	841,469	9,646
	Azerbaijan	835,394	10,353
	Paraguay	735,759	19,880
	Palestine	703,228	5,708
	Bahrain	696,614	1,536
	Cyprus	691,216	1,442
	Sri Lanka	672,762	16,901
	Kuwait	667,290	2,570
	Dominican Republic	661,103	4,384
	Myanmar	642,229	19,494
	Moldova	635,651	12,237
	Estonia	610,391	2,998
	Venezuela	552,695	5,856
	Egypt	516,023	24,830
	Qatar	514,524	690
	Libya	507,269	6,437
	Ethiopia	501,168	7,574
	Réunion	494,595	921
	Honduras	472,789	11,114
	Armenia	451,831	8,777
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	403,642	16,388
	Oman	399,449	4,628
	Luxembourg	391,389	1,000
	North Macedonia	350,591	9,977
	Zambia	349,640	4,069
	Brunei	344,145	178
	Kenya	344,101	5,689
	Albania	334,863	3,605
	Botswana	330,650	2,801
	Mauritius	327,305	1,070
	Kosovo	274,279	3,212
	Algeria	272,027	6,881
	Nigeria	267,188	3,155
	Zimbabwe	266,362	5,740
	Montenegro	251,280	2,654
	Afghanistan	235,214	7,998
	Mozambique	233,803	2,252
	Martinique	230,354	1,104
	Laos	219,042	671
	Iceland	209,945	186
	Guadeloupe	203,235	1,021
	El Salvador	201,865	4,230
	Trinidad and Tobago	191,496	4,390
	Maldives	186,694	316
	Uzbekistan	175,081	1,016
	Namibia	172,406	4,108
	Uganda	172,149	3,632
	Ghana	172,010	1,462
	Jamaica	156,828	3,600
	Cambodia	139,120	3,056
	Rwanda	133,240	1,468
	Cameroon	125,207	1,974
	Malta	121,437	906
	Barbados	110,653	593
	Angola	107,443	1,937
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	100,615	1,470
	French Guiana	98,041	413
	Malawi	89,168	2,686
	Senegal	89,077	1,971
	Kyrgyzstan	88,953	1,024
	Ivory Coast	88,425	835
	Suriname	82,496	1,405
	New Caledonia	80,163	314
	French Polynesia	79,302	650
	Eswatini	75,356	1,427
	Guyana	74,126	1,301
	Belize	71,409	688
	Fiji	69,047	885
	Madagascar	68,530	1,427
	Jersey	66,391	161
	Cabo Verde	64,474	417
	Sudan	63,993	5,046
	Mauritania	63,848	997
	Bhutan	62,697	21
	Syria	57,423	3,163
	Burundi	54,569	15
	Guam	52,287	419
	Seychelles	51,694	172
	Gabon	49,051	307
	Andorra	48,015	159
	Papua New Guinea	46,864	670
	Curaçao	45,883	305
	Aruba	44,224	292
	Tanzania	43,225	846
	Mayotte	42,027	187
	Togo	39,530	290
	Guinea	38,572	468
	Bahamas	38,084	844
	Isle of Man	38,008	116
	Lesotho	36,138	709
	Guernsey	35,326	67
	Faroe Islands	34,658	28
	Haiti	34,298	860
	Mali	33,164	743
	Cayman Islands	31,472	37
	Saint Lucia	30,252	410
	Benin	28,036	163
	Somalia	27,334	1,361
	Federated States of Micronesia	26,547	65
	Solomon Islands	25,954	199
	United States Virgin Islands	25,389	132
	San Marino	25,292	126
	Republic of the Congo	25,219	389
	Timor-Leste	23,460	138
	Burkina Faso	22,123	400
	Liechtenstein	21,576	89
	Gibraltar	20,550	113
	Grenada	19,693	238
	Bermuda	18,860	165
	South Sudan	18,823	147
	Tajikistan	17,786	125
	Monaco	17,181	67
	Equatorial Guinea	17,130	183
	Samoa	17,057	31
	Tonga	16,958	12
	Marshall Islands	16,178	17
	Nicaragua	16,145	245
	Dominica	16,047	74
	Djibouti	15,690	189
	Central African Republic	15,475	113
	Northern Mariana Islands	14,684	41
	Gambia	12,627	372
	Collectivity of Saint Martin	12,324	46
	Vanuatu	12,019	14
	Greenland	11,971	21
	Yemen	11,945	2,159
	Caribbean Netherlands	11,922	41
	Sint Maarten	11,051	92
	Eritrea	10,189	103
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9,674	124
	Guinea-Bissau	9,614	177
	Niger	9,515	315
	Comoros	9,109	160
	Antigua and Barbuda	9,106	146
	American Samoa	8,359	34
	Liberia	7,930	294
	Sierra Leone	7,836	125
	Chad	7,702	194
	British Virgin Islands	7,420	64
	Cook Islands	7,326	2
	Sao Tome and Principe	6,771	80
	Turks and Caicos Islands	6,754	40
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6,607	46
	Palau	6,332	10
	Saint Barthélemy	5,507	5
	Nauru	5,393	1
	Kiribati	5,085	24
	Anguilla	3,904	12
	Wallis and Futuna	3,760	9
	Macau	3,514	121
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,426	2
	Tuvalu	2,943	1
	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	2,166	—
	Falkland Islands	1,923	—
	Montserrat	1,403	8
	Niue	1,074	—
	Tokelau	80	0
	Vatican City	26	0
	Pitcairn Islands	4	—
	North Korea	1	6
	Turkmenistan	0	0

This article documents countries affected by and responses to the novel coronavirus responsible for the 2019–20 outbreak in Wuhan, China, and may not include all the contemporary major responses and measures.

Countries and territories with confirmed cases

Asia

Cambodia

On 29 January, Cambodia confirmed its first case in Sihanoukville, a 60-year-old Chinese man travelling to the coastal city from Wuhan with his family. Three other members of his family were placed under quarantine as they did not appear to have symptoms of the virus, while he was placed in a separate room for treatment at the Preah Sihanouk Referral Hospital. He was reportedly in a stable condition.

China (Mainland)

Main article: Timeline of the 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

Hong Kong

Map of the outbreak in Hong Kong
(as of 26 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

On 8 January, Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) added "Severe respiratory disease associated with a novel infectious agent" to their list of notifiable diseases to expand their authority on quarantine. The Hong Kong government also shortened hospital visits and made it a requirement for visitors to wear face masks. Screening was tightened at airports and train stations with connections to Wuhan. In the first week of 2020, 30 unwell travellers from Wuhan were tested. Most had other respiratory viruses.

On 22 January, a mainland man, aged 39, who travelled from Shenzhen and arrived in Hong Kong by high-speed rail developed symptoms of pneumonia. He had been to Wuhan in the previous month. He tested positive and was hospitalised in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Island. A 56-year-old man from Ma On Shan, who had visited Wuhan, also tested positive.

The Hong Kong government designated the Lady MacLehose Holiday Village in Sai Kung as a quarantine centre. On 23 January, three people who had been in close contact with the two aforementioned cases were quarantined, including two medical workers and a visitor from Australia. The Hong Kong Tourism Board cancelled the Lunar New Year Cup and a four-day Lunar New Year carnival, citing concerns over the virus outbreak. On 24 January, health authorities confirmed a fifth case.

On 25 January, the Hong Kong government declared the viral outbreak as an "emergency", the highest warning tier. The city's largest amusement parks, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, Ocean Park Hong Kong, and Madame Tussauds Hong Kong closed from 26 January, until further notice.

On 28 January Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam, stated the high-speed rail service between Hong Kong and mainland China would be suspended starting on 30 January, and all cross-border ferry services would also be suspended in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. Additionally, flights from mainland China would be cut in half, cross-border bus services reduced, and the Hong Kong government is asking all its employees (except those providing essential/emergency services) to work from home. In a later press conference that day, Carrie Lam said that the Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok border checkpoints would be closed. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced that all facilities overseen by the department including all public museums, public libraries and sports centres and venues will be closed until further notice as health prevention.

India

The Government of India issued a travel advisory to its citizens, particularly for Wuhan, where about 500 Indian medical students study. Passengers arriving from China at seven major international airports are to undergo thermal screening.

On 30 January, India confirmed its first case of coronavirus in a student who had returned from Wuhan University to the Indian state of Kerala.

Japan

Map of the outbreak in Japan
(as of 26 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

A 30-year-old Chinese national who had previously travelled to Wuhan developed a fever on 3 January and subsequently returned to Japan on 6 January. He tested positive during a hospital admission between 10 and 15 January. He had not visited the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, but possibly had close contact with an affected person in Wuhan. On 24 January, a second case was confirmed via a Chinese national who visited from Wuhan. On 25 January, the third case of the virus was confirmed in a woman from Wuhan.

Japan has been taking extra precautions, due to the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics being held in Tokyo. Despite this, on 28 January, the fifth, sixth and seventh cases of the virus were confirmed in Japan, including a man who has not visited Wuhan. This man was reported to be a tour bus driver who had driven a group from Wuhan earlier in January.

On 30 January, it was announced that three Japanese nationals who arrived at Haneda after being evacuated from Wuhan tested positive for the virus.

Macau

Map of the outbreak in Macau
(as of 26 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

By 22 January, Macau had confirmed two cases, a 52-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man, both from Wuhan. 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. 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.

On 27 January, a 15-year-old boy, the son of one of the previously confirmed patients, was declared the sixth case of the virus in Macau. On 28 January, the seventh case was announced, a 67-year-old woman and resident of Wuhan who travelled to Guangzhou before entering Macau through the Barrier Gate checkpoint.

Malaysia

Map of the outbreak in Malaysia
(as of 29 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

Eight Chinese nationals were quarantined at a hotel in Johor Bahru on 24 January after coming into contact with an infected person in neighbouring Singapore. Despite early reports of them testing negative for the virus, three of them were confirmed to be infected on 25 January and subsequently quarantined at the Sungai Buloh Hospital in Selangor.

The director general of the Ministry of Health, Noor Hisham Abdullah, said thermal scanners were being used to screen travellers at border points, and that the Malaysian health authorities were placed on high alert. Malaysian public have been reminded by local authorities to take precautionary measures in the wake of the virus threat with those travelling to China have been advised to stay away from animal farms and markets in the country and to not eat raw or semi-cooked meats. Following several earlier suspected cases in Sabah, all direct flights between the Sabah's capital of Kota Kinabalu and Wuhan were stopped indefinitely.

On 24 January, a two-year-old child who was suspected to have been infected was detained along with their parents. The parents refused quarantine and were detained the next day by police at Senai International Airport before returning to China.

On 26 January, a fourth case of the virus was detected, which was unconnected to the previous cases. A suspected case was also detected in the state of Kedah's island of Langkawi involving two Chinese nationals female with both victims quarantined at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital. With the increasing confirmation cases reported in neighbouring Thailand, both the state of Kedah and Penang tightened their borders by conducting stringent checks at its international entry points.

On 29 January, three additional cases were confirmed, involving a four-year-old child quarantined at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital, a 52-year-old man at Hospital Sultanah Aminah and a woman at Sungai Buloh Hospital.

Nepal

Map of the outbreak in Nepal
(as of 26 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

A Nepali student who had returned from Wuhan became the first confirmed case of the country and South Asia on 24 January, after a sample sent to WHO Collaborating Centre Hong Kong. He was discharged after his condition improved.

On 27 January, an American national who had arrived from Wuhan was confirmed as the second case in the country.

Philippines

Map of the outbreak in the Philippines
(as of 30 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

The first case of novel coronavirus infection in the Philippines was confirmed on 30 January. The diagnosed patient was a 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, who had arrived in Manila from Hong Kong on 21 January. She was admitted at an undisclosed government-run hospital on 25 January after she sought a consultation due to a mild cough. At the time of the confirmation announcement, the woman was already asymptomatic.

The country's Department of Health (DOH) uses the designation "patients under investigation" (PUIs) to manage suspected and confirmed cases. As of 30 January there are 29 PUIs, five had been discharged (but are still "under monitoring"), 23 are currently admitted at a health facility, and one had died. The distribution of the PUIs by region is as follows: Eighteen in Metro Manila (including one mortality and the confirmed case), three in Western Visayas, four in Central Visayas, and one each in Mimaropa, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, and Davao regions. The sole PUI mortality is that of a 29-year-old Chinese national from Yunnan confined at a Manila hospital. The patient is determined to have died from pneumonia and has also tested positive for HIV.

Ruffy Biazon, a member of the House of Representatives from Muntinlupa, called on the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on 22 January to suspend flights from Wuhan to the Philippines. Royal Air Charter Service operates direct flights from Wuhan to Kalibo. Philippine Visas under the "visa-upon-arrival" (VUA) program are now also being denied to tourists from Wuhan. On 24 January, the Philippine government decided to deport 135 individuals from Wuhan who landed arrived in the country through the Kalibo International Airport. There were calls for a wider temporary ban on people entering the country from anywhere in China. Such move was supported by Senators Ralph Recto, Bong Go, Risa Hontiveros, and Francis Pangilinan. The DOH and the Office of the President find no urgent need for such measure.

The outbreak also prompted for Albay Representative Joey Salceda to propose a legislation which would form a Center for Disease Control and Prevention which would deal with the management of communicable disease in the country.

The Philippine government will organize special flights to repatriate Filipinos in the Hubei province who want to go home. The government has advised residents in the province to contact the Philippine consulate in Shanghai as part of the repatriation process. Upon arrival in the Philippines, repatriated individuals will have to go under mandatory quarantine for 14 days. There are around 150 Filipinos who live in Wuhan alone.

There are no medical facilities in the country that can confirm cases of 2019-nCov. The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa conducts preliminary tests on suspected cases to determine if they are infected with a coronavirus but cannot detect the new strain on patients. Samples from suspected cases with confirmed coronavirus infection had to be sent abroad to the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory in Australia for confirmatory testing specifically for the 2019-nCov strain.In response to the outbreak following a cleared suspected case, the RITM began the process of acquiring primers and reagents in order to conduct confirmatory tests in the country. On 29 January, it was announced that the RITM has acquired confirmatory kits to be able to test cases in the country. A laboratory for confirmatory test will be set up within 48 hours. The Philippine Genome Center is also developing a testing kit for the virus and are negotiating with the Department of Health for possible collaboration on the kit's development.

Singapore

Map of the outbreak in Singapore
(as of 28 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

The first case was confirmed on 23 January, involving a 66-year-old Chinese national from Wuhan who flew from Guangzhou via China Southern Airlines flight CZ351 with nine companions and stayed at Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort and Spa. Contact tracing subsequently commenced. Two more cases were confirmed the next day, involving a 37-year-old son of the first case and a 53-year-old Chinese woman who arrived on 21 January by flight and had shown positive preliminary results. Another 28 suspected cases were detected as a result of enhanced testing, which went up to 44 the next day. Of these, 13 were tested negative.

On 25 January, the fourth case in Singapore was confirmed at Sengkang General Hospital, in a 36-year-old from Wuhan who had stayed at Village Hotel Sentosa.

On 27 January, the Ministry of Health confirmed one case. It involved a 56-year-old from Wuhan who stayed at a house in Ceylon Road; she was subsequently warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).

On 28 January, two more cases were announced. A 56-year-old male arrived from Wuhan on 19 January and subsequently developed a cough on 26 January. He was tested positive at Changi General Hospital. A 35-year-old male arrived in Singapore on 23 January, and went to Raffles Hospital after developing symptoms on 24 January. He was transferred to NCID and was tested positive on 27 January as well.

On 29 January, the Ministry of Health confirmed three more cases, one involving a couple and another who was stopped at a health screening station in Marina South Pier after being identified as a suspect case. Another three cases were confirmed the next day, bringing the total to 13. All six patients have since been transferred to NCID.

Preventive measures

The Ministry of Health issued a health advisory on 2 January, and implemented temperature checks for passengers arriving in Changi Airport from Wuhan the following day. On 20 January, temperature screening at Changi Airport was extended to all travellers coming from China. In addition, individuals with pneumonia who had travelled to Wuhan within 14 days before the onset of symptoms will be isolated in hospital. On 22 January, quarantine measures were extended to travellers who arrived from China and displayed symptoms.

After three more suspected cases were detected was detected on 22 January, a multi-ministry taskforce was convened to tackle the virus. The MOH advised against non-essential trips to Wuhan and expanded the travel advisory the following day to all of Hubei. With the first confirmed case on 23 January, border control measures were enhanced and extended to land and sea checkpoints on 24 January with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore starting temperature checks from noon of that day. In addition, schools asked parents to declare their travel plans and monitor their children's health. Other measures will also be taken to ensure the safety of students after the first case was confirmed on 23 January. MINDEF has since issued two medical advisories to service personnel earlier in January.

Scoot cancelled flights to Wuhan between 23 and 26 January over the virus outbreak, after a lockdown was imposed. The suspension was later extended to 29 March.

It was reported on 24 January that several holiday chalets were being prepared as government quarantine centres. Some of these chalets had served as quarantine centres in previous outbreaks, such as the 2003 SARS outbreak and 2009 flu pandemic. In addition, several companies have since taken more precautions against the virus. Measures such as temperature screening and quarantine facilities were also in place at foreign worker dormitories.

On 27 January, a raft of measures were announced by the task force. Singaporeans were advised to avoid non-essential travels to China. Temperature screening at Changi Airport was also expanded to all incoming flights, with extra scrutiny on flights from China. 14 days of leave is to be imposed on students and teachers, alongside with workers who work with vulnerable populations, such as pre-school, elderly and healthcare, returning from mainland China. In addition to the chalets, university hostels at National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, and Singapore Management University are being prepared as quarantine facilities. The government also clamped down on false statements and rumours, with HardwareZone forum site receiving a Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) notice on a false statement claiming one man was dead due to the virus. Other measures include expanded communication channels, and cleaning protocols and disinfection of premises after incidents.

On 28 January, enhanced quarantine measures were announced. From 29 January, new visitors who have travelled to Hubei within the last 14 days or hold passports issued in Hubei will not be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore from noon. Recent travellers from Hubei already in Singapore who are assessed to be of higher risk would be quarantined. Returning residents and long-term pass holders with travel history in Hubei or with Chinese passports issued in Hubei will also be quarantined.

National Service (NS) pre-enlistees who have travelled to China and are due for enlistment will be given a mandatory leave of absence for up to 14 days, said the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a joint media statement on 28 January.

Each household will be distributed with four surgical masks in the first weeks of February. These masks are meant to be used by the person in the household who is feeling unwell and has to make a trip to the doctor. The distribution came after a scramble for surgical and N95 masks, handsanitisers, thermometers by the public, which led to retailers with empty shelves and some trying to price gouge on their available stock of masks.

South Korea

Map of the outbreak in South Korea
(as of 26 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

A suspected case was reported in South Korea on 8 January, and the person isolated. There have been four suspected cases since then, and three confirmed cases.

Two more cases were confirmed on 30 January, with one case being the first involving human-to-human transmission.

Sri Lanka

On 27 January, a 43-year-old Chinese tourist who had completed a 10-day tour of Sri Lanka with her team was identified as the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the country. She had arrived from Hubei Province in China.

Prior to 27 January, the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka had instructed the Quarantine Unit at Bandaranaike International Airport to screen passengers for symptoms. Additionally, the ministry warned that infants, children, pregnant mothers, elderly and people who suffer from chronic diseases among other issues should avoid visiting crowded places when possible.

The country has 18 suspected cases as of 30 January. On 26 January, two transit passengers - one from Indonesia and one from Pakistan - were placed under quarantine in Colombo after they developed symptoms of the coronavirus while on board a plane from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On 27 January ten more people, including seven foreign nationals, were placed under quarantine at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases. On the same day, the National Union of Seafarers of Sri Lanka noted that six Sri Lankan sailors on a vessel sailing from China to Egypt were displaying symptoms.

There were around 85 Sri Lankan students in Hubei Province, most of whom returned to Sri Lanka before the lockdown in Wuhan. The Sri Lankan embassy in Beijing estimates that 32 Sri Lankans are in Hubei province as of 25 January. On 26 January, the Embassy applied for permission to airlift them 32 Sri Lankan students and their family members from Wuhan.

A 22-member National Action Committee has been set up by the Ministry of Health to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Sri Lanka. The Ministry of Health advised the general public in Colombo to wear a face mask as a safety measure. The CMC Chief Medical Officer Dr Ruwan Wijayamuni also requested those who enter public places, hotels and restaurants in Colombo to wear face masks as a precautionary measure. Hotel employees and staff in the city were also advised to wear face masks.

Following the first reported case of coronavirus in Sri Lanka on 27 January, demand for face masks in the country soared and the country began to face a face mask shortage. Some pharmacies in the country had sold all face masks and there were reports from customers that face masks were being sold at over ten to twenty times the original price. As a result, the country's drug regulatory agency will place price controls on face masks.

Taiwan

Map of the outbreak in Taiwan
(as of 26 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

On 21 January, the first case in Taiwan was confirmed in a 50-year-old woman who just returned to Taoyuan International Airport from her teaching job in Wuhan. She reported on her own initiative and was hospitalised without formal domestic entry. As of 28 January, there are eight confirmed cases. Among the confirmed cases is a Taiwanese man in his 50s who was fined NT$300,000 for failure to report his symptoms and attempting to conceal his subsequent activities, leading to a potential contamination incident at a ballroom in Kaohsiung. The first domestic case was diagnosed in Taiwan on 28 January.

Thailand

Map of the outbreak in Thailand
(as of 26 January):

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In Thailand, screening of passengers arriving from Wuhan at four airports; Suvarnabhumi Airport, Don Mueang International Airport, Phuket International Airport and Chiang Mai International Airport, began on 3 January, and a number of suspected cases have been found to have other common respiratory conditions.

On 13 January, Thailand had its first case, also the first outside China. The affected individual was a 61-year-old Chinese woman who is a resident of Wuhan; she had not visited the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, but was noted to have been to other markets. She developed a sore throat, fever, chills and a headache on 5 January, flew directly with her family and a tour group from Wuhan to Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok on 8 January, where she was detected using thermal surveillance and then hospitalised. Four days later she tested positive.

Thailand's second case occurred in a 74-year-old woman who arrived in Bangkok on a flight from Wuhan on 17 January. On 21 January, Nakornping Hospital reported on a suspected case of a 18-year-old male patient who arrived in Chiang Mai from Wuhan with a high fever; his blood samples were sent to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok for further analysis.

On 22 January, the Thai Ministry of Public Health announced a report for two additional confirmed cases of infection found in Thailand. The third was a 68-year-old man, a Chinese tourist as in previous cases. The fourth case was the first case for a Thai citizen; a 73-year-old Thai woman hospitalised at Nakhon Pathom Hospital in Nakhon Pathom Province, arriving from Wuhan.

The fifth case was confirmed on 24 January in a 33-year-old Chinese woman arriving from Wuhan with her 7-year-old daughter who was not infected. She admitted herself to Rajvithi Hospital, three days after her arrival in Bangkok on 21 January.

On 25 January, the government of Hua Hin District in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province reported a case for a 73-year-old Chinese woman patient travelled from Wuhan since 19 January then entered a private hospital in Hua Hin on 23 January. The first blood test showed a positive result. However, authorities are awaiting a result from another lab for confirmation.

On 26 January, the Thai Ministry of Public Health said eight cases were confirmed, including one from Hua Hin. All are Chinese, except a woman from Nakhon Pathom. The first of five patients was already discharged. There are another 39 suspected cases awaiting confirmation.

Another six cases were confirmed on 28 January, with 5 from the same family in Wuhan and another from Chongqing. Thailand starts scanning all travellers from China with immediate effect.

United Arab Emirates

On 23 January, Abu Dhabi International Airport and Dubai International Airport announced that travellers arriving directly from China would have their temperatures screened.

On 29 January, the first case in the United Arab Emirates was confirmed in a Chinese national who came to the country on vacation with their family from Wuhan. The family of four, mother, father, nine-year-old girl and grandmother, arrived in the Emirates on 16 January and took the grandmother to a doctor with flu-like symptoms on 23 January, where it was discovered that the family was infected with the virus. The announcement led to a sell out of face masks across the UAE.

Vietnam

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Map of the outbreak in Vietnam
(as of 26 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc ordered measures to prevent and counter the spread of the disease into Vietnam, as well as to warn Vietnamese citizens not to visit the epidemic areas. Deputy minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên said that Vietnam is considering closing the border with China as a necessary countermeasure. Saigon Tourist announced that it has cancelled all tours to or transit in Wuhan. On 24 January, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam ordered the cancellation of all flights from and to Wuhan.

The first two confirmed cases were hospitalised on 22 January at Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City. these were a Chinese man travelling from Wuhan to Hanoi to visit his son living in Vietnam, and the son, who is believed to have contracted the disease from his father. After the confirmation, acting Minister of Health Vũ Đức Đam ordered the activation of the Emergency Epidemic Prevention Centre. On January 29, the son was declared to have recovered from the disease.

On 23 January, two Vietnamese nationals who recently returned from Wuhan were quarantined at a hospital in Hanoi after developing symptoms.

Europe

Finland

On 28 January a suspected case, a 32-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, was quarantined in Ivalo due to high fever. She was transported to the central hospital of Lapland, located in Rovaniemi. The suspect had started their journey from Wuhan via Beijing five days earlier, and had had a respiratory illness for two days. Coronavirus was confirmed on the next day.

On 27 January, Finland's foreign ministry issued a travel advisory recommending Finnish citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to China's Hubei province. The next day, the Finnish airline Finnair announced it was suspending five weekly routes to Nanjing and Beijing Daxing until the end of March.

France

Map of the outbreak in France
(as of 26 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

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The first confirmed case in Europe was reported in Bordeaux, with two more in Paris, all of them on 24 January, and all in people recently returned from China. In Paris, a 31-year-old man and his 30-year-old partner, both from Wuhan, were infected. They arrived in France on 18 January. The third patient hospitalized in Bordeaux is a 48-year-old Frenchman from China, who arrived on the territory on 22 January. Immediately taken in charge by the service d'aide médicale urgente, the patient was isolated in hospital, his condition is considered reassuring. The authorities are trying to determine whether he may have infected people around him.

The fourth case, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist, was confirmed in Paris on 28 January. The patient is in a serious condition. On 29 January, the tourist’s daughter was confirmed as the fifth case.

In addition, a woman from Wuhan cheated health checks, and was subsequently tracked down. Her symptoms are under control.

Germany

On 27 January, the Bavarian Ministry of Health announced that a man from the Starnberg district in Bavaria has become infected with the disease. His case is the first known of a person contracting the virus outside of China from a non-relative (the first known transmission of the virus outside China being father to son in Vietnam).

On 28 January, three more novel coronavirus cases were confirmed. All four patients are employees of the same company; they are being medically monitored and isolated at the München clinic in Schwabing.

North America

Canada

Map of the outbreak in Canada
(as of 28 January):

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) implemented signage in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal airports to raise awareness of the virus and has added a health screening question to the electronic kiosks for passengers arriving from central China; however, there are no direct flights from Wuhan to Canada. On 23 January, Minister of Health Patty Hajdu said that five or six people were being monitored for signs of the virus, including at least one in Quebec (since cleared ) and another in Vancouver.

On 25 January, the first presumptive case in Canada was admitted to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto and placed into a negative pressure chamber. The patient, a male in his 50s who travelled between Wuhan and Guangzhou before returning to Toronto on 22 January, contacted emergency services following rapid onset symptoms. The presumption of infection in the patient was made after a rapid test was done at Public Health Ontario's Toronto laboratory. Final testing conducted at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba validated the presumptive confirmation on 27 January. Authorities said that the patient was experiencing respiratory problems but was in stable condition. On the same day, the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario announced the man's wife as the second presumptive case. This case was confirmed the following day. Officials reported that her condition was good and she was asymptomatic.

On 28 January, the first presumptive case in British Columbia was announced. The individual, a male in his forties and a resident of the Vancouver area, had travelled regularly to China for work. Officials reported that he had returned from Wuhan on his most recent voyage and he sought medical attention on 26 January following symptom onset and he has since been in self-isolation at home. A diagnostic test was conducted and it returned positive for the virus. The case was later confirmed and validated by the National Microbiology Laboratory on 29 January. The Minister of Health and provincial health officer for British Columbia said that officials were in contact with a "small number" of people who may have interacted with the individual.

The Government of Ontario also reported that 23 cases were under investigation within its provincial jurisdiction as of 29 January at 10:30 a.m. ET.

As of 29 January, the Government of Canada issued a travel advisory to avoid non-essential travel to China due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Government of Canada also issued a regional travel advisory to avoid all travel to the Province of Hubei—including the cities of Wuhan, Huanggang and Ezhou—due to the imposition of heavy travel restrictions in order to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. On the same day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne announced that an aircraft would be sent to repatriate Canadians from the areas affected by the virus in China. As a result of the travel advisories issued by the Canadian government, Air Canada suspended all direct flights to China until at least 29 February.

United States

Map of the outbreak in the United States
(as of 26 January):

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On 21 January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first confirmed US case, a man in his 30s in Snohomish County, Washington. The man, who had travelled from Wuhan to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport on 15 January, reported on 19 January to the Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington with symptoms of pneumonia. Forty-three people who had contact with him are also being monitored. On 24 January, a second case was confirmed in a woman in her 60s in Chicago, Illinois. On 25 January, a third case in a traveller from Wuhan was confirmed in Orange County, California The fourth and fifth cases, also travellers from Wuhan, were confirmed in Los Angeles County, California and Maricopa County, Arizona, respectively, on 26 January. The Arizona case was identified as "a member of the Arizona State University community who does not live in university housing."

On 24 January the Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed that four possible cases were being investigated, including students at Baylor University and Texas A&M University.

On 26 January, the Virginia Department of Health announced that it was investigating three possible cases in Virginia, including two in Central Virginia and one in Northern Virginia.

Between 60,000 and 65,000 people travel from Wuhan to the United States every year, with January being a peak. San Francisco International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, began to screen arriving passengers for symptoms, ahead of the Chinese New Year season. As the number of cases started to increase, O'Hare International Airport in Chicago and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport also started screening.

On 27 January, CDC said 110 "persons under investigation" (PUIs) around the country with a fever and respiratory illness have been placed under observation to determine if they have been infected with the China coronavirus.

On 27 January, a Maryland resident was being tested for the coronavirus.

On 28 January, the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas reported a possible patient who might have the coronavirus.

On 28 January, the Butler County, Ohio Health Department reported that two Miami University students were being tested for a possible infection with the coronavirus.

On 28 January, the Porter County, Indiana Health department had suspected a case of coronavirus in northern Indiana.

On 29 January, CDC reported a cumulative total of 165 "persons under investigation" (PUIs) in the country for possible infection with the coronavirus, and no new confirmed cases. 68 of the PUIs had tested negative, and total confirmed cases remained at five.

Oceania

Australia

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Map of the outbreak in Australia
(as of 30 January):

  Confirmed cases reported

  Suspected cases reported

The first confirmed case was announced on 25 January, in a man in his 50s, who had travelled from Guangzhou to Melbourne on 19 January via China Southern Airlines flight CZ321. He is receiving treatment at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne. On 25 January, it was announced that three patients have tested positive in New South Wales. Within the same day, six people in New South Wales were held under observation and confirmed to undergo hospital testing after having recently returned from Wuhan. Out of the six patients, two are suspected to have probable cases of the virus. The remaining four are potentially suspected to have contracted the virus. On 27 January, NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant announced in a press conference that a fifth patient has tested positive for the coronavirus in New South Wales. The patient is currently undergoing treatment at Westmead Hospital in Sydney.

Australia's chief medical officer, Brendan Murphy, said biosecurity officials would begin screening passengers arriving on the three weekly flights to Sydney from Wuhan starting on 23 January. Passengers would also be given an information pamphlet and asked to present themselves if they had a fever or suspected they might have the disease.

On 29 January, another two cases were identified.

On 30 January, a Chinese national was confirmed as the eighth case of coronavirus in the country. A ninth case was confirmed later in the day in Queensland, the second case in the state.

As of 30 January, the country has 72 suspected cases that are under investigation.

Countries with suspected cases

Africa

Ethiopia

On 28 January, Ethiopia's state-affiliated FANA broadcasting corporate, FBC, reported that four Ethiopians suspected of being infected by the coronavirus have been placed in isolation. All four recently arrived from a university in Wuhan where they are students.

Ivory Coast

A 34-year-old woman from the West African country arrived in Abidjan from Beijing on 25 January with flu-like symptoms; test results are awaited.

Kenya

On 28 January a student arrived at the international airport in Nairobi displaying symptoms. He was isolated at Kenyatta National Hospital, where he is undergoing tests.

Sudan

Two Sudanese who had visited Wuhan are undergoing medical checks on 29 January.

Asia

Indonesia

On 28 January, at least eight individuals are suspected to be infected by the coronavirus in various provinces, including four individuals in Central Java, one in East Java, two in West Java, and one in West Papua.

A total of 135 airport gates and port docks have been installed with thermal scanners by the Ministry of Health. They have also provided 100 hospitals with isolation rooms. Indonesia will not send any representatives to 2020 Lingshui China Masters.

Israel

On January 26, a 60-year-old Israeli woman with respiratory symptoms and a fever was admitted to a hospital four days after returning from China. The same day, a 32-year-old Chinese man working at a construction site in Sderot was hospitalized with similar symptoms. He had arrived in Israel from China earlier in January.

Kazakhstan

On 24 January, Almaty Airport staff and Almaty medical brigades had a medical exercise. The situation where a plane arrives from China with an infected passenger was simulated. Also, disinformation was spreading through messengers about infected people in Almaty. It was disproved by the Minister of Healthcare.

As of 25 January, 98 Kazakhstani students were in Wuhan, but none were known to be infected.

As of 28 January, more than 1300 Kazakhstani citizens are in China, more than 600 of them are tourists, mostly visiting Hainan. The government of Kazakhstan is ready to evacuate the 98 Kazakhstani students in Wuhan. Also, Kazakhstan plans to temporarily stop trains between Ürümqi and Kazakhstani cities.

Mongolia

The Ministry of Health of Mongolia quarantined all colleges, schools and kindergartens until 2 March. Chinggis Khaan International Airport and borders with China has tightened security, and doing medical checkups on passengers who came from China and other infected countries.

On 27 January, a 14-year-old girl in the rural Khentii Province fell ill with a suspected case of pneumonia and laryngitis, and was admitted to the provincial hospital at 08:10 local time, but was pronounced dead on the same day, at 16:50 local time. Health authorities have since taken a sample from the deceased girl to be analysed at the National Center for Communicable Diseases in Ulaanbaatar.

Two Mongolian students returning from Taiwan to Chinggis Khaan International Airport had symptoms before departing to Ulaanbaatar from Hong Kong and were quarantined after landing in Mongolia, currently awaiting test results for the virus. The remaining 148 passengers from the same flight were not showing any symptoms of infection by the virus.

Pakistan

Four Chinese nationals were admitted to hospitals in Multan and Lahore after showing symptoms of the virus including a 23-year-old Chinese patient and a 40-year-old Chinese man who had returned to Pakistan from Wuhan 10 days ago. As of 27 January, the total number of suspected cases climbed to 5.

The Government of Pakistan began screening of passengers at airports in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar to prevent entry of coronavirus in the country. Pakistan International Airlines also announced to pre-screen passengers before they board the plane on its flights at the Beijing Capital International Airport.

On 27 January, The Government of Gilgit Baltistan decided to delay opening the China-Pakistan border crossing point at Khunjerab Pass, scheduled for February.

Europe

Armenia

On 29 January, two Chinese nationals were placed in isolation wards in the first suspected case in Armenia. The Chinese nationals were tourists travelling from neighbouring Georgia. They both tested negative for pneumonia, as it was published later.

Liana Torosyan, the head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, advised that samples will be sent to European labs as Armenia does not have the capacity to test for novel coronovirus.

The Ministry of Health of Armenia stated that passengers arriving will be screened for fever. Entry restrictions were not deemed necessary. After discussions, the State Service for Food Safety of Armenia imposed a ban on all Chinese animal products.

Czech Republic

Since 27 January, 24 suspected cases have been tested, with 20 confirmed as negative, four pending.

Greece

As of 27 January, group of Chinese tourists from Wuhan were being monitored and tested after landing in Athens.

Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias asserted that all necessary protective protocols were in place after a group of tourists from Wuhan arrived at Athens International Airport.

Poland

Warsaw Chopin Airport has made special surveys for passengers arriving from China.

On 28 January a woman suspected of having the virus was admitted to a hospital in Łódź. As of 29 January, it is unlikely that the woman is infected. On the same day, another person in Łódź was suspected of having the virus.

Romania

Several hospitals in the country will house patients if they have the virus, two of them are in Bucharest and other hospitals in other cities, including Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara and Constanța. Thermal scanners will be placed in airports in the country. People will be given flyers and questionnaires to be informed about the 2019-nCoV. The possibility of the virus arriving in the territory remains low, specialists believe. Special access lines for passengers coming from China and Chinese passengers were made on the international airports.

On 21 January, a band formed of 50 musicians from the philharmonics of seven cities returned home from a 50-day tour in China, the inaugural concert being in Wuhan. Eighteen of them were taken to the headquarters of Banatul Philharmonic of Timișoara, where they are working, and were sent home for two weeks, in "a sort of quarantine". The members were in Wuhan only on 3 December 2019, when no virus was declared. Other musicians from Constanța, Cluj-Napoca and Arad are also quarantined at home.

A 25-member folk group from Mioveni returning from Beijing was put under supervision for 14 days. In a video message posted on Facebook, the Mayor of Mioveni said that "there is no cause for concern" about the health of the group's members.

Turkey

A group of 12 people were put under quarantine on 27 January over concerns of coronavirus.

The Ministry of Health announced that Turkey has arranged quarantine rooms, inspection centres and thermal cameras for screening at the airports as added precautions, even though the World Health Organization does not consider them necessary.

Oceania

Fiji

Six Chinese travellers are in quarantine in Nadi as a precaution after they failed to gain entry to Samoa due to Samoa's quarantine requirements.

South America

Brazil

Map of the outbreak in Brazil
(as of 29 January):

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The Health Secretary of the State of São Paulo announced a response and monitoring plan for new suspected infections. The main referral hospitals will be trained to detect and report cases of Wuhan coronavirus. Professionals are advised to observe fever, cough and difficulty in breathing associated with people who have travelled to outbreak areas in China. Also issued that suspected patients must be isolated, and make use of personal protective equipment.

A new suspected case was declared on 28 January, a 22 years old who has been in Wuhan and came to Belo Horizonte on 24 January. The Ministry of Health raised the alert to level 2 of 3 in the country, saying that Brazil is in "imminent danger". By end of same day, two new suspect cases have been raised, one man 40 years old in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul and another man with 29 years old in Curitiba, Paraná.

On 29 January, among 33 notifications, the Ministry of Health confirmed nine suspected cases in six Brazilian states: Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Paraná and Ceará.

Ecuador

On 26 January a suspected case, a person of Chinese nationality, who had boarded a flight in Hong Kong and arrived in Quito on 21 January, was isolated. The people who came into contact with the patient during his trip are also being observed.

Peru

On 27 January, a Peruvian translator and three Chinese citizens that were in Wuhan were placed under isolation for preventive measures.

Prevention in other countries

Africa

Egypt

The country banned all tourist flights from China from 26 January.

South Africa

On 29 January, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize briefed the media on South Africa's readiness to detect and contain the virus.

Asia

Bangladesh

Enhanced screening measures have been set up at Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh.

Bhutan

The Ministry of Health of Bhutan has strengthened screening at the country's points of entry as a response to the outbreak. Infrared fever scanning and respiratory health surveillance was introduced at Paro International Airport on 15 January. All medical facilities in the country has been told to increase their vigilance for possible cases and to coordinate with the Royal Centre for Disease Control.

Myanmar

Sixty Myanmar students are to be repatriated from areas within the vicinity of Wuhan as a response to the outbreak.

North Korea

As a precaution against the virus, North Korea is to temporarily ban foreign tourists until the government feels that the virus is well under control.

Europe

Belgium

Instructions for recognizing and handling the coronavirus are being provided to all hospitals and doctors. Evacuation flights are planned for Belgians in Hubei.. Non-essential flights to China, Hongkong excluded, are discouraged. Some travel companies are cancelling all flights to China.Custom officers at airports wear face masks. Chinese new year events are cancelled at the University of Leuven

Georgia

All the flights from China and Wuhan to Tbilisi International Airport were cancelled until 27 January. The Health Ministry has announced that all arriving passengers from China will be screened.

Ireland

The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs advised citizens to avoid the province of Hubei in its entirety.

Italy

Enhanced screening measures, including thermal cameras and medical staff, have been set up at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport and Milan Malpensa Airport.

Kosovo

Pristina International Airport and National Institute of Public Health introduced new measures, including temperature screening.

Latvia

Starting from 28 January, Riga International Airport started investigating travelers from Wuhan.

Lithuania

From 25 January, National Public Health Center specialists are monitoring the situation and consulting travellers from and to China at all three airports in Lithuania. According to public health officials, Vilnius Airport had a medical exercise in December and is ready to handle infected passengers and contain the spread of the virus.

Malta

Maltese local authorities have taken preventive measures, and advised the public and health workers to uphold sanitary regulation to not spread illnesses. On 24 January, the Superintendent of Public Health has cautioned for adequate measures but saw no risk of arriving and spreading within the country then.

Netherlands

Airlines and the main international airport Schiphol are, as of 22 January, not taking extra measures yet against the spread of the virus, stating the lack of direct flights from or to Wuhan.

Russia

The Russian consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor advised tourists to refrain from visiting Wuhan and to stay away from Chinese zoos and markets selling animals and seafood. The agency also said that development of a vaccine against the virus was underway, relying on the WHO's recommendations. The Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, near the Chinese border, limited access to the country. Cultural exchange and official visits to China were cancelled. The Governors of the Amur Region Vasily Orlov, and of the Penza Oblast Ivan Belozertsev, called on residents to abandon trips to China altogether. Residents of large cities have been told to avoid contact with tourists from China.

Serbia

Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport introduced new measures, including thermal cameras.

United Kingdom

Heathrow Airport has tightened surveillance of the three direct flights that it receives from Wuhan every week; each will be met by a Port Health team. In addition, all airports in the UK will have written guidance (in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese) available for unwell travellers. The British government have been tracing up to 2,000 people who came in on flights from Wuhan. There is contention over whether the government should assist the repatriation of UK passport holders from the greatest affected areas, or restrict travel from affected regions altogether.

Oceania

Marshall Islands

On 24 January, the Republic of the Marshall Islands issued a travel advisory that requires any visitors to the country to have spent at least 14 days in a country free of the virus.

New Zealand

Minister of Health David Clark announced that public health staff would start meeting flights from China on 27 January to look for signs of the virus amongst arriving passengers. On 28 January, the Ministry of Health stood up the National Health Coordination Centre (NHCC) in response to the outbreak. In addition, an Infectious and Notifiable Diseases Order was issued to take effect from 30 January. Under the Health Act 1956, this will require health practitioners to report any suspected cases of the virus to the Ministry.

Palau

Palau's President Thomas Remengesau Jr. issued an executive order suspending all charter flights from China, Macau and Hong Kong from February 1–29.

Papua New Guinea

The Government of Papua New Guinea has banned all travellers from "Asian countries" and closed its border with Indonesia. The order takes effect from 30 January.

Samoa

Border measures have been implemented by the Government of Samoa in response to the outbreak. Before entering the country, people must have spent at least 14 days in a country free of the virus, as well as complete a medical clearance. Two Samoan nationals who had briefly stopped in China have been placed into quarantine for two weeks at the Faleolo District Hospital.

Americas

Panama

The Panamanian government has enhanced its sanitary control and screening measures at all ports of entry, in order to prevent the spread of the virus, isolating and testing potential cases.

Venezuela

On 23 January, Health Minister Carlos Alvarado reported that there were no suspected cases of Coronavirus in the country. He said that the epidemiological surveillance system in Venezuela is active and no cases of coronavirus have been reported in humans so far. During an interview with Venezolana de Televisión, Minister Alvarado said that it had activated, following recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), the epidemiological surveillance system in ports, airports and health personnel.

Deputy Minister of Collective Health Networks, Marisela Bermúdez ordered all airports across Venezuela to take necessary measures in order to prevent the virus from spreading in the region.

The Ministry of Popular Power for Health announced on 29 January that the Rafael Rangel National Institute of Hygiene (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel) in Caracas will perform the detection of other respiratory viruses based on non-influenza types, including coronaviruses in humans. It is also the only health institute in the country with installed capacity for the diagnosis of respiratory viruses in Venezuela and is able carry out logistics in the 24 states and federal dependencies.